Schumacher CAT XLS Masami Iconic RC Car

The Schumacher CAT revolutionised off road racing when it was introduced in 1986, being years ahead of the competition.
It became an international success winning British, European, Japanese, Australian, and American championships.
It was updated with a longer wheelbase and Masami Hirosaka went on to win the 1987 1/10th 4WD IFMAR World Championships in Romsey, England.
We are now excited to offer this iconic replica of the car that Masami used to win the first of his many World Championships, and put Schumacher Racing on the map as a leading RC car manufacturer.

[@lynx7575]

Thanks Cecil. If only we come back to ‘87 and re-lived again what has been done.

[@redblue40rc33]

I have the original 1989 cat XLS ....still driving it

[@p-hawk1956]

I had never seen Cecil Schumacher before, then seeing videos of him in the 80s and now within the last week. I always liked the look of the Cat and RC10 from all the exciting angles and the history into Cecil's design and thinking is very interesting, thank you.

[@rcvitals]

masami is good dude. met him and his dad few times.

[@stussyboi01]

The holy grail .. the weapon to have to do the damage 👍🏻

[@PaulDoodes]

I always wanted one since seeing reading about the '87 win in a magazine. I remember finding the crash - back front end surprising on a buggy designed for racing.

[@bodybuildingABC]

i will bet you got the re-release version when it came out, didnt you? how happy are you with it??

[@GlassGenius]

great insights!

[@dooronron69]

Yes

[@Ben-Lloyd]

Fantastic, it's a Cecil special 😂😂😂

[@IconicRC]

Awesome.

[@rc-fannl7364]

I saw a build video of the re-release CAT XLS and the window masks left lots of sticky residue on the window. Has this problem been recognized and maybe fixed?

[@stage3muppet]

Amazing vid and please rere the procat please or bosscat

[@freewill51]

You can keep it. Same crappy piano wire hinge pins that had nothing to hold them in, over complicated differential, shocks that barely worked, and the use of a lot of SUPER GLUE to assemble the diffs! I sold my old XLS that had the Trinity ball diff and lay shaft that made it so much better and I thought for sure I'd get this kit, but they could not take a clue from the other re-release companies and fix the flaws without ruining the overall look. No they kept ALL of the flaws that showed why everyone moved on to better cars back then.

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

What car would you recommend? You seem to know your stuff? Looking at possibly LSR or Team Associated.

[@freewill51]

@@SlinkiestTortoise23 I don't know anything about modern buggies. Last new buggy I bought was a Losi XX back in the late 90's. Modern buggies all seem really similar though so you probably wont go wrong picking out the company you like and can find parts for.

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

chris smith Thanks for the reply. I want something solid as I intend to drive it on a nearby skate park. The Tamiya new stuff is easy to get parts for but they look so fragile compared to TA/Schumacher/Losi etc. Spares is definitely a consideration. I’m really struggling to choose to be honest. I was thinking this kit but everyone seems to think it’s over complicated and breaks easy and that’s exactly what I don’t want. I think I’ll get a Losi and see how I get on with that.