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The HPI Baja 5B and Baja 5T is a 1:5 scale radio controlled off-road buggy and truck manufactured by Hobby Products International (HPI). The car is sold either in a kit or RTR (Ready to Run), in a 23cc gasoline engine or for a short period, battery powered.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HPI RTR Baja 5B FLUX )〕 Initially introduced with a buggy body style, a short course truck style was later offered to the market and was joined in 2015 by the Baja 5R, an on-road car.〔http://www.hpiracing.com/en/article/view/2015012303〕 ==History== HPI, then known for its 1:10 and 1:8 scale cars, tasked Akira Kogawa, noted for his work of some of Kyosho's 1:10 electric off-road cars from the 1980s such as the Scorpion (1982), Optima (1985) and Ultima (1987),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kyosho Reveals Beetle Re-Release at Tokyo Hobby Show )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kyosho 50th Anniversary Leaflet for en :: ActiBook )〕 with designing an inexpensive alternative to the European large scale off road buggy that were only sold in a kit form, emphasizing on build quality〔 and parts availability like its popular 1:10 and 1:8 scale equivalents offered as well as being able to match its handling characteristics and have adjustable parts without affecting its aesthetic value.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Little Dune Buggy )〕 The car strongly resembled popular but smaller electric off-road buggies, hinting Kogawa's design influences to the original Ultima.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AUTOMODELISME - PetitRC.com - )〕 Its unexpected success led to it to become one of the most cloned radio controlled models on the market.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=5 Hit Cars No One Saw Coming )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HPI Baja 5B Gas Powered Buggy )〕 Despite the minor scale difference, the 5B is compliant to BRCA regulations〔N.B the 5B meets BRCA's Large Scale Off-Road dimension regulation http://www.brca-lsor.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2015-Brca-Large-scale-off-road.pdf〕 with one driver finishing 2nd with a 5B SS at the EFRA Large Scale Off-Road Euros in 2008〔http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/oldnews/news/report/2008_Racereport%20EFRA%20GP%20LS%20OR%20Fehring.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HPI Baja 5B/5T」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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