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Old 04-17-2020, 01:15 PM   #1
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For those not on Facebook and those who have not found the information through other existing sources or threads, here is the news from Rich Trujillo:


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Originally Posted by Rich RC Trujillo
Hi All, i'd like to address the Ascender status. For those that don't know me, i'm a Senior Product Developer for Horizon Hobby. From the start of Vaterra, I worked on all the Ascenders, Touring cars and Twin hammers. So to say the least Vaterra has been close to me..

That being said, I wanted to clarify that there will not be a new version of the Ascender and no, the Axial SCX10 III was not going to be the Ascender 2.0. The SCX10 III was a ground up design from Matt Kearney (a long time designer at Axlal). Being that I worked on the SCX10 III and Capra projects, we were able to incorporate the patented sliding chassis rails for the SCX10 III now that Axial is a brand of Horizon. Vaterra is NOT going out of business as Vaterra is a brand of Horizon (like Mountain Dew is a brand of Pepsico).

The current Vaterra line of vehicles will continue to be made and supported with spares etc as long as their is enough demand to meet production. They are not going away anytime soon.

I want to thank everyone that has supported the Ascender and continues to do so. I appreciate the loyalty to this rig. We were always the underdog but I always felt we had a killer chassis with fit and finish, its just been tough to overcome the "torque twist" comments that continues to haunt me to this day LOL. I learned a lot from this rig.

I know this info will upset many of you and you won't understand why we are not making a 2.0 version but there is a lot of thought that goes into these decisions. Our leadership at Horizon is very supportive and does not take this lightly. As the developer that worked on every Ascender, I felt i should let you guys know sooner than later and "rip the band-aid" off.

Hopefully this clears it up for you guys and don't hold too much ill will towards Horizon. I'm proud of the company i work for and we all take pride in what we do and want to offer the best experience we can to the RC consumer.

Thanks,

Rich

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