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Comparing the Rotafast slotcars with similar from AFX and Tyco
Rotafast is a brand from the 80's. It comes from Hong Kong. It seems that these cars were mainly sold in South America, especially in Argentina and Brazil. |
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I 'm sure that you've all recognized the yellow 917 from AFX. The white and silver 917's are these Rotafast. And because there was no Tjet with a 917 body, I choose a long wheel base Tjet in the person of a Ferrari Dino. You clearly see that these Rotafast are roughly the same size of the AFX... and that Tjets are quite smaller |
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With the 917 from Tyco, it's seems evident where do the Rotafast designers have taken inspiration :-) The clear plastic at rear on the Rotafast 917 body reveals the gearing when running: cool idea. Notice that the Tyco body is slightly shorter than the Rotafast |
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From left to right: a Thunderjet, an AFX Magnatraction, the Rotafast and a Tyco Curvehugger (early black) Viewed from top, Rotafast have clearly copied the Aurora AFX pancake motor and not the inline from Tyco... |
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... but the bottom view of chassis reveals that Rotafast has preferred the similar pad system like on the Tyco for getting the juice from the track. This chassis is definitely a crossover between an AFX and a CurveHugger: weird ! |
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When opened, the similarities between the three pancakes are evident. |
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The gearing are quite similar too, even if they are in cheap nylon on the Rotafast. Pay attention to the O-rings retaining the gears on the Rotafast ,instead of the usual clamp found on the Aurora and AFX |
