VehiclesElement RC

Element RC

Element RC is the scale trail truck brand of Associated Electrics, the company behind Team Associated, launched in 2019 with the Enduro Sendero as its first vehicle.1,2

VehiclesHistory and background

Founded
20191
Company
Associated Electrics, which launched it as a brand in 20191,2
Sister brands
Team Associated, Reedy, Factory Team2

Key models

Element RC vehicles

About Element RC

What it stands for

Associated introduced Element as "an all-new brand" with "fun, family, community, and global exploration as our core concepts."2 Element says it strives "to bring you products that you want," and it pitched its first Builder's Kit at "1:10 scale trail truck enthusiasts, beginner to advanced."3,7

Known for

Other makers sell upgrade parts for its Enduro trucks, among them brass options from STRC, brass steering C-hubs from Yeah Racing and a Samix front bumper mount.9,10,11 Sister brand Factory Team adds a machined ring and pinion set for the Enduro SE.12

Product portfolio

Every Element model is a four-wheel-drive crawler or trail truck, running from the 1/24 Enduro24 through the 1/12 Enduro12 Bushido to the 1/10 Enduro range. Most come ready to run with brushed motors. The Enduro trail trucks include the Sendero, Trailwalker, Knightwalker, Zuul, Ecto, Utron and Bushido, the Gatekeeper is a rock crawler buggy, and the Comp Fox is built for competition crawling. Builders get the Enduro Trail Truck Builder's Kits, the Gatekeeper Builder's Kit, the Comp Fox and the RC10 Trail Truck Cattleman Kit, all built by the buyer and sold without motor or electronics.

Timeline

  1. 2019Associated launches Element RC, a brand dedicated to scale trail trucks, with the Enduro Sendero as its first vehicle.1
  2. 2019The Enduro Trail Truck Builder's Kit, a chassis kit built by the buyer.3
  3. 2020The Enduro24, a 1/24 crawler for the trail and indoors.4
  4. 2020The Enduro Gatekeeper, a rock crawler buggy.5
  5. 2024The Enduro12, a 1/12 trail truck reworked from the Team Associated CR12.6
  6. 2024The Enduro Comp Fox, a kit for competition rock crawling.7
  7. 2025The RC10 Trail Truck Cattleman Kit, styled after the 1984 RC10 buggy.8

Sources

  1. RC Driver, A new RC journey begins: Element RC Enduro Sendero Trail Truck, 17 December 2025.
  2. Associated Electrics, #WeAreAE.
  3. Associated Electrics, Enduro Trail Truck Builder's Kit press release, 6 June 2019.
  4. Associated Electrics, Enduro24 press release, 20 July 2020.
  5. Associated Electrics, Enduro Gatekeeper RTR press release, 11 November 2020.
  6. RC Driver, Element RC Enduro12, 16 April 2024.
  7. Associated Electrics, Enduro Comp Fox press release, 4 September 2024.
  8. Associated Electrics, RC10 Trail Truck Cattleman press release, December 2025.
  9. Red RC, STRC Element Enduro Brass Options, June 2022.
  10. Red RC, Yeah Racing Enduro Brass Steering C-Hubs, December 2021.
  11. Red RC, Samix Enduro Front Bumper Mount, October 2021.
  12. Red RC, Factory Team Enduro SE Machined Ring and Pinion Set, April 2023.