Tuesday, April 24, 2007
HB Cyclone brushless motor mount Categories - Hot Bodies, Accessories, On Road, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have announced that they will be shipping this new motor mount for their World Championship winning Cyclone touring car. Available in 3 anodised colours; purple, blue and black, the new motor mount is made especially for mounting brushless motors by providing more space to allow you to use up to 110 teeth on the spur gear. This is done by allowing the motor be mounted further away from the center shaft.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Hot Bodies Cyclone S RTR Categories - Hot Bodies, Electric On Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have officially announced the RTR version of the Cyclone S, their sport version of the World Championship winning Cyclone touring car. Factory assembled to exacting specifications, the Cyclone S RTR will feature everything that makes the Cyclone S a great car, such as World Championship-winning racing geometry, reinforced composite chassis and shock towers, front and rear ball differentials, aluminium motor mount and full adjustability of critical race-tuning settings. This car comes with a pre-painted Dodge Stratus shell and all part are upgradeable to the existing Moorespeed World Championship Edition Cyclone options.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 shipping Categories - Hot Bodies, Electric Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Just a quick word to say that HPI Japan have announced that the long awaited Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 4wd buggy will be shipping in April, so expect to see in your local hobby shop or online store in the next couple of weeks. As well as announcing the cars release HPI Japan have also shipped some optionals for the D4 like a 1.2mm anti-roll bar instead of the kit 1.4mm, a high downforce wing and a front one-way axle.
Source: HPI Japan [hpiracing.co.jp]
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Velocity Racing foam bumpers Categories - Velocity Racing, Hot Bodies, Accessories, On Road, Products - comments closed
Its a slow news day when we start writing about foam bumpers but unfortnately that day has come so here it is. Japanese company Velocity Racing have released these high density foam bumpers for the Hot Bodies Cyclone and excitingly enough they come in 2 different colours, are super lightweight, and sport such nifty features as removable foam cutouts to allow you to customise how the bumper should compress under impact.
Source: Extreme [upp.so-net.ne.jp/EXTREME]
Monday, March 12, 2007
HB High quality matched Springs Categories - Hot Bodies, Accessories, On Road, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have released these matched high quality springs for use with their World Championship winning on road electric Cyclone chassis range. We wrote about these springs last Christmas when they were originally released under the Atsushi Hara Products brand, but now they are available from Hot Bodies / HPI direct.
Featuring ground-flat ends, cool black coating and a simple paint marking to identify the strength of the spring, these are the ultimate Cyclone tuning spring. The springs are each 25mm long and will fit a variety of shock absorbers from various manufacturers.
Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]
Thursday, March 1, 2007
HB Front Solid Axle Set V.3 Categories - Hot Bodies, Accessories, On Road, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have released this front solid axle set for use with their Cyclone 190mm toruing car. This axle comes as standard with the Cyclone World Champion Edition and now it is available to be used in all other versions of the car. The Version 3 of this axle set uses steel outdrives which increases durability and therefore increases the time between rebuilds.
Using the valuable ’spool’ effect, you will get maximum front traction on all types of tracks. From tight, twisty tracks with high traction to wide, low traction surfaces, you get the advantage of outbraking the competition and turning tight into the corner!
Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Toni Rheinard confirmed to Hot Bodies Categories - Hot Bodies, Electric, International, Racing, Drivers - comments closed
A short while back we wrote a piece about the fact that Toni ‘brother of Marc’ Rheinard may be upping and leaving Kyosho, a company that he had only raced with for a short time, well that is now confirmed. In pictures from this weeks TITC race in Thailand we can see that Toni is now racing for Hot Bodies, which is a good move for both parties, with Toni hopefully able to get the exposure and success that being a HB driver brings, and HB getting a very talented racer. Hopefully somebody will stand him against a wall and get a picture of him in his HB gear but in the meantime we’ll have to make do with my dodgy compilation shots above.
UPDATE: Someone called his name and took his picture.
Images: Team Novi [teamnovi.blog.drecom.jp/]
Monday, February 5, 2007
Hot Bodies present some Hot Bodies Categories - Hot Bodies, Bodies, Off Road, On Road, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have announced that along with their new kits that they launched at the toy fair that they will also be getting back into the bodyshell business. They will release a new updated Moorespeed Mazda 6 bodyshell for 1/10th scale 190mm racing that features several aerodynamic tweaks for more high-speed steering and a longer profile for improved straight-line stability. Also coming out is a new competition body for 1/8th off road that features an aerodynamically-tuned cockpit, sweet speed lines and a sharply angled rear panel. And finally a body for 1/12th circuit racing, a new class that HB will enter, that takes design concepts from a full size LMP car and sports front canard winglets to its super low-slung design and a massive rear wing.
Check out the other new shells here… (more…)
