Saturday, March 1, 2008
Kyosho RT-5 Stadium truck Prototype Categories - Cars, Electric Off Road, Kyosho, Products - comments closed
Our US Magazine partners R/C Car have the first pictures of the new Kyosho Stadium truck that was spotted in secret testing at one of the magazines local tracks in Southern California. The RT-5, as it is currently being called, is a 1/10 scale off-road electric stadium truck, which Kyosho reps stress is still highly pre-production and in full testing mode. The RT-5 is based upon Kyosho’s popular RB-5 electric buggy and in fact shares RB-5’s transmission and tranny ratio. The car, as you would expect has a longer chassis, longer suspension arms, and longer shocks than the RB-5 and the double-thick carbon-fibre shock towers seen in the photos are still undergoing testing with production versions perhaps being molded, fibre or carbon fibre. There is no official release date yet, but Kyosho will debut the RT-5 in mid-March at the Cactus Classic in Phoenix, Arizona, where a Kyosho engineer from Japan will join the team to help with further development.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Diggity Designs Kyosho RB5 rear tower Categories - Accessories, Diggity Designs, Kyosho, Off Road, Products - comments closed 
Following on from the release of the first generation shock towers for the 2wd Kyosho RB5, Diggity Designs have now released the second version of the rear shock tower. Made from super strong 4mm thick carbon fibre, and coming supplied with all the necessary hardware, this new shock tower has more material across the top than the previous version and the upper camber link mounting holes are separated, not all connected as on the previous type.
Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]
Monday, February 18, 2008
JConcepts Illuzion ST-RR body Categories - Bodies, JConcepts, Kyosho, Off Road, Products - comments closed 
Similar in styling to the XXX-T CR body shell, JConcepts have also released a new Hi-Flow body for the Kyosho ST-RR truggy. The Illuzion “Hi-Flow” styling presents a flowing design while incorporating many radical edge styling details for additional style and performance. Race inspired aggressive styling, Illuzionized cab and cove hood scoop combined with a durable flowing bed design are just some of the features that make this body stand out. Made from clear heavy-duty thickness polycarbonate, it comes supplied with protective film, window masks, detailed Illuzion decal sheet and foam body mount washers (4pc).
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Lunsford will soon release a titanium turnbuckle set for the Kyosho Ultima RB5 2wd EP buggy. Made from high grade titanium, these lightweight and ultra strong items are sold in a pack of 6 pieces for the cars front camber, rear camber & steering rods. All turnbuckles sport both normal and reverse threads along with an adjustment knuckle for easy length adjustment. Available early March.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]
Friday, February 8, 2008
Toy Fair - Kyosho Dnano Categories - Exhibitions, Kyosho, Products - comments closed
Kyosho are at the show with a new range of 1/43rd scale mini cars, smaller than the Mini-Z, called the Dnano. As far as I’m aware the new cars havent been officially launched yet but we did spot some hidden away on a glass stand and also spotted one being run on the makeshift Mini-Z track. They look great and performance on the track looked good, at least in a straight line. Available in a number of different body types, they are controlled by the new 2.4Ghz radio system that comes with the new generation Mini-Z’s.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Ryan Lutz wins Midwest Nitro Champs Categories - Events, Gas, Kyosho, Off Road, Racing - comments closed 
Kyosho have been in touch to tell us that their team driver Ryan Lutz drove his Sirio-powered Inferno 777 WC buggy and Inferno ST-RR truck to wins in their respective classes during the 13th Annual Midwest Nitro Champs at the popular CRCRC facility last weekend. Lutz TQ’ed the truggy class and, even with two lengthy pit stops to repair some body damage, led the last 60 laps of the main to take a decisive victory. In the 1:8 buggy class, Lutz qualified sixth which meant he had a tough task ahead if he hoped to sweep both 1:8 classes, however a superior driving performance allowed Lutz to pull to the front of the pack. An unfortunate flameout in the latter stages of race erased a comfortable half-lap lead and put Lutz nearly a full lap down to Mayfield. Once back on the track, Lutz bumped his pace to more than a full second a lap faster over the next 30 laps, closing an entire lap on Mayfield and making the inevitable pass to take the victory, completing the sweep of both classes.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Kyosho Inferno GT aluminium upgrades Categories - Accessories, Kyosho, On Road, Products - comments closed 
Kyosho has expanded its line of performance accessories for the Inferno GT sedan with the release of some CNC machined aluminium front hub carriers and rear uprights. The C-hubs and rear uprights have been blue anodised and are machined from aircraft-grade aluminum for extra durability with both products coming supplied with stainless steel hingepins and e-clips, wile the rear uprights feature molded bearing sleeves for perfect bearing alignment.
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Karl Marsden joins Kyosho UK Categories - Industry, Kyosho, Products - comments closed 
Some industry news with the announcement that Karl Marsden has joined Kyosho UK to help with promotion and to sell Kyosho products to retail stores in the North of the UK, joining the current sales team of Mike Cradock, Neil Skull and John-Yves Ferte. Karl has been involved in the business side of the RC industry selling radio control cars for many years, and is looking forward to the new challenge of selling a wide range of cars as well as Kyosho’s huge range of Planes, Helicopters and Boats. Karl is also well respected RC racer having started at the age of 9 and has since managed to achieve multiple European A finals as well as National wins & Championships in the 1/10th On & Off road Electric classes.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
