Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Gil Losi Jr joins Kyosho America Categories - Industry, Kyosho, Racing, Products - comments closed
Well it seems i’m the last person to get the news that Gil Losi Jr has joined Kyosho America, as my mailbox was full this morning with people telling me about it, damn that time difference. So heres the lowdown from Kyosho.
Gil Losi, Jr., an icon in the RC business and co-founder of Team Losi(tm), is coming to Kyosho America. Beginning in April, Losi will join the Kyosho America team as R&D Director in an effort to better align Kyosho products with the US market.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Luxembourgs MCCK track gets a facelift Categories - Industry, On Road, Racing - comments closed
The people at Luxembourgs MCCK track have begun work on altering their World famous cork screw corner that provided so many drivers at the 2004 European Championships, as well as VRC users, with so many challenges. As you can see from the picture, the corner will turn right at the bottom of the original corkscrew instead of left and go back up hill and into a double left and then dropping in another corkscrew corner before rejoining the original track. The alterations should be ready in time for the new season.
Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]
Monday, March 19, 2007
RC Zone Live Webcast from RCX 2007 Categories - Exhibitions, Video, Industry - comments closed
We just got dropped an e-mail from the guys over at RC Zone telling us about their upcoming Live Webcast from this years RCX show that takes place in Pomona California on the 31st if March till the 1st of April. The webcast will be streaming live interviews, track demos including the Supercross Challenge, and showcasing some of the latest products throughout both days. It is completely free to view and no registration is required. A chatroom will be made available for members to simultaneously discuss the latest happenings and product releases. The entire webcast will be archived and broken in to separate videos for download after the show for those who can’t tune in.
Be sure to checkout RCXLive.com during the event to see this great coverage.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
French Engine regulation Row Categories - Industry, Ninja, Racing, Engines - comments closed
There is a bit of a storm brewing in France with regards the new EFRA rulings that allow the previous Outlaw crankshafts be used in EFRA legal motors. The row stems from a long standing FVRC (French Federation) regulation that states that EFRA rules will only be adopted 1 year after they are decided upon. The new engine regulations according to the FVRC do not fall under this year delay and are to be implemented immediately, so far all is fine. But it starts to get tricky when a certain French engine manufacturer objects to the new engine regulations being implemented this year and thus causing the new .12 Ninja motor, that has only just been released and only supplied with the current EFRA legal crankshaft to be illegal, therefore stopping the use of this engine completely in France. Of course the engines importer is fighting back and the battle is continuing on, and you can check out some info about it here and here (french).
The people behind the great TV show, RC Racing, have been in touch by e-mail to inform us that episode 4 is now online, which is showing in the player above. In this episode they take a look round the Schumacher factory, and test the Schumacher Havoc as well as show an in depth report from last summers 1/12th scale World championships plus an interview with World Champion David Spashett. They also wanted us to let everyone know that their new website is now online, and that visitors will be able to find all previous episodes of the show as well as show times and other information.
Check out their new website here.
We have heard whisperings that former Japanese National Champion and World Championship Vice Champion Takaaki Shimo has left Sirio engines with immediate effect, although we have yet to receive confirmation of his new engine supplier. Shimo as we all know is a top Kyosho racer and very close to the factory and with this latest move further confirms a split between the Japanese car manufacturer and the Italian engine manufacturer, no matter how much Star Motor wants to deny it. Shimo joins fellow Kyosho racers Bertin, Collari, Cyrul who have all left Sirio with Collari choosing Novarossi and Cyrul and Bertin going for the Team Orion CRF engines to power their cars. We have talked a lot about this matter in the past and believe that there is definitely a shift within Kyosho to move away from Sirio but until we receive some official confirmation from either party we cant say for sure.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
RC Racing TV show times for March Categories - Video, Industry, Racing - comments closed
At the start of February we told you that the popular TV show RC Racing would be featuring the Neo Invitational race in its latest episode. Well the producers of the show have once more been in contact to tell us about the show times and content for this episode, which will be shown on European cable channel Motors TV.
In this months episode of RC Racing, we go nitro crazy as we begin our intensive coverage of the Neo Buggy Invitational event. We have the Truggy “A” final, a review of the HPI Hellfire and we chat with top US star Adam Drake, and I enter my first ever IC off road meeting and find it’s a bit of a steep learning curve!
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Kyosho Sirio partnership still strong says Andrea Rossi Categories - Sirio, Industry, Kyosho - comments closed
Last week we suggested that the partnership between Kyosho and Star Motor Engineering, makers of Sirio motors, may be on the rocks following constant rumours suggesting so and the fact that their 2 World Champions had stop running their motors. In an interview with Italian website Unoadieci, Andrea Rossi set the record straight and suggested that these rumours were aimed to cause damage to the companies reputation and the partnership between itself and Kyosho and cause doubt in the market. He says that the working partnership is as strong as ever and their team will remain the same for this season as it was last season with the exception of Adrien Bertin. He also took the opportunity to state that their competition engine development continues with the release of 4 new motors for on road and off road.
UPDATE: Just when you think everything is pleasant in Sirioville, RMV Deutschland, who are heavily involved with Kyosho Europe, have issued a statement on their site stating that as of last Sunday their contract to supply Sirio ran out and that they no longer wish to continue selling their products and will instead only concentrate on RB Products. See statement here (in German).
Source: Unoadieci [unoadieci.net]
