Monday, January 28, 2008
Kawahara for MSR & Mike Swauger Categories - Kawahara, Industry, On Road, Racing, Drivers - comments closed 
Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the exclusive distributor rights for Kawahara Racing product in the USA for 2008. Starting in February 2008, MSR will carry the complete line of 1/10th and 1/8th scale on-road foam tires plus all the high quality option parts that Kawahara is known for making. This new deal will also see top Mugen racer Mike Swauger, who recently switched to JP Racing engines, run the Kawahara tires at all races. Contact MSR for further information regarding all Kawahara products.
Source: MSR [mugenracing.com]
Thursday, January 24, 2008
RCSignup.com & RC Pro team up Categories - Industry, Events, Racing - comments closed
RCSignup.com were in contact with us to say they have finalized an agreement with the RC Pro Series that will make them the official online sign up site for RC Pro Series Events. The site has now added a special button to the navigation that will display only RC Pro Events and has also added an RSS feed specific to RC Pro Events. A custom widget for the RSS feed is also available for placement on websites, message boards, and even mySpace. The RC Pro Series is happy to recommend this free service to all RC Pro Tracks and looks forward to utilizing RCSignup.com as the exclusive online sign up site for the 2008 RC Pro Series Offroad Finals.
Source: RC Sign Up [rcsignup.com]
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
GRP to stop production of Ninja brand Categories - Industry, Ninja, GRP, Engines, Products - comments closed
GRP have been in touch to tell us that starting from the 1st of February 2008, it will cease production of the Ninja brand of engines in order to focus 100% on the production of its own GRP brand name motors, which will be officially presented at next months Nuremberg Toy Fair. This announcement does not affect production of the Boss and Falcon engine lines which will continue to be produced. Given the big quantity of Ninja engines sold on the market, GRP commits itself in making available to Mugen all Ninja spare parts for the next 2 years.
View the actual announcement here… (more…)
Monday, January 21, 2008
Xray Column - Off road Development Categories - Industry, Xray, Products - comments closed
The 14th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the development of the company’s next generation 1/8th scale buggy.
Before packing my stuff for the two big US races, I had the R&D and Production shops work quickly to make all of the parts I wanted to test. This time I had decided to not make all these parts for other team drivers but purposely only for me, but rather to make only a few shock sets for some other drivers. I expected that besides the significant shock improvements that we would need to improve forward traction and steering, and also the speed of the car. All of the parts were made on time and within only a few days, so I could finish packing my stuff and leave for the US.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Sunday, January 20, 2008
ROAR Legalise BL Motors for Stock Categories - Industry, Events, Electric, National, Racing - comments closed 
In all of the excitement surrounding ROAR announcing the legality of LiPo cells for sanctioned racing we overlooked the introduction of Brushless motors for stock racing. According to Novak, 17.5-turn brushless motors have been approved for use in the Stock class and in addition there is a name change for the 19T class. This will now be known as the Super Stock Class, and will allow 10.5 and 13.5-turn brushless motors.
Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
ROAR approve LiPo packs for racing Categories - Industry, National, Racing - comments closed 
Some major changes of heart at ROAR following today’s confirmation by the US Governing body that lithium battery technology has been approved for use in ROAR sanctioned events. Essentially all 7.4v batteries in a hard case will be approved for use if they pass the safety tests, of which there are three, the most important is the overcharge test. They are now approved to be used in 6 cell, sub-C Ni-Cd and NiMH classes and must meet the current minimum weight requirement, which means racers will need to add weight to their cars.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Fun & Drive obtain IDM distribution Categories - IDM, Industry, Engines, Products - comments closed
Our friends at Fun & Drive in Germany have been in touch to tell us that they have been appointed the German distributor for the Picco based range of IDM engines. Run by the Lechner family, this long established RC firm will carry the full range of IDM products and as part of the deal, super quick lady racer Sabrina Lechner will also now run the IDM power plants.
Source: Fun & Drive [scuderia-fun-and-drive.com]
Friday, January 4, 2008
Joseph Quagraine - Interview Categories - JQ Products, Industry, Products - comments closed 
More interviews with our partners Neo Buggy having an exclusive chat with Joseph Quagraine to talk about his new venture JQ Products, that he is doing together with Himoto Racing.
I have been working on my own 1:8 buggy design for nearly two years now, and at the time I started talking with Himoto, it was already done. When I finally showed them my prototype they were impressed, and basically things took off from there. The opportunity of being part of a new RC-car company was just too good to miss. It is a great challenge to pull this off, and establish a new top level racing brand, but its one I am looking forward too. We will start with a 1:8 buggy, and various nitro racing accessories, but the intention is to expand from there and produce other cars also, both gas and electric, on and offroad.
Read the full interview here.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
