Friday, January 4, 2008
Joseph Quagraine - Interview Categories - Industry, JQ Products, 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]
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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]
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
JMRCA 2008 regulation changes Categories - Events, Industry, National, Racing - comments closed 
The Japanese governing body, the JMRCA have announced a number of important ammendments to their rules and regulations for 2008 that include the use of 2.4Ghz radio systems to be allowed during sanctioned racing. New vehicle regulations include the use of 5 cells in the touring car expert class, in place of 4 cells, while the rest of the classes in both electric and gas essentially move over to IFMAR regulations regarding technical specifications. Finally the use of brushless motors is now permitted in both 1/12th scale pan cars and 1/10th scale off road.
Source: JMRCA [jmrca.com]
Following up on the news that Joseph Quagraine had left HoBao comes the announcement that the Finnish driver has started a new company in Hong Kong together with Himoto Racing and will be launching a new RC car brand during 2008 called JQ Products. The goal is to produce high quality racing products, including both electric and nitro car models for both on and off road racing and will start off with a totally new 1:8 scale buggy and nitro racing accessories for 1:8 buggy racing. The buggy, which includes a number of unique features, is currently being tested and the goal is to have it ready for public release during 2009. Expect to see it in action later this year in the hands of Joseph Quagraine.
Source: Himoto [himotoracing.com]
Monday, December 31, 2007
RC Racing - Series 2 Episode 3 Categories - Industry, Racing, Video - comments closed 
The producers of the great RC TV show RC Racing were once again in contact to inform us of the upcoming Episode 3 which premieres this Wednesday on European cable channel Motors TV.
Episode 3 sees us begin our comprehensive and exclusive coverage of the Indoor International Championships from Las Vegas, We chat with the organiser and star “race caller” Scotty Ernst, talk foam tyres with Paul Lemiuex and have full coverage of the Touring car modified Foam A main with race commentary by John Hindhaugh. Adding to the international flavour of this months show we go large in Australia with a report from the 1/5th scale world championships held in Brisbane. We also look at the latest machines from HPI and Kyosho in our track tests.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
RC Racing - Series 2 Episode 2 Categories - Industry, Racing, Video - comments closed 
The producers of the great RC TV show RC Racing were once again in contact to inform us of the upcoming Episode 2 which premieres this Wednesday on European cable channel Motors TV.
This month we have more action from the BRCA touring car finals at the Cotswold club, and also the Modified A final from the Milton Keynes 12th National, Our reviews include a look at the amazing array of hop-ups available for the HPI Baja 5b as well as news, views and interviews.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
RC Racing Series 2 episode 1 Categories - Industry, Products, Racing, Video - comments closed
Episode 1 of the second series of RC Racing, shown in Europe on cable channel Motors TV is now online and can be watched in the player above.
Presenter Nick Daman tries his hand at racing again, this time at the 12th scale nationals in Milton Keynes. After his exploits in 1/8th Rallycross could he be heading for another fall? (Or crash). There is also topline action as the cream of British touring car racers come together for the BRCA finals at the Cotswolds club, where they also chat to Andy Moore about his recent 12th Euros success and review the latest RC cars and trucks.
Source: RC Racing [rcracing.tv]
Monday, November 26, 2007
Norway lifts ban on EP Racing Categories - Electric, Events, Industry, Racing - comments closed 
The Norwegian RC federation have announced that following their Annual General Meeting on the 17th-18th November, they have lifted the ban on EP racing in their country. The racing ban was put in place following a number of cell explosions during charging which could have led to someone getting injured. The NMF have laid out a number of guidelines, similar to the BRCA, regulating how to safely charge batteries during training and racing up until 1st April 2008, at which time the new EFRA approved cell requirements will be adapted across Europe.
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