Thursday, November 9, 2006
Team Magic E4 Concept Car Categories - Cars, Electric On Road, Products, Team Magic - comments closed
You may remember back from the iHobby show, we wrote about the new Team Magic E4 electric touring car. We were quite harsh about its 3 belt system and centrally mounted batteries and likened to a 1/10th 200mm gas car with an electric motor in it. Well that opinon hasn’t changed but these studio pictures from the Taiwanese manufacturer definitely show this car in a new light and i’m starting to like the look of it, look at how low it is….nice.
Looking at the pictures though also highlights a few issues with the E4, like the fact that the speed controller position looks like an after thought, mounted on the pinion side of the motor.
Check out the pictures for yourself here… (more…)
Like we reported a while back, the Xray T2007 has a problem with the bearings not lasting the distance. This was originally thought to be the not enough lubrication applied by the bearing manufacturer, well the scientists over in Xray did some more research and found that:
The situation is in fact due to the increased precision and higher tolerances of these ball-bearings; when dust or carpet fibres enter into the ball-bearing it becomes trapped and the ball-bearing locks up and unfortunately, this tends to happen sooner than the previous batch of ball-bearings.
Nice way to put a positive spin on it there guys. Anyway click here to find out what you should do to stop this and maintain your bearings.
Saturday, November 4, 2006
CRC dominate 1/12th at the Halloween Classic Categories - CRC, Cars, Electric On Road, Events, Products - comments closed
Something that seemed to slip our radar, mainly due to my lack of knowledge with regards 1/12th scale, is the fact that the all new CRC (Calandra Racing Concepts) Carpet Knife Generation X kicked ass at the Halloween Classic in Cleveland. While we only brought you the Touring modified results, it seemed that the real racing at this event was happening in the comeback class, 1/12th. Mark Smyka TQ’d and won in the 19T class, whilst in modified it was Mike Blackstock who took the TQ and the win.
Head on over to CRC for the full report.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Tech Racing MY07 Medusa EX Categories - Cars, Electric On Road, Products, Tech Racing - comments closed
Japanese company Tech Racing are close to releasing their MY07 Medusa EX, the follow up the MY05 that finished 9th (Sport) in this year ultra competitive Japanese EP Touring car nationals. The car will be available with pink or light blue aluminium parts and is limited in numbers. The car is set for release on the 17th of November and the first batch will contain titanium parts so if you want one, you better pre-order.
Source: Tech Racing [tech-racing.co.jp]
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Team Associated RC18R Categories - Cars, Electric On Road, Products, Team Associated - comments closed
Now normally I wouldn’t write about such cars as I find them a bit toyish, but these ones are cute and are made by the grandaddy of RC competition, Team Associated, so they are deserving of mention. The RC18R is a little 1/18th scale electric rally car that is based on Associated’s popular and already available ready-to-run 1/18th scale buggies and truggies but then are adapted to suit the narrower width.
More pictures and feature list after the jump… (more…)
Friday, October 27, 2006
Moore-Speed World Champion Edition Cyclone Categories - Cars, Electric On Road, Hot Bodies, Products - comments closed
Hot Bodies have just released final details and images of their HB Cyclone Moore-Speed World Champion Edition. Created to celebrate Andy Moore winning the World Championship in Italy this year, the car is based on the Hara-edition Cyclone kit, but features many of the optional parts that Andy used on his car to take the title.
You can see large images of the car and the parts included by going here. Or alternatively if your German is better than your Japanese you can go here.
Source: Hot Bodies [hpiracing.co.jp] via RCWorld.ch [rcworld.ch]
Thursday, October 26, 2006
More Corally RDX proto sightings Categories - Cars, Corally, Electric On Road, Products - comments closed
Because my Danish is worse than non existent, i can’t quite tell you what the guys over at RaceRC.dk are writing about. But what i can tell you is that they have some more close up pictures of Jonas Kærup’s Corally RDX prototype chassis. We showed you pictures of the proto RDX from the Team Orion speed weekend that some enthusiastic snappers managed to get, but these show more detail.
You can view the photos from of the RDX prototype here.
Source: RaceRC.dk [racerc.dk]
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Team Crest, TA05 mid mount conversion Categories - Accessories, Electric On Road, Products, Tamiya - comments closed
Our blogging comrads over at RCWorld.ch have given us the heads up on this mid motor conversion kit for the Tamiya TA05. Made by Japanese firm Team Crest, the conversion set provides all the bits necessary to mid mount your transmission and motor, which in turn creates space for a rear mounted saddle pack.
More pics after the jump… (more…)
