Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Important warning for all XB8 EC kits Categories - Gas Off Road, Products, Xray - comments closed
Xray have published a warning for their new XB8 EC kits that recently shipped. Apparently the light blue coloured shock springs supplied with the kit are not the correct springs and are in fact are dark blue springs with the incorrect colour coating, so be warned.
The Light-Blue shocks springs (#358095) which are included in the kit are NOT the light-blue springs. By a mistake in the color coating process the Dark-Blue springs (#358096) were coated with Light-Blue color. Therefore the springs which are in the kit, despite they have Light-Blue color, in the reality the characteristics and the springs are Dark-Blue.
We suggest to use for the basic set-up either the White springs or the correct Light-Blue springs from the XB8 or XB8TQ kit.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Thursday, March 15, 2007
HobbyTech STR8 Pro buggy Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, HobbyTech, Products - comments closed
RCMag.com have some nice pictures from the all new Pro version of the HobbyTech STR8 1/8th scale gas off road buggy. We first showed you the standard version in February in our off road round up from the Nurnberg Toy Fair and werent very impressed with it, but the Pro version does look good and loses that OEM buggy look and feel that the non Pro version has.
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Friday, March 2, 2007
LRP Shark 18 Buggy - Team version Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, LRP, Products - comments closed
Our Swiss friends over at RC World have some news on the new LRP Factory Team version of their great little Shark 18. We have written about the RTR version before and commented on its speed so this new factory kit version should be ballistic with all the team bits included. This limited edition version comes with anodised aluminium CVDs, front and rear anti-roll bars, aluminium shock absorbers and lots and lots of carbon which should all increase the cars durability and reduce the cars weight.
Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]
OFNA Racing have announced the release of their Ultra LX One RTR 1/8th scale buggy. Based on the successful Ultra series of buggies, they have improved upon that basis by making it closer to a Pro level buggy, changing to C-Hub suspension and adding 13mm shocks & Hi-down Force wing, plus they also upgraded the body styling and added true-lite dish wheels with racing tires. Available now.
Source: OFNA [ofna.com]
Monday, February 26, 2007
More O’Donnell buggy pictures Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, O'Donnell, Products - comments closed
Extreme RC magazine have some more pictures of the new O’Donnell buggy, taken at last weekends Dirt Nitro Challenge in which the car finished 2nd overall in the buggy A-main in the hands of Jared Tebo. Last week we showed you the full picture set as taken by R/C Car magazine but these 2 pictures dont have a huge watermark on them and therefore show some parts very clearly.
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
First Pictures - O’Donnell Buggy Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, O'Donnell, Products - comments closed
Ok, so we are not claiming to have the first pictures of the O’Donnell buggy but that these pictures we have here are the first of the buggy that Jared Tebo has helped develop along with the O’Donnell team. Whether this buggy would ever be finished has been questioned many times but now as you can see its near completion and R/C Car magazine have gotten the scoop and judging by the oversized watermark they have on all the photos, they are very proud of that fact and so they they should be. What you can see of the buggy, underneath the watermark, is a very refined and nicely finished buggy with C-hubs, carbon shock towers front and rear, very beefy suspension arms and the option of gold anodised machined shock towers, it looks good.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Paul Coleman debuts the Robitronic Mantis Categories - Axial, Events, Gas, Gas Off Road, Off Road, Racing, Robitronic - comments closed
Paul Coleman made his debut race with the Robitronic Mantis at last months Team Losi Nitro Winter Championships held in Tampa Florida. The race was a learning experience for Paul, driving the Mantis in its debut Truggy race Stateside, and he could qualify in 6th position with some consistent running and went on to perform well in the race until he was forced to retire with some technical problems. The car however showed its potential and look good on the track, very stable over the jumps and fast through the corners and looks promising for the rest of the season.
Source: Axial Racing [axialracing.com]
Monday, February 12, 2007
HobbyTech STR8 1/8th buggy - Video Categories - Gas Off Road, HobbyTech, Products, Video - comments closed
During our round up of the off road vehicles on show at the Nurnberg toy fair we mentioned the new 1/8th scale buggy from HobbyTech called the STR8, but didnt know much more about it. Well here is a video of it in action and the producers have made it look pretty good, with some rap music and slow motion air shots, i have to say it looks good. Check it out in the video above.
Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
