Monday, January 15, 2007
Xray NT1 wins first event Categories - Cars, Gas On Road, National, Products, Racing, Xray - comments closed
Last weekends Florida State series race held at the Ft Myers track, dubbed the Winternats Warm up race, was won by the all new Xray NT1. Making its debut in the hands of Xray team drivers Barry Baker and Ralph Burch, the car went on to win the regional race in the hands of Baker.
After successful long term tests by XRAY factory team drivers from Europe and USA at the XRAY’s private racing tracks the NT1 has confirmed its best performance and racing pedigree just at its first race. NT1 - the art of performance.
A good start for the NT1, but we will have to wait to see it compete on the big stage before we see the true potential of this car.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Hot Bodies Lightning 2 Pro EVO Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, Hot Bodies, Products - comments closed
Although the Neo Invitational event was nearly a month ago, Hot Bodies have a report on their site giving us the lowdown on their experiences at the event. Of course they were present with Marc Rheinard and Andy Moore, both touring car racers, but despite that they managed to both make the semi finals, not a bad result considering. But what was more interesting is that both their team drivers where running prototype parts including new shock towers front and rear, a new main chassis, improved radio plate and several other parts in an effort to test them in time to include them in their upcoming Lightning 2 Pro EVO, that is due out sometime this year.
Source: Hot Bodies Europe [hbeurope.com]
The Team Associated TC5 prototype electric car has been around for a while now and has been performing quite well, and is still being developed, but it seems that the car is a step closer to being released with the latest images of the car showing the use of some production ready parts. RC Zone has some images taken at last weekends Novak US Touring car championships that show Rick Hohwarts car in detail as well as some more info on the car itself.
The major parts that carry over from previous cars are the shock bodies, VCS2, Springs, Ballcups, Tierods, Diff Hardware, Ballstuds, Body Posts. Another detail is that the new car will feature screws with 2mm metric threads. The bearings will also be all metric spec. The aluminium parts will also be anodised blue like on other Associated Factory Team cars.
Read the full report and view more pictures here.
Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
MRC Academy SBV2 PRO Buggy Categories - Academy, Cars, Electric Off Road, Products - comments closed
MRC Academy have announced the release of their latest version of their well received SBV2 4wd buggy, the PRO. This car is basically the same as the original SBV2 buggy but with all the optional parts that were available included in the package.
The SBV2 “PRO†has all of the Academy option parts originally offered for the V2, all in one package! The SBV2 “PRO†will provide rock solid performance and driver satisfaction from start to finish. Based on reactions from Team Academy drivers and the press at iHobby Expo, MRC/Academy has designed a winner that is showing very well in local, regional and national races.
Hit the jump to see the full list of specs… (more…)
Monday, January 8, 2007
Atomic Carbon S4 of Chris Doughty Categories - Atomic Carbon, Bodies, Cars, Electric Off Road, Products - comments closed
A while back we showed you the Atomic Carbon S4 which at the time was under development and because of that we werent able to see the bodyshell which was still in the prototype stage. Well with the new season fast approaching, former European Champion Chris Doughty who will drive the S4 this year has taken some pictures of his new ride complete with the all new S4 bodyshell. Similar to the Durango bodyshell, in the fact that it has not side pods, the S4 shell features two huge air scoops at the front that will be used to rush air into the electrics to keep them cool.
View more pics of the S4 body shell here.
Source: Doughty UK [doughtyuk.net]
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Team Associated release more details on their RC8 Buggy Categories - Cars, Gas Off Road, Products, Team Associated - comments closed
A lot of people have been worried that the upcoming RC8 buggy from Team Associated, that was officially announced last week, would be basically a copy of new owner Thunder Tigers current offering. Well according to a statement from Torrance Deguzman, who works with Associateds R&D team, the car will bear no resemblance to the TT buggy but will use its differentials in order to save costs as well as some minor linkage parts but that the rest of the buggy is completely new.
Read the full statement here… (more…)
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Martin Hudy tests Xray NT1 Categories - Cars, Gas On Road, Products, Xray - comments closed
Our partner site RC Forum have got these images of Martin Hudy, testing the NT1 at the Xray text track in Slovakia. Whilst nothing is given away by the pics, it is nice to see that there is a working prototype at least. The most interesting thing about these images is not really the car at all but the rather cool new Xray t-shirt that Martin is shown wearing, featuring that kind of blue flame thats on their boxes all over it.
Check out the 2 pictures in full size here.
Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Team Associated officially announce their 1/8th project Categories - Cars, Drivers, Gas Off Road, Products, Racing, Team Associated - comments closed
In an announcement from Team Associated today, the US company owned by Thunder Tiger, have confirmed, what was a badly kept secret, that they will enter into the 1/8th scale buggy market with their ‘Factory Team RC8′. The statement also confirmed the identity of their team who will race and further develop the car.
Set to lead the Worldwide racing campaign for the RC8 are current ROAR 1/8th Scale National Champion, Ryan Maifield, two-time IFMAR World Champion Ryan Cavalieri and multi-time U.S. National Champion, Richard Saxton. In addition, ROAR “A†main finalist JR Mitch and Kyle Skidmore will focus on regional events and select National contests in the United States.
You can read the full statement here.
Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
