Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Reedy Micro Brushless System Categories - Electric, Motors, Products, Reedy - comments closed
Reedy have announced the release of their all-new sensorless Micro Brushless System comprising of motors and ESC. The light and compact ESC installs perfectly into the tight confines of 1:18 scale vehicles, while a simple calibration and a wide variety of tuning options make it perfect for the casual enthusiast as well as the serious racer. Due to its sensor-less design, the Micro Brushless Motor operates powerfully and efficiently without complicated sensor harnesses. Together, these create a potent combination of power and efficiency that brings performance to a new level. The motors are available in a wide range of versions and are sold separately or together as a set with the ESC.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Oliver Mack signs for Novarossi Categories - Drivers, Novarossi, On Road, Racing - comments closed
Novarossi have been in contact to tell us that former World and European Finalist, and leading German racer, Oliver Mack has signed for Novarossi for the 2009 season. Having used GRP engines last year, the Mugen driver has joined the Italian manufacturers team ahead of the Worlds next year in Switzerland.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]
The 23rd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj recaps on their season, one of busiest for the Xray team so far.
For an RC car designer it is of course his task to be at the tracks, analyzing everything and taking care of his product, team and every other related thing. This summer I really put in a huge amount of my time and energy to make Xray cars and the team as successful as possible. Now I will have to switch a little bit to the other side – focusing more on taking care of the company, new projects, and new developments… and leading the R&D, production and managements teams – to keep a good balance.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
VRC graphics artist Tony West has delivered yet another chassis for VRC Pro: the Associated GT2 Factory Team gas truck. This chassis will fit the 1:10 nitro off-road class that will be featured in VRC Pro. Off-road will have to wait until on-road is launched, the reason for this is the extra development work that has to go in to creating the off-road tracks and various chassis.
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Neo 09 - Announcement Categories - Events, International, Off Road, Racing - comments closed
Our half sister Neo Buggy is pleased to announce the return of the Neo race in 2009 (“Neo09”). After the success of Neo08 in March this year, the event will once again be hosted at the Harper Adams facility, with DXR as the organizers. Using a similar timetable as Neo08 with some tweaks, the event will have an entry limit of 180 1/8 buggy drivers. A special ‘invite only’ 1/8 Electric Buggy class will also be run alongside the main class. The date of the event is 10-13 April 2009; 4 days over Easter, with 1 day of practice, 2 days of qualifying, and finals on Monday.
Further details will be published on the official event site here.
Susanto & Wong win 2008 Borneo Cup Categories - Gas, National, Off Road, Racing - comments closed
The 2008 Borneo Cup for 1/8th scale off-road buggies & truggies took place recently in Malaysia. In the buggy class it was HongNor driver Sunny Wong that took the TQ spot setting a new lap record, but it was his VP Pro team mate and Losi driver Edy Susanto that took the win in the final with Sunny in 2nd and Mugen driver Daniel in 3rd. In the truggy class, Sunny was able to claim the win ahead of Nanda driver Lim Kok Beng in 2nd, while Hobao racer Wong Yoke Meng took 3rd.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
RC Racing Series 3 - Episode 1 Categories - Industry, Racing, Video - comments closed
The Worlds No.1 RC TV show returns for our 3rd series this week and they’re bigger and better than ever.
For our season Premiere we travel to Las Vegas to pick up the best of the action from the IIC meeting, with both 10th and 12th scale action! We also have a look at the latest off road buggy and there is a chance to win one! All of this is bigger and better than ever as not only are we in widescreen but we now have our own studio too! Coming up later in the series we will be in Thailand For the Electric world championships, in Denmark and Germany for major international events and also in a certain shed in Telford for the biggest 1/8th Rallycross event of the year.
The times of the next 5 showings of RC Racing, both in the UK and Europe, can be found on the Motors TV page here.
Pro-Line Shift for Jammin X2-CRT Categories - Bodies, Jammin, Pro Line, Products - comments closed
Pro Line have released the Jammin X2-CRT version of the Shift, the company’s latest in body styling and technology. Giving your X2-CRT the lowest possible CG, crisp lines are carefully sculpted to hug the chassis interior like a glove which allows for the smallest cab and side pod design possible. Combined with genuine GE .060 Lexan and you’re ready to hit the track in the latest fashion.
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