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January 4, 2011

Jared Tebo and Kyosho

With all the new signings and news of contracts around the new year, World’s top qualifier Jared Tebo got in touch to let us about his different sponsors beginning with Kyosho with whom he is beginning the 3rd year of a 5 year contract.

My first two years back driving for Team Kyosho have been great. We are always building our relationship and learning more as a team. I have been working harder than in the past to better my communication on what I need in the equipment. Also on the testing and practicing side. I know what I can do and we, driver and car designer, are going to be working very hard in 2011. I had an amazing year in 2010 and plan on working harder and having another great year in 2011. Kyosho will also be doing all they can on building the best cars for our team and customers. 2010 was amazing for both myself and Team Kyosho. We did what most would thought could not happen; ROAR National Champion, and IFMAR TQ and World Champion. I would like to thank Team Kyosho Japan, Team Kyosho America, and Joe Pillars for this great opportunity and look forward to many more great years and continuing our great relationship. I will be running Kyosho cars in 1/8 Nitro Buggy, 1/8 Nitro Truggy, 1/8 Electric Buggy, 1/10 Modified 2wd, 1/10 Modified 4wd, and 1/10 Modified 2wd SC. Thank you all very much for the support.

We will have more Jared Tebo news over the coming days.

January 3, 2011

Martin Karner leaves Kyosho

We have received a notice that after 5 successful years with Team Kyosho, top Austrian driver Martin Karner has left Kyosho looking for a new challenge. Martin released the following statement:

I would like to say thank you for the successes during a team-member of Kyosho and also for the great working together in all the time. With Kyosho I had lots of successes like two times Austrian Staatsmeister in 2007 and 2008, European pre-finalist in 2009 and two time Kyosho-Masters-Winner in Italy and in Bischofsheim. Especially I would thank Susanne Espig, Thomas Hoffmann, Daniel Haas and Frank Lemke for the great support on all of the events. You are a great team! I wish you lots of luck and all the best for the future of Kyosho.

We expect details of where Martin will be going to be released soon.

December 10, 2010

Robitronic Mini-Z ball bearing set

New from Robitronic for your Kyosho Mini-Z is this oiled ball bearing set. Sanctioned for use in most stock-class races, these bearings not only enhance your runtime but also push your lap times considerably. Complete set includes 4 x 2x6x2,5mm and 3 x 3x6x2,5mm bearings.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

November 19, 2010

Cody King’s World Championship winning setup

Kyosho America have sent us the World Championship winning setup of new World Champion Cody King, which he used in Pattaya, Thailand to clinch the 2010 title. While you may never run on a track like that at PRS, its still interesting to see what way Cody had his car setup to take victory.

View the setup sheet here

October 26, 2010

Kyosho DBX 2.0 1/10th scale buggy

New from Kyosho, the DBX 2.0 gets beginners off to a flying start as well as providing an ideal step up to the power of 1/8-class machines with the same long wheelbase and tread as well as 1/8 tires and wheels. The chassis features a 4-wheel independent double-wishbone suspension and fulltime 4WD drive expected of a true racing buggy and it’s optimally balanced with the power of the GXR-18SP engine delivering outrageous performance. Whether you’re timing laps around a 1/8 racing circuit or tearing up the local dirt track, the DBX 2.0 puts the adrenaline pumping excitement of real off-road racing performance at your fingertips. As the DBX 2.0 is packaged as a fully assembled Readyset, even beginners can be off and racing in no time at all.

View more details here

October 17, 2010

STRC Ultima option parts

New from STRC for the Kyosho Ultima range of products, including the SC, SC-R, DB, RB5 & RT5, is this complete range of optional products. First up are these CNC Machined aluminium front braces, that will solve the front suspension brace problem on your Kyosho off-road vehicles. The stock brace is held in by the bumper and constantly moves around and can come loose if the front bumper bends or breaks. This front brace incorporates O-rings where the hinge-pins pass through, thus providing a snug fit on the hinge-pins and is less likely to come loose. Next up are aluminium bulkheads that carry the same adjustability of 25 or 30 deg. front kick-up as the stock plastic piece, but offers far superior durability.

View more product information here

October 14, 2010

Kyosho V-One R4 200mm chassis

Having briefly mentioned the upcoming release of the new Kyosho V-One R4 earlier this month, the Japanese company has shown off their new 200mm chassis at this week’s All Japan Model Hobby show. Developed by team drivers Adrien Bertin and Takaaki Shimo, the new car seems to feature a new radio plate, front body mount as well as a new fuel tank and presumably a new chassis plate to accommodate a RX battery placement change as a result of the new tank, plus a host of other changes. We don’t have any concrete specs but we will bring you full details as we get them.

View another image of the car here

October 3, 2010

Kyosho V-One R4 teaser

Kyosho Germany are teasing the next iteration of their double World Champion winning V-One platform with the impending release of the V-One R4. We have no other information on this new car apart from what we can see in the CAD images in the background of this image, which seems to be a longer and narrower fuel tank as well as an ultra low profile. More information as we get it.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]