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February 10, 2008

Edit Tools and Differential screw

Edit have released a number of new items including this Turnbuckle Adjusting Tool, which fits any turnbuckle with a 3.6mm or 4mm center hex. This CNC machined 7075 aluminium tool lets you get on with the business of fine-tuning your car, buggy or truck without adding unsightly scratches and without wasting time using pliers or other tool unsuited for the job. New for the Cyclone D4 is a heavy duty titanium differential screw, which has already been proven to work in the Cyclone touring car, that is made from the same high grade titanium and offers a 40% reduction in rotating mass which increases acceleration and strength. And finally is the company’s Ultimate tuning screw driver, which like the THS Racing tempdriver, combines a long reach tuning screw driver with a engine temperature gun.

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February 9, 2008

Josh Cyrul joins Motonica

We heard this mentioned at the fair on the Motonica booth but thought the announcement was still a time away, but today we have gotten confirmation from Motonica USA that Josh Cyrul will race their car for this season. Cyrul is a former IFMAR World’s TQ, and multiple national and international race winner and he brings with him many years of racing knowledge and engineering experience. His debut with the Motonica P8.0R 08 will be at the upcoming Winternats held in Ft. Myers, Florida and joining Josh will be sedan racing ace Ron Atomic and one of the best 1/8th on road drivers in the US, Scotty Barrera. This is the second announcement regarding Josh this week, having been confirmed as a TOP team driver on Thursday.

Source: Motonica USA [motonica-usa.com]

February 9, 2008

Toy Fair – Tamiya & Carson

Tamiya DT-02 MS

On one of the biggest stands at the fair, Tamiya and Carson, had their latest and greatest products on show. On the Tamiya side of the booth, the Japanese company was focussing on its DB01 off road chassis, which is the basis for the Durga buggy, while also very much in focus was the Limited Edition DT-02MS 2wd buggy. Given a very large section of their own was the TamTech range of mini retro 2wd buggies, but the highlight of the stand was the display of a full size Porsche 911GT3 racing car. This was present due to the release of a RC replica of the car, based on the RTR TT-01 Type E 4wd chassis and which comes with built in lights for that realistic effect.

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February 9, 2008

Toy Fair – TGR 1/28th scale racer

TGR 1/28th scale

One of the smaller companys at the fair is the Turkish mini car specialist TGR, whose products we have featured previously. Attempting to bring new levels of competitiveness to the mini scale market they had the new 1/28th scale on display at the stand. Replacing the company’s Sinister, this car sports a floating front end and so does away with steering kingpin suspesion, had adjustable ride height, adjustable wheel base and has an all new differential which is driving by a ‘belt’ from the motor pinion to the rear axle. TGR also had a number of other items on their stand including the Sinister, some new bodyshells, setup boards and a neat little discharger for AAA cells that has adjustable discharge rate and final voltage.

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February 8, 2008

Toy Fair – Serpent S500 First pics

Serpent S500

Here are the first pictures of the new Serpent S500 4wd buggy. Shown today for the first time it retains the Durango feel while at the same time being completely new. The car has an anodised aluminium chassis with detachable sides and has some really nice details all over, especially the rear battery brace and quick release rear driveshaft for removing the batteries. It uses a dual pivot steering system and the servo is mounted betwen the posts and it was a revised geometry compared the the Durango.

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February 8, 2008

Toy Fair – Team Corally

Corally 10X

Dutch company Team Corally have a large booth at the show and are displaying, among other things, the company’s new 10X and New Generation F1. Very simple cars, the rollng chassis on both are extremely lightweight, similar to the company’s SP12X, which is also on display. The RDX Phi is also present in its carpet foam guise and is sporting thick carbon and lightweight front and rear axles.

Toy Fair – Max Power

Max Power MX21 XL9 TQ

More engines, this time from Max Power who have released an all new buggy motor, the MX21CSQ. Featuring updated internals, a new cooling head and a square stroke, the motor has more top end than the previous Max Power buggy motor. Max also have an all new .12 circuit engine on display (although not with the final crankcase), the XL3 has ceramic bearings and complete new internal porting in the crankcase. To celebrate Massimo Fantini’s TQ at the World Championships last year, there is a MX21XL9 TQ, which is a 9 port motor with ceramic bearings and lots of internal work. Also on display was a new range of budget .12 engines with a nice new cooling head and also there are some new pipes for both .21 circuit and buggy.

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February 8, 2008

Toy Fair – JQ Products

JQ Products Starter box

JQ Products is present at the Himoto stand and Joseph Quagraine is on hand to tell everyone about his new project and the new products already developed. The main current product is the new starter box that has a convention shape and design, but the unique part is the alignment of the car on the top plate. Using 2 adjustable plates coming out of the starter wheel area of the box, these can be adjusted to clamp the outer edge of the flywheel hole on the chassis plate. This aligns it, while the use of foam/rubber pads on the on the plate stop it from moving around. I have tried it and it really seems to work, finding the proper alignment easily.