July 3, 2025

Roche Rapide P12V2 Graphite Main Chassis Set

Roche has released a new optional Graphite Main Chassis Set for their Rapide P12V2 1:12 race kit that includes a matching carbon fibre chassis and aluminium battery tray.  The new chassis is designed to work with a new 2.5mm aluminium battery tray with Roche recommending it for low to medium traction outdoor asphalt tracks, or low traction carpet tracks.  The chassis is produced from high grade graphite with a CNC machined chamfer edge on rear side to reduce chassis scrubbing in high speed corners.  Also new for the P12V2 is +2 Graphite Rear Pod Link Brace.  Increasing toe-in angle of the side link, it provides more in-corner steering and speed.

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May 30, 2025

Roche Rapide P12V2 Ball Differential Set

1:12 manufacturer Roche has released a new ball differential set for their Rapide P12V2 which is also suitable for use on most 1:12 pan cars on the market.  Their latest ball differential set includes a new differential hub and M3x6mm cap head wheel screws.  The new Aluminium Differential Hub & screws is also available separately.

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May 2, 2025

Roche P12V2 Option Parts

1:12 manufacturer Roche has some new option parts for its Rapide P12V and V2 chassis releasing a steel rear axle and a Version 2 optional aluminium servo horn for the Xray servo saver.  The new material hollow steel axle improves drivability and offer more durability than the kit’s carbon axle.  A new design direct to the shaft aluminium wheel & spur gear holder improves weight balance on rotation.  The spur gear is mounted by 3 pieces machine cut custom size M2 screw, simple and easy install by 1.5mm hex driver.  The Version 2 aluminium servo horn for the Xray servo and other brands of 1:12 chassis with a front mounting servo has an extra 2mm space for steering linkage position to make more ackermann adjustment.  And two different steering links mount position, the 7.5mm gives less steering response while the 7mm increases steering response.

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March 20, 2025

Roche P12V2 Option parts

1:12 manufacturer Roche has released two new option parts for its recently released P12V2.  The first of these is an aluminium cooling fan mount that is suited both the P12V and P12V2.  For a 30x30mm cooling fan, it mounts on the motor directly and you can slide the mount to adjust the best position of cooling fan.  Roche however recommend the fan position as close as motor and as low as ground.  Also new for the car is a narrow front width design graphite front lower arm which helps provide more steering response.

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February 14, 2025

Watanabe joins Roche

Roche has announced that 2024 1:12 Japanese National Championship podium finisher Shota Watanabe will race their newly released Rapide P12V2 in coming years.  Working with the World Champion & reigning Japanese National Champion manufacturer and the Kimihiko Yano Japan team on testing, the former Yokomo driver will represent the team at the 2026 IFMAR World Championships in China.  Celebrating his 26th birthday today, on the announcement Watanabe said, ‘I will be working with Team ROCHE on 1/12 pan car!  I will do my best to bring out the performance of car. I would also like to thank Max and Yano for giving me this opportunity.’

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

February 10, 2025

Roche Rapide P12V2

1:12 World Championship winning manufacturer Roche has announced the release of the V2 version of its Rapide P12 1:12 chassis which was originally released at the end of 2023.  Based on a new 7075 aluminium main chassis design that has narrower shape on front to reduce ground touch, the latest car features new design aluminium lightweight motor mount and left bulkhead, a new lower mounting position upper pod plate.  Updated center pivot and rear pod geometry help improve initial steering.  The Rapide P12V2 also gets new design front graphite lower arm with lightweight pivot ball and a new graphite stiff front brace for high traction tracks with an optional flex front brace for low traction.  Also new on the car are 7075 aluminium lightweight kingpins and a single piece steering knuckle with pre-built POM insert with M3 screw front wheel axle.  A design servo mounting position allowing servo centering adjustment using the groove in the chassis.  Further improvements come in the form of a 12 thread holes carbon rear solid axle that fits for most spur gear from different brands while ultra long side link provides more consistent corner and new design aluminium side spring mounts simplify outer/inner position adjustment.  Finally the 7075 aluminum lightweight wheel hub has been updated for M3 thread wheel screws.

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January 26, 2025

Philippine Masters ’25 – Announcement

It has become a bucket list race in the 1:8 Offroad racing scene and the organisers have today announced that registration for the 2025 edition of Philippine Masters is open with just 200 entries up for grabs.  Scheduled for April 30-May 4th, the 13th running of the Philippine Masters will see racing for 1:8 Nitro Buggy, 1:8 eBuggy and 1:8 Nitro Truggy (click here to register).  A race that was started by local Philippine racers with no ambitions for it to become a major event on the international racing calendar, the Philippine Masters has grown into becoming Asia’s biggest annual 1:8 Offroad race meeting.  The success of the race, which takes place in the capital city of Manila, has lead to the continent getting its own high profile championship with Race Director Scotty Ernst creating the Asian Buggy Championships of which PM25 is the second stop of four races that make up the championship’s third season.  The Philippine Masters is one of Red RC’s favourite annual events to attend and report on as it combines both top level racing and a social atmosphere around the racing that lives up to the host country’s tagline ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’.

Source: Asian Buggy Championships [Facebook]

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