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March 27, 2008

Racer DE becomes RC Car Racer & Fun

RC Car Racer Germany becomes RC Car Racer & Fun

One of the most popular R/C Car magazines in Germany, and one of our print partners, RC Car Racer has evolved into the all-new RC Car Racer & Fun.

As most of you might know RC Car Racer is the most popular RC Car magazine in the UK and since February 2005 it has had a German “sister magazine” for the German language market in Europe. Being in its fourth year now the publishers of RC Car Racer thought that it might be the right time for a slight tweak in the name of RC Car Racer in Germany and becomes the all-new RC Car Racer & Fun. With this re-branding ADH Publishing hope that the new look cover will appeal to many more readers who perhaps had previously thought that Racer was just about racing. The format will be changed for Germany and will have even higher quality paper, larger print and features aimed at all levels of Radio Control Car interests ranging from entry level to high competition cars as well as nitro and electric rides. It is planned that each and every issue we will have a cover mounted gift like sticker sheets or DVD’s for an even higher value for the reader. RC Car Racer & Fun is available at all good modelshops, railway stations and highstreet newsstands.

For more information about RC Car Racer and RC Car Racer & Fun please go here.

March 7, 2008

Medial Pro announce their Return

Following the announcement last October that French tyre maker Medial Pro was putting itself up for sale comes today’s release that they have been sold to Belgium based company Medial Pro BVBA. All inventory, rubber injection machinery and tyre moulds will be moved this month to the brand new production facility in Belgium where the production will be restarted at the end of April. This new company will be doing all it possibly can to supply the market, and their worldwide distributor network, with a new stock of tyres as soon as possible. Nothing will be changing on the rubber compounds but Medial Pro have said that the existing range of competition tyres will be extended before the end of this year with 5 new types of 1/8 off-road and Truggy tyres, designed by Claude Lachat.

February 29, 2008

XRAY Column – Back in the Dirt

XRAY Column - Back in the Dirt

The 16th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the development of the company’s new XB808 1/8th scale buggy, which was shown for the first time at the toy fair in Germany a few weeks ago.

To improve steering and handling in bumpy conditions, I decided to use the suspension concept that has been used for ages in 1/10 electric off-road cars… the “zero kingpin” design. This design seems to work in the 1/8 buggy scale as well and the first prototypes were created for testing. Zero kingpin suspension gives more precise steering and handling in the corners as the steering keeps the same angle no matter if the suspension is up or down, and as such when running through bumps in corner the steering will not change as much as on regular C-hub suspension used previously and the handling of the car will improve significantly.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 15, 2008

Kawahara 1/10th 220mm GPR

Japanese company Kawahara are playing with the concept of introducing a new class based on the 1/10th 200mm class, called GPR. Essentially they are saying that due to the power of modern .12 engines that the cars have become more difficult to control. What they are suggesting is to use new wheels and tires that see the front increased to 30mm wide and the rear to 40mm wide, which will help get the power to the track and make the cars easier to drive. To compliment this they have also proposed a new 220mm wide Group C bodyshell, with a GT and Saloon car also planned, and a new wider front bumper which protects the new wider car that will be available for the Mugen MTX-4 and Kyosho V-One RRR. I’m not too convinced by the idea, as a major part of the skill of racing is to be able to handle that power, and also remember that the world had a class like this already – 235mm.

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February 4, 2008

Xray Column – My Micro Love

Xray Column

The 15th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the development of the Pro version of the M18 truck.

It was fairly easy to brainstorm about what we needed and wanted to improve and change for the new M18T. We needed to bring the platform to the new level of high-competition racing so as to meet and exceed the expectations for reliability and performance. The code project for the new car was set right away, to make a professional M18T and as such the name M18T PRO was set in place. The goal was set, we just had to work out all the details.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 28, 2008

Kawahara for MSR & Mike Swauger

Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the exclusive distributor rights for Kawahara Racing product in the USA for 2008. Starting in February 2008, MSR will carry the complete line of 1/10th and 1/8th scale on-road foam tires plus all the high quality option parts that Kawahara is known for making. This new deal will also see top Mugen racer Mike Swauger, who recently switched to JP Racing engines, run the Kawahara tires at all races. Contact MSR for further information regarding all Kawahara products.

Source: MSR [mugenracing.com]

January 24, 2008

RCSignup.com & RC Pro team up

RCSignup.com & RC Pro Online Registration

RCSignup.com were in contact with us to say they have finalized an agreement with the RC Pro Series that will make them the official online sign up site for RC Pro Series Events. The site has now added a special button to the navigation that will display only RC Pro Events and has also added an RSS feed specific to RC Pro Events. A custom widget for the RSS feed is also available for placement on websites, message boards, and even mySpace. The RC Pro Series is happy to recommend this free service to all RC Pro Tracks and looks forward to utilizing RCSignup.com as the exclusive online sign up site for the 2008 RC Pro Series Offroad Finals.

Source: RC Sign Up [rcsignup.com]

January 23, 2008

GRP to stop production of Ninja brand

GRP - Ninja brand is no more

GRP have been in touch to tell us that starting from the 1st of February 2008, it will cease production of the Ninja brand of engines in order to focus 100% on the production of its own GRP brand name motors, which will be officially presented at next months Nuremberg Toy Fair. This announcement does not affect production of the Boss and Falcon engine lines which will continue to be produced. Given the big quantity of Ninja engines sold on the market, GRP commits itself in making available to Mugen all Ninja spare parts for the next 2 years.

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