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July 2, 2008

Schumacher Mi3.5 competition TC

Schumacher have announced the August release of their new Mi3.5 competition touring car. The new Mi3.5 claims to be a fast and efficient superb handling touring car, based on the hugely successful Mi3 which has won countless races and championships all over the world. Further refined and lightened it is now available with the new lightweight diff mounts, “EU” chassis and top deck and enables the racer to set up their car with every adjustment possible. Coming factory assembled the Mi3.5 also offers you more choice, from the awesomely specified Mi3.5 PRO (shown above) with full carbon fibre and titanium, available in 5 or 6 cell versions or the more durable Mi3.5 RACE (6 cell) (shown at bottom of page) using Schumacher’s famous S1 carbon composite material.

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July 2, 2008

Yokomo B-Max4 EP 4wd Buggy

Yokomo have announced the upcoming release of the B-Max4, EP 4wd buggy. Aimed more at the entry level racer, it has a plastic tub chassis and a dust protected centre CVD shaft which drives the plastic bevel geared front and rear ball differentials. Optimised motor placement, double wishbone suspension all round and C-hubs up front ensure it is well balanced and handles great around the track. Made using all moulded plastic parts to keep costs down, it is fully ball raced and been designed to take a saddle pack.

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June 30, 2008

Kyosho Inferno GT2 Corvette & Audi DTM

The new GT2 is the latest in the popular series of big 1/8 scale nitro-powered cars based on the 7-time IFMAR World Champion Inferno line from Kyosho. Much of the same technology that earned an unprecedented seven World Championships is incorporated into the design of this new on-road Inferno and the GT2 builds on the popular features of the original GT and adds a number of new features that increase value, durability, user friendliness and speed, not to mention enhancing its unmatched scale appearance.

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June 28, 2008

Exclusive – New Corally RDX Phi

Exclusive - New Corally RDX Phi

Seen on the pit table of Corally team driver Marc Fisher, who is present at the 4th round of the European Touring Series in Andernach, Germany, we got an exclusive look at the new prototype Corally RDX Phi. Due to be used by the factory team at the European Championships next month in Vila Real Spain, the new car sports all new geometry front and rear and a more conventional shock absorber mounting, mounted to the rear of the rear shock tower and not to the front as on the current car. Designed to cure some problems that affected the cars handling, Fisher is getting used to the cars settings in order to gain more knowledge prior to the Europeans. Also new on Marc’s car is the GM Genius 120 brushless speed controller that has a much smaller footprint than the previous versions and comes with a built in cooling fan.

UPDATE: We have been asked by Corally, through Marc Fisher, to remove the images as he was apparently not meant to show anyone the car….Doh! We will of course oblige, even though most people have already seen it, to stop Marc getting into any more trouble.

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June 27, 2008

Tamiya TRF801XT Competition truggy

Tamiya USA have released details about their new 801XT truggy, including some very small photos which unfortunately don’t reveal too much detail. The 801XT is a 1/8 sale competition level assembly truggy kit, designed and tested in Southern California, USA. The highly efficient drive system comes from the optimized placement of the front and rear propeller shafts. The drive line is virtually straight which offers the most efficient drive-line possible in its class. The 801Xt chassis has plenty of adjustability to fine tune it for the most demanding of race tracks across the globe. TRF drivers from all parts of the world will be piloting this new competition level truggy in the coming months in an effort to exploit its potential and further develop the new line of 801Xt options soon to come.

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June 20, 2008

Edam Razor 1/8 scale Pro Kit

The Razor 1/8th scale from Edam has been around for a while now, but they have released a Pro Kit version which has received a number of updates recently to make it a more worthy consideration for competition use. Updates to the kit include and all new 5mm thick chassis plate, with both space for a 5 cell 2/3A racing pack as well as the ability to use carbon stiffeners in the plate itself. Other changes include an updated clutch system as well as lightweight 2 speed, and the car is supplied with CVD’s up front and extremely lightweight rear axles as standard.

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June 19, 2008

Kyosho Inferno MP9 Body shots

Not really showing much more detail, Kyosho France have some pictures of the new Inferno MP9 ahead of its official unveiling at this weekends Kyosho Masters in France. We expected to have more close ups and detailed shots by the end of the week.

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June 17, 2008

Piktor Rush 2 Electric Powered buggy

French buggy manufacturer Piktor have announced that their are working on an electric version of their 1/8th scale buggy, the Rush 2. Following the current trend, Piktor will enable the use of a brushless motor along with twin LiPo cells, with a kit version as well as an RTR version available in the near future. From the looks of things in the picture, they seem to have done a neat job and it will be interesting to see the final version when it is released.

Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]