February 28, 2008

BMI Racing DB10R Pro-10

BMI Racing DB10R Pro-10

BMI Racing have been in contact to let us know abou their all new Pro-10 called the DB10R. Pro-10 is poised to make a return as a popular racing class, with racers tiring of the costs, complexity and steep learning curve associated with 4wd sedans and are expected to embrace this new class as an inexpensive, fast and simple way to enjoy racing again. BMI Racing’s R&D team have been working to develop a state of the art Pro-10 car that is a leap beyond the old technology of 235mm pan cars, the result of this program being the new DB10R.

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February 26, 2008

Shepherd Micro Racing Velox

Shepherd Micro Racing Velox

Shepherd Micro Racing have announced that they have finally released the Velox, 1/8th scale nitro on road chassis. Packed with innovative and high performance features, the most noticeable of which is the all-new Velox ‘Direct-V-Brake System’ (DVB-System), a system that provides durable and powerful braking through the use of rear axle mounted brake disks and a cable activated braking system. Upon applying the brake on your transmitter, the cable pulls two rear levers that clamp the brake pads against the twin, long life, ventilated disks providing strong and consistent braking performance every time. At the front of the Velox is the car’s steering servo saver that sports a quick one-step easily adjustable Ackerman setting. Using one screw, the user can loosen, easily adjust the setting and re-tighten the front part of the servo saver, enabling quick Ackerman adjustments even while on the track.

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February 25, 2008

Carson Stormracer Extreme RTR buggy

Carson Stormracer Extreme RTR buggy

Carson have released the Stormracer Extreme, a 1/10th scale buggy based on their new CV-10 chassis which is sold in ready-to-run form. The chassis features lots of adjusting possibilities to optimise the cars handling over rough terrain including camber and toe setting as well the inclusion of optional springs for use on the cars oil shock dampers. The car has shaft driven permanent 4WD and is powered by the included pull start 2,5 cc Force engine.

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February 24, 2008

Tamiya Baldre DB01 4wd buggy

Tamiya Baldre DB01 4wd buggy

Following the recent successful launch of the DB01 chassis buggy Durga, the designers at Tamiya are now preparing the 2nd release called Baldre, which is pronounced as “Baldur” as in the diety in Norse mythology. While the body parts set was previously introduced, Tamiya now officially announce the complete assembly kit. With fully-enclosed twin belt drivetrain and other innovations developed from the race-proven TRF501X, this buggy puts TRF racing features in the hands of everyday racers.

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February 24, 2008

LRP S18 Touring Car

LRP S18 Touring Car

We briefly showed you this car in our Toy Fair coverage and now we can present to you full information about the new S18TC from LRP. The S18 Touring Car is an 1/18 scale mini touring car with super efficient shaft driven 4WD, spider differentials front and rear, oil filled threaded shock absorbers and CVDs on all corners. The car is available as a kit or in RTR form which includes the LRP A.I. Micro Reverse waterproof speedo, LRP Phaser Sport 27MHz AM receiver, micro battery stick pack, 220V charger, LRP A2-STX Sport transmitter incl. charge socket, full-size steering servo and high performance 380 size Micro motor

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February 24, 2008

O’Donnell truggy prototype

O’Donnell truggy prototype

Our partners Neo Buggy have some images of the prototype O’Donnell truggy as seen at this weekends Nitro Challenge race in Arizona. This particular car was used by Jared Tebo, who managed to qualify in 4th of the truggy A-main and more pictures of it can be found here.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]


February 23, 2008

Team Magic M8 buggy

Team Magic M8 buggy

Our partners Auto RC in Spain have the first production pictures of the new M8 buggy by Team Magic. The front and rear of the car now sport big bore shock absorbers, mounted to the top instead of the side of the shock cap and the car now sports a more conventional buggy look. There are also new strengthened front and rear wishbones, adjustable rear uprights, new geometry and new CVD’s. Along with new differentials, a new style bodyshell and a lowered centre of gravity, its safe to say that this is another completely new buggy from TM.

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February 22, 2008

HoBao Hyper 8.5 RTR BRCA Edition

HoBao Hyper 8.5 RTR BRCA Edition

CML have announced that they are selling a BRCA Edition of the Hyper 8.5 in a Ready-To-Run format. This high specification 1/8th scale buggy includes an impressive array of features, many of which made the Hobao Hyper 8.5 Pro a first time winner at the European Championships. CML are including the latest generation HoBao Hyper 21 3-port Race Engine to provide improved power and torque over standard RTR power plants. In addition, this RTR comes with the FR2 extended chassis, big bore shocks for improved rough track handling, 9kg steering servo for heavy duty applications and racing dish wheels.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]


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