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July 4, 2007

Atomic Carbon RB5 Shock Towers – Review

Atomic Carbon RB5 Shock Towers

Our mate oOple has a nice little write up on the Atomic Carbon Kyosho Ultima RB5 shock towers that their team helped co develop, and that we briefly wrote about a while ago. And his conclusion –

Despite running on some of the most demanding tracks in the UK Stu didn’t manage to do more than scratch one of the production Atomic towers so far (touch wood). The 4MM Carbon looks trick and gives the car a new look – but more importantly the additional settings are very useful, especially on the rear – not cheap, but worth it!

Read the full write up here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

July 3, 2007

Daily News Round-up

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A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Team Magic are running an Essay Writing Contest to win a G4S – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Mirage report on the Hot Bodies performance from TC Mod Nats Rd4 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Another report from the 6th round of Fintrack series – Link [rczone.net]
> The Associated RC8 of French racer Sébastien Mutel – Link [rcmag.com]
> Report on the GS Cup international in Torres Verdes – Link [rbproducts.com]
> OCM Racing KOAS DT-19 conquers Miri Buggy Race – Link [jonehrc.com]
> Mirage report on the latest round of the 200mm Foam Nationals – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Hungarian offroad National Championship Round 3 – Link [rbproducts.com]
> The Piktor Rush 2 of French racer Sébastien Léonard – Link [rcmag.com]
> Pro Line Quik Lidz bodyshell of Elliot Boots – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]

July 3, 2007

Motor Mania Pride 23T motor

There seems to be no end to the 23 turn motors coming out of Japan at the moment, with the release of this motor from Motor Mania, called the Pride. Extensively tested before release, and conforming to JMRCA rules, the people from Motor Mania believe they have obtained the optimum specification of durability within a high torque motor, thanks in part to its cooling fans on the rotor and titanium coloured casing which both aid the heat dissipation.

Source: Motor Mania [mmt-motor-mania.com]

July 3, 2007

Yokomo SD12-TR Racing Truck

Yokomo SDTR-12 Racing Truck

We briefly wrote about this 1/12th scale 2wd truck from Yokomo, called the SD12-TR, back in April and at the time we didnt know much about the car other than the very basics. Today CML in the UK have released details, and lots of pictures from the truck.

Featuring championship-winning technology, the heaviest components of an electric R/C car such as the motor and battery, have been reduced in size for lighter weight. Powered by a high-power motor (included in kit: Yokomo Mini-Zero 290-27T) and a high power Yokomo Nickel Metal Hydride battery (sold seperately) high-performance running can be easily enjoyed in stock kit form.

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July 2, 2007

Daily News Round-up

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A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> RB products have a report from last weekends ROAR nats – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Kyosho have release lots of new parts for July – Link [kyosho.com]
> Simon Kinzelmann won the 7th round of the Bayern Cup 2007 – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> MCRC setup board and scales – Link [kimihiko-yano.net]
> Xray release details of the new NT1 Rear Adjustable Anti-Roll Bar – Link [teamxray.com]

July 2, 2007

Team ART Academy X1 conversion

Team ART have shown on their website, this prototype conversion for the Academy SB-V2 4wd buggy, and has participated with it in the recent Korean Nationals, placing 4th and showing the pace of this car. From the picture you can see that it appears ~~to use the center from a HB Cyclone D4, with different carbon upper plate~~, while continuing to utilise the geometry and outward transmission from the SB-V2. This is presumably for better weight distribution as now the batteries saddle the center shaft and the motor and center gear assembly are further forward, the original SB-V2 features a rear mounted gear assembly and the batteries are mounted on 1 side.

UPDATE: Jimmy ‘the train spotter’ from oOple, has corrected me regarding the center assembly, that while it may look like the D4 / BJW assembly, it is in fact ‘completely’ different. We shall be running all of this stuff past his eagle eyes in the future.

Source: Team ART [teamartracing.com]

July 2, 2007

Tech Racing Exelero 23T motor

The 23 turn motors are coming thick and fast these days and the latest is this version from Tech Racing, called the Exelero. Made by Yokomo, and featuring the companies new end bell, these particular motors have been individually tuned with such adjustments as the setting of the spring pressure and correct aligning of the brushes done by hand, as well as some other adjustments. This particular motor is designed for torque, and as with all the current batch of 23T motors, is JMRCA compliant.

Source: Tech Racing [tech-racing.co.jp]

July 1, 2007

New Academy 2wd electric buggy

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Images have started to surface on the internet from the new 2wd buggy of Korean RC manufacturer, Academy. The picture above is from RC Tech and shows the complete car in CAD format and as we can see it features a moulded chassis with centrally mounted stick pack configuration while the front end sports a unique looking steering C-hub setup. Other pictures from our partners RC Forum (see below) show, the tub chassis in detail and close ups of the rear end of the car, which looks pretty conventional. No word has been given on the expected release date of this car, or even the name, but we will let you know when we find out.

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