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January 15, 2010

BRCA Micro Nationals Rd4 report

We received a report from the 4th round of the BRCA Micro Nationals that took place in Tamworth last weekend. The pits were buzzing with excitement all day with new chassis and electrical layouts a plenty! Previous Micro Champion SMD’s Craig Harris made his return to competitive micro racing with his prototype LRP Shark. Craig’s Shark ran a modified slipper clutch and a motor mounting layout similar to the Associated B44 to optimize the weight distribution and handling of the car but with only a few minutes of run time on the new chassis even Craig was unsure as to whether his fiddling would reap him any rewards.

Continue reading the report here

January 15, 2010

RC4WD Gelände Scale Truck

RC4WD, makers of high end crawlers, have released the ultimate truck for the Land Rover plastic hard body, the Gelände scale truck. From a concept originally created by RC4WD New Zealand engineering team (Fracture), they have transformed the original prototype into a production vehicle that is ready for some serious off roading. Made with a billet aluminium chassis, it features scale front and rear billet bumpers, a T-Rex plastic scale axle and disruptor planetary transmission 16:1.

Click here to see the full specs

January 15, 2010

Adrien Perez Mayoral joins Spanish Mugen team

Mugen Seiki Spain have announced that after 7 years with Kyosho they have managed to sign front running Spaniard Adrian Perez Mayoral for the 2010 season. Winner of 2 races of the Spanish Championship, runner up at Spanish Nationals, winner of 2009 Spanish Endurance Championship, 7 times winner of the Levante Championship and winner of the EFRA race in Monsummano in Italy, Adrian joins recent Mugen signings Borja Hernandez and Bryan Baldo Cecilia. He will power his Mugen MBX-6 this year with Ninja engines and Byron Fuel.

Source: Mugen Spain [mugen.es]

January 15, 2010

Ernest Provetti Open letter to RC Industry

Team Epic CEO Ernest Provetti sent us this open Letter to “our Team Drivers and the R/C Industry” and so for the sake of discussion we are going to publish it online. “It is come to my attention that R.O.A.R. is trying to do something which will be very good for the growth and health of our industry and something that has been needed for a long time. When I first started in the R/C industry in 1980 we (R/C industry) had separate classes for beginner drivers. They called it “Production” back in the day. No sponsorship at all. In most of the kit cars you could not even use ball bearings. The thought was “it gave entry level people a place to race who did not have unlimited funds” and allowed a bridge for new customers to transfer over and become long term enthusiasts. This has been sorely missed.”

Continue reading the rest of the open letter

January 15, 2010

Southern Nationals and RC Expo – Announcement

The first Annual Southern Nationals and RC Expo at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe, LA on September 10th, 11th & 12th. The race features a ‘Dash for Cash’ for the A-main Pro Buggy qualifiers and for visitors there is the latest products to see such as planes, cars, trucks and rock crawlers at the RC Expo with Rock Crawling and Flying Demos throughout the weekend. 150 full service RV hookups for $20 per night, Pit stalls with lockable gate available with electricity for $10 per day, a hotel on site as well as full row of restaurants within one mile of facility. If you are interested in getting involved with this event please email matthewsistrunk@yahoo.com or visit here for more information.

January 15, 2010

X Factory X-6 MIP C-CVD set

Many X-6 and 6 Squared owners have wanted a genuine MIP C-CVD kit with the special X Factory axles and it is here at last. These new C-CVDs are made for X-Factory by M.I.P. and contains two complete C-CVDs per package. These units have the drive pin captured by a screw-on plastic ring instead of being secured with a set screw and is far more reliable because there is no set screw to come loose, ending your race. They feature the longer axles used on the X-6 & 6Sq with the correct spacer that allows full droop on the car.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

January 14, 2010

RB add Ricardo Monteiro to their team

RB have announced the signing of 16 year old Portuguese rising star Ricardo Monteiro to their team. Placing 3rd in the junior ranking at last year’s Euros in Austria, he finished 2nd in the Portuguese Cup behind Miguel Matias and 4th in the Portuguese Nationals in 2009. Ricardo, who also just switched to Losi will attend all the important races in Portugal as well as the Euro A and B, the former taking place in his home country this year.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

January 14, 2010

Schumacher Cougar SV – Testing Video

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Following on from the release of the first teaser image of the Cougar SV by Schumacher, our friends at oOple pointed to a video they were holding in their vault showing the new buggy in private testing. Filmed at a wet Robin Hood Raceway late last year, it doesn’t show any details of the car but does claim to show the prototype in action.

Source: oOple [oople.com]