More quality work from oOple as they build and review the new Kyosho Ultima RB5 2wd electric buggy. As with all of oOples reviews, it is step by step and very detailed with great pictures and some handy tips, and this particular review has test by test setting changes and feedback from top racer, and Team oOple main driver, Stu Wood, who will run the test car throughout this season.
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Kyosho have announced that this new Readyset version of their World Championship winning Inferno will be available in June of this year. The car comes completely assembled, all you need to do is attach the air filter and antenna, add fuel and batteries and you are ready to race. The Inferno MP7.5 Sports 3 is ideal for first time GP buggy owners, who won’t fail to recognize the World Champion Inferno’s racing heritage at its core. Turnbuckle tie-rods and upper suspension arms provide wide scope for setting adjustments. Equipped with high torque digital servos, the universal joints on the front axle deliver robust running performance and reliability.
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Last Saturday saw the first round of the SoCal Saturday Series which took place at ‘The Dirt’ facility in California. The race was attended by all the big names including The Drake and World Champion Mark Pavidis as well as many other National and local hotshots. Adam Drake, racing for Losi, won both the Gas Truck class in a close race with Billy Laster, as well as the Pro Buggy class winning from Mugen racer Scott Hughes. Bobby Tullman took the Open Truggy win, only 3 seconds ahead of Ryan Lutz with Pavidis in 3rd.
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Our partners RC Zone in Israel have written to us to report on last weekends Israeli Endurance race took place at the Hot-Wheels racing club. The event attracted many top drivers from all over the country to participate in the event. Each team consisted of 3 drivers, and with the race 3 hours long, each driver in the team had to run for 1 hour making it a true test of endurance for both man and machine. The event was won by Team Kyosho who came out on top by 2 laps ahead of the Pro Line Racing Team in 2nd while Team GS finished 3rd a further 4 laps back, pretty close running considering the length of the race.
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Last weekend saw the second round of the French 1/8th scale buggy nationals take place at the USB Racing Car track in Bergerac. In qualifying it was European Champion Yannick Aigoin driving for Xray that was the fastest qualifier, but it was Crono racer, and Belgian GP winner, Jerome Sartel that started from the number 1 spot in the race with Yannick starting from 2nd and Renaud Savoya from 3rd. The race saw a close battle between Sartel and round 1 winner Guilliame Vray, racing for Mugen, with the pair only seperated by 13 seconds after the 45 minutes with Sartel taking the win, Vray in 2nd with 3rd position going to Kyosho racer Jerome Aigoin who finished just ahead of his brother Yannick who came home 4th.
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King Headz, the metal optional parts specialists, have added 2 new products to their large range of machined parts by adding 2 new shock towers for the Jammin X1 CRT. These shock towers have been machine from 6mm 7075 aircraft grade aluminium and then anodised, which offers a huge increase in strength and rigidity over the original parts with the rear tower offering the addition of a 7th camber link hole for more tuning possibilities.
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The second round of the Italian 1/8th scale off road championships took place last weekend at the S.M. di Sala. We have little information from this event other than the results sheet where we see that recent Xray signing Riccardo Perin took the win by 1 lap ahead of Crono racer Carlo Jacopini. Fabio Boero took the final step of the podium for Mugen in 3rd while Xrays latest signing Alex Laffranchi claimed 5th position on his national debut with round 1 winner Teghesi finishing in 7th ahead of his Crono team mate and current National Champion, Davide Tortorici, in 8th.
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Our mates Rube Dude have the first studio pics of the soon to be released OCM Kaos DT-19T, that we showed you last week. This car is now ready for release and will include all the innovative features we have come to expect from OCM in their buggy range but it will sport a few others. The Diffs on this baby will be nice and solid from what we understand sporting 6mm diff output shafts and large sun gear that is 2.5mmx11.8mm. And of course OCM uses the finest aircraft grade alloys and hard anodising on all its parts so this truggy will not only be turning heads but should also be very competitive.
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Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]
