July 12, 2009

Atomic Carbon Losi CR2 conversion kit

Atomic Carbon Losi CR2 conversion kit

Atomic Carbon have released this conversion set for the Team Losi XXX-CR 2wd buggy. The set features a carbon fibre chassis, front braces, battery straps, rear brace, LiPo brace, CSC side pods, brass battery posts, aerial holder and all the fasterners required to complete the conversion which are not included in the XXX-CR kit. Of course a donor is required to complete this conversion along with some other parts. As the motor is mounted in front of a rear drive axles, the motor will also need to be reversed and so this requires a specific speed controller that is capable of reverse rotation, details of which are listed on the Atomic Carbon website.

Source: Atomic Carbon [atomic-carbon.co.uk]

July 10, 2009

Losi Strike Short Course truck

Losi Strike Short Course truck

Losi have announced the Strike, an electric 1/10-scale Short Course Truck in both Bind-N-Drive (BND) and also RTR versoins. Its rugged body comes out over the wheels, allowing you to bump, nudge and aggressively race without tangling and flipping other vehicles or getting hung-up on curbs and obstacles. The 1/10 Strike SCT features a water-resistant LiPo compatible reversing ESC, a brushless-ready all-metal gear transmission and a Losi receiver with Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM technology.

Click here for the features list

June 24, 2009

Swinging 6T’s – X-Factory X-60 Truck

Swinging 6T’s - X-Factory X-60 Truck

Hot on the heels of our review of the X Factory X-6 Squared follows the X-60 Truck conversion. Just like the other X Factory cars the X-60 (pronounced X Six-T) comes as a conversion kit which means you have to source a donor car before you can start to transform your boring rear motor truck into a fire breathing mid-motor race car.

Read the full review here

June 3, 2009

Team Durango DEX410 Ultimate & Race spec

Team Durango DEX410 Ultimate & Race spec

Team Durango have released further details about the new DEX410 buggy together with the release date and pricing. According to Durango, the buggy was originally conceived pre ‘credit-crunch’ and is a no-compromise specification with a huge number of new features for the class, all of which is reflected in the price. Team Durango considered not launching this high spec car and launching a dumbed-down version instead, however racer interest has been so high, and running costs seem to be much lower than current cars out there, that Team Durango will push forward with the ultimate spec as the launch car. The company will however later release the buggy in a more cost friendly version, called the DEX410R which is expected to launch around September with a standard specification and perhaps even the class standard ball differentials. Expect the DEX410R to have a street price of around $390 (€306, £270), while the ultimate launch spec DEX410, expected to be released in late June, will be around $650 in the shops, which is around €510 or £450 in Europe when sales taxes are added.

content

May 30, 2009

Yokomo B-Max4 ’09 buggy

Yokomo B-Max 4 09 buggy

Yokomo have released a full option version of their European and Japanese Championship winning B-Max4 buggy, as used by their Japanese National Championship drivers. The car, the B-Max4 ’09 has been strengthened through the use of aluminium option parts with a new central motor mount, lower suspenension brackets as well as a new steering brace. Other small changes have given this car better responsiveness, making this already winning car even better.

Click here to see more images

May 28, 2009

Durango DEX410 – More production shots

Durango DEX410 - More production shots

Following on from the sneak preview of the DEX410 production model we brought you earlier this week, Team Durango have released more pictures of their new 4WD 1/10 off-road buggy. In the photos we can see how this new racing buggy can accommodate both LiPo and Sub-C cells, as well as step by step images showing the super-quick slipper gear removal. We expect a full press release, detailing prices and availability, very soon.

Click here to see the rest of the images

May 25, 2009

Durango DEX410 – First production shots

Durango DEX410 - First production shots

Following on from our exclusive first look at the new Durango DEX410, we showed you back in February, comes the first production photos of the near final buggy. Expected for release at the end of June this year, the photos show the super slim chassis, stylish production body shell and, a first for the 1/10th electric class, a ‘tuneable’ zero-slip geared differential. Companies interested in distribution or retail of Team Durango products should contact sales[at]team-durango.com

Click here to see the rest of the photos

Tonisport
Mibosport
LC Racing
VP Racing
SRT
Monaco RC
T-Works