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March 20, 2008

Schumacher Cat SX body off shots

Schumacher Cat SX

We brought you pictures of the new Schumacher Cat SX 4wd buggy last week and as promised the British company have released some pictures showing the car with the body shell off. The first thing you notice about the car is the 3 belt drive train that is mounted very high in the car, above the battery and radio gear. This allows the motor to be mounted along the centre line and it is said to have an adjustable internal transmission ratio to optimise the car for brushed or brushless motors. Also according to the features list the motor rotates the same direction as the wheels which is said to create a car with superb jumping responsiveness and no torque steer effect, as is common with shaft drive cars.

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March 20, 2008

X-Factory X-60 truck Spyshots

The guys over at Team Novi have managed to bag some shots of the new X-60 2wd prototype truck seen testing at the Cactus Classic race last weekend. The car was sporting a custom made tub chassis and was fitted with a LiPo battery pack which is perpendicular to the chassis line as opposed to in-line mounted as seen in other cars in this class, including the prototype Kyosho RB5-T. The car was said to use the X-Factory 4 gear transmission and for this test was fitted with a JConcepts body shell.

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March 13, 2008

Schumacher Cat SX Competition buggy

Schumacher have released the first pictures of the new Cat SX Competition 4WD Off-Road buggy that was announced at the recent Nurnberg Toy Fair. Scheduled in for an early summer release, the large amount of testing that has taken place will make it will be well worth the wait. The car shown in these pictures are still with some prototype parts and they hope to show some body off pictures next week. The car will be launched in two formats to enable the customer to choose which battery type they prefer, 4×2 NiMh or Lipo.

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March 7, 2008

Hayato Matsuzaki LE Cyclone D4

Limited to only 20 pieces, this special Cyclone D4 4wd buggy from Hot Bodies is a replica of that used by current 2wd World Champion and 4wd Japanese National Vice Champion Hayato Matsuzaki. Supplied in a nice metal carry case, the car is completely assembled and comes with Panther tyres all around and topped off with a very nice replica painted shell and wing. For your money, nearly EUR 1,400, you also receive the top of the line KO Propo EX-10 Helios C2 transmitter, PDS-2413ICS steering servo and VFS-1 Pro C3 2008 speed controller. Accompanying your transmitter is a metal carry case, while in the car is mounted a Team Checkpoint brushed electric motor. The D4 itself sports some optional parts including, aluminium rear uprights, aluminium C-hub blocks and new toe in suspension blocks. As a nice touch, both the car and its case sport a limited edition badge which is also numbered.

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March 4, 2008

Kyosho RB5-T Stadium truck pictures

Over the weekend we showed you pictures from R/C Car magazine of the new prototype Kyosho Stadium truck during testing, with the working name of RT-5 or RB5-T. Now their counterparts at RC Car Action have gotten their hands on a clean prototype for a more close up look at the car as well as some fresh new studio pictures. RCCA don’t have many more details about the truck that we didn’t already know but confirmed that the chassis is an extended version of the RB5 buggy, which will push the truck out to the maximum allowable ROAR legal wheelbase. A lot of the carbon parts, including the shock towers and front body post mount, will be moulded parts in the production version, and of course the carbon wishbones will be replaced by the standard moulded type. Longer aluminum-body threaded shocks will be standard and the truck will probably feature the same C-hubs, steering knuckles and rear hub carriers as the RB5 for parts compatibility between vehicles.

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March 1, 2008

Kyosho RT-5 Stadium truck Prototype

Our US Magazine partners R/C Car have the first pictures of the new Kyosho Stadium truck that was spotted in secret testing at one of the magazines local tracks in Southern California. The RT-5, as it is currently being called, is a 1/10 scale off-road electric stadium truck, which Kyosho reps stress is still highly pre-production and in full testing mode. The RT-5 is based upon Kyosho’s popular RB-5 electric buggy and in fact shares RB-5’s transmission and tranny ratio. The car, as you would expect has a longer chassis, longer suspension arms, and longer shocks than the RB-5 and the double-thick carbon-fibre shock towers seen in the photos are still undergoing testing with production versions perhaps being molded, fibre or carbon fibre. There is no official release date yet, but Kyosho will debut the RT-5 in mid-March at the Cactus Classic in Phoenix, Arizona, where a Kyosho engineer from Japan will join the team to help with further development.

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February 24, 2008

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 11, 2008

HPI Racing E-Firestorm Brushless

HPI announced at last weeks Toy Fair that the Firestorm will soon be available with a super-fast brushless motor system. The new HPI Flux Brushless System features the Motiv brushless speed control and the Warp brushless motor for the ultimate in speed, giving the E-Firestorm the power to break speed limits everywhere. Supplied in RTR form, the E-Firestorm Flux will be factory-assembled with the Flux Brushless System installed.

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