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January 30, 2007

Schumacher release first official images of Mi3

Schumacher Mi3

After many spy shots of the new 190mm touring car from Schumacher and much talk about it, the British company has finally released official images of the new Mi3. Schumacher appear to have taken their re entry into the top of the competition scene very seriously and alongside employing some big name drivers have made a very nice car which will be in the shops at the end of March.

The Schumacher Mi3 is the first next generation touring car. It will set new standards for 4WD electric touring car design. Featuring a host of design innovations and a unique ultra modern look the Mi3 will be the car to beat at race tracks around the world and the benchmark all new touring cars will be compared to.

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January 30, 2007

Corally RDX phi, best launch photo…..ever

Corally RDX phi chick

Corally have been known to put women, wearing very little clothing, in their promotional material before, but this is just the most blatant attention whoring ever, and i love it. Using the same stripper from the DHI cup, Corally presents us with their latest and greatest car, the ‘Phi’. I don’t need to go into details about the cars specs again so i wont, you can check those out here. The car will be shown at NÃ¼rnberg this week and be available soon after.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

January 22, 2007

Diggity Design release the 3D12 and CD12

Diggity Design CD12

Diggity Designs have released official information on their new 3D12 and CD12 as well as some nice pictures. Last week we showed you the 3D12, so in the picture above you can see the prototype CD12 (the released car will be black metal and carbon), which allows the cells to be mounted sideways whilst the 3D12 allows for centrally mounted cells.

The new rear pivot is ultra light and easy to replace when/if broken. It uses a milled nylon 6/6 block and a TC4 shock bottom ballcup together with low profile hex ball. Both versions utilize the new ballcup pivot with CRC one-piece side links and rear spring design wich makes this the hottest pivot set-up available and only found here at Diggity Designs!

Check out the images of the cars here and the full information here.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]

January 19, 2007

Diggity Designs 3D12

A while back we wrote about the upcoming release of the new 3D12 and the CD12 1/12th pan cars from Diggity Designs. Well the cars still wont be available to the general public for another 2 weeks but the 3D12 has been spotted on RC Tech belonging to owner Sean B. The car features an innovative rear floating system as we mentioned before and the quality of the overall kit appears to be top notch but we hope to bring you more details when the car is released.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

January 18, 2007

Kawada M300 RSX 1/12th scale

Kawada M300 RSX

Kawada have released their new M300 RSX 1/12th scale chassis. A small update from the previous car the changes include bigger stabilizing shock absorber, thicker chassis plate and a slightly longer wheel base.

View more pictures of this chassis here.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]

January 16, 2007

Protoform release the DNA 2

Protoform DNA 2

Protoform have released the successor to their race winning DNA 190mm body that has done so well on carpet since it was released. The new body is designed specifically for rubber tire applications. Significant changes were made to optimize the stability and grip levels of this body because of the unique characteristics of rubber tires on carpet and paved tracks. The signature DNA look remains, but the fenders now offer more clearance for 64mm diameter tires and the aero package is more aggressive.

Source: Protoform [pro-lineracing.com/protoform]

January 11, 2007

Team Associated TC5 Update

Asssociated TC5

The Team Associated TC5 prototype electric car has been around for a while now and has been performing quite well, and is still being developed, but it seems that the car is a step closer to being released with the latest images of the car showing the use of some production ready parts. RC Zone has some images taken at last weekends Novak US Touring car championships that show Rick Hohwarts car in detail as well as some more info on the car itself.

The major parts that carry over from previous cars are the shock bodies, VCS2, Springs, Ballcups, Tierods, Diff Hardware, Ballstuds, Body Posts. Another detail is that the new car will feature screws with 2mm metric threads. The bearings will also be all metric spec. The aluminium parts will also be anodised blue like on other Associated Factory Team cars.

Read the full report and view more pictures here.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

December 30, 2006

Diggity Designs 3D12 and CD12

Diggity Designs, who design, create and sell conversion sets for electric cars, have released images (albeit small ones) of their 2 new products that they will be releasing in 2007. The 3D12 and CD12 as seen above are complete rolling chassis’ and have a totally new rear pivot design, use CRC side springs and have adjustable battery positioning. As you can see there will be a classic battery layout version and an updated mid battery layout version too.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]