Red RC » Cars

August 11, 2009

HPI Racing Trophy Truggy 4.6

Seen for the first time back in February, HPI have finally released their Trophy Truggy 4.6. Completely pre-built and ready to go right out of the box, everything is assembled and tuned by professionals. Everything from the engine connections to shocks are perfect before you even open the kit so you don’t have to do a thing to get going fast. The Trophy Truggy is bigger, louder, faster and even more fun than the Trophy Buggy. With its bigger, wider tyres featuring cool all-terrain treads, longer shocks, much bigger engine and cool truck racing bodyshell, the Trophy Truggy can go anywhere and do anything you want it to. It has a powerful 4.6 engine from the Savage X monster truck, and features an easy to use pullstart to get the engine revved up and ready for some top speed action in no time.

Click here for more photos

August 11, 2009

Associated Factory Team 12R5.1

The Factory Team 12R5.1 is the latest evolutionary step in Associated’s twenty-five years of 1:12 scale racing history. New for the RC12R5.1 is the wide three-point rear pod that has been optimized for fitting brushless motors as well as heat dissipation. The 12R5.1 is built on a 2.5mm woven carbon fiber chassis that utilizes a pivot-ball link rear suspension that allows for independent adjustments for chassis roll, bump, and alignment.

Click here for more details

August 4, 2009

Jammin SCRT-10 4wd Short Course truck

Jammin have announced their entry into the Short Course market with the release of the SCRT-10. A true 1/10th scale performance short course truck, this car not only looks the part but also performs on track by being the first in class with a 4wd drive train. Features include an all steel drive train, three oil filled diffs, oil filled shock absorbers, sway bars, full sealed ball bearings and realistic high traction tires with beadlocks. This truck will be available in time for the holiday season and will come in both electric and gas versions.

Click here for another image of the car

August 1, 2009

Kyosho Inferno VE Brushless buggy

Kyosho have announced the new Inferno VE brushless powered racing buggy. The Inferno’s six consecutive World Championship victories confirms it as the fastest R/C off-road machine in the world. This performance can now be enjoyed by everyone in the form of the new Inferno VE Readyset. The Inferno VE brings you the best of both worlds, Kyosho’s legendary world championship quality and Team Orion’s superior performing Vortex brushless system. This isn’t just a nitro buggy chassis with a motor. This is a brand new buggy platform from the ground up, strategically placed components achieve optimal weight balance and handling characteristics.

Click here for more pictures of the Inferno VE

July 28, 2009

Mission Possible – Schumacher Mi4

UK based company Schumacher’s range of ‘narrow’ electric touring cars has come a long way, since starting in 1996 with the SST, which turned out to be a very successful TC platform. What followed was the exquisite Axis mid-motor cars that proved difficult to set-up but as fast – if not faster – than the SST range of cars. The current Schumacher TC platform is called Mission and has evolved from the Mi2(EC), Mi3 and Mi3.5 that went back to a more conventional design and suspension geometry compared to the Axis chassis. The latest incarnation is the Mi4 that offers the same race-proven suspension like the Mi3.5, introduced in 2008, but with a more LiPo-friendly chassis and bulkhead layout making it ‘future ready’, with more and more race meetings allowing the use of 7.4V LiPo batteries. We found out what the new UK tourer has to offer.

Read the full review here

July 24, 2009

HPI Racing Blitz Short Course truck

HPI Racing have released the Blitz, the company’s entry into the Short course racing truck market. The Blitz features an all-new main chassis based on the E-Firestorm, that has been lengthened to deliver the most stable feel a short-course truck can offer. Using nothing but the finest grade, high-impact nylon plastic on the most critical areas of the truck, from the bumpers to the super beefy arms and everything in between. HPI’s industry known strength and durability makes the Blitz friendly for all – be it an R/C newcomer, or the skilled competitor. Sporting high performance shocks, the threaded shock bodies feature super smooth shock action as well as quick, on-the-fly, adjustability. Factory installed quick-change 3-degree rear toe block provides you with plenty of traction, and making changes is easy. HPI have teamed up with Maxxis International, a full scale global tire manufacturer, for a collaborative effort to reproduce in scale form, Maxxis Trepador tires for 2009 Fall release of this car.

Click here for more photos

July 21, 2009

Kyosho Ultima RT5 electric racing truck

Kyosho have announced their new Ultima RT5 electric racing truck. It’s an all-new design that is the result of years of R&D and includes the collective experience of the world’s most experienced RC racing drivers and engineers from the world’s most experienced RC racing company. The main goal of the new Ultima RT5 is simple, to win. Each aspect of the truck is specially designed and tested to produce maximum performance. Likewise, the materials chosen for the new Ultima are exhaustively tested all with the goal to create the ultimate no nonsense competition truck that’s ready to take on the world.

Click here for more information

July 12, 2009

Serpent release full details on the new 733

We brought you the first exclusive pictures of the 733, Serpent’s all new 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, last month and now Serpent have released the full details of their new car. The car is a radical change from their previous car featuring new geometry and roll-centers, lower center of gravity and modified weight-positioning for improved grip and better balance.

Click here for more photos of the car