Hobao have released an updated version of the hugely popular Hyper 7 TQ, which has become one of the world’s most popular ready-to-run off road buggies. The new version for 2008, the HoBao Hyper 7 TQ ‘Black’, includes larger big bore shock absorbers, a Hyper 21 Race 3-port engine, and stylish black finish aluminium chassis components.
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TOP Racing have released 2 new versions of their electric touring car, the Scythe. Available as an ARP or CFP version, both come with 2.5mm thick ‘Equi-Flex’ chassis and 2.0mm thick carbon version 2 upper deck for easy spur gear maintenance as well as separate type bulkhead assembly for easy drive train maintenance. The ARP spec chassis is for use with rubber tires and comes with regular profile shock towers, ARP 2.0mm Ver. 2 upper deck and separate-type suspension mounts, while the CFP is designed for use with foam tires and has low profile shock towers, CFP 2.0mm Ver. 2 upper deck with wings for extra stiffness and also has regular one-piece suspension mounts.
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Calandra Racing Concepts have released this 235mm expansion set for their popular 200mm Gen-X 10 chassis. Supplied with lightweight hub extensions, they key into the hubs for a precision, wobble free fit every time and also have a locating ring for the wheel to centre on. Each hub extension is 15mm wide, bringing your stock 200mm Gen-X 10 out to 230mm and this allows the driver to tune the rear track width with shims to get just the right width for the body of your choice. The wide front end plates included in set feature two sets of front end holes, the inner set is for most of the popular 1/10 pan car GTP bodies that taper in at the front, while the outer set is for wider “nitro car” bodies such as the 235mm Lola from Parma.
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Our friend at Merlin Fuel in Spain have some first pictures of the new Hyper 9 being tested last Saturday by their team driver Borja Hernandez. According to what they have told us, the driver was quite satisfied with the cars performance in the air as well as the weight balance and they spent the whole morning working on diff and shock oil settings.
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Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]
Losi have introduced this 1/10 Slider RTR, the first-ever 1/10-scale ready-to-run electric sprint car from a major RC manufacturer. Modeled after the full-scale counterpart, the Slider features detailed components, including a 4-piece Lexan body with molded chrome headers, a protective roll cage, a functional rear wing for track tuning and multi-surface dirt oval style tires mounted on beadlock-style wheels. Comes supplied with a Losi LM-32K motor, ESC and radio system with Spektrum™ 2.4GHz DSM technology.
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New from Kyosho, is the new 2.4GHz AWD featuring precision differential gears on both the front and rear of the shaft driven AWD power train, combined with the four-wheel independent suspension, give awesome performance way beyond its scale. Whether on-road or off-road, AWD (all-wheel-drive) is regarded as one of the ideal racing platforms. The sophisticated mechanics of AWD have been condensed into a dropped palmtop size chassis and combined with the ASF 2.4GHz control unit for the ultimate in control stability. Body styles that suit low height chassis are now even more real. Also, the kit without transmitter specifications are ideal for those who already have an ASF 2.4GHz Mini-Z Racer.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
Following on from the images that were released by Mugen at the beginning of this month, the Japanese company has released more CAD images as full information on the car. Because pictures explain more than words, we give you all the latest images along with the full technical specs.
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Kept under wraps at the Toy Fair back in February, Serpent have just released the full information on their long awaited 1/12th scale chassis, the S120. The S120 chassis consists of 2 main elements, the 2.5mm thick carbon fibre chassis plate and the rear single piece aluminium motor pod. The chassis uses a T-bar system, which has adjustable tension thanks to its unique tweaking system is damped using a conventional centrally mounted shock absorber together with a laterally mounted floating monoshock. The front end of the car is completely adjustable and utilises the now standard fixed lower suspension arms combined with active top wishbones, which together with kingpin mounted springs ensure that the car is able to corner at high speeds and soak up any small bumps found on the racing surface. In shops early August.
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