May 5, 2016

Introducing Red RC China

…available at www.redrc.cn. We believe that China is the next big growth market in RC and so we have established a company in Hong Kong with an editorial team in mainland China. Currently we are translating news from RedRC.net into Chinese but going forward we plan to publish product news and race reports that are specific to this region of the world with our aim to help grow the market in mainland China while also serving localised news to other Chinese speaking regions such as Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The site has been live for a few weeks and


March 24, 2016

VRC introduce Neo-X track

…reproduction of last year’s track that saw Ryan Cavalieri coming out successful in the Nitro Buggy class and Ty Tessmann winning the E-Buggy race, the track’s release coincides with the start of the 2016 edition which kicks off on Friday the 25th. Only a happy 250 will make it to the real Neo 11 event and for the thousands who can’t join, VRC Pro has events for 1/8th nitro and electric buggies as well as for the 1/10 electric short course trucks to offer on last year’s track that is free to use until March 31st. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtJqFckT7Q Source: VRC [vrcpro.com]…


February 10, 2016

Andy Moore & Hiroyuki Kasuya depart HPI/HB

In a shock announcement former IFMAR World and EFRA European Champion, Andy Moore as well as team manager Hiroyuki Kasuya have announced their departure from HPI/HB. Both ended their contracts by mutual consent after being with the company for more than 10 years. The news comes after recent problems with the HPI company, in particular HPI Europe which was put in administration in January and we are sure it is not the last team driver to announce his departure in the coming days and weeks. This is what Andy has to say: I’d like to inform everyone that I have…


August 11, 2015

Pocket Pit lap counting system

New through Zen Racing in the UK, the Pocket Pit lap counting system uses a small line of sight infrared transponder to send a predefined code to the track side receiver box. The receiver box in turn connects to a mobile device using Bluetooth to automatically count and time your laps using a real time stopwatch within the Pocket Pit app. You can therefore listen to your lap times live as you race using headphones or through your devices speakers. Lap times can be saved with notes enabling you to keep a database of setups for the tracks you race….


July 10, 2015

Mon-Tech X1 SSS floating servo & steering system

Italian company Mon-Tech have introduced a special servo and steering mount for the Xray X1. The option part, called SSS which is for “servo, steering, suspension” is meant to allow better steering response, faster cornering and improved bump handling. Made from aluminium the brace takes both the steering servo and the steering bellcrank to connect them with the front part of the chassis using the upper camber and castor plate rather then attaching them to the main chassis plate, to create a “floating” design. The anodised aluminium brace comes including three alloy posts and the assembly is a direct fit…


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