March 3, 2009
…KO Propo together with a Vortex 2008 Race 6.5T brushless motor and the aforementioned Team Orion Race Spec 3800 LiPo. Steering duties are taken of by a KO Propo DPS-2367 servo connected to a Sanwa RX411DS receiver. On top we fitted a Protoform Mazda Speed 6 body, once more painted by Chris of www.gingapaint.com. Track test For the track test we went to the permanent indoor track of the RCCG Neu Wulmstorf near Hamburg. The club offers a very nice location for weekly club racing and is ideal to test new cars and components. We met with Team Xray/SMI Motorsport…
February 26, 2009
…Inside you find a nice piece of kit packed in various bags. The only downside we found was the pre-1990 standard kit manual. We understand that the Mugen is a competition kit designed for full-breed racers and not the beginner but we like well made manuals and we are sorry to say that the Mugen manual lacked a bit of information here and there. As with nearly every competition kit no wheels or tyres are supplied so we opted to go for the new Tourex range of tyres. Engine-wise RMV Deutschland, the new Mugen distributor for Germany and Benelux, supplied…
February 25, 2009
Hudy have presented their all-new team T-shirts. Made from 100% cotton and featuring unique and stylish graphics, the design features a large Hudy logo with complementary artistic graphics on the front & rear, as well as www.hudy.net printed on the rear & sleeve. Available in white, sky blue, or black fabrics in standard sizes all the way up to XXXL. Source: Hudy [hudy.net]…
February 24, 2009
…In round #1, the track was still slick, but lap times continued to drop with every heat. Mitch took the early TQ in round 1, followed by Eckert, McIntosh, Angelidas, Hickerson, and Lopez. Round 2 was the story as the track was now 1-2 seconds per lap faster then in round 1. Mitch set a new TQ followed by Ryan Lopez 2 seconds slower, while Rouna, Eckert, and myself had trouble and did not improve on round 1 times. That gave Mitch the overall TQ with Lopez in 2nd and JP Tirronen in 3rd. I flamed out, so I dropped…
February 24, 2009
…can find a very comprehensive online version on the Associated website here and here. The main difference between the RC8T and the SC8 is the length of the wishbones. The SC8 utilizes the wishbones of the RC8 buggy. Also the 3 millimetre alloy shock tower is of a different shape although it sports integrated body posts like the RC8T ones. The double bellcrank steering set-up comes straight from the RC8 platform. It offers a build-in servo saver plus three different Ackermann settings in the aluminium steering rack and is of course ball raced. Middle The centre differential found on the…
February 21, 2009
VRC has been spreading information about VRC PRO mainly through these columns which appear in leading r/c car magazines and websites. Middle of February VRC will launch its VRC PRO promotional site which will give you an insight in what is to be expected in VRC PRO, details to be announced on the official VRC website at www.virtualrc.com. We have stated before in these columns that VRC PRO will be a project continuously developing, new features will be made available on the fly with the integrated software updater keeping everybody’s VRC installations up to date. So don’t expect everything you…
February 20, 2009
…showing around the site, or click on the links listed below. AKA World Class Products – Link Asia Racing Team – Link Boca Bearings – Link Capricorn RC – Link Liquid RC – Link Speed Passion – Link Team Losi – Link Team Orion – Link Novarossi World – Link Virtual RC Racing – Link Xray Model Racing Cars – Link ABEC 35.com – Link RC Cars 24 – Link Super Models – Link The Border – Link If you are interested in becoming an advertiser, drop us a message through our online contact form, which you can find here….
February 17, 2009
As we know already, the guys at Capricorn RC in Italy have been very busy lately with their new Serpent 960 Electric conversion set, which we showed you the first parts from last week. They have been in touch to update us with their progress and by the looks of the new photos, they have a track ready car to test. The plan is to now go testing and based on their findings they will make some final optimizations prior to releasing the conversion set. We will of course keep you posted of further developments. Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]…
