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June 16, 2007

Jerome Aigoin TQ’s Kyosho Masters

Aigoin TQ's Kyosho Masters

Jerome Aigoin was the man to beat during qualifying for this weekends Kyosho Masters, the French EFRA GP winner managed to be fastest in both the Elite buggy and truggy classes. In the Elite buggy class, World Champion Mark Pavidis claimed the 2nd fastest time ahead of Yuichi Kanai in 3rd with UK racer Elliot Boots in 4th. In the truggy class it was the same drivers in the top 3 with Kanai in 2nd, Pavidis in 3rd while 4th spot was taken by Pro Line Challenge winner Linus Thern. The expert buggy class was TQ’d by Greek racer Giannis Papanikolaou while the League class saw French racer Paul Vairon take the top qualifying spot.

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June 16, 2007

2007 Kyosho Masters – Videos

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As you are hopefully aware, this weekend sees the 2007 Kyosho Masters held near Paris in France, and as with all Masters racers there is a large entry of quality racers. Once more our partners RC Mag have got us covered, not only with their photo coverage, but also they have made these great videos of some truggy track action that includes World Champion Mark Pavidis, French GP winner Jerome Aigoin and Mike Cradock. You can watch them in the embedded player above with the other 2 videos below.

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June 15, 2007

Hot Bodies Cyclone options

Just like earlier this week, Hot Bodies have today released more information on some new parts for the Cyclone D4 from Hot Bodies that we showed you before back in April. First up are these purple anodised aluminium rear hub carriers rear, available in 0.5 degrees and 1 degree, that allow you to alter the suspension characteristics of the car extending the adjustability of the stock hub carriers. Next up are two new black anodised rear suspension blocks that come in 2.0 and 2.5 degrees settings allowing you to alter the inboard toe at the rear of the buggy while finally for the D4 buggy are some new fluorescent yellow disc wheels. Also new from HB for the Cyclone touring car is a brushless motor mount that has been designed to allow the use of bigger spur gears by raising the level of the center layshaft by 2mm.

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June 15, 2007

K Factory M1B One-piece steering linkage

K Factory have been pumping out optionals for the Team Magic M1B, so much so you could almost build one solely from K Factory parts, well not quite but give it time. Today sees the release of this new one piece steering linkage set which is apparently lighter, more durable and creates a more precise steering movement. As you can see from the picture it comes with all the necessary fasteners, bearings and pivot balls.

Source: K Factory [kfactoryracing.com]

June 15, 2007

Crono RS7 Testing – Video

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Here are two videos that our partners Neo Buggy found on YouTube of 2 time European Champion Davide Tortorici testing the new Crono RS7 on the super fast Monsummano track in Italy ahead of the this weekends international Offroad meeting. According to NB, Davide will be competing at this event due to the birth of his child.

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June 15, 2007

Pro Line Racing Product News

Pro Line have released a number of new products this month starting with this Crowd Pleazer body shell for the 1/12th scale Jammin CRT-5 and incorporates ultra-low styling, original bodylines, and functionality to bring you the latest in durability, versatility and high-performance race technology. Also new from Pro Line are MTR moulded foam inserts, for 1/8th truck and monster trucks, that are shaped to the inside profile of the tire helping it maintains its shape and firmness for a longer period of time, thus increasing durability. Also new from Pro Line are number of different pattern low profile tires for your 1/10th scale truck.

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June 15, 2007

Bertin to debut .21 CRF at Kyosho Masters

This weekend sees all the top Kyosho buggy racers from all around the World converge at the RC94 track near Paris for the 2007 Kyosho Masters. Our partners RC Mag are there all weekend covering the event and already they have spotted some points of interest including new parts for the Inferno buggy, that include the big bore shocks that have been seen before, but more interestingly the new .21 CRF buggy motor has been spotted in the Kyosho of Adrien Bertin. We have heard that Adrien will race the engine this weekend after some positive initial tests earlier in the week proved that it was ready for its debut.

UPDATE: Added lots more engine pictures.

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June 14, 2007

Diggity Designs Kyosho RB5 shock towers

Diggity Designs, whose products we have featured previously, have announced the release of these new shock towers for the Kyosho Ultima RB5 2wd buggy. Made from 3mm thick carbon fiber these super strong replacement towers are available for both the front and rear of the car and come supplied with the required fasteners needed to mount them.

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