Red RC

March 15, 2022

Video – R/C Legends, The Media Guys

Cory Drachenberg of 5150 Media Productions just dropped his latest video dedicated to the RC press, including but not limited to Red RC. Take a look.

They are often over-looked by the factory drivers in their speeches. They are yelled at by race officials and race promotors (Well this might just be Cory). They are treated like criminals smuggling high explosives at airports around the world. They spend hours editing thousands upon thousands of photos and videos for the sport they love!

March 15, 2022

DE Racing Prodigy 1/10 buggy tire

DE Racing have announced the release of this 1/10 buggy tire that utilises a breakthrough tread design for dusty to loose dirt. Aptly named Prodigy, this innovative thread focuses on grip stabilisation and dirt evacuation that other simple small pin tires can’t match. Whether shredding the jumps with an off-road buggy or ripping through the corners on a dirt oval the Prodigy has what it takes to get you to the front. Available in D30/Super Soft and D40/Soft compounds, they come supplied with red closed cell inserts.

View a close up of the thread pattern here

March 15, 2022

Penguin Royal 1/10th offroad wing

From Penguin Custom Bodyshells is the ‘Royal’ wing for 1/10th offroad. The Royal is designed around the standard LD2 and L1 EVO wing with the middle section narrowed to suit the newer narrow wing mount design. It looks awesome and has made the car more stable. It has 5 different gurney cut lines for fine tuning and is supplied clear in 1mm lexan.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 15, 2022

Urbain wins EWS Finale

The final round of the 2021-2022 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Although the championship had been wrapped up in the Modified and Super Stock classes, it was far from decided in the Sportsman Stock and Front Wheel Drive categories as the 10th Anniversary Season came to a close. The Modified class saw two popular European racers join the field, Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg and France’s Lucas Urbain, but it was already-crowned champion Kyle Branson who set the pace in Q1 for Xray, narrowly ahead of Lucas’s Awesomatix. Q2 saw Lucas move to the top, with Alexander the quickest Xray in second, and Kyle dropping to third, before Q3 saw Alexander take his turn at the top ahead of Lucas and Kyle, the top three again being covered by less than 2 seconds. This set up a showdown for pole, with Lucas eventually coming out on top after taking the final round ahead of Kyle – but Alexander lined up second thanks to his better time from Q3.

Continue reading the report here

March 15, 2022

T-Works truggy front body mount adaptors

T-Works have produced these new carbon front body mount adaptors for a number of truggies. The plate allows for the mounting of the front part of the new bruggy bodies in front of the shock tower. Made from carbon so it is lightweight yet strong, there is sets available for the Mugen MBX8T, Team Associated RC8 T3.2, TLR 8ight-XT and HB Racing D8T.

View the other versions here

March 14, 2022

Maclan Racing Graphene V4 Competition batteries

The Maclan Racing Graphene V4 Competition battery makes us of their latest 2022 chemistry. They are continuously evolving the batteries with the latest technology to improve capacity/weight ratio along with lower IR for better discharge performance. The new line up offers 1S, 2S, and 4S configurations with both shorty and stick sizes for different applications. There are also standard, LCG, and ULCG thickness options that offer better CG performance to the chassis and will provide more competitive performance for extreme racers.

Source: Maclan [maclan-racing.com]

March 14, 2022

Exotek F1 front & rear lightweight wings

Exotek Racing have produced these extra light front and rear wings for 1/10 F1 cars such as the Exotek F1 Ultra, X1 and F104 etc. The front wing is moulded nylon with a higher mounting base reducing the chance of dragging on the track and unsettling the car. At 18grams, lighter weight helps with that as well as reducing weight that overhangs past the wheels that also unsettles the car. The rear wing comes in at 21grams and has extra large wing elements for maximum aero downforce. Molded with a black lower base and white wing element for higher visibility.

View more images of the wings here

March 14, 2022

2022 Italian TC Championships Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2022 edition of the Italian Championships dedicated to touring car classes took place at the indoor track of RC Landia in Scandiano. In 2022 the National titles, presented by the Italian RC Car Racing Federation ACI Sport, will be held over 3 rounds (Indoor and Outdoor). In TC Modified, Mattia Collina (Team Schumacher) took both TQ and the overall win ahead of Alessio Tolomelli (Team Marka) and Carlo Alberto Conti (Team Schumacher).

Continue reading the report here