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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 15, 2007

Andreas Myrberg wins German South Rd1

Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Southern German electric regionals that took place at the start of June on the Türkheim track, host of the 2006 Euros. Qualifying saw Xray racer Andreas Myrberg take the top qualifying spot from Yokomo racer Martin Hofer in 2nd, and this pairing would carry this battle through to the finals. The first final saw a very close battle between the 2 with Andreas getting the win closely followed by Martin, the 2nd final saw a clear win for Myrberg again with Hofer once again in 2nd and with this result the Xray driver took the overall win from Hofer in 2nd and another Xray racer Florian Bernklau in 3rd.

Read the full race report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 15, 2007

The Border – Revo Special

The Border - Revo Special

Our site sponsors – The Border – are really spoiling you this month, with a second special offer to go with the other great deal they brought you 10 days ago for the heavily discounted JP Racing REX 2.1cc motor. This new offer is for all you Traxxas Revo drivers, and we know that there are a lot of you out there, that would like to pimp your truck, or simply fix it up. The Border are offering our readers a 25% discount on all Revo spares and optionals through to the 14th of July, and with over 220 items to choose from, this is the right time to buy.

To claim this great discount simply select your products from this section on the site and once you are in your shopping cart, enter the code ‘REVO25%’ (in all Caps) in the special offer box and your shopping cart total will be updated with the discount.

June 14, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> New LiPO Rx Battery Packs from Venom Racing – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> PN Racing release tools for use with your Kyosho Mini-Z chassis – Link [pnracing.us]
> Team Trion release new, skin coloured, dish wheels for touring cars – Link [team-trion.com]
> Tamiya show their new EBBRO 350R based on the TA05-IFS chassis – Link [tamiya.com]
> LRP have a report from the 2007 Asia Nitro Masters held in Malaysia – Link [lrp.cc]
> New parts from Fioroni for the Losi 8ight – Link [buggy-sport.info]