Kyosho have contacted us to tell us about their new Inferno based Ferrari F430 GT. The chassis, suspension and drivetrain are highly refined for durability and performance under the most demanding conditions, which gives the Inferno GT the highest pedigree of its class. There’s simply nothing else available on the market with the bloodlines of the GT, so be confident you’re getting the ultimate value and performance with the Inferno GT.
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Im sure a lot of you noticed that we were offline for several hours tonight, and in the last day or two you may have also noticed some slower than normal load times and perhaps even some missing images. This is because we have begun the process of changing hosts for our site and this down time has been caused by phase 1 of our transfer to our shiney new dedicated server.
Since starting Red RC in October of last year we have been very fortunate to have developed a loyal readership, which has grown to the point where we have outgrown our original hosting provider, hence the move. With our new dedicated server it will allow us the freedom to continue to grow and enable us to continue to offer you a fast and reliable platform with which to read your daily RC Car news.
Phase 1 is now complete and the second phase will begin very soon, so please bear with us over the course of this week as we complete the transfer and double check everything is up and running correctly. In the meantime we will continue to bring you the latest news and product releases from the world of RC.
The 3rd round of the French electric touring car National Championships was held last weekend at the Bourg en Bresse circuit in the east of the country. Qualifying for the Open A class saw round 2 winner Cyril N’Diaye take the pole position for the final, heading an Xray 1, 2, 3 with Aurélien Thréhout and Hugo Ragaut in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the final nothing much changed and with N’Diaye taking the win from Ragaut who moved up into 2nd and Thréhout dropping down to 3rd. In the Open B class it was Xray racer Vincent Cavard that took the TQ and the win in front of Corally racer Olivier Beining in 2nd and Xavier Ansellem in 3rd for Tamiya.
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The 2007 EFRA European ‘B’ Championship for 1:8 IC Track has successfully come & gone and the host nations Slovenia are the very proud champions following Jernej Vuga’s superb performance at his home track of Tolmin. In total 97 drivers travelled to this beautiful country with neighbours Italy fielding the largest team with 26 racers. Germany was the next largest representation with 20 while the smallest team was that of Sweden which was represented by just one driver – Mattias Ericsson. In terms of equipment used it was Dutch company Serpent that proved the most popular choice of car with Novarossi the No. 1 choice of engine. On the tyre front, when it was dry at least, Enneti could be found on more than 1 in 4 of competing cars. It was a similar case in the fuel rankings with Tornado the top brand. Controlling each drivers choice of equipment it was Sanwa that led the way.
Click here to view the full rundown of equipment used, also you can check out the full gallery from the event here.
Source: EFRA Euros [efraeuros.com]
Xray are reporting on their site from last weekends CEN Nitro Invasion that took place at the Hobbies Xtreme Raceway in Bossier City, LA. The event was open to buggy and truggy and featured some realy hot competition from around the country. In the buggy class it was Jason Branham that took the TQ spot driving his Xray XB8EC and he went on to lead the 45 minute Pro Buggy final from start to finish, beating CEN racer Andrew Smolnick who came home 2nd. In the truggy class is was much the same, with Branham putting his XT8 on pole, and despite a crash at the start of the final could regain the lead, and take the win by 5 laps at the end of 45 minutes.
Read the full report from Jason Branham here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Hong Nor have released this new in-line, EFRA approved, 3 chamber tuned pipe which provides high torque while offering a wide range of RPM. Manufactured with high quality polished aluminum and then chrome anodised, this pipe should look new forever while the new design “Billet Stinger” means that you should never smash the stinger end again. Pipe includes 2 exhaust seals, springs, and a 4mm setscrew and is suitable for almost all buggies and monster trucks.
Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]
In the quest to make the best quality, highest capacity receiver battery packs, Trinity has switched all their models over to the new 1500mAh EP cells. The new EP 1500 mAh cells are super durable and long life. Unlike the no name generic shrink wrapped cells that are flooding the market, these EP cells are high quality and exceed the listed capacity. Available in a 5 cell hump for 1/10th off road, 5 cell stick 1/10th nitro truck and 5cell side x side for 1/8th on-road, all packs weigh in at 125.6 grams and come supplied with the receiver plug.
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Following on from yesterdays announcement that Losi have released a range of LiPo cells, comes an even larger line of LiPo battery packs from Nosram, which offer extremely high capacity, an unbelievable 25C discharge rate and less weight than standard NiMH or NiCd batteries.
With a wide range of capacities Nosram covers the needs of each park flyer with type 480 packs up to high power hotliners, 3300 packs. Also every electric car driver has the possibility to use VTEC LiPo batteries. Our special type 1800 pack is a perfect fit in nearly every 1/18 scale car. The type 5000 pack will make any 1/10 electric driver smile with huge power output and incredible runtime at an amazing price.
Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]
