Italian site RC Bazar have a nice article (in Italian) of the Team Orion Wasp Rev .12 with lots of pictures. This is the first time i have seen inside this engine and if you havent seen it yourself it will make for interesting viewing. As many know this engine by CRF for Team Orion is a very unconventional motor that features many patent pending technologies so its nice to see it up close.
View the full article here.
Source: RC Bazar [rcbazar.net]
Our partner site RC Forum have got these images of Martin Hudy, testing the NT1 at the Xray text track in Slovakia. Whilst nothing is given away by the pics, it is nice to see that there is a working prototype at least. The most interesting thing about these images is not really the car at all but the rather cool new Xray t-shirt that Martin is shown wearing, featuring that kind of blue flame thats on their boxes all over it.
Check out the 2 pictures in full size here.
Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]
According to a report by Philip over at Neo Buggy, the European A Championships for 1/8th scale off road, that is being held in France this summer, is to be rescheduled due to a clash with the Tour de France. The problem is “A clash with the Tour de France in the proximity of the hosting city Auxerre would create massive problems with hotels etc.”. This seems to me to be just bad planning on behalf of the organisers to have just overlooked something like this. We will learn more soon and keep you informed.
Source: Neo-Buggy [neobuggy.net]
Through Mirage Racing, RS Falcon have announced the release of this .28 truggy motor. It just shows the growing competitiveness of the truggy class when competition engine manufacturers are making motors specifically for it. This seems like a very nice motor, from the same stable as Ninja and Boss, and features some very cutting edge internals as you would expect from a motor with big names like GRP and Mario Rossi behind its design.
You can view more detailed pics and information here.
Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]
Hot Bodies Europe have relased full details of the new Atsushi Hara Racing Products Twister 2.2 speed controller. Made by KO Propo this new controller features an upgraded spec yet retains the same top performance one comes to expect from this line of speedo.
This speedo is used by 2006-2007 IFMAR ISTC World Champion Andy Moore, and is also used by his impressive stable of World Champion teammates like Atsushi Hara, Surikarn and Marc Rheinard! European Champions like Teemu Leinu also use this amazing speedo, which is renowned for its impressive efficiency and power handling capabilites!
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Our partners Buggy Sport are reporting that 2 times German Vice Champion Timo Engelstatter has switched over to the Team Losi for the 2007 season. Staying with the Graupner team, that recently signed Sonke Matz to also race Losi, Timo last year raced with the HoBao Hyper8 which is also imported by the same company.
Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]
Serpent are reporting that multiple Dutch National Champion John Ermen has signed to race for Serpent Netherlands in the 2007 season. Returning to the Dutch manufacturer after a number of years away racing for Mugen, John will be seen as one of the favourites for the Dutch title this year.
The current 1:8 Dutch National Vice-Champion, Ermen will head Serpent’s challenge for 1:8 success in its home country. Racing since 1990, Â having caught the bug for rc racing from his father and older brother, Â John has an impressive racing CV which includes three World Championships appearances including the 2001 event in Australia.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Makers of cool products and sponsors of cool racers, Much More, have released 2 new pieces of merchandising to display your brand loyalty. First up we have a red t-shirt featuring the Much More logo, which is very similar to the Hoodie they released a while back. Also new to the range is 2 new pit towels, available in Blue and Pink, they feature the Much More logo embroidered into the corner.
Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]
