Red RC » News

November 22, 2008

Hobbytech STR8 Rally Game chassis

Hobbytech have released their STR8 Rally Game chassis which has been developed and tuned specifically for this class of racing. This ready to run chassis features a complete set of precision rubber sealed ball bearings, front CVD drive shaft, 3mm front and rear shock towers, 3mm special narrow chassis and flower brake discs. The car is powered by a GO 21 pull start engine, polished in-line pipe, has aluminium front and rear stiffeners and to help it get around the track is is fitted with a 9kg metal gear steering servo.

Click here for more images… content

November 21, 2008

Novarossi Plus 4 buggy engine

Novarossi, always working on improving their products and staying ahead of the competition, have released the Plus 4 Buggy engine. This new engine has been designed from a clean sheet of paper, incorporating their usual high standards for quality and performance. During the 1/8th scale buggy World Championship held earlier this year the company’s team drivers did extensive test work, making this already good engine even better. At the moment Novarossi are finalizing the last details of this engine, but for those who put their order in early enough they have released 180 Pre-Series engines for the American market only. The final version will be available in the coming months.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

November 21, 2008

Team Orion confirm Stefan Hanauer

Stefan Hannauer joins Team Orion

Team Orion have officially confirmed that current German National Champion Stefan Hanauer has joined their team, debuting with his new equipment already back in October. Having used RB products since 2004 he has now joined the Swiss team which is led by former World Champion Adrien Bertin. Stefan is well known for his experience on national and international level and will use the latest Team Orion products in his Kyosho Evolva M3. In close collaboration with designer Adrien Bertin and top Orion driver Ilia van Gastel, they will focus on next years World Championship on the company’s home turf in Lostallo, Switzerland.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

November 21, 2008

Daniel Reckward joins Mugen Seiki

It has just been confirmed that former World and European champion Daniel Reckward has joined Mugen Seiki from the 2009 season onwards. Having raced for Kyosho for many years, he will now drive for Mugen as well as distribute and promote the off-road range of Mugen Seiki products in Germany starting from 2009. Also announced by Mugen is that that MID Mugen Seiki Mod.-Vertr. GmbH has changed its name to Mugen Seiki Europe. With this company name change, “we aim to maximize group synergies to further build the relationships and trust we have with our existing customers. We will use the power of the Mugen Seiki Group companies to develop our company’s strengths”.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

November 21, 2008

Hot Bodies Dish wheels

Hot Bodies have released these new white dished wheels, suitable for the World Champion D8, as well as the other 1/8th buggies in the range. Available in convenient packages of 4 wheels each, every wheel has the HB logo moulded into its flat, streamlined face.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

November 21, 2008

Shepherd Velox optional rear bulkhead

Shepherd are pleased to introduce this new optional rear bulkhead, made of high quality T7075 aluminium, which helps increase the overall performance of the Velox. This new part was specifically designed to lower the centre of gravity. By using this optional rear bulkhead, the main pulley, brake discs and the rear solid axle are lowered by about 3mm.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 21, 2008

KM Racing Foam tire range

KM Racing have released a complete new range of 1/10th scale foam tires. Available on either 2mm offset Kyosho rims or 0mm offset Velocity rims, the high quality Italian foam is sold in a wide range of shores for both the front and rear. The front and rears come in 35, 37, 40 and 42 shore.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

November 21, 2008

Team Orion Vortex Race Spec BL ESC

First seen on Red RC during our coverage from Thailand, Team Orion have officially announced the Vortex Race Spec BL ESC, a brushless speed controller designed for racers. It features a variable frequency system, a unique system that is responsible for the super smooth response of the controller through optimizing the driving frequency in relation to the throttle position. This ESC also sports an ultra low profile design, which has been achieved by designing the electronic components to be as flat as possible and by positioning them as low as possible. The Race Spec Controller comes with 5 pre-set setups which have been optimized by their international racing team and these settings work the best for the most popular categories. For pro’s who want to adapt the setups, it is possible to do so using a special USB cable and software. The brushless sensor technology is ready for motors with at least 4.5 turns (without fan) and 2.5 turn motors with fan and you can buy the controller with and without cooling set.

Click here to see more photos… content