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April 24, 2009

Duratrax Vendetta Rally 1/18th scale RTR

Duratrax have released the Vendetta Rally, designed to dominate 1/18th scale competition with standard equipment that would be considered upgrades on other RTR racers. It comes supplied with a Duratrax Tactic™ 2.4GHz radio system featuring Secure Link Technology, an adjustable steering rate and throttle and steering trims. Drivers can tweak their way to greater speeds and better handling, with the Vendetta Rally using a wide variety of Vendetta series hop-ups to stay ahead of the pack. Available in a variety of colours.

Source: Duratrax [duratrax.com]

April 21, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten

Following on from our coverage here and here, HPI Europe have offered up more details and photographs of the new Formula Ten chassis. This fantastic new kit is designed to replicate the thrills and excitement of the fastest car racing series in the world. It features realistically scaled dimensions such as wheelbase, width, tyre size and more, allowing you to faithfully recreate your favorite team’s livery and do battle with rivals out on the track. There is truly nothing like the excitement of seeing a full grid of cars painted in replica colours, waiting for the lights to go.

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April 17, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten Update

Looks like we got the jump on HPI racing regarding the Formula Ten chassis that we showed you photos of last night. The Japanese company have today released the first official photos of the chassis and it looks sweet. Looking like it can take a stick pack, it appears like a cross between a toy and a pro kit, with the molded front & rear wings and plastic chassis, but it has a top deck, floating rear end and has lots of space for electronics. Also unlike similar chassis’ the servo is mounted in the main part of the chassis, not forward of the drivers cockpit as is more conventional.

UPDATE: Added more body shots from Long Beach.

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April 17, 2009

HPI Racing Formula 10 chassis

Spotted and snapped by one of our readers at the Radio Control Motorsport Experience, which is taking place this weekend during the Long Beach Indycar race in California, is this new Formula 10 chassis from HPI Racing. We don’t know much else other than what we see here in the pictures. Its a 2wd electric chassis and looks to be a faithful replica of the Formula 1 chassis’ from last year with the exception of the slick tires.

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April 2, 2009

Schumacher Mi4 EP Touring Car

Schumacher has announced the all new Mi4, the follow up to the company’s successful Mi3 touring car platform. Designed by their world championship winning engineering team, it has been developed by Phil Booth and the factory race team alongside multiple British touring car Champion Chris Grainger. With an efficient transmission and ultra precise CNC machined components, it handles like a dream. The superb suspension and pro shocks enable the Mi4 to carry fantastic speed through the corners, helping you to reduce your lap times, and the Mi4 is a pleasure to work on, with a range of easy adjustments and option parts.

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March 30, 2009

RC Devil PC10H2 200mm pan car

German company RC Devil have been in touch to show us their latest project, the PC10H2, a 200mm pan car, with plans for a 235mm version also in the works. Based on some Hatzenbach prototypes made by Achim Schulz, this car will be released in a small series and features an innovative dampened front end as well as centrally located batteries and a lot of practical innovations to make it a very competitive car. Made using the highest quality materials, they expect the car to be available in April, with a widening kit to make it to 235mm to follow shortly after.

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March 28, 2009

Awesomatix Touring car photos

We’ve seen the CAD images of the radical new Awesomatix touring car chassis that is being designed and produced in Russia, and now we have some good quality photographs of the first car. As we have said before about this car, The two outstanding features are a new patented suspension dampening system, smooth, lightweight and with a low centre of gravity, which is fully adjustable without the need for disassembly and the compression and rebound dampening rates are controllable and consistent. The other thing is the drive train that combines the benefits of shaft and belt drive systems, without the negative side effects such as so-called ‘torque steer’, associated with shaft drive RC cars.

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March 24, 2009

Yokomo MR-4TC BD5 touring car

The latest version of the MR-4TC touring from Yokomo has been released, the BD5. This car was used by Masami Hirosaka to take 3rd spot at last years World Championships and following some refinement from that car, they have released it to the public. The BD5 is an evolution of the previous model and has been tweaked to make the car more stable and make maintenance easier. This rubber spec car is supplied with a 2.5mm thick carbon fibre chassis, 2.0mm thick top deck, 3.5mm thick shock towers, a front one way and newly designed CVDs.

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