Few days before Christmas, during the Rally dell’Autodromo di Monza a new line of Traxxas models inspired by Valentino Rossi will make its official debut.
TRAXXAS VR46: Valentino Rossi RC
Losi has just announced the Super Rock Rey Baja, a 1/6th Scale Rock Racer. This new radio controlled giant arrives Ready to Run with AVC stability system.
Rock Racer Brushless 1/6th Scale
Take a look to the new models presented at the 58th Annual All Japan Model and Hobby Show. The Fair was held at Tokyo's Big Sight at the end of September.
Tokyo Hobby Show 2018
Our friend Sariel never stops to amaze us with new creations. His latest Lego masterpiece is a replica of the Mercedes-Benz Tankpool Racing Truck powered by BuWizz.
Lego Technic RC Mercedes-Benz
14 Nov 2018
Last Saturday, in Australia, Davide Ongaro became the new 1/8 buggy world champion at the IFMAR off road Worlds 2018 in Perth. He he competed with the new LRP Nitro engine co-developed by himself. The new LRP ZZ.21C Ceramic Long Stroke is already a true world champion with its appearance.
At the end of December, Tamiya will start distribution of the Toyota GAZOO Racing TS050 Hybrid. The model is based on the F103GT chassis and features High-Efficiency Direct Drive 2WD with the motor mounted on the rear, motor pinion directly driving the spur gear and a ball differential.
The chassis is made by FRP (Fibre Reinforced Plastic) 2.5mm thick with 1.5 mm upper deck, and uses an independent front suspension with caster angle set at 3 degrees and a rigid rear suspension with T-Bar and coil spring.
The Japanese company Wrap-Up Next has shown the new vertical motor drift chassis Kenbro Concept. The model uses a transmission adopted in Fr-D / Mr-D with a excellent control created by the motor position. The main chassis has a moderate flexibility, 2.0 mm thick, and the upper deck is in pure carbon fibre.
The Blade Scimitar 110 BNF Basic, distributed by Horizon Hobby, brings the best features to an impressively capable micro drone. This quadcopter comes pre-built, tuned, and ready to rip right out of the box: all you have to do is add your charged battery, Spektrum transmitter and favorite FPV monitor or headset. The ideal backyard racer, it boasts a carbon fiber main frame and durable pod protecting all vital electronics.
The Blade Scimitar 110 BNF Basic mounts an F3 Betaflight compatible flight controller comes pre-programmed and professionally tuned for a rock solid flight experience. Betaflight OSD displays user-programmable flight data such as flight time, battery voltage, call sign, video frequency, and much more.
13 Nov 2018
After winning the 2018 IFMAR 1/10 On-Road World Championships thanks to Naoto Matsukura‘s great performance, Infinity has released a new hard type chassis for IF15 as used by their factory team pilots during the Miami event. This new chassis features a stiffer rear section, this results in both increased traction and response compared to the standard kit version.
Tamiya has just announced another special version of the Racing Fighter 10th scale buggy, that will be on show at the Tamiya Fair 2018 in Shizuoka from 17th to 18th of November.
The model is based on the DT03 Chassis and will features some improvement: oil shocks, adjustable links, steel driveshaft and more.
13 Nov 2018
Our friends at Traxxas have published a new video of the X-Maxx jumping over big ramps. The model is a Ready to Run monster truck using LiPo 8S (two 4s LiPo batteries). The X-Maxx come fully assembled with TQi radio, Velineon VXL-8s ESC and 1200kv motor which can push the model over 80 km/h.
The chassis mounts Mammoth tall tires, long-arm suspension, all-steel drivetrain gears with the revolutionary Cush Drive system (the strongest driveshafts ever made by Traxxas). Below you can see the video.
A month ago Shepherd released the “Nineteen” conversion kit for the Velox V10 touring car and today announced the full Nineteen specification car kit.
The Shepherd Velox V10 ‘Nineteen’ is the latest development of the V10 platform and has already proven its capabilities by taking the third place with a pre-production version at the recent IFMAR 200mm Worlds in Miami, Florida is the hands of Edu Escandón.
