While we don’t do a lot of die-hard racing around here, we do mention big events now and then, especially when they are close to home, and include a cool video to go along with the announcement! This July 19th-21st 2013, the Futaba/O.S. Nitro Challenge in St. Louis, Missouri will be Hosted by the Dirtburners [...]
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One of the highlights of the 2013 Weak Signals Toledo RC Expo was the huge booth from Hobbico. Inside were all of Hobbico’s product lines like Futaba, O.S. Engines, Aquacraft, Heli-Max, Flyzone and Tactic. Perhaps the biggest news in the booth was the announcement of the new Heli-Max 1SQ mini-quad with on-board camera. There are [...]
O.S. Engines has an affordable new .21 8th scale buggy race engine called the XR-B. The XR-B was designed to put out good power at a reasonable price point, yet can be upgraded as yours skills improve. Some of its features and specifications include- * A blue-anodized aluminum head keeps the engine cool under harsh [...]
New from O.S. Engines is the 12XZ Speed Spec III engine. The guys over at O.S. keep squeezing every little ounce of power out of these things! The outer head is 1mm shorter and sits 6mm lower over the crankcase for a lower center o gravity. The crankshaft has DLC coating and pressed-in Tungsten weights [...]
New from O.S. Engines is the 12TG VII engine. It has a two-piece head and 12FB slide-valve carb. It’s ROAR legal for all you folks who need that sort of thing. Seems like we rarely get to talk O.S. or nitro with all the ‘electric’ news lately, but for the diehards, O.S. is still cranking [...]
If you’re looking to really dominate in the 1/8 scale on-road scene, you may want to take a look at these new 21XZ-R nitro engines from O.S. Engines. Both can run a full 10-minute heat on just one tank of fuel, instead of two. These are the same motors that were responsible for bringing home [...]
Here’s a bit of interesting news from the aircraft side of the hobby. O.S. Engines is tossing their hat into the brushless electric ring. Their new line of brushless aircraft motors, which they are calling O.S. Motor, were designed in-house by O.S. engineers, and have quite a few unique features. In particular their centrifugal cooling [...]
O.S. Engine has some new RP8 Turbo Glow Plugs – Cold for all you .21 VZ-R or 12TR engine runners to keep that performance hot while keeping your engine cool. They are compatible with 25% or higher nitro fuel, and are perfect for serious on-road competitors. They are avaliable as you read this for a [...]
O.S. is ready to put another engine on the shelf for you to buy. The .21 XZ-B Speed has all kinds of new features on it. The fuel efficiency of this engine has been improved by 8% over the non-speed version .21 XZ-B. The cylinder head had been made 9mm shorter than the .21VZ-B Speed, [...]