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The unique XTM Rail 1/8 scale buggy has made the jump from clean, quiet, pleasant brushless power to noisy, smelly, obnoxious nitro power. The new XTM Nitro Rail is a factory assembled RTR ride with a .28 size engine. Other features include full ball-bearings, dual vented disc brakes, sealed differentials, heavy duty drive train with front CVDs, and more. To [...]
Last week Pro-Line snuckily sneaked a sneak peak of their new ROAR 1/8 Buggy national championship winning tire, the Blockade. Well today they’ve provided the official info. Pro-Line says of this new tire that the large lug design offers great tread life while the balanced tread spacing gives excellent forward bite. The tire will be available in the M2, M3, [...]
HPI Europe is showing off their new brushless electric version of the euro only Trophy 3.5. Just like the nitro version, this electric copy utilizes a 4mm 6061 aluminum chassis, aluminum shock towers, extra-long shocks, and more. Where the Trophy Buggy Flux differs is in the power system. The buggy is packing a 4s ready Flux Rage speed control matched [...]
In Pro-Line‘s blog post talking about their recent success at the ROAR 1/8 nitro nationals they posted a pic of the yet to be released Blockade tire, which was part of the combo used by the winner, Ryan Cavalieri. There isn’t any info about price or availability, but a version for 1/8 scale buggies is a good bet. And I’d [...]
Tamiya has stepped back into their well-used time machine to bring back their next release in the Fast Attack 2011 buggy. Featuring a cool, scale military look, the Fast Attack 2011 is a re-released kit based on the same model from 1984 that features full ball-bearings (first production run only), detailed resin body and roll cage, a soldier figure and [...]
Our Italian friends at Hobby Media.IT have been covering the Shizouka Hobby Show over in Japan and, as always, a few interesting R/C things are popping up. Yokomo, as is usual with them, are showing off a couple new prototype vehicles at the show. The big one is their new 2wd 1/10 scale buggy, but little information was available other [...]
And now ElectrixRC brings us another really inexpensive, entry level vehicle. The Boost is a 1/10 scale, electric buggy all put together and ready to go out of the box. For an entry level vehicle it’s got some nice features like full ball bearings, oil filled shocks, an adjustable slipper clutch, and multiple shock mounting positions for extra tunability. For [...]
Losi‘s latest is going off in a different direction. After more than a few releases aimed at the racing market, we now have a vehicle that appears to be giving Kyosho’s Ultima DB a bit of a run for it’s money. This buggy is kinda based on the XXX platform and outfitted with some great scale looking roll bar pieces [...]
Robitronic unveiled their all new electric 1/8 scale buggy, the Vision, at Nuremberg. The Vision has been designed from the ground up for brushless power, it’s not just a simple conversion of a nitro buggy. The chassis is carbon fiber, with alloy inlays to aid in heat dissipation, one unique feature among many on this car. Robitronic is also touting [...]
Axial is expanding it’s RR line of budget nitro engines for bashers and weekend warriors. Their new .21RR-1 engine is Axial’s first .21 size engine for 1/8 scale buggies and totally fricken awesome 1/10 scale cars and trucks. But being for bashers doesn’t mean that they took any shortcuts in it’s design. It’s got that fancy ABC construction, a 7-port [...]
Back during IHobby TQ Racing showed off a prototype of the SX8 e Evo buggy. Well that prototype is finally ready for full on production mode. But it’s not just the SX8e that’s ready for prime time, they also have a nitro version to go along with it. Both cars feature big bore shocks, aluminum shock towers, a durable drive [...]
RC Pro Products wants you to throw your old engine in the trash and buy one of their new engines designed for your RTR 1/8 scale buggy or truggy. The new Alpha Plus RTR line of engines starts with a .21 size for the buggy drivers and a .28 size for truggies. Both feature a smartly designed pull-start mechanism that [...]
Pro-Line has added a couple new tires to their vast collection. The Slicer SC reaches back to those heady days of stadium trucks and their ribbed front tires. Featuring six ribs across the width of the tire, Pro-Line claims that the Slicer SC offers the best steering performance on all types of track conditions. Each pack comes with reusable, closed-cell [...]
Here’s a couple new names for you, dBoots and dRadioControl. What do these names mean you say? Well dRadioControl is the company, and dBoots is their new line of tires. Their first tire out of the mold is the Terrabyte, a pyramid style lugged tire made for 1/10 scale 2wd and 4wd buggies. According go the dRC guys this is [...]
Did you buy a Losi Ten-T and then think to yourself “Gee, I wish I’d gotten a brushless short course truck instead.” Or maybe you bought a Losi 810 and thought “Wait… is this 1/8 scale, or 1/10 scale? And why isn’t it BRUSHLESS?! I just don’t know!” Well Elite RC has a solution for you! Their new [...]
