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More ESC/Motor combos from NOSRAM
NOSRAM, a company that has been in the game pretty much since the game started, has a couple new brushless ESC and motor combos. Based on their Pearl ISTC V2 ESC, the combos come packed with either a 5.5T or 6.5T Pure Evolution brushless motor (not the 3.5T that’s in the picture). The team at NOSRAM suggests the 6.5T for [...]
Pro-Line Pick by Kit tool
We’ve all been there. Standing in front of a store shelf looking at all kinds of different products, not knowing which one to pick. Saying to ourselves “If only there were some kind of tool or guide to help me figure out which one of these products I need!” But nope, there never was, and you went home with a [...]
R/C Around the Web - IHobby should be every weekend! edition…
Photo of the Week:Yokomo dori-dori by Tamás Kárpáti Article: “Calling the R/C companies out!” – 5 Things Every RC Car Should Include – Careful guys, if you keep doing hard hitting stuff like this you might start to lose advertisers! Build Log: Real Death Racer WIP – NASCAR Meets Mad Max. This one should turn out totally frickin awesome. Cool link: White Lake [...]
Novak Havoc Pro SC now with 540 Ballistic motors
Novak‘s Havoc Pro SC is now available in a combo with the Ballistic 540 size brushless motors. Previously it had only been available with the larger 550 size motor. This new combo gives you a greater selection of windings, 8.5T/5000 kv, 13.5T/3300kv, and 17.5T/2200kv. The 550 size 4.5T combo is also still available and ideally suited for the new 4wd [...]
RC4WD Hardcore Slash Chassis video
Here’s some video of RC4WD‘s recently announced solid axle conversion chassis, the Hardcore, in action. The Hardcore chassis conversion takes the Traxxas Slash to the next level of realism, with a full on 4-link rear suspension holding on a solid rear axle, just like the full scale short course trucks run. Check the video and then hit [...]
O.S. .21 XZ-B Speed
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, the center of gravity has [...]
DuraTrax Pit Mats
Every time I go through all my hundreds of photos from IHobby I find another product that I didn’t get to during the show. These new DuraTrax Pit Mats are among them. They are a high quality, very durable rubber mat made to withstand all kinds of solvents and nitro fuels. The large one measures in at 29″ x 19″ [...]
RC4WD officially licensed Interco Super Swampers
RC4WD is stepping their game up and bringing more officially licensed awesomeness to the scale builder’s tool box. Not content with just offering Dick Cepek Tires, the group at RC4WD has decided to also grab one of the other big dogs in the field and now have Interco’s Super Swamper TSL/Bogger in their stable of tires. The details that they [...]
Pro-Line 28th Birthday sale
Pro-Line is celebrating their 28th birthday this week, but don’t worry, you don’t have to get them anything. Instead they’re giving a present to you. Starting today and running through the 31st you can take advantage of a 10% off coupon at the Pro-Line store. Just use coupon code HAPPY28 during the checkout process and 10% will be taken off [...]
HUDY limited edition socket driver
When you think of things that could be called “Limited Edition,” nut drivers probably aren’t the first thing that come to mind. But HUDY has exactly that, a new Limited Edition 7mm socket driver made to fit M4 nuts which are typically used as wheel nuts on 1/10 scale touring cars. It’s machined out of 1 piece of duraluminum that’s [...]
TQ Racing SX8 Evo E
Here’s one thing (among many) we missed at IHobby. TQ Racing unveiled their prototype of a new 1/8 scale brushless buggy, called the SX8 Evo E. It’s based on ideas from TQ’s SX10 line, but also features many new ideas that work with 1/8 scale. It’s designed with saddle packs in mind for better weight distribution and more options on [...]
- 10/27/2010
- 7:33 pm
- New Products
- By: Jeff
Schumacher Mi4CX high end touring car
Schumacher Racing has a new high-end touring car in the line-up, hot on the heals of their recent budget tourer the Mi1. The Mi4CX is being touted as a competition ready car, with all kinds of high-end features like an ultra-lightweight front spool with increased durability, ultra-lightweight aluminum transmission housings, dedicated front & rear high strength steel CVD driveshafts, and [...]
- 10/26/2010
- 7:05 pm
- Schumacher
- By: Jeff
Hitec Waterproof Servos
Hitec quite possibly wins the best product demonstration of the IHobby Expo. Their new(ish) waterproof servos, the HS-5646WP and HS-5086WP, were operating during the entire run of the show completely submerged. The HS-5646WP is capable of nearly 100 oz/in of torque at a speed of .26 sec/60°, while the HS-5086WP is able to do about 40 oz/in at .18 sec/60º. [...]
Horizon Fuel Cell Tech. H-Cell 2.0 car in our possession
We told you we were going to get the Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies H-Cell 2.0 Fuel Cell R/C car after the show was over and we did. It went out the door in the hands of our pro driver Tim Mohr. We’ll let you know if it lives up to the hype and claims after a thorough test period.
Atsushi Hara Edition of Hot Bodies D8 Kit
Hot Bodies has decided that Atsushi Hara is deserving of his own kit. The D8 Atsushi Hara Edition features many upgrades over the stock D8, including a thicker, 3mm chassis, lightweight drive train components, aluminum spindles and hubs, and upgraded shock towers and new longer shocks. It also comes out of the box with all you need to replicate the [...]
