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Geezus have things been boring in the industry. Come on you guys, get to making some news out there or I’m really going to have start making things up! LOL It’s about that time, the time of the year in the temperate climates to make the switch from racing nitro 8th scale off road to running indoors on carpet. The [...]
See the teaser for Kyosho’s latest and greatest, no not their entry into the SC market, but for their DBX VE? Let’s say you take an 8th scale buggy and shrink it down a bit to use 10th scale speedo’s, motors and a single 2S battery. Then you put on a buggy body that any Trekkie would approve of, [...]
Finally some images of the new DBXVE. The new brushless buggy from Kyosho. “VE” stands for Vortex Experience since the vehicle is running the Orion Vortex brushless motor ESC. According to the Kyosho Europe site, the DBXVE will be available in November 2009, and that 60% of the parts are compatible with the DBX/DST chassis.
It looks like Kyosho wants in on the 1/8 electric scene and they are going to enter with guns and brushless motors ablaze. The Inferno VE Readyset is outfitted with Team Orion’s Vortex brushless system and the chassis has been redesigned from the ground up to be a RTR brushless beast. Not to mention, props go [...]
Want to drive like Travis Pastrana? You might not be able to hop behind the wheel of a real Subaru Rally car, but Kyosho has released a 1:10 Subaru that is sure to make rally fans happy. Based on the DRX (Drive Really Xtremeley?) platform, this car is loaded with cool features. The drive-train uses three differentials [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome back to yet another edition of THE Cub Report. Ready for a battle of the titans? This coming weekend, Air Age Media (producers of RCCA mag) and their RCX hobby expo will go head to head against the HPI, Kyosho, and Tamiya mini-show of the “Radio Control Motorsports Experience“. Both “shows” are held at [...]
After weeks of total boredom within the industry, it was only a matter of time till things picked up. Seems ROAR has made a couple giant strides in the right direction. Word out of the ROAR camp is that two major announcements are about to be made. The first being they are close to sealing a tv package with the autosports [...]
So here is an interesting twist on this weeks Cub Report. Normally I’m here opening my big mouth and waiting to get a phone call from the Big Squid about how he can’t believe I would post that… well this week I got a little help. Seems someone under the name “R/C Ninja” sent Brian a little fuel for [...]
So if you are a regular reader of Big Squid RC, you will know that there has been more then a few stories and rumors about Losi and Kyosho America floating around here. Well, adding a new plot twist to the whole thing. It looks like AKA who was part of Kyosho for a long time [...]
The The RC Pro Series Australia received confirmation today from Ryan Lutz with Tamiya that he will be attending the RC Pro Australia event July 2nd – 5th at the the Mooloolah Valley Raceway. They also have a interview with Ryan that may be one of the longest in RC history. It’s an interesting read [...]
Acer Racing has announced the release of their Ceramic Nitride Pro Series Bearing kit for the Kyosho Ultima RB5 2WD Buggy. If you are looking for a bearing upgrade for almost any RC vehicle, make sure to head over to the Acer Racing site and check them out.
Recently we posted a rumor about Losi buying Kyosho America which we heard from a pretty reliable source, but I just got an email from someone sitting next to Mr. Losi saying that it was only a rumor, and that it is not true. I still have a feeling that there is some big news coming out of the [...]
HPI Racing in conjunction with Tamiya America, Inc. and Kyosho America announce today their participation in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on April 16-19, 2009. The three largest hobby manufactures in the world will be joining forces at the 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach [LBGP], in the first “Radio Control Motorsport Experience.” This collaboration within the hobby [...]
As everyone has already heard, perhaps the best known media man in our industry passed away this week- Chris Chianelli. Yes, I’ve got my stories about Chris (just like everyone else that has worked in this industry) and all of mine involve huge smiles and good times. He was a man of tremendous charisma, as it was always a pleasure [...]
Since our breaking news post about Gil ‘Pops’ Losi Sr. buying Kyosho America rumor, we have been flooded with emails for us to try and confirm the news. Believe me, we are doing our best! We have phone calls into a lot of people, and will post any and all info as soon as we receive it. I [...]
