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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 [...]
The hot looking Robitronic Protos V2 1/8 nitro buggy is now available as a RTR set. The new setup includes a .28 size engine with an 8-port sleeve design and a black anodized tuned pipe. It’s also ready to hit the track right out of the box with plenty of racing features, such as front and rear anti-roll bars, adjustable [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thanks again to our friends at HobbyMedia.It we get to see the first in-the-wild pictures of Kyosho‘s new Inferno Neo Race Spec from the 2010 Tokyo Hobby Show. There’s not much info available just yet except that it’s going to be a RTR with a 2.4 GHz radio and the Kyosho KE25 engine. No word on the exact [...]
Vampire Racing has a couple new LiPo packs for your combustion consumption today. These two new setups are targeted at 1/12 scale racers and 1/8 scale electric racers. Both batteries are 5700 mAh and “rated” at 50c, but one is a 4s brick and the other is a 1s pack. Both feature a hard case and fancy graphics. No price was [...]
OFNA has, once again, let loose a new vehicle. Their Nexx 8 is a 1/8 scale, brushless buggy for those of you out there that love 1/8 scale, but hate nitro. It’s made with 2S LiPo packs in mind, one is mounted on either side of the chassis, so the Nexx 8 will be a good step up for those [...]
The fine folks at OFNA have another new vehicle for us to gawk at. The Ultra GTP 2e is a 1/8 scale, brushless, sedan. Like their previous release, this one is also an 80% complete roller, requiring all electronics and a paint job on the clear body to be complete. Some of the features of note include [...]
The Tamiya TRF801XT is, by all accounts, a fine model automobile. Apparently Tamiya wasn’t happy enough with it though. So they went back to the drawing board and then to the track, then back to the drawing board, then the track again, and so on and so forth until they had a truck that performed better than their previous attempt. [...]
There’s a new engine on the market thanks to the fine folks at LRP. The ZR.21X Spec.2 is a competition grade engine made for 1/8 scale buggies. It has a rear exhaust, a high-end WorksTeam 14SV-2 carburetor with interchangeable venturis, and a redesigned cooling head. According to LRP this engine is capable of putting out 2.78HP and can run a [...]
Are you a Mugen MBX6 owner? Have you been feeling left out by all these cab-forward bodies that are out for every other 1/8 scale buggy? Well cheer up buttercup. JConcepts got ya covered. Their new and popular Punisher body is now available for the MBX6. It’s got all the features and styling cues as [...]
LRP has refactored their S8 BX rtr 1/8 scale buggy to make the S8 BX 2. Some new features of the S8 BX 2 include a new cab-foward style body, competition sway-bars front and rear, new higher performance brakes, and a switch to the LRP C3-STX FM computer transmitter. LRP is also putting in their Z.21R Spec 2 pullstart nitro [...]
There’s a lot of news coming out of the HPI camp today, but probably the biggest of it all is a new and less expensive version of the Savage Flux! The new Savage Flux 2350 is still built on the same awesomely awesome Savage X chassis that the Flux HP is built on, and it still shares many of the [...]
Looks like RCCA got an exclusive first look at the new XTM Racing 1/8 scale Rail. From the pictures they’re sharing on the interwebs the Rail looks a lot like a scaled down 5B (NTTAWWT). It’s going to be available as a brushless electric and nitro version, is 4WD with three differentials, and comes RTR with a 2.4 GHz radio [...]
Team Epic is offering a few new LiPos from Intellect for 1/8 scale vehicles. These new monster packs are available in 11.1v and 14.8v at capacities ranging from 5600mAh up to 6800mAh and are said to be able to handle from 35C up to 50C discharge rates. MSRPs are $249.99 for the 14.8V 5400mAh 35C pack, $259.99 for the 6800mAh [...]
