Zero RC Interview with Mugen's Ronda Skelton

Travis Sewilo — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:28:27 -0500

Since the beginning of motor sports, every aspect of racing has been virtually male dominated. But very few women do stand out from the males. A few women come to mind- Danica Patrick in F1 racing, Dawn Creten in monster trucks, and Ronda Skelton in RC racing.

Name: Ronda Skelton

Hometown: Redlands, California

Sponsors: Mugen Seiki, Pro-line, Airtronics, Team Orion, Byron's fuel, Pyrographix Paint, Avid bearings, Upgrade, BCE racing, Promotion, and B-mod products.

Currently Racing: 1/8 bugyy, truggy, and on-road for fun.

New Duratrax Mini Crawler!

Travis Sewilo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:14:16 -0500

This is a brand spanking new announcement, so theres hardly any information at all. But Duratrax has announced a new 1/14 scale crawler they like to call the Cliff Climber. The RTR will be around $240 and the ARR will be around $140. It has a motor for each axle, like a Clodbuster, has a Ford Bronco styled body, and by looking at the photo there is a servo mounted on the front axle. Could Duratrax be starting a new mini crawler craze?

New Duratrax Mini Crawler!

Zero RC Interview with Losi's Todd Hodge

Travis Sewilo — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:02:23 -0500

Name: Todd Hodge

Home Town: Originally from Youngstonm OH. Residing in Sun City, CA

Sponsors: Team Losi, GRP, JR, Spektrum, Vinyl Graphics Unlimited, JGO Paintz, Lunsford

Currently Racing: 1/8 scale off-road

Another New Traxxas Release: E-Revo

Travis Sewilo — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:07:41 -0500

Since the release of the Traxxas Revo in 2004, it has dominated at the track because of it's unique F1 style suspension and new chassis design. The Revo also saw a change in 2006, the 3.3 racing engine debuted so Traxxas incorperated it into the new Revo 3.3. The Revo now sees another change- electric!

Traxxas E-Revo

The new E-Revo not only has a new top and electric motors, it also features a new chassis design that puts all the wait lower to the ground, and close to the center of the chassis for better handling and stability. Traxxas has said this is the best handling monser truck they've ever made. Also a great feature to the E-Revo are built in, enclosed battery compartents with air scoops to keep your batteries cool. This truck is completely brushless ready as most of the new cars Traxxas is releasing. The truck is powered by two 550 Titan motors, just like the new E-Maxx. To give it a racier look, Traxxas even includes a black wing. The transmission was designed to keep the weight in the center and lower to the chassis. Other features are listed below.

Water sealed electronics.
Quick release battery doors.
EVX-2 speed control.
Standard Talon tires.

It seems as though the new E-Revo uses the hard coated GTR shocks with ti-nitride shock shafts. It also appears that it uses hi torque water proof servos found on the new E-Maxx.

Traxxas E-Revo

This truck has been released by popular demand obviously. If it wasn't for the people who wanted an E-Revo, Traxxas wouldn't have made one. This has been talked about by Revo fans since the original Revo, and many prayers have been answered. Traxxas took the E-Revo to RCX which kicked off this weekend and they said the E-Revo will be around the same price as a Revo 3.3. No word on release date.

Traxxas Releasing New Slash!

Travis Sewilo — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:00:07 -0500

Not long ago, Team Losi introduced their new Desert Truck. Thunder Tech racing has a CORR (championship off road racing) Pro-2 race truck coming out. Now Traxxas has decided to step into the desert style race truck game. Introducing the Slash. The Slash was made to resemble the full scale Traxxas Pro-2 race truck.

Traxxas Releasing New Slash!

The new Slash wasn't just made to resemble the real thing, but the suspension was also tuned to perform to scale. Some more noticeable things is the sealed radio box, large bumpers, nerf bars, and tires. Some more features include an adjustable battery hold down, new offroad tires, digital waterproof servo, XL-5 speed control, new body mounts to protect the body, and a brushless ready transmission.

Heres a list of features:

12t 550 modified motor
Adjustable battery hold down that works with 7 cell hump packs
Electronics screwed to chassis
Traxxas high current connectors
All metal gear transmission
REVO spec slipper clutch
Motor mount with integrated cooling channels
Digital high torque water proof servo
Full ball bearings
Adjustable steel turnbuckles
Hex hardware
Long wheel base chassis
3.5 inches of ground clearance
Nerf bars
New body mounts to protect body
Scale front and rear bumpers

Traxxas Releasing New Slash!

To me it looks as if it is a mix between a Stampede and Rustler, because it uses an extended Rustler type chassis and it uses chassis braces, which the Rustler dosen't have. Also, with as much ground clearance as a Stampede, expect the Slash to get over the roughest terrain.

Traxxas Releasing New Slash!

I contacted Traxxas about the Slash and they have set a release date of late May, with a price of about $200-$250. This thing is the buzz on the forums. It is expected to sell well, and people have already been talking about buying them and going brushless. Maybe a new racing class has emerged!

Traxxas Releasing New Slash!

Traxxas to Release New T-Maxx 3.3

Travis Sewilo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:13:50 -0500

For about ten years, Traxxas has dominated the monster truck market with their T-Maxx series. The truck has seen a lot of changes over the years, and will now see some more!

Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3

The new T-Maxx keeps most things from the original platform, like the 3.3 racing engine, the adjustable wheely bar, the 3.3 grey parts, and others. But whats new on this version is beefier chassis braces, a Resonator pipe which increases overall power by 16%, new 6.3 inch tires, digital high torque servo, new bellcrank steering system with integrated servo saver, forward only two speed tranny, high volume two stage air filter, and more.

Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3

More features include:

Tall 6.3" all-terrain Maxx®-sized tires mounted on
3.8" mirror-chrome Hurricane™ wheels.
Maxx® Resonator™ dyno-tuned dual-chamber pipe.
Large, high-volume dual-stage air filter.
+30mm extended wheelbase aluminum chassis.
Heavy-duty chassis braces & transmission skid plate.
Sealed, tunable limited-slip differentials.
Heavy-duty bellcrank steering system with an integrated servo saver.
Digital high-torque steering servo delivers 125 oz-in of torque with a 0.16-sec transit time.
Revo®-Spec forward-only, autoshifting two-speed transmission.
Critical chassis and driveline components optimized for strength and reliability.
Dependable double-shear connections used on all pivot points.
Tough new body with blazing graphics.

Additional Features:

TRX 3.3 Racing Engine with EZ-Start.
Torque-Control slipper & powerful 42mm disc brake.
Strengthened bulkheads with steel X-braces.
Revo-Spec sealed drivetrain & pivot ball suspension.
Rubber-sealed ball bearings & full hex hardware.
Eight oil-filled Ultra Shocks™.
Adjustable four-position wheelie bar.

Traxxas has said this is the biggest and baddest T-Maxx yet. It looks like it is. It has been beefed up, given more power, and also made easier to drive with the new digital servo. It looks cool too! Its been rumoured that Traxxas is making BIG changes this summer, so this must be the start. The new T-Maxx 3.3 should be avalible and if not soon so stay tuned.

Exclusive Ofna Hyper 9 Info

Travis Sewilo — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:31:04 -0500

Ofna has always been famous at the local track and in the back yard with their 1/8 Hyper buggy series. At first glance, some may think the new Hyper 9 looks like a Losi 8ight knock off with its thin chassis design, but the Hyper 9 is far from a Losi 8ight! Compared to the other Hypers, Ofna has redesigned their buggy series from the ground up. The most noticeable features you can see right away are the angle of the engine and the thin chassis. To me this buggy looks like a sure fire contender that will be able to keep up with competiton brands such as Losi, Kyosho, Xray, fellow Jammin, Mugen, and others.

New Ofna Mini Hyper ST

Travis Sewilo — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:59:40 -0500

When the Jammin CRT .5 was released, it obviously had no competiton as it was the first of its kind to be released, the CRT .5 usually had its own racing class or raced with the 1/10 scale stadium trucks. The CRT .5 is no longer the only 1/12 nitro truggy out there. Ofna will be releasing the new Hyper Mini ST.

New Team Losi Desert Truck

Travis Sewilo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:08:30 -0500

Not long ago, Losi released the Speed-T, a new truck based on the XXX-T platform. Losi is releasing another truck based on the XXX-T, the Desert Truck.

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