Archive for the ‘RC Engine’ Category
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | 312 views
RB Products once again has come out with two great engines for the offroad racers. They are after all the world most favorite engine and still the preferred one for the demanding drivers. We found out about this earlier but due to our recent long holiday, only now we managed to find time to update the blog. 
Let’s go to the first RB Engine S5 L2G.
engine spec:
Contents: 3.49 cc
Bore: 16.42mm
Stroke: 16.42mm
Porting intake: 5
Porting exhaust: 1
Crankshaft: SPT/SG 13mm Turbo
Carburetor: Slide Composite 8mm
Glowplug: Normal #01056-6
Weight: 364 Gr.
Use: Buggy
The RB Concept S5 L2G is the internationally renowned off Road engine for club racers, designed using the same criteria as our popular and World Champion RB Concept S7 engine. This great engine features a famous orange gold cooling-head, a reinforced competition conrod and new durable material for its crankshaft. The RB Concept S5 L2G has a MSC reinforced crankcase, and comes with the L2G low profile cooling head which improves cooling and lowers the CG.
Download exploded view from RB Website direct here in PDF format.
engine spec:
Contents: 3.49 cc
Bore: 16.42mm
Stroke: 16.42mm
Porting intake: 7
Porting exhaust: 1
Crankshaft: SPT/SG 13mm Turbo
Carburetor: Slide Composite 8mm
Glowplug: Normal #01056-6
Weight: 364 Gr.
Use: Buggy
Thanks to some incredible wins over many years now, the RB Concept S7 L2G is the most popular Buggy engine in the World. It is still the preferred engine of the most demanding drivers! Since 1997, the RB Concept S7 L2G has had the most incredible career starting with its World Champion title! The RB Concept S7 L2G uses the latest RB innovation, the gold cooling head, the reinforced conrod and the durable material of its crankshaft. The RB Concept S7 L2G has an innovative reinforced MSC crankcase to provide consistent performance. The new L2G head increases the cooling capacity and lowers the weight in order to improve the handling of the car.
Download exploded view from RB Website direct here in PDF format.
More info at our source RB Product Website.
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Posted in RB Products, RC Engine | No Comments »
Monday, December 10th, 2007 | 929 views
This is just too beautiful for us to ignore. Schumacher has just re-badged the Picco 8 Port .28 engine and created an art for the new distinctive look. This is definitely not to be missed on the track. Someone please get hold of this. Simply beautiful and not to mention, it maintain the lowe center of gravity too. Awesome.
This news came from news partner, Buggy-Sport.Info and with their own words.
New from Schumacher is this re badge of the Picco 8port .28 engine. Schumacher have developed the head to maintain a low center of gravity and to grace your car with highly distinctive looks.
Used by schumacher to superb effect to power the Fusion .28 to hellish speeds. This offers a financially sensible option to some of the big money big blocks available. Well respected for the excellent top end that they offer it makes sense as a bash or winter series engine for your 1/8th buggies or truggies. Comes supplied with rotostart backplate and requires suitable starter mechanism, non pull start back plate is also available.
Source: Buggy-Sport.Info | Bolton Model Mart | more info at LST Shop
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Posted in Buggy-Sport.Info, Picco, RC Engine, Schumacher | No Comments »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 | 202 views
Fast Race Racing Equipment has come out with some interesting rc offroad engines for us all. They are Picco based engines.
Source: Buggy-Sport.Info | Modellismo RC
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Posted in Buggy-Sport.Info, Fast Race Equipment, RC Engine | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 | 277 views
We talked about the SIMM PGR engine but now here a good news for its fan, the complete SIIM Racing Clutch come with three (3) sets of springs, 1.1, 1.0 and 0.9mm. Carbon, Teflon and Aluminium clutch shoes.
Source: Neobuggy.net | SIIM Racing
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Posted in Clutch, SIIM PGR Engines, SIIM Racing | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 | 486 views
We love covering rc truggy news and thanks to our rc news partner, Buggy-Sport.Info we have this scoop from them. The main guy here is of course Frank Lemke who had twice won the German Monstertour with his Sirio CL7B powered Kyosho ST-RR truggy. Talking about domination, yes this guy is awesome. One cannot simply ignored his neon yellow Kyosho ST-RR Truggy. Congrats there Frank Lemke.
Here a couple of pictures courtesy of MCG Racing Team.
Both pictures from MCG Racing Team
Source: Buggy-Sport.Info
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Posted in Frank Lemke, Kyosho ST-R, MCG Racing Team, RC Engine, Sirio | No Comments »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 | 884 views
If you remember well, we talked about Yannick new venture The Aigoin’s Racing with GRP products and our rambling on the drug rehab thing which we are very sorry. Sometimes when everything does not come into place, the stress come to attack us. 
Anyway, thanks to our RC Partner, Neobuggy.net to make us straight again. They featured a story on Yannick Aigoin’s Racing but specifically on the new GRP RC Engine inside look. Neobuggy has done an interview on Yannick a month ago regarding his prototype engine but no details leaked as at that moment. This was Yannick’s answer when the question popped at him.
“The GRP engine that I am currently testing is a prototype engine which has no name yet” (Y.Aigoin)
Here what Neobuggy.net reported on their site.
It’s fair to say that Yannick’s first race with all this new equipment was a baptism of fire, 2 of the year’s biggest races – Worlds warmup and the Nitrocross race. Results were mixed, but the potential was there.
Now a few weeks wiser, the word is that GRP have been working on this project for some time; their meteoric rise in the 1/8th Offroad engine sector is quite extraordinary when you consider they launched only in January 2006. The project is a completely new engine and line, with new internal technical parts, and aesthetically. We also hear GRP will have a special strategy for this line, a unique tuned high-performance model – really aimed at the best of the best, but with a decent price tag.
GRP’s team comprising of engine guru Mario Rossi, and now R & D specialist Aigoin is destined to result in a pretty special engine!
Source: Neobuggy.Net
Popularity: 43%
Posted in 8ight, Aigoin Racing, Neobuggy.net, RC Engine, Team Losi, Yannick Aigoin | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | 791 views
We just found out about this S21T Buggy Engine meant to be the contender for 2008 races. It is a very interesting new design especially on the head. We talked about the STS D21T MKII RBmod and we thought it is the same. It is not. It is a new design indeed. The crankshaft is different, the head obviously, and even the porting on the sleeves are different. So check it out here.
S21T BUGGY ENGINE (#2121)
Type : rear exhaust without pull-start
Cylinder Contents : 3.5cc
Bore : 16.68mm / Stroke:16.00mm
Crankshaft : 14mm SG type
Carburetor : 2 Needles Slide 7~9 mm
Piston / Sleeve : ABC 5P
Glow-plug : Turbo
Source: Buggy-Sport.Info | More at STS Racing Taiwan
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | 331 views
We have covered the New SIIM PGR Engines before and we just have this scoop about their new SIIM PGR S21B RC Engine.
Technical data:
Displacement: 3,5 cc.
Stroke: 16,90 mm.
Bore: 16,20 mm.
Ports: 7
Pistons: CNC
Sleeve: AAC
Exhaust: REAR
Weight: 322 gr.
Crankshaft: Ø 14.00 mm. SG TYPE
Carburetor type: PLASTIC SLIDE DOUBLE ADJ
Plug type: TURBO
Source: SIIM PGR - S21B IN pdf file
Popularity: 23%
Posted in RC Engine, SIIM PGR Engines | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 | 225 views
SIIM PGR Engines - International Press release. 13/11/2007
Soon a powerful engine family will arrive to the RC Scene: the all-new SIIM PGR, from SIIM Racing in Spain.
The spanish brand is about to release 3 engine types: SIIM PGR S12T - 1/10 touring, SIIM PGR S21P - 1/8 onroad, and SIIM PGR S21B - 1/8 buggy.
These new engines have been proved and tested for a long period of time to ensure their performance and quality is up to today’s high standards, in order to rise the top positions at international races.
Manufactured in Italy in collaboration with a prestigious engine builder, the SIIM PGR engine family will establish a new reference in the international market. Its high performance, durability and design will not go unnoticed for the expert audicences.
Source: Neobuggy.net | SIIM PGR Engines
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Posted in RC Engine, SIIM PGR Engines | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 | 587 views
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Posted in Byron fuel, GS Racing, Jo Sung Gi, Korea Championship, RC Forum Korea, Shin Choong Yeul, Werks, XB8EC, Xray | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 | 287 views
Mark Pavidis moves to Kyosho USA, this is the news we got courtesy of our RC News partner, RedRC.net. To those who does not know who is Mark, well let just say he won big on 2006 IFMAR Jakarta as the World Champion driving his Kyosho buggy with OS engine. yeah, that was him.
Having Mark on staff will give us a distinct advantage because he’s raced at the highest level of competition in the world for decades. Not only will he be able to design new products, his considerable racing skill will allow him to test them to the highest limits. Combined with the considerable talents of Gil Losi, Jr., we’re very excited about the possibilities of future products that will result from our newly-formed team.
More at RedRC.net | Kyosho USA
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Posted in Kyosho, Mark Pavidis, OS, RedRC.net | No Comments »
Monday, November 12th, 2007 | 316 views
Hara TQ (top qualifier) and wins in the Japanese Championship. Congrats to Hara and of course to Hot Bodies with OS engine as his his engine power plant.
1st Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies /OS)
2nd Yuuichi Ajishi (Mugen /OS)
3rd Takeshi Shinomiya (Losi)
4th Atsushi Kawamoto (Kyosho/SIRIO)
5th Makoto Mogi
6th Yoshio Ootsuka
7th Yuuichi Kanai (Kyosho)
8th Takashi Kato
9th Kenji Osaka (Mugen/Ninja)
10th Yasuhisa Takeuchi
Source: Buggy-Sports.Info
Popularity: 26%
Posted in Hara, Hotbodies products, Japanese Offroad Championship, OS | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 | 334 views
Thanks to Team CEN driver Gene Hickerson on the previous IFMAR Pre World Warm up at The Farm II, here a picture courtesy of rc news partner, Neobuggy.net
Congrats to Renaud Savoya for being the champion with his Mugen buggy and Ninja engine.
Not forgetting congrats to Mike Truhe with his LOSI ride and Raul Peris with Kyosho buggy! Congrats to all. 
Popularity: 37%
Posted in 8ight, IFMAR, MBX5R, Neobuggy.net, Ninja, Raul Peris, The Farm II | No Comments »
Friday, October 19th, 2007 | 451 views
This is the engine we have been waiting for, The STS D28 Pro, 5 ports engine. Built specifically for the RC Truggy Class. We heard about it before but nothing solid and thank goodness only recently it is official as per Taiwan STS Racing website announced. Here the specification and a few shots.
D28Pro (#2809)
Professional Truggy Engine
- Type : rear exhaust without pull-start
- Cylinder Contents : 4.66cc
- Bore : 18.80mm / Stroke:16.80mm
- Crankshaft : 14mm SG type
- Carburetor : 2 Needles Slide 9 mm
- Piston / Sleeve : ABC 5P
- Glow-plug : Standard
Source: STS Racing Taiwan | Friend: Ah Kim aka Arghh
Popularity: 38%
Posted in D28Pro, RC Truggy, STS | No Comments »
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 | 272 views
Gene “The Machine” Hickerson report on the final of 2007 RC Pro East Series that was held at Phil Hurd Raceway.
The 3rd and final round of the 2007 RC Pro East Series was held last weekend in Savannah Georgia at Phil Hurd Raceway. It was a good turnout of about 140 entries as the best of the East battle for the title of RC Pro East Champion. The track was a good combination of fast sections and really slow sections with tons of small double jumps and 1 huge double jump in the middle. There was no place to make up any time on the layout, but many places where you could easily loose time; so the racing was very close as everyone had about the same lap times.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck qualifying:
Going into this final round, the battle was between Xray’s Leon McIntosh and myself as we both had a win in a previous round. In round 1, I put my CEN Matrix Tr Arena on the pole, while McIntosh took 2nd. In round 2, McIntosh put his XB8T on the pole. In round 3, Xray’s Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 4, the overall TQ was still up for grabs, but it was Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins CRT that won the round. That gave Leon the TQ, followed by Brandon and myself in 3rd. The 5 bonus points for TQ gave Leon the edge going into the A-main.
1/8 Arena Truck A-main:
The A-main was a grueling 45 minutes. Bad luck struck right from the start as McIntosh had his engine come loose and missed the start and had to start 1 lap back. At the start, I passed for the lead but then was hit from behind half way through the 1st lap, giving Crews the lead. I worked my way back through the pack into 2nd and set sites on the leader. All I had to do to guarantee the Championship was to finish ahead of Leon, so I took it easy.
At about the 12 minute mark, my brakes went out right as I caught Crews. On my 2nd pit stop, I adjusted the brakes on my Futaba radio but I still had no brakes. As I started to drop back, Cutchins and OCM’s Alan Burton got by for 2nd and 3rd. Then my steering started to get slow. I then realized that it was my receiver pack that was dying. I yelled to my pit man to get another RX pack ready for my next stop. Soon after, my battery was almost dead and I had to pit early to change it. I rejoined the race 4 laps down and in 8th place. Meanwhile Chris Crews had stretched out a big lead and McIntosh was in 5th and moving up. As the hard packed track started to claim its victims, Leon and I continued to move up. Near the end, McIntosh moved into 3rd place while I was up to 4th place 1 lap back. That was how we finished with Crews taking the win and Cutchins taking 2nd. I thought I had lost the Championship by 1 spot since Leon had a 1st and a 3rd, and I had a 1st, 4th, and a 5th. But after the points were tallied up including bonus points for most laps lead, I was the Champion by only 1 point over McIntosh. Crews finished 3rd overall.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Arena Truck Final Standings:
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
3. Chris Crews Xray/Rocket Science
1/8 Expert Buggy qualifying:
In Buggy, it was a battle between Leon McIntosh and myself again. McIntosh had a 1st and a 2nd, while I had a 1st and a 7th. In round 1, Kyosho’s Robin Nelson took the TQ. In round 2, Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 3 and 4, it was Team Associated’s JR Mitch who put his new RC8 into the TQ and overall TQ position. McIntosh had bad luck and was 1st in the B-main. I had not much better luck, qualifying 10th in the A-main, but my buggy was good and ready for the main event. In the B-main, Leon was way in the lead when his engine flamed out, ending his day. He would have to watch the A-main from the sidelines to see if I over took him in the points chase.
1/8 Expert Buggy A-main:
In the 45 minute A-main, Mitch got a clean start and started to pull away. I worked my way up to 4th place very quickly as there was a lot of hacking going on in the pack. Just as quick as I moved up, I was taken out 3 times and dropped back to dead last in 12th place. Soon after, Mitch came up on me and lapped me. By now, the field was spread out some and I was able to get by slower traffic without being taken out much easier. As I worked my way back through the pack, Mitch flamed out and lost his huge lead. He later dropped out with a mechanical problem to end his day. That gave the lead to Robin Nelson. On lap 56, I moved into 3rd and started to run down the leaders. On lap 61, local Patrick Rossiter took over the lead from Nelson. With less then 5 minutes to go, I caught Nelson and was just 16 seconds behind Rossiter. I was going to take my time as I tried to pass Nelson because all I needed to do to win the Championship was finish 2nd. But just then, the high winds caught my buggy over the huge double jump and when it landed, it snapped rolled and broke a steering screw off in the knuckle.
That ended my day and my chance at the title. Chris Crews moved to 3rd and that was how they finished. That gave McIntosh the overall Championship, followed by Nelson, and myself.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Buggy Final Standings:
1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
2. Robin Nelson Kyosho/Sidewinder
3. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
Your Bonus shot here: Lady RC Driver??
More info @:
http://www.machinesrchobbies.com
Phil Hurd Raceway.com final result in PDF
Congratulation to our friend, Gene Hickerson and also Leon Mcintosh for their respective podium finish. :nod:
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Technorati Tags: Gene “The Machine” Hickerson, 2007 RC Pro East Series, Phil Hurd Raceway, CEN Matrix Tr Arena, 1/8 Arena Truck A-main, Leon McIntosh, 1/8 Expert Buggy A-main
Posted in CEN, Gene Hickerson, Leon McIntosh, Matrix, Matrix TR, Phil Hurd Raceway, RC Pro East Series, RC Pro Series, Werks, Xray | No Comments »
Friday, August 17th, 2007 | 363 views
Go Team once again recruiting great drivers from around the world, last time we featured Mizan, the Malaysian top racer who join Go Tech in the engine department for his ride and now a driver with even more race history victories is also joining GO Team. He is none other than Howard Cho from China.
Photo from left: Vincent Wang, Howard Cho, Simon Yii(Rajanghobby.com)
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Posted in Buggy-Sport.Info, GO Tech, Howard Cho, Naga Team Racing | No Comments »
Sunday, August 5th, 2007 | 450 views
Nordic Championship 2007 just finished and it was the man from the Hobao team and the new Werks Racing driver, Joseph Quagraine from Finland landed on the top podium as the champion for 2007.
picture from Neobuggy.net:
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Technorati Tags: Nordic Championship 2007, Hobao team, new Werks Racing driver, Joseph Quagraine
Posted in Buggy-Sport.Info, Hobao, Hyper 8.5, Joseph Quagraine, Nordic Championship, OS, RC Buggy | No Comments »
Saturday, August 4th, 2007 | 334 views
Werks Racing really on its aggressive move and you just could not blame them. Just look at their achievements so far. To ensure their products, especially the Werks Race Blend Fuel dominance all around the world, they has signed up a new driver from Finland, a name you probably heard many times in the final of buggy class in the Europe. He is none other than Joseph Quagraine. He is going to power his Hobao Hyper with OS engine and this new Werks Race Blend Fuel in the future. Congrats and all the best wishes for you JQ
source: Neobuggy.net | www.werksracing.com
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Technorati Tags: Werks Racing, Werks Race Blend Fuel, Joseph Quagraine
Posted in Hobao, Hyper 8.5, Joseph Quagraine, Werks | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 3rd, 2007 | 397 views
We just found out about this new released Team Trinity Phatt Head for the Drake Platinum and Picco .21 engine - Part number TRI42029. There is also another version for the OS 21. engine part number TRI42030. The new Trinity Phatt Head is an all aluminium billet head which claimed to reduce engine temperature cooling efficiently. Obviously use intensively by Adam Drake and the Trinity Nitro Team.
Here the press release:
Sources: Neobuggy.net | Team Trinity.
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Technorati Tags: Team Trinity Phatt Head, Drake Platinum, Picco .21 engine - Part number TRI42029, OS 21. engine part number TRI42030, Adam Drake, Trinity Nitro Team, Neobuggy.net, Team Trinity
Posted in Adam Drake, Neobuggy.net, RC Engine, Trinity Nitro Team, Trinity Phatt Head | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 | 295 views
We have just received this great reporting on the recent RC Pro East Series Round #2. Our report came direct from the man who conquered the 1/8 Expert Buggy Class himself, CEN’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson. Here is his report without editing.
Round 2 of the RC Pro East Series was held last weekend at Lake Park in Tampa Florida. Drivers came down to sunny FL from as far as North Carolina to compete for the East Coat RC Pro Championship. There was around 145 entries even with a 60% chance of rain. Friday was open practice on the fast and technical layout. JR Mitch was spotted driving his Team Associated RC8 for the 1st time since the ROAR Nationals last month. I drove really bad at the Nationals, as 63rd was by far the worst I have ever done at a National race in my 21 year racing career, so I was thinking about making changes to my car to find some extra speed to get back on pace. Lake Park is only 1.5 hours from my house, so I am very familiar with the track. I am currently looking for a new engine sponsor, so I bought an OS Speed .21 for my buggy.
I only practiced 1 tank with my buggy and once again, it was dialed right when it hit the track. There was nothing that I could possibly want my CEN Matrix buggy to do better, so I left the set-up the same and spent the rest of the day working on my Truggy.
1/8 Pro Arena Truck
Saturday was scheduled for 4 rounds of qualifying. In round 1 of 1/8 Pro Truck, Ryan Eckert put his ST-R in TQ with a fast run, followed by Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins and myself in 3rd. I drove the best I could, but I was off pace because I was lacking the engine power I normally have. Since I do not have any engines right now, I had to borrow a .21 engine to use in my Matrix TR Arena for the weekend. It ran well but did not have the bottom end of a
.28 to clear the triple jumps. In round 2, Leon McIntosh put his XB8T into TQ position, followed by Eckert and myself in 3rd. In round 3, I popped a rod end and pulled my truck off having already qualified for the A-main.
Eckert took the TQ again. In round 4, Eckert TQ’d again, while my engine flamed out early in the heat. That put Eckert in 1st, followed by McIntosh, Cutchins and myself in 4th.
Sunday was the Main events. In the A-Main event, Eckert and McIntosh pulled away from the field with Tony Pattishall in 3rd. I was involved in the 1st lap pile up and dropped way back. I worked my way through the field slowly until I caught Pattishall, but then I crashed on the triple jump and popped a steering ball end which took 2 laps to fix. That dropped me back to 11th.
Meanwhile, Eckert and McIntosh had a great battle for the lead, only seconds apart for most of the 30 minute race. With less then 30 seconds left, Eckert moved to the inside down the straight to try a pass on McIntosh, but ran out of fuel. That gave McIntosh the win, followed by Eckert and Pattishall in 3rd.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck A-Main
1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Max
2. Ryan Eckert Kyo/OS
3. Tony Pattishall Mugen/RB Mods
4. Anton Watson
5. Kyle Sokol Cen/Maxy
6. Pete Worth
7. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy
8. Justin Cranford CEN
9. Joey Perez CEN
10.Larry Bergeron JR
11.Brandon Cutchins
12.Tony Brown CEN
1/8 Pro Buggy
In round 1 of 1/8 Pro Buggy, the rain started right before the 2nd heat started. Per RC Pro Series rules, the track must be in a similar condition for every heat, so heat #1 was rerun in the mud as soon as it stopped raining. Kyosho’s Ryan “Showtime” Eckert set the TQ by 3 seconds over JR Mitch and myself just .1 second behind Mitch. In round 2, Xray’s Leon “Neon”
McIntosh took the TQ, followed by my CEN Matrix and Eckert’s 777. JR Mitch broke his RC8 and thought he might be done for the weekend since spare parts are limited on the proto type ASC buggy. In round 3, I finally put in a clean run with only 1 crash and set a new TQ by 8 seconds over Eckert and Mitch. Round 4 was a shoot out between the 4 fastest guys in FL as we all still had a shot at the overall TQ. Mitch was up 1st and was on a quick pace, but ran out of fuel, probably from a cracked fuel tank. Eckert, McIntosh, and myself were in the final heat of the day after the reshuffle.
Eckert and McIntosh both crashed early in the run, so I took an easy TQ with the only 11 lap run of the round. That gave me the overall TQ with 0 points, followed by Eckert & McIntosh in 2nd & 3rd.
On Sunday. the track was blue groove again even with the light rain on Saturday, but around 11:00am, the rains came again. This time it rained hard for about 1 hour, flooding the track. Soon after, the sun came back out and with the help of the Hurricane R/C Club track crew, we were back racing on the wet & muddy track. The rain continued on and off during the rest of the mains. At the start, I took the hole shot but cased the small triple and allowed McIntosh and Mitch to get by. Mitch moved to 1st after some contact with McIntosh, allowing me back into 2nd. Myself and Mitch soon pulled away from the rest of the pack, with less then 5 seconds between us for the next 25 minutes. We swapped back and forth for the lead many times, including contact several times, unlike the close clean racing I had with Eckert and McIntosh in all 4 rounds of qualifying. With about 5 minutes to go, Mitch flamed out handing me almost a full lap lead over the field. Mitch got his
RC8 back going but had mechanical failure again with 2 minutes left to end his race. I went into cruise control and took the win by about 25 seconds over McIntosh in 2nd, and Eckert 1 lap back in 3rd.
1/8 Expert Buggy
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Max
3. Ryan Eckert Kyo/OS
4. Jinson Collins
5. JR Mitch
6. Brandon Cutchins
7. Travis Scrambling CEN/Maxy
8. Kyle Sokol CEN/Maxy
9. Shane Ogden
10. Patrick Rossiter
11. Alan Burton
12. Ryan Lopez
All in all, it was another great weekend for Team CEN Racing with another TQ and win, with 5 Matrix TR Arenas and 3 Matrix Pros in the A-mains. I would also like to thank all of my sponsors for their support this year: CEN Racing, Machine’s R/C Hobbies, Pro-line, Futaba, Maxy’s Fuel, KMW Racing, Kolor Koncepts, and Advantage Racing Products.
Source: Gene of http://www.machinesrchobbies.com | http://www.rcprosites.com
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Technorati Tags: RC Pro East Series Round #2, 1/8 Expert Buggy Class, CEN, Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson
Posted in CEN, Gene Hickerson, Lake Park Florida, Leon McIntosh, Matrix, OS, RC Pro Series | 1 Comment »
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 | 634 views
Another great news regarding rc engine for the offroad guy. We featured earlier the first picture of the Axe Cobra 214R21 X1 offroad engine but this time in 3D pictures.
Great source from : Neobuggy.net
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Technorati Tags: rc engine
Posted in Axe Engine, Cobra 214R21 X1 | No Comments »
Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | 911 views
Anything everything about truggy is our interest. Here’s another news that sure get our blood boiled. The new OS engine, the OS 28XZ truggy engine. More info from our news partner, Buggy-sport.info
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Technorati Tags: OS engine, OS 28XZ truggy engine, Buggy-sport.info
Posted in Buggy-Sport.Info, Mark Pavidis, OS, OS 28XZ, RC Truggy | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 | 864 views
The engine that won the recent 2007 European Championship in the hand of Robert Batlle, the Axe Cobra 214R21 X1 engine. Thanks to RedRC.net we got the first picture out of the buggy look.
The engine has turbo glow plug head, new crankshaft and a special plastic insert to top it all. There are other small changes of course but same like you all, we wish we have more pictures of this awesome engine to show them closely. Please keep coming back for more.
Source: RedRC.Net
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Posted in Axe Engine, Cobra 214R21 X1, European Championsip, RC Engine, RedRC.net, Robert Batlle | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 | 1,747 views
The European Championship 2007 held in Auxerre, France had ended earlier last week and the man who was on top of the podium is none other than the Top qualifier man himself, Robert Batlle. He is now officially the 2007 European Champion.
Driving his New Released Hobao Hyper 8.5 Pro Buggy and powered by the Axe Engine, Robert claimed the right to brag as the fastest racer in the 2007 Euro Championship. He claimed the Top Qualifier position led by 1 point only to the second position, the former European Champion, Yannick Aigoin. Sadly, the final left Yannick at the no.22. It was his brother, Jerome Aigoin made it to the no.7 in the final. Interestingly, the Robert Batlle TQ also meant that Yannick Aigoin record of going for the hat trick Euro Top qualifier did not come true. Furthermore, Robert deserved the pole position for his great run at the round 3 and 4. Of course with his display of run in the final, leaving two of the Ninja powered Mugen buggies behind, no one could denied his Hyper 8.5 Pro with the assistance of the powerful Axe engine, his father as the mentor and skillful mechanic Armiche, he took the checkered flag with proud. Congratulation, Robert!
Robert Battle from Spain, the new 2007 Euro Champion
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Technorati Tags: The European Championship 2007, Auxerre, France, Robert Batlle, Hobao Hyper 8.5 Pro Buggy, Axe Engine, Yannick Aigoin
Posted in Auxerre France, Axe Engine, Borja Hernandez, European Championsip, Hobao, Hyper 8.5, Neobuggy.net, RedRC.net, Renaud Savoya, Robert Batlle, Yannick Aigoin | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 | 690 views
We just got this detail report from the most consistent top driver in Malaysia. He is none other than David Lim. Driving his Kyosho Buggy powered by Werks .21B7 Pro engine to the top of the podium once again with the TQ cup in his hand too at the recent Malaysian FEMCA Qualifying Race, round 3 dated 8th July 2007. We have him here at the last LRP Asian Nitro Masters 2007. It all happened at the Glenmarie HPC with newer track design.
At the FEMCA Malaysia Qualifying - Danny Teh, David Lim and Mizan.
Here, from the man himself, David Lim report:
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Technorati Tags: top driver in Malaysia, David Lim, Kyosho Buggy, Werks .21B7 Pro engine, Malaysian FEMCA Qualifying Race
Posted in David Lim, Kyosho, RC Engine, Werks | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | 388 views
Another great product coming from Werks Racing. The new Stubs tires for the rc buggy racers. Thanks for RedRC for the scoop. We also had a review for the previous tires, The Werks Racing Lugs and W’s tires, done by our contributor from Malaysia, Spencer.
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Posted in RedRC.net, Stubs, Werks | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 | 477 views
This is really a great news for all the RC Truggy racers. Our News Partner, RedRC.Net, has this cool Italian BP Racing Clutch which featured 2 aluminiums and 1 carbon clutch shoe. It works perfectly on the high grip tracks. It is of course work in your buggies too. If you want instant power when you pull the trigger, this is it. Get it while stock last at The Border.
Source: RedRC.Net | The Border
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Technorati Tags: RC Truggy racers, RedRC.Net, Italian BP Racing Clutch, 2 aluminiums and 1 carbon clutch shoe, The Border
Posted in BP Racing, Clutch, RC Truggy, RedRC.net | No Comments »
Saturday, June 30th, 2007 | 463 views
The previous post we made for the French 1/8 Nationals Race is actually NOT and OLD NEWS. The race is actually happening on the previous weekend, 23rd to 24th June. Same goes to the B Main Class. Nevertheless, the result still the same. Renaud Savoya still the crowning champion for the A Main Buggy class.
Now what is left is the “B” Buggy Nationals Main Champion.
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Technorati Tags: French 1/8 Nationals Race, Renaud Savoya
Posted in Didier Perrin, LMRC Track, MBX5R, Novarossi, Outdoor race, PetitRC, Reignier, Renaud Savoya | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | 377 views
Thanks to RedRC.Net again for publishing this report on the recent Top End Challenge Race at OCR Raceway. Indirectly we would like to say thanks to RubeDudeRC.com for their awesome coverage, as always, as well. Just a brief intro on the Top End Challenge. It was won by none other than the OCM / Werks driver Mr. Ian Haley. He pocketed the big $3000 prize money for winning the overall event. We found out it was raced on night time and for 3 days. Totally awesome event indeed.
click continue… to see the video courtesy of my rc partners.
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Technorati Tags: RedRC.Net, Top End Challenge Race, OCR Raceway, RubeDudeRC.com, OCM, Werks, Ian Haley
Posted in Ian Haley, OCM, OCR Raceway, RC video, RedRC.net, RubeDudeRC, Werks | No Comments »
Sunday, June 17th, 2007 | 971 views
As we told you all in the previous post, New Kyosho CRF Engine, we have now the close up view of the engine’s internal but in the form of CRF .21 Buggy Engine. All thanks again to our RC News Partner, RedRC.Net for the pictures.
Adrien Bertin ride at the Kyosho Masters 2007.
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Technorati Tags: New Kyosho CRF Engine, CRF .21 Buggy Engine
Posted in Adrien Bertin, CRF, Orion, RC Engine, RedRC.net, Team Orion | No Comments »
Saturday, June 16th, 2007 | 833 views
We have featured recently Yuichi Kanai with its Kyosho STR Truggy video at the Kyosho Masters 2007 and now another short videos courtesy of rcmag.com via Buggy-Sport.Info.
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Posted in Jerome Aigoin, Kyosho, Kyosho ST-R, OS, RC video, Yuichi Kanai, rc partner, rcmag.com | No Comments »
Friday, June 15th, 2007 | 838 views
Remember the first part of SH12 Powered Jammin / Hong Nor CRT.5 Truggy Review, well Jerserboy has come out with the Part 2. In short, he has done the SH12 engine break-in and it simply just Awesome. Couple with the agility of the CRT.5 truggy, this kit going to rock the world!
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Technorati Tags: SH12 Powered Jammin / Hong Nor CRT.5 Truggy Review, Jerserboy, SH12 engine break-in
Posted in CRT .5, Dramatic.co.za, Jammin / Hong Nor, Jerseryboy, SH Engine | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2007 | 1,730 views
Yes, a real review by a real racer out there. We welcome him as our contributor for not only he is our friend but also he is an accomplished racer to the brand Jammin / Hong Nor X1CR Buggy and the X1CRT Truggy. Nickname as Jerserboy from RCTech. Please sit down and enjoy the review on CRT.5 with SH12 Handbuilt Version. Comes with Turbo head
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Technorati Tags: Jammin / Hong Nor, X1CR Buggy, X1CRT Truggy, Jerserboy from RCTech, SH12 Handbuilt Version, Turbo head
Posted in CRT .5, Jerseryboy, SH Engine, X1CR, X1CRT | 1 Comment »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007 | 1,004 views
We have featured earlier The Xray XT8 Truggy here and knowing Xray as the most Luxurious, Podium Result Finisher, well-made, not to mention Beautiful Parts Producer, The New XT8 Truggy Tires and The New XT8 150cc Tank news came to no suprise to us. All thanks to our Partner, RCForum Korea for the announcement.
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Technorati Tags: The Xray XT8 Truggy, Xray, New XT8 Truggy Tires, New XT8 150cc Tank, RCForum Korea
Posted in Fuel Tank, RC Truggy, XT8, Xray | No Comments »
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 | 247 views
Hong Nor Taiwan unveils their newest EFRA approved pipe, the 2062. A 3 chamber pipe, specialising in high torque and mid to top end performance. Designed for both buggy and truggy use.
source: Hong Nor Taiwan | First peek: Neobuggy.net
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Technorati Tags: Hong Nor Taiwan, EFRA approved pipe, the 2062, 3 chamber pipe
Posted in Jammin / Hong Nor, RC Engine | No Comments »
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 | 689 views
This is a Self Made RC Video Promotion of a well known pro driver from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Lai Kok Heng. We featured him many times here especially on the OCM Kaos DT19 Buggy and his OCM Tools. He’s the authorised dealer for OCM Racing Products and dealer for RB Engines.
Lai Kok Heng with OCM Haley and gang at China’s 2007 International race.
click continue reading for the video.
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Technorati Tags: Self Made RC Video Promotion, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mr. Lai Kok Heng, OCM Kaos DT19 Buggy, OCM Racing Products, RB Engines
Posted in HPC Glenmarie Track, LKH, LRP, OCM, Outdoor race, RC video | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 | 1,500 views
This new STS modded engine has been the hot topic in a few forums and website. So we think it is wise to post this info here for those who still does not know what is this STS engine all about. We posted earlier the stock STS D21T MKII here.
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Technorati Tags: STS modded engine, STS D21T MKII
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Saturday, May 26th, 2007 | 451 views
We just found out about this that Racernine.com is no longer carrying the STS Racing Engine Products at their website. It is still not confirmed yet but somehow their STS Page is no longer available. Error 404 - Not Found!
this is a RDChampion page. Check the STS dealer logo.
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Posted in RC Engine, STS | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 | 1,601 views
Introducing the new Serpent Mega MF21 5P OFR, the latest Novarossi based motor in the Mega engine line from tuning master Massimo Fantini. Featuring 5 ports, high quality bearings and lightened & hardened crankshaft, this 3.5cc motor is for serious buggy racers.
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Technorati Tags: Serpent Mega MF21 5P OFR, Massimo Fantini
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