Friday, July 30, 2010

Nitro RC Cars – Running in the 90s

November 14, 2009 by rccarsrtr  
Filed under Racing

http://www.rccartips.com/ – Nitro rc cars racing and running in the 1990s. This event was covered by Radio Control Car Action magazine and was in their 1997 issue. This is the Kyosho World Cup 1997 finals won by Team Philippines.
Here they do a lemans start where pitcrew run to the cars, pull start the engine then [...]

Kyosho RC Cars

November 7, 2009 by rccarsrtr  
Filed under Toys

New RC Models from Kyosho
Nissan GT-R Mutul Autech
Nissan GT-R 500 Calsonic Impul #12
Mini Z Monster
RB5 SP Edition
McLaren F1-GTR Mini Z
DRT (Desert Racing Truck)
1:5th Birel Racing Go Kart
Fazer ARTA NSX
Ferrari F430 GT
Kyosho Inferno GT2 McLaren F1 GTR
Fazer Series
Kyosho Rock Force 2.2 Crawler
F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton Mini Z F1 Special Edition
AWD Mini Z Lancer EVO. X
Mini [...]

Kyosho UltimaSC – Short Course RC Truck

November 7, 2009 by rccarsrtr  
Filed under Short Course, Trucks

Joining the popular category of short chourse rc truck is Kyosho with their Ultima SC.

It’s a nice truck, however it looks like it is only RWD. I think the new trend in 2010 is for 4wd short course rc trucks as these are faster and easier to drive. And more fun. Maybe Kyosho will soon [...]

2009 IFMAR 1/8 Scale On-Road World Championships

November 7, 2009 by rccarsrtr  
Filed under 1/8 Nitro On-Road Worlds, Racing

The Kyosho Evolva M3 EVO is the 2009 1/8 scale nitro on-road world champion car. World champion driver is Lamberto Collari, undisputedly the best 1/8 nitro rc car racer of all time.

Overall Finish Order 

1
Lamberto 
Collari 
Kyosho

2
Mike 
Swauger 
Mugen

3
Adrien 
Bertin 
Kyosho

4
Robert 
Pietsch
Mugen

5
Alberto
Picco
Mugen

6
Dario
Balestri
Motonica

7
Takaaki 
Shimo
Kyosho

8
Mark 
Green
Serpent

9
Rick
Vrielijnck
Mugen

10
Robin 
D’hondt
Motonica

Source: kyoshoamerica.com
And here is a 4 minute video of the event, great stuff. Action shots with super slow motion. Probably the biggest [...]

Kyosho Nitro RC Cars

October 29, 2009 by rccarsrtr  
Filed under Kyosho, Nitro

One of the leading Japanese companies when it comes to nitro rc cars. Kyosho has a lot of on-road nitro cars, sometimes it can get confusing given the wide variety of choices.
FW-06 Series (Good for Beginners)
Models to choose from include an Aston Martin DBR9, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, AMB-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM and a Chevrolet Corvette [...]