March 7, 2024
…for a chassis focus but we couldn’t get it across the line. Kyosho had two prototypes of what is expected to be their TF8. That news generated massive excitement, so much so Kyosho requested we take down the story we ran on their return to the category. Finally Ryan Maker debuted his exciting new SP1 that will see him realise the dream of his RC Maker brand becoming a fully fledged car manufacturer. While both RC Maker and Kyosho allowed us to look at their new creations, we were not granted permission to photograph them for a Chassis Focus which…
September 23, 2023
…the chassis manufacturer, who has invested the time & funding into the buggy, has fully tested and signed off the final design of parts. Sworkz was one manufacturer who was unable to provide their buggies because of a new suspension parts they had for the event. 2WD Chassis Focus Tater Sontag (2023 2WD World Champion) – TLR 22 5.0 DC Elite Shin Adachi – Mugen Seiki (Not yet named Pre-production 2WD) Spencer Rivkin (2015/2019 World Champion) – Team Associated B6.4 Bruno Coelho – Xray XB2’23 Michal Orlowski – Schumacher Cougar LD3 Prototype Fuma Saito – Kyosho Ultima RB7.5 Yui Kaino…
August 3, 2017
…car just a few days ago he’ll use that time to check over everything. ‘It was a safe run. Sixth is not so bad’, was Berton’s view of Q1. The Kyosho driver continued, ‘the car was better than yesterday. We changed back to the CP1 set-up because it worked better’. For Round 2 of qualifying the teenager will run anti-squat saying ‘the other Kyosho drivers are using it and like it so it should make my car better on the bumps. Behind Berton, Mugen’s Robert Batlle posted the 7th fastest time ahead of Xray’s Martin Bayer and TLR’s Renaud Savoya…
August 1, 2017
Elliott Boots is fastest at the end of the opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sweden. The Kyosho driver eventually beat David Ronnefalk’s FP2 time in the fourth & final practice with the European and the World Champion separated by a little more than 4/10ths of a second over their fastest 3-consecutive laps. Making it an all European Champions Top 3, Darren Bloomfield would close the day with an improved time to remain third quickest. Knocking almost 3-seconds off his time, young Spanish talent Juan Carlos Canas Carrasco would be one of the key improvers in FP4…
October 7, 2016
Having dominated the first day of qualifying with two TQ runs but then had issues mostly involving traffic, Elliott Boots bounced back to take the final qualifier at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas. The Kyosho driver would top the round by almost 4-seconds from David Ronnefalk secure pole for the second of the Semi Finals, team-mate Jared Tebo having already wrapped up the overall TQ by taking the previous round of qualifying. After struggling since opening qualifying with a P3, Ryan Maifield would complete the Top 3 for the sixth & final qualifier with the young find…
October 5, 2016
Jared Tebo has opened the second day of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships with a TQ run, the Kyosho driver maintaining the Japanese manufacturer’s reign at the RC Tracks of Las Vegas. Opening qualifying with a P2 behind team-mate Elliott Boots in Q1 and then a P7 in the second round, the former Worlds Top Qualifier would top the times in Q3 by 3.5-seconds from reigning World Champion Ty Tessmann. Posting his first Top 3 run, Dakotah Phend, who runs in the same heat as Tessmann, would complete the Top 3 ahead of relative unknown Tomi Salonen, the…