October 20, 2024

MonTech New York Grand Prix Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend Red RC travelled stateside for the 6th edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix at the nicely presented 360V2 indoor track in New Rochelle.  The first US onroad race we have covered since the final running of the Reedy Race of Champions back in 2019, it was great to catch up again with the country’s leading racers and get to experience the MonTech NYGP first hand – there aren’t too many races you can attended that with just a 20-minute train ride have in you the centre of one of the most iconic city’s in the World.  While the big battle of the 2024 edition of the race was 1:12 Modified, Kemp Anderson taking victory for Awesomatix, during our coverage of the race weekend we photographed cars from a number of classes contested.  While we were unable to photograph Mod Touring Car winning Keven Hebert’s Xray as it had parts from the upcoming T4 ’25 kit release, we did feature 4 different class winning cars which form part of our last Chassis Focus index.

Kemp Anderson – Awesomatix 1:12 (AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class TQ & Winner)

Donny Lia – Awesomatix (eXcelerate 13.5 1:12 class TQ & Winner)

Max Mächler – Awesomatix (AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class Q4/P3)

Keven Hebert – Xray (AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class Q3/P4)

Josh Cyrul – Prodigy (AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class Q5/P9)

Andrew Knapp – CRC (TQ Wire Stock 1:12 class Top Qualifier)

Eric Anderson – Awesomatix (AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class TQ & Winner)

Kemp Anderson – Awesomatix Touring Car (Speedzone Modified Touring Car Class Q2/P2)

Shane Ownes – Xray (Gravity USGT Class TQ & Winner)

October 14, 2024

Excelerate RC Prodigy ‘F1’ 1:10 Formula Chassis

Another upcoming release from new entrant to the onroad chassis market Excelerate RC is their 1:10 Formula Chassis the Prodigy ‘F1’.  Having shown us their 1:10 World GT-R contender while attending the MonTech NYGP, the Wisconsin based manufacturer also brought along their F1 which is set to go on release the first week of November.  Racing at the NYGP, the designer of the Prodigy’s trio of new releases (1:12, World GT-R and F1) Josh Cyrul explained, ‘the ‘F1′ has a lot of carry over from the other cars with the kit going to come with the wings that are pictured which are eXcelerate RC’s own design.  It will also include the body and halo in the kit.’  A veteran pan car racer, Cyrul added, ‘the kit will come with a solid rear axle to start with and it will be possible to use other brands gear differentials but we will have our own gear diff coming hopefully by the end of the year.’   Having planned to have the F1 out sooner, he explained, ‘One thing that slightly delayed the release was the front servo mount and rear motor plates.  We didn’t realise how popular foam had become over in Europe so we wanted to make sure that right away it can also be run out of the box on foam tyres.  So since the first prototype car we had to cut the servo mount brackets mounts more so their will be shims in there to lower the front and the motor plate so you’ll be able to run 55/56mm foam tyres.’

October 13, 2024

Chassis Focus – Donny Lia (Awesomatix)

Class – eXcelerate 13.5 1:12 class (TQ & Winner)
Chassis – Awesomatix A12x
ESC – Hobbywing Xerun XR10 HD Pro 1S
Motor – Hobbywing V10 G4R 13.5T
Battery – Team EAM 8500mAh
Tires – Jaco
Radio/Servo –  Sanwa M17 / Sanwa SXR
Body – Montech M20

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October 13, 2024

Chassis Focus – Kemp Anderson (Awesomatix)

Class – AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class (TQ & Winner)
Chassis – Awesomatix A12X
ESC – Hobbywing XR10 Pro 1S
Motor – Hobbywing V10 G3 3.5T
Battery – Team EAM 8500mAh
Tires – Jaco
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / Power PGS HR
Body – Montech M20

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October 13, 2024

Chassis Focus – Eric Anderson (Awesomatix)

Class – SnagRC 21.5 Touring Car (TQ & Winner)
Chassis – Awesomatix A800R
ESC – Hobbywing XR10 Pro G3
Motor – R1 Wurks
Battery – Team EAM 5000mAh
Tires – Gravity
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / Power HD S15
Body – Xtreme Twister Speciale

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October 13, 2024

Chassis Focus – Andrew Knapp (CRC)

Class – TQ Wire Stock 1:12 (Top Qualifier)
Chassis – CRC MetriCKs
ESC – Hobbywing XR10 Pro 1S HD
Motor – JDR 17.5T
Battery – CRC 7500mAh
Tires – CRC
Radio/Servo – FlySky Noble Pro / Sanwa PGS-LH II
Body – Black Art Perfect 10

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