July 5, 2016
Defending Champion Elliot Boots controlled the tempo on the opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Spain, the Kyosho driver fastest at the end of the day’s four rounds of free practice. Posting the fastest time in FP3, Boots would end the day 1.2-seconds faster than Robert Batlle who despite windy conditions posted his best 3-laps of the day in the final practice. Similar to Boots, Darren Bloomfield would fail to improve on his FP3 time dropping a place to end the day 3rd quickest. Having opened the day with the fastest time but unable to improve in…
July 5, 2016
Reigning champion Elliott Boots has set the early pace at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Redovan, Spain, the Kyosho driver fastest after two rounds of 4 scheduled rounds of free practice. Posting the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the second practice, Bryan Baldo having set the fastest time in FP1, Boots topped the times ahead of Mugen’s Robert Batlle by just 4/10ths around the massive track. One of the few drivers not to improve in FP2, Baldo’s opening time was still good enough for third after two rounds with former Champion Darren Bloomfield next up in P4. Winner of the…
January 23, 2016
Chassis – Kyosho RB6 Motor – Orion 7.5T ESC – Orion Vortex R10.1 Battery – Orion 4500mAh Radio/Servos – KO Propo Bodyshell – Lightweight Kyosho body Remarks – Former World Champion Jared Tebo is running the Kyosho RB6 with a prototype 3 gear transmission. Modified from a rear motor transmission it is the precursor to a soon to be release option from the Japanese company. Jared is also running his JTP RC shock towers front and rear and in terms of setup he has changed from a prototype chassis that was used in Japan back to the standard chassis and…
December 5, 2015
Jared Tebo has topped seeding at the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals in Omaha, Nebraska. In the short 3-minute single seeding round, the Kyosho driver set the fastest three consecutive laps around the Hobby Plex track to top the 2WD Mod Buggy times from Ryan Cavalieri who was the only other driver to do a 59-second time. Running a time of 60.039, half a second off Tebo’s pace, Ryan Maifield completed the Top 3 with World Champion Spencer Rivkin fourth a further 3/10ths off. Winner of the event last year, Tebo was happy to open official proceedings at the top…
October 4, 2015
Chassis –Kyosho Ultima RB6 WC Motor – Much More 6.5 ESC – Much More Fleta Pro Battery – Much More 4500 Radio/Servos – Sanwa/Xpert 3402 Body – X-Gear Prototype Remarks – Home track favourite Naoto Matsukura is running an updated WC version of the Ultima RB6 from Kyosho. Featuring a wider chassis that allows the battery to now also be mounted sideways to allow for different mounting position options. The motor has been mont 12mm further forward and the car has a much lower rear drive train, ideal for high traction carpet conditions. The rear upper camber link mount has…
February 21, 2015
…6 on the grid by backing up his P5 in Q2 with a P6 in the final round that allowed him to drop his disastrous Q1 result, Ryan Cavalieri will lead the Team Associated challenge in the final. Behind him Elliott Boots will line up 7th as the top Kyosho qualifier followed by HB’s Drew Moller, Truggy Top Qualifier Jared Tebo, Mugen’s Barry Pettit and Kyosho’s Cody King. Agama driver Darren Bloomfield secures the 12th & final direct spot on the grid which will be completed by the Top 3 finishers from the B-Main. View the event image gallery here….