New Team Magic buggy

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Admin

Auto RC and RedRC have some pictures of the Team Magic buggy…

The front and rear of the car now sport big bore shock absorbers, mounted to the top instead of the side of the shock cap and the car now sports a more conventional buggy look. There are also new strengthened front and rear wishbones, adjustable rear uprights, new geometry and …

Looking for a Team Magic E4FS

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Admin

If you are looking for the foam version of Team Magic’s E4 car with the thicker chassis for carpet racing then look no further than Wolf Hobbies…Or friends at Wolf Hobbies has just sent us the following -”Wolf Hobbies in California is pleased to announce that they purchased the Complete first production run of the E4FS by Team Magic. …

Serpent Geared Diff – the future is here!!

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Admin

I have seen the future of electric touring car racing and it is the new geared diff by Serpent.

The geared diff differs from a normal diff in that it uses small gears inside the fully sealed housing to allow the wheels to rotate. This gives the advantages that there is no slip, it is fully sealed so no dirt can get in (especially on carpet!) and you can tune it using different thicknesses of oil or grease.

Read on for a picture pf the inside of the diff.

Billy Easton Column – The Snowbirds

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Admin

Serpent’s Billy Easton travelled to the world famous Snowbirds race recently in Florida where he led Serpent’s EP team of drivers at the annual event. There is a good writeup from the event on the Serpent site written by Billy himself. Click here to see it.
Source: Serpent.com

Team Magic E4JS announced

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Admin

Team Magic are at it again with another electric car release announced…The new E4JS, a stripped down version of the the E4 190mm EP touring car that is targeted at a racer who is interested in getting into racing but is conscious of his or her budget. The car sports a lot of plastic in place of the carbon fibre …

New XRay 808 buggy

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Admin

XRay have released details of their new XRay 808 8th scale buggy…

The buggy has been lightened as much as possible using carbon fibre shock towers, steering etc… A good thing or a bad thing??

Read on for more new features.