Those guys at Team Durango have 'gotten with the times' and now have their own channel on the You Tube video sharing site.
There's only a couple of videos on there at the moment - with a nice little promo video and a practical battery-change test video.
I'm not sure if it was meant for world wide viewing but a public RC forum in China has a build of the much-anticipated Team Durango DEX410 electric buggy, even before it's actually available to purchase!
The rcfans.com user Joho is the man behind the build and the thread shows lots of details on the car with many photos and comparisons.
Check out the thread on rcfans.com by Joho here: ... [Read More]
The third round of the 2009 BRCA 1/10th off road national series was held over the weekend of 20th & 21st June 2009. It was the second time in as many years the championship series had visited the recently revamped EPR facility and it was another weekend of good weather and good racing.
Ellis Stafford dominated 2WD qualifying with the XFactory X6 but couldn't hold it together for the finals - instead it was the Tekin powered X6 of Kevin Lee that took the win with two leg wins and a second.
In 4WD Grant Williams kicked thing off with-->... [Read More]
We took our time on the 2008 Eden Park National race report - so this year we decided to strike early - putting out what must be the first published report on this years event.
The Schumacher CAT SX has recently been seen with rear-mounted dampers at the back of some of the team drivers cars - as we reported at the previous two National series rounds. Now Schumacher have released their own option parts to enable easy conversion to this layout.
The new CAT SX optional shock layout modification has been developed by the Schumacher design engineers in conjunction with our Race Team. It has benefits for varying types of tracks, however is especially good on very bumpy ones and those-->... [Read More]
The weekend of the 30th & 31st of May saw the second round of the BRCA 1/10th off road national series, held at the all-grass Oswestry track in the midlands, UK.
Round one of the series saw some new faces take wins but it was like a trip back in time at Oswestry as both reigning national champions took wins in their respective classes.
Ellis Stafford, reigning 2WD champion again took the TQ but this time made it stick with a win in legs one and three of the A final to take his first win of the series.
Lee Martin, again the 4WD reigning-->... [Read More]
BW-Racing have released a new alloy hinge pin brace for the front of the Schumacher CAT SX. This is designed to stop the problem of bent suspension block screws and damaged suspension blocks.
Team Durango have at long last announced the price for the long-long-awaited 'Durango' electric buggy, the DEX410. At the same time, and possibly to cushion the blow at the high price of that car in this economic climate, a 'sport' version of the car has also been announced with a lower spec called the DEX410R, though details are yet to be finalised.
Street price for the real-deal DEX410 is said to be US$650, ... [Read More]