proof of concept...

Well the short XX-4 braces appear to work! Mary Kate Olson has been "testing" them in his XX-4 with a 6.5 brushless, and this thing is insane. It flies the triple at OCRC with ease. I even managed to do it, that's how well it jumps and how much motor it has. Anyways, the car takes a nosedive into the face of the triple with all of the impact on the left front wheel. And it broke... a PULLEY! hahaha! No damage at all to the arm, and this is without crashback screws. You can see from the pic below that the front wheel flexed so far that it hit the hingepin screw, which gouged a chunk of plastic from the inside. You can barely see the arc of the gouge on the inside of the wheel in this pic (sorry cameraphone...), and you can definitely see the yellow plastic filling the screw socket! Now I need to make some for myself.



















On a side note, fast guy J. Filipow drove his XX-4 to the A-main win this week at OCRC. Looks like the old goat is making a comeback! Now we just need to get Jukka driving his again...

The Hong Kong Standard...

Recently, when I attended the Atomic Cup Finals in Hong Kong I got to experience a whole new world. The place is amazing, with towering buildings, incredible sights and really friendly people. The trip was truly awe inspiring, probably the best trip I have ever been on.

Of the many experiences that Atomic treated us international drivers to was the race. Even though our results were not as high as what we usually perform at, the knowledge we gained was incredible. It being our very first time on carpet, we honestly did not expect to win, but at least we wanted to learn from it.

The AWD cars the Hong Kong guys drive were ridiculous. They were the closest I have ever seen a Mini-Z perform in relationship to 1/10th scale cars. Carpet is really conducive to this platform as the grip is more consistent and there isn't tile joints to upset the car and make it flip over in corners. They were truly a sight to see.

After the race was over, I approached the local guys from Hong Kong, who happened to TQ the AWD class and asked him for some set-up pointers. Come to find out, I was not too far off, but the little details he pointed out to me, really made the car better. He showed me how to set-up the front end so that it is more forgiving and more SAS like. He adjusted the droop in the front and the rear to more ideal settings and all of the sudden my car came alive!

Below I leave you with some pictures. Expect an article soon with more explicit details... -CT

random 1/10 project...

I made these for a friend of mine at the track. Little short braces to reinforce the arms of the best handling 1/10 buggy ever made: the Losi XX-4. They're made from EA3 material from a busted XXX chassis. Credit for the fabbing up the original goes to F N CUDA on RCTech.net

ruf's new body

Finally got off my butt and painted the 350Z... Enjoy!

after the storm...

Well, Houston is still pretty much shut down. The infrastructure is recovering this week. Unfortunately, we need to be in Hong Kong this weekend for the Atomic World Cup. We'll try our best to get orders out before we leave, but there really isn't much shipping going in and out of Houston right now. If USPS isn't back online before we have to fly, we'll ship orders out as soon as we return next week. We'd like to apologize for the inconvenience, and thank everyone for their concern. It takes more than a hurricane to slow us down for long! :p

stickers final...

Here is the final version of the stickers. Can't wait to get them in!

i heart stickers...

Everyone's been asking for them, so we've finally got to work on them. Here's a preliminary draft of our new 3"x5" sticker sheet. These are going to be made for us by Upgrade R/C so they'll be ultra-high quality. That means we'll probably have to charge a couple bucks for them, but we'll throw one in for our loyal racers! ;)