New Domain at www.jonehrc.com/blog/

Yes, at last the transfer done smoothly. Its officially at www.JonehRC.com. Please visit there. As always, it always under construction!
Just a peek, Team Magic M1B driven by Euro top racer David Crompton! Hudy came out with Truggy Setup System, Himoto with their innovative body, PIKTOR with front wing!? and Neo Invitation Race is coming this weekend! Go check the new blog at www.JonehRC.com

New domain transfer postphoned!

Sorry, the transfer to new domain been delayed due to unforeseen challenge. For the time being pls visit my resourceful site, partner, RedRC.net .

New Blog domain by 11 December 06

Hi guys? thanks for all this while for the visit or comment made here. I'll be moving to a new domain by tomorrow 11 December. It has bigger space and much improve blog. I'll be using Wordpress with all the relevant plugins. It will serve the same purpose, that is to provide you with the latest news on Radio Control Nitro Off road. and of coz some non-related one ;) of which i found intersting anyway.

please wait for my announcement. thanks for all the support. till then, Enjoy RC and Be Happy! :D

Atsushi Hara wins the 2006 Buggy Thailand Party!

RC superstar, Atsushi Hara of Japan, has been proving that he is pretty gifted when it comes to controlling all RC cars, not just Electric circuit cars, having followed up his open final placing at the recent Japanese 1/8th off road Nationals, by TQ’ing and winning the 2006 Buggy Party Final held in Thailand. In the end it was easy for the Hot Bodies racer who took the win in the hour long final by over 5 laps ahead of 2nd placed local racer Yuthana D. driving a HoBao. Fellow Thai racer Charlee was 3rd for Mugen, 2 laps further back.

source: redrc.net
pic source: LKH(rctech)


1. Atsushi Hara - 81L / 1:00:42.994
2. Yuthana Hoboa - 76L / 1:00:31.592
3. Chalee - 74L / 1:00:05.942
4. Meen - 74L / 1:00:11.435
5. Surikarn C. - 73L / 1:00:30.042
6. Daniel F. - 72L / 1:00:06.767
7. Champ - 70L / 1:00:14.951
8. Viggo Anseassen - 69L / 1:00:00.833
9. Panit Baimai - 68L / 54:39.342
10. Kelvin Nogow - 67L / 1:00:29.015

HPI Wheelie King

OK this is not the latest news. It already been published elsewhere earlier. i think around 3rd November. But it just Like The Real Thing!

The Wheelie King is great for the show-and-go crowd - fat chrome wheels hold 5.4" all-terrain Mud Thrasher monster truck tires, and the Twin Vertical Plate (TVP) chassis features a super cool chrome-plated tube design that looks just like the real monster trucks you've enjoyed watching! The front and rear solid axles feature pivot joints and a realistic multi-link monster truck suspension for easy driving and control, plus the ultimate scale look! Topping off the Wheely King is a painted and trimmed monster truck body, mounted on adjustable body mounts that allow you to fit all kinds of fun and exciting bodies. It all adds up to a great kit and hours of enjoyment!

Here the video from HPI. You need Quicktime or something to play it.

Frappr Maps

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2007 Offroad Southamerican Championship 1/8th Buggy (CHILE - Southamerica)

source: rctech forum

Let me quote from Tabushi(rctech) about this race event.

The rc club where this track its located its a big RC facility with onroad track (1/10 nitro and electric sedan), rc airplanes, artificial lagoon for rc boat and yatching, U-Control circle, sailplane spot and rc heli special spot.

The offroad track, behind the drivers tower, have permanent tables for 35 pilots (the club have about 20 prmanent offroad drivers), each table with 3 x 220v entries (in my country, 220v its the standard) and a permanent air compressor ...

In this track will be held the southamerican championship with pilots from argentina, brazil, chile of course, venezuela, uruguay, peru, colombia, mexico and couple of drivers from USA, Dominican Republic and Italia so the club will put i think 3 more air compressors and plastic tables and chairs + covering for all the people we hope to have in March 22th to 25th 2007.

The official website of the southamerican event its http://sud2007.atspace.com

If anyone is interested on knowing a little more about this european-style living country of southamerica (best economy in southamerica for the last years) ... you can visit : http://www.answers.com/topic/santiago-chile
cya !!

The event fee will be US$ 60 if paid before January 30th - 2007, and US$ 80 if paid after that and until March 20th - 2007.

For payment, please send a money order (moneygram or similar money transfer companies) to :

Name : Mr. Felipe Lyon Garcia
Phone Number : +56 2 6508565
Address Reference :
Perez Valenzuela 1520
Oficina 202
Providencia
Santiago de Chile
CHILE

Please feel free to post here any question, or email him at pato_concha@yahoo.com

Savage High Jumper Champion!

Ok, here my friend's dracy69(rctech) doing the jumping over his house.. or probably his workshop!Hahaha. Cool there dracy! ;)

Savage MOD with SavageGoZoom

Here it guys. The HPI Savage in its awesome transformation. Done by SavageGoZoom(rctech). He uses FLM chassis with IRC shock for LOSI. Tell me, dont u just love this? I do!

Buggy Party at Thailand 1-3 Dec 2006

The 3rd Annual Buggy Party race in Chonburi, Pattaya City, Thailand takes place this weekend. touring car champ Atsushi Hara will be there. There are a number of classes competing; 1/8 buggy, 1/8 truck, and 1/8 stadium truck.

Track length: approximately 480meters

source: neobuggy, buggyparty @ 108rc.com

Jammin /Hong Nor New Pillow Ball upgrade

This is supposed to be old story.. old as on 29 Nov :)
Here i quoted by Jerseyboy from rctech.

For the Jammin riders who wants to know whats next for the X1. Here is the latest upgrade. Wether its good or not I cant say yet. I suppose it must be if its an upgrade. There is no reason to move from the X1 to any other. Its all available. If you like the pillowball suspension. Its here. Enjoy!!

Just found out that this part shared with the DM-1! Interesting eh? Quoted from Jerseyboy again.

Thats right. It seems the DM-1 is a X1 based onroad car. Many of the parts will be interchangeable.
I like that. Ithink I will get me a DM-1. Ilike it when I can interchange parts. So when you stock up its for all your cars. CR,CRT and DM-1

pic provided by arghhh

2006 Chilean Offroad Nationals!

Tabushi, A chilean friend at rctech do some report at the rctech forum.

The track its the "Club de Aeromodelos de Chile - CACH" track, same place where the 2007 Southamerican 1/8th Buggy Championship will be held.

Final podium on 1/8th Buggy :

- Rodrigo Valenzuela (Jammin / RB WS7 III)
- Felipe Lyon (Kyosho SP2 / RB C6)
- Patricio "Pato" Concha (Jammin / STS Team Edition) Maxy's Fuel Driver [CONGRATS TABUSHI!.]



video of the Buggy final, 42mins. right click here video
source: Tabushi, rctech

XRAY XB8 New Option parts

Front diff large Bevel Gear 38T: Parts 355058


The new 38T front diff crown gear for the XB8 is CNC-machined from hardened HUDY steel developed specially for gears, allowing for ultra-true, vibration-free running. All edges are chamfered for smooth engagement. The "38" symbol is laser-engraved for easy recognition, as well as the bearing size is ground for maximum precision. Using this gear in the front diff of your XB8 alters the gear ratio from 3.333 (with 40T original gear) to 3.167. This makes the car easier to drive, especially in bumpy condition, and improves on-power stability. The new 38T front diff crown gear improves traction and reduces sliding.


New Clutch Bell & Spur Gears


Gearing your XB8 for any track is super easy, thanks to XRAY's wide range of clutch bells and spur gears. Made from exclusive long lasting low wear special steel, friction is reduced improving torque and top speed while maintaining the durability a 1/8 off-road car requires.

XRAY is proud to offer wide range of Clutch bells and Spur gears.

*** All gears are laser etched with number of teeth for easy identification.
From 13T to 15T and spur 44T to 48T.

source: XRAY, Neobuggy.net

LOSI 8ight Build by RC Modz

Mr RCModZ Phil, Posted a LOSI 8ight build review. Click source to see it.


source: rc ModZ

NZRCA New Zealand IC Off-Road Nationals

2006 NZRCA New Zealand IC Off-Road Nationals - 26.11.2006

Truggy A-main final

1 & TQ Martin Wolhuter - Hong Nor X1CRT / OS VZ-B V Spec - 72
2 Zac Ryan - Hong Nor X1CRT / Axe Rossi Cobra - 72
3 Chris Banham - Mugen MBX5T / Novarossi 421B - 70
4 Billy Looi - Mugen MBX5T / RB C6 - 68
5 Graeme McDougal - Hong Nor X1CRT / OS VZ-B V Spec - 67
6 Jerry Davis - GS Racing XUT / GS R25MT - 65
7 Roger Van Dorsten - Mugen MBX5T / Ninja - 64
8 Brad Smith - Hong Nor X1CRT / Axe Rossi Cobra - 62
9 Craig Underwood - Mugen MBX5T / Ninja - 59
10 Alan Looi - Mugen MBX5T / Novarossi P5 - 33

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RCAC 1/8 GAS BUGGY OFF-ROAD GP3 06/07 - 26.11.2006

RCAC 1/8 GAS BUGGY OFF-ROAD GP3 2006/2007 - 26.11.2006...

A-main final
1 LAI KOK HENG - sacker - 110
2 WONG YOKE MENG - mugen - 108
3 SUNNY - hn x1cr - 107
4 WONG KIM HENG - hn x1cr - 106
5 LIM KOK BENG - hyper 8 - 105
6 GARY CHONG - 105
7 MANEY - hyper 8 - 100
8 THOMSON CHONG - dirt pro - 97
9 HAJI JUSRI - kyosho - 66
10 KU CHI SEONG - xray xb 8 - 0

B-main final
1 AH KIM - hn x1cr - 65
2 LENG KAM MENG - 59
3 AH HENG - 58
4 SHAHRIMAN - mugen 51
5 JEFFERY PHUA - hyper 8 - 49
6 DEREK FONG - 44
7 K S LEE - hobao - 19
8 ALVIN LEE - 15

Jeremy Kortz Best of the West

BEST OF THE WEST

Jeremy Kortz took the win at the most recent Best of the West race; with his team mate Greg Degani winning the previous round however floundering just short of the last bump in the B-Main

1/8 PRO - A Main
1 - JEREMY KORTZ - HoBao/Werks
2 - GARY GUEST - Jammin/OS
3 - MIKE MORALEZ - Jammin
4 - MATT CASTELLANO
5 - DEAN SEXTON - Jammin
6 - AARON WALDRON - Losi/Sirio
7 - JACQUES BALLOW
8 - PHILLIP ATONDO
9 - JEFF GUEST
10 - PAUL COLEMAN
11 - BILLY LASTER

source: arghh rctech

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JMRCA MBX5R Kenji Osaka Won Japan Nationals

Kenji won the Japan National with his MBX5R buggy. During qualifying, Kenji was no 4th. TQ guy is Kazuya with his WC Kyosho.

1. Kazuya Tanaka - Kyosho WC
2. Atsushi Hara - Hot Bodies
3. Yuiichi Kanai - Kyosho WC


Final result:
1. Kenji Osaka - Mugen/Ninja
2. Yuichi Kanai - Kyosho/Sirio
3. Atsuhi Kawamoto - Kyosho/Sirio

Duting the 1 hour final, only Y. Kanai can keep up with Kenji with same lap, but further behind at aroung 16 secs diff.

Are you RC Offroad Hardcore?

Are you a nitro rc offroad hardcore if you been long time in the buggy race?  Good question. Or do you have to own truggy to claim that you are a nitro rc hardcore? I dont know.
For me, totally different ... i started with monster truck... HPI savage. we race with this high CG truck and its really fun. we were spoilt by GS SUT when they join us in a local race. we sometimes if not always, lose to this new kit in town. we decided to race 2gether becoz of small group but with two different class=trophies. so, even if im 2nd on the overall truck race, im actually 1st in the monster truck class.

anyway, from there, i decided to challenge the low slung SUT with a real truggy X1CRT. then, its a different story all together. and just for the heck of not wanting to miss any offroad action, i bought the buggy. Now i can join the so-called offroad elite. I GOT ALL 3 OFFROAD VEHICLES. now we're talking.  

Am i a real hardcore on offroad then? I got all three(3) nitro offroad vehicle? i dont know. am i qualified? probably i shud get the XUT, Mugen truggy, CEN Matrix TR, and even the 18th scale or the 16th scale then i can claim im a real offroad hardcore. Hahahaha. What say u?

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To Sweden and Canada visitor!

To Sweden and Canadian visitors... thanks for spending your time here. really appreciate it. I never thought i would get any visitor from this side of the world. I hope RC can bring us together more and more nation and races. Even better, I hope we can meet and race together in offroad buggy and or truggy. Thanks for coming back.

To all Malaysian, Singaporean, Australian and USA visitors ... Thanks! especially to those who celebrate Thanks Giving Day. This video for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jW1vWgogLQ

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