News & Pics from iHOBBY Chicago 2009
 

I'll be adding to this post as time allows (work keeps getting in the way! LOL!). I was fortunate to attend iHOBBY on Thursday.

Traxxas released a host of cool new stuff including:

New 2.4G Radio Gear

1:16 Scale E-Revo Prototype for release in January '09

1:16 Scale E-Slayer Prototype for release in January '09

Brushless E-Revo with Castle MMM & new Castle Brushless Motor

Summit - An adaptation of the Revo with true "all terrain" objective. Includes LED lights, Lock/unlock on the fly diffs (controlled by the radio gear & servo!), a cool body with integrated "exo-skeleton", and more!

See attached brochure!

Awee the little bitty Revo is soooo cuuteeee!!! :rofl:

Traxxas Summit Pics 1 thru 4 of 6

Traxxas Summit Pictures 5 and 6 of 6

Anyone interested in full size hi-res pictures of any of the iHOBBY pics can pm me with their email address. I'll email them as time allows.

ah man!! those are all so baddass!!

looking forward to the 1/16 revo VERY much.

Losi Excelorin Brushless for 1/8 Scale!
 

So far I can tell you that three motors are available. All "4-Pole". 1300, 1700, and 2100kv versions. The controller is rated for 180A continuous and 600 A peak. Designed for 3s, 4s, and 5s. Motor is listed as 1900 watt output. No max rpm or voltage spec'd.

$449 MSRP. Street price $329 (Best Guess)

Motors & ESC's are available seperately.

Thanks for the pics Procharged!

E-Revo Brushless from iHOBBY
 

The new brushless E-Revo includes the popular Castle MMM and the new Castle Brushless Motor we've been hearing about for a long time............

definetly looks nice.

both the bl revo and the losi buggy

talk to anyone about the new REEDY 5000 35c lipos???? i want to know what cells they are using since they are claiming 175 amp continous and 225 amp burst from their 5000 pack.................this would definetly be sufficent for any amp hoggin 4s setup.

With ratings like that I can only guess that they will be using maxamps cells. I am eagerly awaiting the new maxamps packs that have 100c discharge rates, 10v per cell nominal voltage and dimiensions similar to small receiver... Those will definately make 1/5 scale and larger conversions easier to do.

i would only hope that reedy would not be that stupid.....i use to use their brushed motors a LONG time ago when started racing.

I am waiting on the new reedy pack too. I dont know what cells it has but I have there 20c one now and that one is great.

with that kind of discharge rate they would HAVE to be soemwhat intened for use in something like the e-revo or caster buggy, something BIG....

Dont forget touring cars. They draw crazy amps on carpet with there 3.5,4.5 motors.

Yes they do! A 3.5 is around 11,000KV! LOL. and they go down to a 2.5! Scary!

Pro, need more mini revo pics! If you have more, and hi res, shoot me a pm please!

whoa!:surprised: that BL e-revo has a ton of hop-ups. are those included in the brushless edition or is it just an e-revo brushless platinum edition

The brushless edition wouldn't come like that; Traxxas gave it the platinum treatment with the swaybars, red rods, wheels & hex adapters from what I can see in the picture.

When was the Pomona or long beach icx this/last year, nothing becaame of it, anything traxxas announces, (sorry Pat) Castle or anyone ever comes out for 12 months. Just a joke of what sy thought of and never produce, Beautiful waste of money and brain cells ( free chivaz), Ill challenege to see any cool stuff be produced by xmas

1. Castle V3 Monster, (non euro burn)
2. RC Monster, Slipperential
3. Traxxas, Anything with a new part
4. Losi, anything not gay
5. Kyosho, shocks for under $800 that dont need spacers


BTW THIS WAS YOUR LAST YEARS LIST

I think losi needs to take the xxx cr buggy and put a small stadium truck body on it. Then they can create the much needed 11th scale stadium truck class. Make it a ready to run with a brushless setup too. At 600 bucks they will fly off the shelf.

Plus a 2wd lst based truck would be cool, call it the "Mega Donut". Make it single speed with no reverse, good for 30mph top speed.

Also they need to put a coaxial blade cx style setup n the mlst, making it a true do-anything vehicle. They will have to re-engineer the drive system for the blades to be as weak as the mlst diffs though...

A carpet only version of the xxx-t would be cool. And a dual .05 motor xxx-nt would be a hot seller too.

#5 stick with it Ofna, Cheap fast furious and fall apart but offer F'in fun doing it.

ahh man... i got all excited:no::oops:
thanx for the info

Are you kidding or are you serious? I can't really tell with you, you're so convincing yet those ideas/prices are outrageous.

Mega Donut. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

i am building a rc8 buggy and heard over on rctech that Mike has a new chassis coming for this buggy , can someone get some good pics , or post a link if they come up , thanks

Just kidding, But I like the Mega Donut name, will have to name something that I have that...

wow i better start saving i wish the 1/16 were coming out for christmas im sure my lil bro and a few other people on my christmas list would love one

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/proline7.jpg

anyone see the proline Baja 5b truck conversion?

You have any idea how many cops would get in to RC just to have a Mega Donut? :gasp: Just kidding occifer:drunk:

Maybe I'll name my 8x8 "Mega Donut". I think I will. That would be hilarious.

yup. i was one of the first to see it at the off-road expo in pomona. its just the buggy with a roll cage and different body and tires. but it looks really sweet. i also saw the teamassociated SC8. i was not very impressed but i hope it handles better than the slayer. and it has the best look roll cage ever!:yes:

by watching RCCA's sc8 video- it looks like it handles leaps and bounds better

Bit of Bling for the 5B

http://www.bigsquidrc.com/pictures/i.../ihobby_11.jpg

I heard Tekin had some Metal Case R1's at the show. Did anyone see them?

metal case R1 Pro's?

I want to see that!

Yes, and I think that is my new favorite r/c thing out there... it simply looks AWESOME!!!!

But I still probably won't get one because of the cost and too many projects already for me. :whip:

This thing is impressive in person... seems TWICE as big as the buggy...

wheels and tires could be biggger though

http://www.rctech.net/forum/4952900-post10953.html


He has pics of the RX8, and Tekin 1512, and 1515 size motors! SWEET

wow, ill say it looks like the MMM.. those wires look small on the motors though :no:

when is the release date for the rx8 im tired to wait:lol:

i have a mmmv3 on the way but i need some backup esc just in case that the v3 failed....