Bonjour a tous,

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer l'ouverture de notre saison hivernale le 7 novembre et surtout, l'innauguration du nouveau local indoor à Québec avec nos portes ouvertes gratuites, le 1er novembre 2009.

Durant cette journée vous aurez l'occasion d'essayer gratuitement votre modèle réduit.

Exceptionnellement, nous étendons notre offre de carte de membre au prix spécial de 200$ (prix régulier : 250$) jusqu'au 1er novembre 2009.

Le local se trouve au 4675, boul. de la rive-sud, G6W 1H5 (vous pouvez même rechercher "RCFANATIC" sur google maps

Le local, d'une grandeur de 60x60p, vous permettera de rouler vos sedan, buggy 2wd, 4wd, stadium et e-revo 1/16!

Nous vous attendons en grand nombre!

Toute l'équipe de RCFanatic.com

The 5th Annual International Indoor Championship (IIC), presented by Scotty Ernst, was hosted over the weekend at the Riviera in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. With 90 entries in the class, Team Associated/Reedy’s Keven Hébert took his TC5R to the top qualifying position and eventually the A-main victory in the ultra competitive 13.5 Rubber Touring Car category. Hébert was on a mission to add to his impressive career resume by setting the fastest time each time he was on the track. With challenges from former World Champion Andy Moore, multi-time Reedy Race & National Champion Barry Baker, the young Associated star stood up to the pressure and claimed the top qualifying position. As the tone sounded for the main event, Hébert jumped out to a lead that would never be challenged.  Waiting in the cat bird seat, Hohnstein took advantage of a tangle between Moore and Baker and jumped in to second position. Three minutes later, Hohnstein had Moore all over his back door and never cracked; even making a clean pass back on the World Champion after a wide corner. With Hébert on a victory lap, all Hohnstein had to do was drive around traffic to claim the runner up spot with Mike Haynes 3rd.

The Factory Team 12R5.1 is the latest evolutionary step in Associated’s twenty-five years of 1:12 scale racing history. New for the RC12R5.1 is the wide three-point rear pod that has been optimized for fitting brushless motors as well as heat dissipation. The 12R5.1 is built on a 2.5mm woven carbon fiber chassis that utilizes a pivot-ball link rear suspension that allows for independent adjustments for chassis roll, bump, and alignment.

C'est avec grand plaisir que nous annoncons aujourd'hui le QTM Challenge, organisé par l'un de nos grands partenaires et qui aura lieu du 31 Juillet au 2 Aout à Saint-Émile.

Au programme, un concours de Drag aura lieu le Samedi 1 Aout et un concours de saut le Dimanche 2 Aout.

Toutes les autos téléguidées sont permises et chaque participant aura droit à 3 essais.
Pour le concours de saut, le véhicule doit revenir aux départ après son saut

Plus d'informations sur le site internet suivant : www.fetesfamillessaintemile.com ou par courriel : Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir.

Provisional TQ at the moment, Daniel Reckward with an awesome run in heat 10 doing a time of 7/5:19.9. (This would have put him 2nd in Q1, fast heats still to come in the next hour. Internet is horrible here, we're doing our best!! Sun is shining and Phil is sure to get suntannedburn't.


Jerome Aigoin put in a storming run to TQ the first round of qualifying at the 2009 Euros, his time of 7/5:16.5 was significantly quicker than his brother Yannick's by 4.5secs, in 3rd another Losi driver; Martin Bayer; 7/5:22.8.

Jerome told us his setup was the same as the warm up, except for switching to GridIron tyres having used Cityblock yesterday. Jerome's time is made all the more special, having missed the 3 minute 'sort our problems' round last night. In the press conference Jerome was delighted with himself and was hoping for a repeat in Q2. Fastest man yesterday Miguel Matias didn't feature having mistakenly forgotten his tyres at the hotel! Everyone is pretty happy, especially with the weather! A great show for ProLine with 3 of the top 4 running their tyres. Two more rounds to go...

Keep checking back for the latest!

So we're onto Day 3 at the 2009 Euros, which can only mean Qualifying! Three rounds today; Q1 9:00-12:00, Q2 13:00-16:00 & Q3 16:12-19:12.
Oh and after all our weather woes, check out the view from our hotel room this morning...Blue skys baby!!!

The heats were seeded with the fastest drivers out first. So this morning we have already seen the best out. A lower heat yet to run could give a surprise.

The organizers of the 2010 Snowbird Nationals were in contact to let everyone know that they have finalized all the details for next years event and that everything is official for the 16th running of this great event. Taking place from the 26th to the 31st of January, it will once again be held at the Radisson Resort in Orlando, Florida. The rules and classes are expected to be announced around October with the entry for the race opening in November. More information is on the official site now, with a new race site going live in the coming months.

Check out the official Snowbirds site here.

Xray now offers lightweight CNC-machined centre diff outdrive adapters. Made from Hudy toughened steel, the outdrives have been strategically machined to be lighter than the standard outdrive adapters. CNC-machined on precision German long-turn machines they have been additionally ground and strategically lightened to reduce rotating weight, then further hardened to ensure maximum strength and extra-long lifespan. Final precision hand-grinding ensures a very high tolerance and a tight fit in the diff body and diff gear.

La première course du championnat RC Pro Series 2009 a eu lieu en fin de semaine sur la piste H2K Speedway de Gatineau.

Les pilotes sont venus de tout le Québec ainsi que de l'Ontario pour participer a cette course tant attendu et ce, grâce a une météo ensoleillé durant toute la fin de semaine. Il est intéressant à noter que la classe Buggy reste la plus populaire et compétitive en ce début de championnat.

En Buggy Expert, les Losi 8ight ont dominés l'intégralité de l'épreuve en remportant la 1ere et 2ème place piloté de main de maitre par Daniel Salvas et Hugo Lesvesque, suivi en 3ème position par Jake Solt et son Xray 808. 

La classe Truggy Expert fut controllé tout au long du week-end par Eric Boucher et son 8ight-t avant de devoir abandonner sur un problème electrique. Dany Grenier, qualifié initialement en B-Main à bénéficié d'un bump-up suite à sa victoire est parti 9ème du A-Main à finalement gagné la course au volant de son 8ight-t avec 4 tours d'avance sur ses poursuivants, Sebastien Rousseau et Mario Gollain tout les deux sur Jammin.

Enfin, les classes intermédiaires ont été gagné par Yves Thibeault en Truggy

Et Danick Cardin en Buggy, réalisant par la meme occasion la pole position

Rendez-vous le 27 et 28 Juin pour la prochaine étape du RCPro sur le circuit de Québec!

The 3rd Annual Reedsburg Rumble, an event that brings the top racers from throughout Wisconsin and surrounding areas took place this past weekend under extremely cloudy and rainy conditions. Mother nature played her part in the Rumble this weekend teasing us Friday with picture perfect weather only to take it away and replace it with clouds, cold and light rain all day. Even though the forecast called for rain all day Saturday almost 100 drivers showed up for the annual event. Due to the forecast of heavy rain for the day, we started the day very early with a 9am start time, this early start was the key to us getting 99% of the event in. As the day progressed, a light drizzle fell on us for most of the day which made for a bit of a cold atmosphere but it actually worked to the racers benefit as the track was the absolute best you could hope for. Not muddy at all, just damp and full of traction.

Answer-RC have released complete 1/10th bearing sets for the Associated B4 & B44 as well as X-Factory X-6. After much testing to find the best bearings for 1/10th scale Answer-RC are confident they have succeeded. All the bearings used in each of the sets use one rubber seal to keep the dirt out and one metal shield to maintain high rpm, while a special lubricant package help the free rotation of the quality ABEC 5 bearings. Sold in complete sets of 14pcs (B4), 16pcs (X-6) and 18pcs (B44).

Protoform were in contact to inform us of a milestone event that happened at last months Reedy Race of Champions in California. For approximately 10 years now every winner of every world class electric sedan event has seen the A-Main winning car donning some sort of Dodge Stratus or Mazda 6 style of race body. This decade old winning streak seems to have finally ended as Ronald Volker not only TQ’ed but won the RROC using a body that looked more like that of a Lexus IS-F. This year’s Reedy USA event was the first major event for the recently introduced Protoform LTC-R race body. Hupo Honigl backed up the bodies performance by finishing an excellent 4th place overall. Ronald’s big win at the Reedy Race is in fact something that’s starting to look like a bit of a tradition when it comes to the debuting of all-new Protoform sedan bodies. Barry Baker debuted the game changing Protoform Mazda 6 at the Reedy Race in Thailand with a win in 2004 and a couple of years later Craig Drescher won the Reedy Race in southern California while debuting the then all-new Protoform Dodge Stratus 3.0 race body.

Racers Edge have developed these new aluminium rear hubs to fit the Associated B4, B44, T4, and SC10. Based on the stock B44 4wd buggy hubs, they have a larger outside bearing for increased performance and bearing longevity, while a set screw holds the hingepin in place with access from the bottom. With four possible vertical ballstud locations for increased setup adjustments, these blocks are designed to add 1/2 degree rear toe in. Available in hard silver color, they have been CNC machined for accuracy, and laser engraved with degrees and L or R for left or right sides.

Following on from sister company LRP’s releases earlier this week, comes the identical Nosram red releases, including this hard case 4800mAh ‘X-Treme Race’ pack with upgraded 40C discharge rate. As with the blue version this new saddle pack is developed to deliver big power combined with long run time and is mounted in a durable hard case to keep the cells from being damaged during use. Also new in the Nosram line are the 2 new PMax 1600mAh RX-packs that feature higher capacity and allow an extended run time. The voltage is significantly higher compared to the previous 1400 RX batteries and they offer significantly higher power for the servo. Available in flat and hump pack versions.

Designed for the upcoming 2009 summer, RB have releasd their brand new t-shirt. With its new explosive Team 09 design, the back features ‘The Power Of Champions’, in RB bright orange. Made of comfortable quality textile, it’s available in dark grey in M, L, XL, XXL and black in XXXL.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

Ce week-end aura lieu la première course du réputé championnat des 4AS organisé par RCFanatic.com en partenariat avec RC La Shop sur notre piste Off-Road de Chateau-Richer.

Au programme, plusieures classes sont à l'honneur dont les plus disputées 1/8 Buggy et 1/8 Truggy,

Le départ des courses est à 9h00 samedi matin.

Venez en nombre, des cadeaux seront remis aux 3 premiers Buggy/Truggy expert ainsi que les vainqueurs Buggy/Truggy intermédiaire.

Pour nous rejoindre, rien de plus simple, il vous suffit de suivre ce plan.