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[HUNTER.P]

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The toy fair may not yet have even started and we have already been around the HB HPI Racing stand to get the lowdown on their new products for 2012. One surprise product on the booth was an all new 1/10th 200mm platform. Having previously been in this market with the R40, which won the ROAR nationals in the hands of Atsushi Hara, this as yet unnamed prototype has been constructed from prototype material in order to show it here and looks like a fairly solid car with a conventional layout and configuration. With the World Championships in Thailand in November the company expects to have the car ready in time to challenge for the win with a car driven by Atsushi Hara on his home track RC Addict.



Also on display is the HB CR8 1/8th scale buggy with the composite chassis that we showed you early last year and which has been extensively tested in the meantime in the build up to its expected mid summer release. The car will have an offset rear gearbox to get the engine as close to centre as possible and has an all new suspension geometry compared to its World Championship winning stable mate the D8.



HPI were showing off their new gasoline 2-stroke engine with outer dimensions only slightly larger than a big block nitro car engine. This size will allow it to fit in RC cars where gasoline engines never could before. The benefit of this system is more runtime, cheaper fuel costs, easier to start and with cleaner running. On the stand the engine was displayed mounted in a Savage XL, Super 5SCm Apache C1 and a HB D8T.



Other new items making their debut was the HB TCX Hara edition, a car which we have seen in action at the Euro Touring Series in the hands of Andy Moore and which includes a new narrower chassis, new top deck, rear gear differential and longer aluminium steering arms to increase steering lock. Other improvements include steel rear driveshafts, new servo mounts
incorporating LiPo stop, new front hubs & rear upright from TC-FD and new aluminium upper shock mounts.



HB and HPI were also showing a competition rock crawler which for the show has been completely made from rapid prototype material and which is expected to be released this summer. There are also new Plazmo Pro range of competition LiPos in 6500mAh 95C stick version and 5600mAh 95C saddle pack version.

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Source: Red RC

[Garry]

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[Shono]

The smaller gasoline engine looks savage

[webby0121]

SAVAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[louder]

That TCX looks amazing!

Are there any specs on the petrol engine? I don't want to get excited to find out it's rubbish.

Edited by louder, 01 February 2012 - 09:42 AM.

[willashcroft]

Sweet. Another crawler in the market with MOA axles, and hopefully parts from the tcx will fit my cyclone

[darkangelv24]

Here's to hoping HPI have learnt from Axials mistakes with the XR10.
might be worth waiting a while to buy a new comp crawler then.

the petrol engine looks good too, the right petrol car could tempt me back into IC engines for a bit.

[tanveer]

any idea of release dates for the petrol savage? will be getting one of them no doubt.

[HUNTER.P]

More to look at

Here's the 1/8th scale gasoline engine fitting in a Savage XL - a perfect fit!


Here's the 1/8th scale gasoline engine fitted in a D8T truggy!


What else will the 1/8th scale gasoline engine fit into? How about a stretched 1/5th scale Savage chassis?


Fantastic looking Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with Falken livery and tires, plus fat new wheels and wing!


Electric WR8 Flux coming soon, with replica tarmac rally tires and wheels!


A clean version of the WR8 3.0 nitro car is here too:


Flux-powered Baja 5B! Whooop! 8S POWER!!


Apache C1 desert buggy is great fun too!

Edited by HUNTER.P, 01 February 2012 - 03:25 PM.

[tanveer]

im going to sell all of my rcs i think and rebuilt my collection with a few of these new hpi's been a while since hpi came out with anything new like these!!

[HUNTER.P]

tanveer, on 01 February 2012 - 01:05 PM, said:

im going to sell all of my rcs i think and rebuilt my collection with a few of these new hpi's been a while since hpi came out with anything new like these!!

Its hard to say if they will be releasing a RTR Petrol Truck/Car. They probably will but for now they just seem to be putting it in many vehicles to show its compatability

[Nitroholic]

Well....if that teeny tiny petrol motor can get close to the necessary power and torque to make a truck like a Savage perform well...then it's a winner for me. Wil fit into any stock nitro car with a bit of space for a bigger motor, and doesn;t look that much larger than an existing nitro. That's why they have stuck them in as many cars as possible....people with existing nitro chassis should be able to slot in a petrol motor when the time comes. Also the new Savvy seems to have got a mid-tank conversion from the outset now

Hope more manufacturers jump on the bandwagon and start developing similar powerplants if HPI's is a success.

Leccy Baja was kind of expected. 8S presumably means Castle XL power. Seen Admiral's running that ESC and it goes well enough. Got beat in a straight drag race with a 26cc Baja, but it was it's first day out. Sad to say, it's probably the future.

There was quite a bit of stuff there from HPI al told. Not revolution....but evolution, and some very nice looking gear.

[Mark7616]

Nitroholic, on 01 February 2012 - 01:57 PM, said:

Seen Admiral's running that ESC and it goes well enough. Got beat in a straight drag race with a 26cc Baja, but it was it's first day out.

Hmmmm interesting, must of been some driver with the baja? Must of been orange aswell as we all know its the fastest colour!

[Matt_N]

HUNTER.P, on 01 February 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

More to look at

Am I the only one unable to see the pictures in this post? Just comes up with 'posted image'

Matt

[HUNTER.P]

Working fine for me?

Edited by HUNTER.P, 01 February 2012 - 02:10 PM.