September 11, 2019
…our Horizon team!” Losi Jr. was one of the premier racers in the 1980’s winning the 1985 IFMAR Two Wheel Drive World Championship. He formed Team Losi with his father Gil Losi Sr. and over the years added many innovations to the RC racing industry including chassis construction, suspension systems, and more. Over the years, Losi Jr. had a hand in creating some of the most well-known early RC racers including the XXXT, JRXS, and the 8ight. In his new role, Losi Jr. will help create new Losi and Team Losi Racing vehicles, consult on new products, designs and advances,…
October 27, 2009
…technical problem, so Peter won in front of Gabor. Peter won the 2nd and Gabor the 3rd final in a great battle meaning the final result was Peter Miko (HB) with the win, Gabor Forrai (Tamiya) in 2nd and Balint Rajki (HB) 3rd. The National N class with 26 entries is running a 17.5 Team Orion Vortex Motor. Viktor Juhasz TQ’d and won the race debuting with his new Losi JRXS-R. The 2nd position saw Jozsef Valent driving an Xray T2 ’009 while in the 3rd was Gergely Kercsmarics with a Tamiya TRF 416. The 1st round of the Hungarian…
August 13, 2009
…qualifying drawing first blood was Michael Gibson running an impressive. 17-5:01 which was 16 seconds faster than his closest competitor Mikael”mikey” Wiseman driving a Serpent and over a lap faster than reigning SA Off Road master Dean Steensman. Dean without question the top Off Road racer in SA decided he would like to run at this amazing facility and busted out his Losi JRXS-R to run with the guys. Round 2 had Gibson up first and his run was considerable slower than his first round. Wiseman was up next and laid down an absolutely perfect run of 17-5.00 just .3…
August 11, 2009
Flying Fox RC have announced their competition aluminium spool for the Losi JRXS Type-R. The spool is precision machined out of high quality aircraft grade 7075 aluminium to incredibly tight tolerances. Using the standard pulley and 2 standard Type-R outdrives they have managed to remove all traces of the age old problem of the spool slipping or the thread side hub stripping. Rotating weight has also been reduced using computer aided techniques to remove material from non-load bearing portions of the assembly. Source: Flying Fox RC [flyingfoxrc.com]…
September 9, 2008
Speedzone have released some new ceramic bearings that are of the highest quality, rated at ABEC 5 with Si3N4 Grade 5 ball bearings. Lighter than conventional bearings, they help improve the efficiency of your car and create a super smooth feel for the drive train. Available for popular kits like the Losi JRXS Type R, Xray T2’008, Speedmerchant Rev 5 and the Team Associated 12R5, Speedzone also sell Si3N4 Grade 5 ceramic differential balls that not only make your diff feel silky smooth but it will last much longer than with conventional steel or carbide balls. Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]…
May 7, 2008
…(Hot Bodies Cyclone) 2. Nuno Gancho (Xray) 3. Ruben Francisco (Schumacher Mi3) 4. Daniel Ferreira (Serpent) 5. Fernando Cordeiro (Schumacher Mi3) 6. Joao B. Inacio (Xray) 7. Jorge Simues (Hot Bodies Cyclone) 8. Luis Fidalgo (Xray) 9. Miguel Braga (Corally RDX) 10. Pedro Pinto (Hot Bodies Cyclone) Stock results 1. Joao M. Martinho (Schumacher Mi3) 2. Pedro Pita (Xray) 3. Nuno Carrico (Corally RDX Phi) 4. Bernardo Cosme (Schumacher) 5. Fernando Domingos (Xray) 6. Carlos Miranda (Corally RDX Phi) 7. Goncalo Alves (Robitronic) 8. Paulo Martinho (Losi JRXS) 9. Jose Aleixo (Corally RDX Phi) 10. Antonio B. Silva (Xray) A…
October 29, 2007
The 10th annual Team Orion Cup was run at the weekend in a large indoor venue in the town of Zillisheim, France. Some of the best racers in Europe were present at the event which saw TQ in the Expert class go to British Hot Bodies team driver Olly Jeffries just in front of European Championship TQ driver Steven Weiss from Germany racing for Xray, and top French driver Lucas Urbain in 3rd using the Losi JRXS-R. In the Amateur qualifying it was pole position for Corally racer Oliver Beining in front of team mate Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven in 2nd…
July 24, 2007
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up: > Barry Baker reports on his ROAR Nationals win – Link [teamxray.com] > Ultimate Racing celebrate their great result in Auxerre – Link [ultimateracing.es] > Pro-Line’s Scott Hughes has joined forces with Futaba – Link [neo-buggy.net] > Central RC release the full range of East parts for Serpent 960 – Link [centralrc.co.jp] > Build review of the Team Losi JRXS Type-R – Link [rcinfos.com] > RB Concepts announce the limited edition ‘Seven’ – Link [rbproducts.com] > Automodelisme have a large gallery from the 1/8th…
