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....