RB Products gone for good - Answer RC takes over production of foam tire line

0 May 27, 2015, 3:38 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

From Answer RC (via Facebook):
www.answer-rc.com

Last week, UK brand Answer RC announced that five-time World Champion engine manufacturer RB Products had closed its doors for good. The French marquee had fallen on hard times, especially since the departure of its founder Rody Roem several years ago, and efforts to revive the brand were finally exhausted. Answer RC posted the following to its Facebook page on May 22:

It is with sadness this week that we come to announce the closure of RB Products.A manufacturer that had been at the...

Posted by Answer-RC UK Distribution on Friday, May 22, 2015

However, Answer RC was able to save the production of RB’s popular foam tires for 1/8-scale on-road racing. Now to be sold under the brand name “Xtreme,” the tires are produced by the name source and in the same fashion. The manufacturer/distributor based just north of Manchester posted this message yesterday morning:

After the demise of RB one of the products which had started to gain traction (pun intended!) was the 1/8th On Road Foam...

Posted by Answer-RC UK Distribution on Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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