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April 4, 2025

Team Orion SA/HB Racing Restructuring Announcement

Offroad buggy brand HB Racing and its Swiss parent company Team Orion SA has issued an announcement that it will enter a restructuring of the company and organisation from April 2025. In the official announcement from the company headed up by Philippe Neidhart, it continues, ‘Changes will affect every level of the company structure and operational business. We would like to apologise in advance for the upcoming short term disruptions and potential lack of availabilities at your local shop. New processes and strategies are in full implementation to prepare our new chapter and serve all customers in the best way possible. We are confident that the restructure will be valuable to Team Orion and HB Racing future. Please note that Team Orion and HB Racing are not closing down, nor ceasing their activities, it’s just the time has come for an important restructuration to support our new developments and prepare for upcoming growth following all the unexpected events and lost that happened over the last 3 years. We would like to say thank you to our customers, fans, team drivers, ambassadors, business partners and employees, your support is invaluable as Team Orion and HB Racing embark on an exciting new era and together we will create stronger, more dynamic and greater brands.’

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

April 4, 2025

Hudy 1:10 Offroad Set-up Toolset

Following on from the release of their new Set-up Toolset for 1:10 onoad, renowned Slovakian RC tool manufacturer Hudy has released this set for all 1:10 offroad cars. Pioneers & industry leaders of set-up systems, they have combined all their different tool offerings to created this latest set that includes all tools for complete geometry adjustment. All components are made by Hudy in Europe and are are machined from lightweight aircraft aluminium ensuring the highest precision & superior quality.

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April 4, 2025

Kanai & Haas F1 Team enjoy RC at Japanese F1 Grand Prix

It has become a bit of a tradition at the Japanese F1 Grand Prix with former 1:8 Buggy World Champion and legendary Kyosho chassis designer Yuichi Kanai bringing RC on to the grid at Suzuka, and this year he was sharing the experience with the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team. Bringing along three nitro powered Inferno buggies, Kanai was once again joined by Esteban Ocon, who has kicked off his last three Japanese Grand Prix weekends by driving RC cars, and his new Haas team-mate Oliver Bearman. With both Ocon and Bearman both grinning as they raced each other, Ocon having to jump out of the way of one of the buggies, Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu also gave it a go. With Ocon handing over his radio to his team boss, the French F1 driver gave him tips on driving which he seemed to pick up relatively quickly. With Haas sharing the occasion on its social media, both images and a video, it was all good promotion for RC racing.

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April 4, 2025

Cheng joins Xray

Former eSIC Open Brushless Champion Ethan Cheng has joined Xray, the Singapore driver following fellow countryman Nicholas Lee in switching from Yokomo to the Slovakian manufacturer for the 2025 season. In addition to his Stock victory at the inaugural eSIC (Electric Singapore International Challenge) race held at the RCMC race track in Singapore, he also made the internationally loaded Modified A-main at the event. Cheng was also an A-Main finalist in Modified at the inaugural Foshan Invitational RC Championship in China at the end of 2023. On the announced, Cheng said, ‘I’m deeply grateful to Nicholas Lee and the Hudy family for the opportunity to join Xray. It’s a true privilege to be part of such a passionate and talented team. I’m excited for the journey ahead and look forward to contributing meaningfully to the team’s ongoing success.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 4, 2025

Yokomo SO 30mm fan shrouds

Yokomo is releasing a 30mm fan shrouds for their SO3.0 and SO2.0 1:10 2WD Buggies. The 30mm fan shroud is attached to the cooling fan to increase the cooling effect of the motor. The motor duct shape has been optimised and will greatly contribute to maintaining motor performance and efficiency in the coming warmer season. A 30mm cooling fan is attached to the chassis via the Z2-CFM aluminium cooling fan stay and secured using the upper hole of the fan – the cooling fan/aluminium fan stay are sold separately.

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April 3, 2025

Team Bomber 1:12 HQ Steel Composite Shaft

Japanese 1:12 specialists Team Bomber has released this HQ Steel Composite Shaft. In development for 3-years, this spool shaft does not use the common method of fixing a clamp-style hub on the shaft, but rather a method of pressing an integrated aluminium wheel & spur gear holder directly to the shaft. As a result, the weight balance during rotation has been significantly improved to achieve overwhelming rotation accuracy, and with its precision and strength, it has achieved surprising rear traction. Another feature of the HQ Steel Composite Shaft is the hollow steel shaft section. While a steel shaft it achieves carbon shaft lightness and boasts high strength. Carefully selecting the best steel materials, this allows the tube to be extremely thin while successfully achieving lightness and strong strength.

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April 3, 2025

Xray XB2 Front Lower Arm Mount CF Distance Shims

Xray has introduced these Front Lower Arm Mount Carbon Distance Shims for its XB2 1:10 2WD Buggy. The Front lower arm mounting distance shim eliminates play between #322317 front lower arm mount +3/-3° and 2.0mm thick chassis. The play can be eliminated also by using the larger carbon plate for front lower arm mount that allows to mount the suspension holders 1mm lower. Lowered suspension will help to generate more steering.

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April 3, 2025

JConcepts JCI RC10T bodies

New from JConcepts comes these two JCI RC10T bodies, the 1991 Winter Champs Wide and 1993 Winter Champs Narrow examples. The Florida based company has re-created the classic stadium truck body (grey painted scheme) used during the release of the RC10T at the 1991 Winter Championships in Lutz, Florida. The original styled design is wide and carries a unique look, fit, and includes a spoiler look that is secured to the tailgate area giving it a tremendous racing look. During the early months of 1993, the Associated team fought back at the Winter Championships with updated and revised parts, along with a narrower body covered many of the team driver’s vehicles during this event. This marked a new movement for drivers looking for the slim style design, hugging the chassis a little closer, more room for adjustment on the front shock tower, and a spoiler which mounts on top of the bed in the rear of the shell. The JConcepts body captures the look and provides a gap against the chassis to give racers the Stadium Truck look popular in the 90’s. JConcepts, once sold the original RC10T body in the narrow configuration, so, in order to renew and complete the line-up, the JConcepts team took on the task of re-creating the original “wide” and “narrow” configurations for the fans of the #gojconcepts materials, packaging, window mask and decal sheet.

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