Coming in late August is the TLR shorty chassis conversion kit for the 22-4 4WD buggy. The set does away with the need to modify the standard chassis and side rails when running a shorty LiPo battery instead of the intended saddle pack. The aluminium chassis comes excessively milled to make sure all components sit as low as possible and included are new composite side rails, foam battery cushions and mounting hardware.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Yokomo have announced the addition of Italy’s Nico Catelani to their factory team. Nico inked the 2-year contract last month when he met Yokomo’s Tom Yokobori and he will focus mainly on 13.5T Stock racing including the ETS but he will also race the Italian Championships as well to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing next year.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The 2015 China Teenager Nationals were recently held in Guangzhou in several electric on-road and off-road classes. Young Dai Shuxia driving a Yokomo took the TQ and win in the Under 12 Touring Car class ahead of Minhao Lao in 2nd and Haoran Ma in 3rd. In the Under 18 4WD Off-road class Chen Xia Xuan, driving a Yokomo, came out successful after taking the TQ in the qualifiers.
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Coming in late September is Kyosho’s all-new TF7 4WD touring car kit. The car is based around a new chassis that features both a floating servo and a floating battery mount which resolves some issues with asymmetrical flexing of the chassis. Mounted exactly on the center-line this allows the carbon fiber chassis plate to be completely symmetrical, which makes the chassis flex much more predictable, and therefore, the handling is more responsive and predictable. The lower chassis plate is milled from 2.25mm carbon fiber, and the upper plate is 2.0mm milled carbon. The carbon shock towers measure at a robust 3.5mm thickness, which provides a solid, durable mount for the updated shocks.
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This week the EFRA 1/10th Electric Off-road European Championships are held at the Robin Hood Raceway in the UK. Yokomo’s Lee Martin would make a clean sweep in the 2WD qualifiers by taking the TQ from Neil Cragg (Team Associated) with whom he was tie on points but a 4 seconds faster time secured him the pole position for the triple A-mains. Marc Rheinard (Yokomo) would complete the top three after the qualifiers. Lee then went on to win A1 and A2 in style to snatch the 2WD title from Neil. Marc ended tie on points with Cragg who took the win in the third A-main while Lee sit out the leg. David Ronnefalk moved up one spot and Jörn Neumann rounded out the top 5 result.
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This past weekend the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy Nationals were held at the Slough track. Mugen’s Jack Embling was the man to beat in the Truggy class as, after taking the TQ in the qualifiers, he would also take the day’s win and with it the overall title.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
New from Exotek comes a clamping alloy hex set for the Losi Mini 8igh-T Truggy. The heavy duty machined alloy 12mm hexes come anodized red and they match the stock geometry. Included are 2x6mm screws.
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Tamiya USA have announced the re-release the Monster Beetle 1/10th 2WD kit. The reincarnation of the 1980’s icon will feature some subtle changes to make the vehicle 2015-ready and so rear universal driveshafts with protective rubber boots and a large dust cover come included with the kit that will also sport large diameter 130mm tyres, chrome-plated wheels and an ABS bodyshell with sticker sheet. The rugged original ABS space frame chassis has been kept and it utilises double-wishbone front, and trailing arm rear suspension setups in tandem with CVA oil-filled dampers. No definite release date is available yet but according to Tamiya USA the 2015 Monster Beetle will become available “soon”.
Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]
