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March 1, 2013

VBC FF Twelve FWD kit

VBC Racing introduce the FF Twelve belt-driven front wheel drive car. The kit features a 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis with 2.0mm upper deck, 3.5mm shock mounts and improved chassis flex for improved corner speed, traction and stability. It also features the innovative belt drive transmission with 2.4375 internal ratio, 7075-T6 hard coated belt pulleys and repositioned motor mount. The transmission case is designed to also hold Tamiya FF03 gear internals while the aluminium front bumper support allows for better motor cooling due to an airflow design. Other features include a floating servo mount, dual bellcrank aluminium steering system, hard compound suspension components, high-quality aluminium suspension mounts and shocks, front and rear anti-roll bars, aluminium turnbuckles and full rubber sealed bearings.

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February 21, 2013

Xray XB9’13 1/8th scale buggy

Xray XB9'13 1/8th scale buggy

Xray have released full details on the 2013 XB9, the next evolution of the Xray off-road concept, featuring innovative Xray Multi-Flex adjustment, superior weight balance and weight distribution, easy chassis flexes setting for traction and stability adjustment and more forgiving and easy-to-control handling. Long-term tested by factory racing team and regular drivers in all conditions, the innovative design focuses all the way down to the smallest details to increase performance, handling, and reliability.

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February 5, 2013

Yokomo F1 chassis coming soon

Yokomo have released early photos of their new F1 chassis. Up front the car will features double wishbone type suspension with front stabilizer effect, adjustable front camber angle, caster angle, ride height and other adjustments. In the rear it uses link suspension and a ball differential. The chassis is made from 3mm carbon fibre and there will be an optional narrow front suspension.

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January 30, 2013

Associated RC10T4.2 Factory Team kit

The Associated RC10T4.2 kit now comes with the latest Factory Team high-performance option parts like the 12mm “Big Bore” threaded shocks, VTS slipper clutch, blue aluminum bellcrank set and 12mm wheel hexes, just to name a few. Also included in the T4.2 Factory Team kit is the Pro-Line Bulldog body.

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January 30, 2013

Team Losi Racing 8ight 3.0 buggy

Team Losi Racing have introduced the 8ight 3.0, a buggy which has been honed and tuned to provide new found levels of drivability, consistency and performance with only one thing in mind- to make you faster as a driver. The Team Losi Racing team of engineers, designers and racers have looked critically at the 2.0 platform and tuned it in areas to make it more forgiving to drive, more consistent through the bumps, more tractable on acceleration and overall more stable without having to sacrifice any of the legendary reliability, robustness or that all important factor, Speed.

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January 26, 2013

Serpent Spyder SRX-2 teaser

Serpent have released first renderings of their upcoming Spyder SRX-2 2WD electric off-road buggy. Detailed information on the buggy are not available at the moment but looking at the drawings several class typical elements such as big bore shock absorbers, angled front wishbones and a cab forward design body shell are visible. Along with the SRX-2 Serpent will introduce more 1/10th off-road vehicles such as a 4WD buggy, 2WD short course and stadium truck as well as a 4WD SC truck. Further details will be available when the car is revealed during next week’s Nuremberg Toy Fair.

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January 25, 2013

KM Racing K8 1/8th on-road kit

KM Racing have released first renderings of their upcoming 1/8th nitro on-road car, called the K8. Currently in development stages the competition car will feature a super low centre of gravity with only 25mm high top deck, a chassis-mounted steering servo, optional wire or standard front anti-roll bar, upper deck front ‘swing’ and rear ‘wast twister’ system, and a side-mounted receiver battery to adjust left-to-right chassis balance better. Also incorporated into the construction, that makes use of 7075-T6 aluminium, is a centre weight system for the chassis bottom for a simple adjustment of the overall weight and weight distribution.

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January 24, 2013

Huge FF12 FWD kit

Huge R/C Products, the company of former electric touring car World Champion Surikarn C, release information on their new FF12 belt-driven front wheel drive car. The kit is based on the FF11 and features a redesigned 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis with 2.0mm upper deck, 3.5mm shock mounts and improved chassis flex for more corner speed, traction and stability. Newly designed is the belt drive transmission with 2.4375 internal ratio, 7075-T6 hard coated belt pulleys and repositioned motor mount. The transmission case is designed to also hold Tamiya FF03 gear internals while the aluminium front bumper support allows for better motor cooling due to an airflow design. Other features include a floating servo mount, dual bellcrank aluminium steering system, hard compound suspension components, high-quality aluminium suspension mounts and shocks, front and rear anti-roll bars, aluminium turnbuckles and full rubber sealed bearings.

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