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August 18, 2011

Serpent 733 Team Edition 1/10th 200mm chassis

Serpent introduce the new 733 Team Edition kit featuring many updates as used by the team and factory drivers. The kit features the new SL6 gearbox with lower inertia and new gears, a new brake disc and 3-pin type adaptor. The rear-end aluminium-rubber connector set is now a standard item and also included with the Team Edition. Other additions are an updated 75cc fuel tank with the Cobra tank-cap and seal system, the Direct Link system, a rear camber bracket that allows to run the normal rear end or the DLS rear end, new rod-type side stiffener on the gearbox side, orange anodised wheel hex and spacers, the mono-type engine mount and an updated manual. The 733 TE makes its debut at this week’s 1/10 scale 200mm Euros in Germany and will also be the team’s choice at the US Nationals later this year.

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August 14, 2011

Mugen MTX-5 of Robert Pietsch

With World Champion on road racer Robert Pietsch visiting the offroad Euros last week in Germany, he brought along with him the all new MTX-5 1/10th 200mm chassis for us to take a look at. Having written about the car previously there is no need to go into details about its unique features other than to say that the whole package looks pretty good in the flesh. We are told that the car is close to hitting the shops and for next week’s European Championships in Ettlingen, Germany the car will make its international race debut in the hands of Pietsch, the car in the photos is his race car, Rick V and Francesco Tironi. You can follow our coverage of this race and follow the progress of the new car on our Events page from Wednesday the 17th onwards.

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August 11, 2011

Team Losi Racing 22T stadium truck

Following closely on the heels of the 22 Buggy Kit, the 22T Truck Kit will posses the same unique design of the 22 allowing it to be the first truck in the industry to include both a rear and mid motor completion option in the same kit. Having both of these options opens up the potential for the 22T because different parts of the country benefit from different chassis configurations, varying tracks styles and layouts as well as indoor vs. outdoor tracks. The 22 and 22T share a majority of the same parts with about only 15% of the total parts listing being new. The hard anodised aluminium chassis, stadium truck-length 12mm big bore shocks, adjustable front kick, oversized rear outer bearing, bolt-on camber blocks are just a few of the features that make the 22T different from the 22 buggy as well as a force to be reckoned with in 1/10-scale 2WD truck racing. Like the 22 buggy the 22T is packed full of innovation and expert TLR engineering.

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August 11, 2011

T.O.P. Sabre FD Mini

Coming soon from T.O.P. Racing is the Sabre FD Mini chassis based on the successful Sabre FD 1/10 scale FWD touring car. The gear driven M-type chassis features a carbon fibre chassis plate, a red anodised bulkhead and motor mount and the power is transferred to the front wheels using a ball differential. To make use of most of today’s M-type body shells the chassis allows for short M05-class or longer Japanese standard mini class wheelbase settings by simply flipping the rear suspension arms and upper bulkhead covers.

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August 11, 2011

X Factory X-7 news

Chazz Sinclair of X Factory got in touch to tell us about their recent progress with the new X-7 4WD buggies they made. This weekend will set a milestone for the Gen 5.1 called prototypes as they are raced in two very important races – one of which is the ROAR National Championship at NorCal Hobbies.

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August 6, 2011

SpeedMerchant Xray 10 WGT Conversion

SpeedMerchant’s new Xray 10 WGT conversion features nearly everything found on the company’s Xray II conversion. The kit includes two tweak/body mount braces for Protoform’s Sophia GT shell as well as general 200mm bodies and make use of the stock battery position and wheelbase. The kit includes a 2.5mm main chassis, bottom plate, top plate and tweak/body mount braces, SpeedMerchant damper tubes, linear tweak spring set and all needed hardware to complete the conversion.

Source: SpeedMerchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]

August 5, 2011

Sneak Peek – Kyosho Mini-Z Optima

Kyosho released first vague information on their upcoming Mini-Z MB-010 Optima 2.4GHz micro racer. Resembling the iconic vintage 1/10 scale 4WD Optima, the Mini-Z offering will feature a 4WD drive train, oil-filled shock absorbers, makes use of AAA-size batteries and comes including a 2.4GHz radio system. The japanese company will release more detailed information with the beginning of September and plans a public release in November 2011.

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August 5, 2011

Serpent 811-Be Cobra 1/8 buggy

Serpent release first “production body” pictures of their upcoming 811-Be Cobra 1/8 scale electric off-road buggy. The car is based on the same platform as the nitro-powered buggy combined with a couple of different design approaches such as the advanced integrated standing servo, receiver and speedo bracket, an ingenious motor-bracket and lay-down battery configuration with practical easy-to-use lid-system. The buggy’s extremely narrow and low design is optimised for overall weight balance and the kits is expected to become released very soon.

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