July 21, 2014

Völker & Cola take wins at HotRace Cup

Völker & Cola take wins at HotRace Cup

The HotRace Cup for 1/10th electric touring cars took place in Rome this past weekend at the beautiful Axa track, located halfway between the ancient city centre and the beach. With the best Italian drivers and some illustrious foreign additions such as Alexander Hagberg, Marc Rheinard, Eric Dankel, Lucas Urbain and the newly crowned 4-time back-to-back ETS champion Ronald Völker everything was set for a hot race. Despite the event being run for the first time the race promised to be very interesting and entertaining, and so it was.

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July 21, 2014

SpeedMerchant RoadKill 10 235mm pan car

SpeedMerchant RoadKill 10 235mm pan car

Available soon from SpeedMerchant is the RoadKill 10 235mm pan car kit. The car underwent a slight redesign after its initial introduction some weeks ago and it will now come with slightly narrower power pod to allow the use of Jaco tyres as well as the wider and very poplar BSR wheels. The kit is based on a wide carbon fibre chassis that allows to use standard as well as shorty and square LiPo battery packs. Up front the kit features a new-style suspension assembly with a simplified upper A-arm arrangement while in the rear a tried and tested link-type suspension comes to the fore. Dual roll dampers and a lightweight centre shock complete the suspension setup. The first batch of the RoadKill 10 kits will come without a rear axle but all standard 235mm axles should fit as do the famous IRS axles that are now being made by R.C. Hobbies/Hyperdrive/MSA. From the second batch on the kits will include the IRS2135 235mm axle.

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July 21, 2014

Active Hobby Products scale wheel nuts

Active Hobby Products scale wheel nuts

Active Hobby Products from Japan soon have scale 5-bolt wheel nuts for 1/10th drift cars available. Machined from aluminium and sporting a realistic 5-bolt design, the wheel nuts offer a serrated section for a secure fitment without the usual nyloc insert. The nuts are available in several variants with dark blue, light blue, red, gun metal, pink and purple highlighted bolts. Fastening the nuts requires a special driver that will become available on time with the wheel nuts.

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July 20, 2014

Radtec RC aluminium body height adjusters

Radtec RC aluminium body height adjusters-1

The Radtec RC aluminium body height adjusters are made from high quality aluminium material and they are available in a range of colours including a light “Tamiya” blue, a darker “Yokomo” blue, general black and also red anodising. Coming as pairs, the sets include two threaded aluminium tubes that slide over the chassis’ body posts and that are secured using pins or body clips while O-ring equipped knurled nuts allows for infinite body height adjustments. Laser-etched markings on the nuts help with precise adjustment.

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July 20, 2014

Exotek SRX hub set & mid rear bulkhead

Exotek SRX hub set & mid rear bulkhead

Exotek Racing have two new aluminium option parts available for Serpent’s SRX-2 line of buggies and trucks. First up is a front C-hub set made from 7075 aluminium. Weighing in at only 12 grams, the parts are lightweight yet strong and with the included 2mm spacers they match the stock SRX C-hub geometry. With the vertical ball end mounting, roll centre adjustments are easily made by adding or removing spacers.

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July 19, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max aluminium spring cup set

Arrowmax B-Max aluminium spring cup set

Arrowmax now have a 4-piece aluminium spring cup set for Yokomo’s B-Max line of 2WD and 4WD buggies available. Offering improved rigidity over the stock parts, the cups promise a more secure fit of the springs. They come blue anodised and with laser-etched Arrowmax logos.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]


July 19, 2014

STRC TLR 22 series weight reduction kits

STRC TLR 22 series weight reduction kits

ST Racing Concepts introduce two new weight reduction kits for the TLR 22 2.0 and TLR 22-4 buggies. Including lightweight titanium hex head screws and aluminium locknut hardware, the sets weight in at about half the weight of the standard steel hardware. The aluminium nuts come in gun metal anodising to match the colour of TLR’s aluminium parts. Coming as specific assortments for the 2WD and 4WD 22 series, the 22 2.0 set also includes all needed screws for both mid and rear motor converted cars.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]


July 18, 2014

Xray XB8E 2015 spec coming soon

Xray XB8E 2015 spec coming soon

Xray have announced that they are close to releasing the new 2015 version of their XB8E 1/8th scale EP buggy. No further details as of yet, but we will publish full details as we get them.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]