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June 13, 2009

Scooby Horton Edition Scalpel conversion

Designed by Javier ‘Scooby’ Horton, produced in cooperation with Skyrocket Racing and Brown Engineering, the Scooby Horton Signature Edition Scalpel claims to be a game changer. It brings the stability and predictability of a 1/12 scale pan car to the 1/18 scale direct drive world. This conversion kit consists of a new 6 cell chassis that extends the wheelbase to 150mm, a larger more consistent center shock, custom side dampening tubes, a redesigned upper pod plate, angled servo mounts and redesigned fiberglass t-bars, this conversion provides a comprehensive performance increase to an already potent micro pan car. The tunablility of this kit makes it at home on asphalt or high bite ozite. Running Skyrocket batteries Scooby used the pre-production version of this kit to take the Micro Great Lakes Challenge Pan Car stock class at Hobby Stop West in Toledo Ohio, by a whopping 3 laps. There are 3 versions the 6 cell chassis, and the Oval chassis, both of which are available now. The Lipo chassis version shown in the photos is in the final stages of testing and will be debuting very soon.

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June 13, 2009

Flying Fox Racing JRX-S Type R Layshaft

New from Flying fox Racing is this replacement Losi JRX-S Type R layshaft. These layshafts are precision machined from aircraft grade 7075 aluminium and are drop in replacements for the stock steel layshaft. They have more material on the shaft centre to eliminate spur stripping bending common with the stock steel layshaft and also have a slightly larger gap between the pullies allowing you to avoid modifying your LiPo packs to fit the Type-R. As an added bonus you can you any spur you like such as the popular Kimbrough, Robinson or PRS spurs.

Source: Flying Fox [flyingfoxrc.com]

June 12, 2009

Exclusive – Serpent 733 First pictures

Last weekend, we showed you the first photo of the all new Serpent 733, but while we were waiting for the track to dry during practice for the Bumod GP, the car’s designer Michael Salven walked us through the car and allowed us to take photos based on the promise we would release them at a later date. Well today is that day and following the release earlier this week of information and CAD images of the new car, you should be all aware of the functions and features of this great looking car. Some things that stand out are the front ball raced wire type anti-roll bar, the wide open rear end, tiny universal differentials, engine blocks with integrated chassis stiffeners, super low layout, awesome front bumper, radio box and entire radio plate assembly, not to mention the upgraded geometry which we were told makes the car very balanced. Note that some of the parts on this car are still prototype material.

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June 12, 2009

Schumacher CAT SX Rear Shock conversion

New for the CAT SX, Schumacher have released this optional shock layout modification. Developed by the Schumacher design engineers together with their race team, it has benefits for varying types of tracks, however is especially good on very bumpy ones and those with low traction. The set comes with all the parts required to reverse the shock position to mount on the rear of the wishbone and reduce the wheelbase by 6mm. This enables greater rear weight bias, a more angled rear driveshaft and a more rearward wing position. All these things give the car more rear traction, however at the expense of high speed steering on most surfaces. The new 4mm thick carbon fibre camber link bracket included in the pack also allows for multiple link length’s due to its alternate hole positions.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 12, 2009

KM Racing NT1 Solid axle & Turnbuckle wrenches

KM Racing have come with 2 new products, the first of which is this lightweight 2 piece solid front axle for the Xray NT1. The drive cups are now separate to the main aluminium axle and can be easily replaced when damaged, while the hollow centre of the main axle has been filled with Delrin increasing the strength of the axle without adding too much weight. Also new from KM are some handy turnbuckle wrenches that are suitable for both 4mm and 5mm turnbuckles and are available anodized in both red and grey.

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June 12, 2009

Xray Team Sweater

More new team wear from Xray, who have released this team sweater made from high-quality 100% cotton fabric in a classy blue hue. Very comfortable to wear it comes emblazoned with stylish Xray and Xray Racing Team logos on front and back. Available in the usual range of sizes.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 11, 2009

My Candy Personalized advanced setup board

Based on suggestions by their team drivers My Candy has announced the release of their personalized advanced setup board. Made from 8mm thick tempered glass, it has a frosted underside and glossy finish on top and is kept from sliding of your work bench with 5 rubber feet. Supplied in a handy carry bag, this super flat board has laser etched measurements and can also feature your main sponsor or team logo, also laser etched in the centre.

Source: FVSSRC [fvssrc.com]

June 11, 2009

Associated XP Series High-Voltage Servos

Team Associated’s new XP Series high-voltage servos aim to be better suited to the 7.4V LiPo packs used by racers in their cars these days. Most of the current generation of servos are designed only for 6.0V input, and this can cause reliability issues. These new servos feature updated motors and electronic circuitry that are designed to withstand the rigors of high-voltage operation in nitro vehicles. A metal gear version (MG) is perfect for use as the steering servo while the standard version is suitable for controlling the throttle. Even though they are designed to run with 7.4V, they can also be used with standard 6.0V NiMh receiver batteries and are also perfect for use as the steering servo in electric vehicles with the SC10 RTR actually coming equipped with the SHV1504MG.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]