Acer Racing, makers of after market bearing sets, have announced that they have begun selling their Ceramic Nitride Pro Series bearing kits for the Corally RDX Phi US and EU versions. These lightweight bearings have been made using diamond polished ceramic nitride balls for the lowest friction, lowest heat build-up, freest movement & smoothest operation. Available now.
Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]
Schumacher have today released some new parts for their latest 190mm Touring car, the Mi3. First up we have some new lower wishbones that are now available in 2 extra versions, making it 3 in total, and are an alternative to the ultra stiff versions that come with the kit and are mostly suitable for carpet racing. The new wishbones come in medium stiffness and soft, and are deisgned for lower grip conditions and because they are less brittle they are suitable for racers that tend to crash more. Also new from Schumacher for the Mi3 are 2 new spur gears, 70T 48 pitch and 96T 64 pitch, that have been created to suit the smaller gear ratios being currently used with low wind brushless stock motors.
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Team Magic have released the, pretty extensive, run down of improvements on their M1B Turbo buggy, the follow up to their troubled entry into the 1/8th scale buggy market, the M1B. Most of the changes are for improving durability with the inclusion of some previously released K-Factory parts, while some changes are to aid performance such as given the car a longer wheelbase, lower C of G and a stiffer chassis through the use of better bracing.
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A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Check out our coverage of the European 1/10th scale Champs – Link [events.redrc.net]
> Tony Newland joins OCM Racing in the US – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Report from the 4wd regional race in Batley – Link [oople.com]
> Ian Whittingham takes his third Torc title – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> GRP Consespike clean sweep at Batley Regional – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Report from the 2wd regional race in Batley – Link [oople.com]
> Jon Howells wraps up the RRCI 1/8th Rallycross series – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Our site sponsors, The Border, have contacted us to tell everyone that they are now taking orders for the new long awaited Serpent Powerstart. Due in stock this week, this starter box is ultra compact, can be used with normal circuit cars as well as buggies and comes supplied in its own canvas carry case. Stocks are limited so be sure to get your order in straight away.
Click here to go to the product page on The Border website.
Much More have released these new Hard Chrome turnbuckle wrenches in a number of colours and sizes. For the Xray cars there is a black anodised 3mm wrench, Tamiya and Tech Racing with their 3.5mm turnbuckles get a blue and a black wrench while for HPI, Hotbodies as well as Lunsford type 4mm turnbuckles you can choose from purple or black.
Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]
More from Xray who have confirmed the impending release of their newest chassis, the T2008, which was seen and used at the Euros in France 2 weeks ago. No official information was given by Xray on the new car, but spy shots taken in Montbrison and talk from people who have seen it confirm that it is quite different from the T2007. The car will now sport the front and rear belts on opposite sides of the centre spur gear, as opposed to both on one side, which allows the motor to be moved more to the center of the chassis. The chassis will also be different with a new top deck and other changes, all of which of course will be confirmed in time.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 11th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about after market parts and goes about justifying the use of genuine performance enhancing parts from Xray as opposed to those anodised bling bling parts from other companies.
After the huge initial success of the NT1 worldwide, aftermarket companies jumped right in and introduced plenty of aftermarket “bling-bling” option parts for the NT1. Looking at the parts I just can only say one thing: “You get what you pay for.” Of course anybody is free to produce any parts they want and every customer is free to purchase any product they want, but here are my tips and explanations why Authentic XRAY Products are the best products for your XRAY car.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
