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]
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]
> Adam Drake wins Rd4 of Southern CA. Nitro series – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Novarossi Raceway Summer Series Round 8 – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> Markus Eirenschmalz wins South German Regional champs – Link [smi-motorsport.de]
> Tamiya TRF415MSXX Marc Rheinard Edition 2007 – Link [rczone.net]
The Japanese importer for EDS tools, Team Honest, is showing off some newly released products which include a new tool bag and some new tools. First off is the new tool bag shown above, which can cater for up to 27 tools, is made from a canvas material, has a padded handle and sports the EDS logo embroidered on both sides. Also new is a hard wearing spring steel 4mm turnbuckle wrench as well as a new 4-piece tool bit set, suitable for use with an electric screwdriver, that has also been made from spring steel and which comes with 2 philips head screw driver bits (4.0mm and 5.8mm) and 2 hex driver bits (2.0mm & 2.5mm).
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American company Parma have released their latest 1/8th scale gas body shell, the R11, a follow up to their 2006 ROAR Nationals winning R10. The body has been designed to provide more steering as well as providing more rear traction which makes for improved balance and handling. The R11 is available in 2 versions, a normal weight and lightweight version, and both are supplied with side stiffeners and detailed instructions.
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We only briefly mentioned the new EU Moore-Speed Reynard 02S 1/12th scale body in one of our Daily round ups last week, because we had written about it back in February, but today we see that the body will actually be available in 2 different versions, normal and lightweight. Designed for high cornering speeds, this body shell features a sculpted front end and mid section to direct air over the gentle curves of this single-focus body shell giving you superb high speed stability and performance on the straight. Moulded from crystal clear polycarbonate, it features clear over spray film and a decal sheet with headlights and Hot Bodies logos.
Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]
