New from RCtarget is their Tire/Multipurpose travel bag. Made from high-quality fabric and embroidered with the RCtarget logo, the bag can serve either as a Tire carrier or multi purpose bag. Designed to carry up to 10 sets of Offroad or GT tires, the bag can also be used as a car travel bag and/or parts carrier. The movable dividers allow you many configurations depending on your needs.
Team Associated has released a new Pro2 LT10SW 1:10 Short Course in the scheme of four-time Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) Champion Ryan Beat. The highly detailed Ready-to-Run truck is based on Associated’s championship-winning Short Course truck with the Pro2 LT10SW featuring some of the latest features in racing. A durable lightweight aluminium top shaft, rugged steel turnbuckles and adjustable suspension geometry give the Pro2 LT10SW the ultimate in handling on all terrain. This makes it a perfect platform for short course racing.
Xray have released a special 1.5mm thick aluminium chassis with unique flex characteristics generates more overall traction and improves steering on its X4’24 Electric Touring Car. Suitable for low to medium traction carpet conditions, as well as high traction asphalt tracks. The narrow chassis is 84mm wide with tapered bottom edge of the chassis to reduce contact between the chassis and the ground during cornering to improve speed. Specially CNC-machined countersunk screws from HUDY Spring Steel #913305 (M3x5), #913308 (M3x8) and #913312 (M3x12) must be used to make the assembly possible.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Some 50 drivers lined up at Fullspeed RC in Vantaa, Finland, for the highly anticipated XRS Finland race last weekend. Organised by EuroRC, this event featured a diverse lineup of racing classes, including Touring Prostock, Touring Modified, CS-12, C12, and Eurotruck. With skilled competitors not only highlighted the exceptional skill level of its participants within the national level but also showcased a European-class proficiency, with drivers such as Joseph Quaqraine, Pekko Iivonen, Juho Levänen, Janne Koivisto, and Oiva Metsola demonstrating a level of racing finesse that placed them among the elite in the European racing community. Their presence elevated the competition, making each class a true spectacle of high-speed precision and strategic mastery.
New from RC tool specialists Hudy is this Wash Box for quick & easy parts maintenance by helping to remove dust and dirt of the RC hardware such as bearings, screws, drive shaft couplings, etc. Parts to be cleaned are inserted in the sieve of the Wash Box with adding break cleaner and shaking the Wash Box the parts will clean. The Wash Box is resistant against chemicals and has compact size of 28mm length and 58mm height.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
New from Donathen RC are these two 1:10 cars stands with one for offroad racers and a lower version for onroad use. The offroad car stand will hold a variety of vehicles like: buggies, stadium trucks, and other 1:10 scale vehicles. Featuring a hexagonal pattern that will hole shocks and diffs while rebuilding them. It also has rubber feat to prevent the stand from moving while on a flat surface, and foam strips on top keep the car in place. The onroad car stand can hold 1:10 scale cars like touring, F1, and WGT cars as well as 1:12 scale cars. It featuring the same rubber feet and foam strips as the offroad stand with both available in a choice of colours.
Last weekend 1:12 concluded the 2023 IFMAR World Championship calendar in Cocoa, Florida. While the entry may have been small, at the front of the field things were ultra competitive as some of the biggest names in the sport battled it out to win the smallest scale and the original electric World Championship. A beautifully presented track, Beachline Raceway was the battle ground with the TQ going to Awesomatix’ Kemp Anderson ahead of Marc Rheinard and Michal Orlowski – each taking 2 TQ runs from the six rounds. In the finals we witnessed next level driving skills as painted was swapped in battle before Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski finally became a World Champion. In 1:12 Spec, Awesomatx’ Max Machler did the double taking the TQ and the manufacturer’s first ever World title. With the Schumacher team running a different front end on their car specifically to suit the black carpet in use, we didn’t get to take our traditional ‘World Champion Chassis Focus’. Over the event however we did however photograph 10 cars from four of the six different manufacturers represented at the 21st running of the championship and we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.
Reedy has released a new Euro-spec version of its Sonic SP5 stock motors. Due to slight difference between European and US rules, a small change to the factory build sheet is required. Only the heat-transfer epoxy coating has been eliminated in the Euro-spec version. Otherwise, both versions are identical. The performance of the SP5 starts at the heart of the motor–the stator. Designed in-house, the stator’s profile is intended to achieve maximum torque and power output without sacrificing RPM. High-quality copper magnet wire, sized to the maximum that the rules allow and wound with care to keep resistance near the legal minimum, is a key factor in achieving maximum performance. An oversized collector ring not only dissipates heat, but in conjunction with thick solder tabs, reduces resistance and power loss.
Source: Reedy [associatedelectrics.com]
