Exotek Racing have released these heavy duty hinge blocks for Tamiya sedans and the Exotek XR3’12 chassis. Increased thickness at the center section they are made of 7075 alloy for extra strength. Turn the block upside down for easy belt clearance with no spacers at the front/rear position. Black anodized they are sold individually and come in A, B, C, D & E versions.
Source: Exotek Racing [exotekracing.com]
Having TQ’d and won 4 out of 5 round in the Danish championship in dominant fashion Mike Gosvig became champion without running the last round of the DRCMU Danish Championships. Busy attending the other Danish championship in Broendby, Sunday afternoon he was crowned as both DASU and DRCMU champion, 2 very big series in Denmark. In the DASU Championship Tamiya driver Gosvig won the series from Søren Boy Holst and Christian Lehm, both driving TOP, while in the DRCMU series he took the title ahead of Awesomatix driver Morten Iversen and Serpent driver Steven Molsen.
Capricorn have released a whole host of new products for their Lab C801 1/8th scale chassis. First up are these thinly coated titanium pivot balls, strong, they offer significant weight savings over the standard versions. Also from titanium there is the fill range of suspension pivot pins as well as shock shaft for even more weight savings. Finally there is the ‘F1’ swaybar for the front of the car, replacing the standard lever system.
Paolo Morganti took the TQ and World Championship in the Open Class at the Ipanema World GT Championship that was held at Barceloneta RC track in Puerto Rico last weekend. In an hour race Morganti went thru some problems when flame out in his first pit stop and lost the first position for a while but was able to recover and keep the lead to finish in first position with his Cobra GT, in second position was Andy Báez and in third was José González.
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Serpent have released this improved gear-diff for use in the S411. The main improvements are the new gears with improved shape, which run smoother, combined with coated aluminium 3.5mm shafts. The case has also been updated but the super light spring-steel adapters remain as before. Supplied complete with shims, high quality hardware and o-rings. The V2 gear differential is standard in the 411-TE kits and can be used both front and rear in the 411.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The US ROAR Carpet on-road nationals were held recently at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas Texas and Team Xray attended this event with many team drivers on hand for support. In the Mod TC class Paul Lemieux piloted his Xray T3’12 to the TQ and with wins in A1 and A2 Paul secured the National title ahead of Keven Hebert. Ralph Burch made his electric comeback, qualifying second on the grid and finishing third overall.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com] / Image: Live RC
Edam have released a brushless version of their 1/8th scale on road chassis called the ERazor. Your standard conversion, it features an aluminium motor mount and single speed transmission, while the power is supplied by 2 side mounted LiPo packs. The ESC fits in place of the regular fuel tank while the rest of the car stays the same as the gas version.
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Reds Racing has designed and developed a completely new manifold line for On Road and Off Road engines. The new line of manifolds is provided with a cooling system, efficient and lightweight, which helps improve engine gasket life, to maintain engine performance over time. Polished both inside and outside, they are delivered with exhaust gasket and springs. The new conical 1/8 On Road manifold is available in three different lengths M, L, XL to fit any kind of track and are matched with the Reds 2069 muffler. The single bend Off Road manifold is available, in addition to the standard version M, in a new version S and are matched with both Reds 2069 and 2034 mufflers.
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