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August 22, 2008

Kinwald extends X-Factory agreement

X-Factory have announced that 2-Time World Champion Brian Kinwald has agreed to extend his agreement with the company through the end of 2009. Kinwald, who has won more than 30 U.S. National Championships, has been instrumental in the design of X Factory’s upcoming X-60 conversion for the AE T4. From his home in Tucson, Arizona, Kinwald said:

Working with Paul Sinclair on the new truck conversion has been one of the most satisfying projects of my R/C life. Paul has lots of great ideas and we talk frequently to make our ideas work together.. He puts our concepts into Solids and sends me the drawing, then we talk about it, make changes, and Paul sends a new one. I can see my input going directly into the design as it takes shape, something that’s never happened before. I’m just so happy here at X Factory.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

August 22, 2008

Werks Racing Large dia buggy wheel

Werks Racing Large diameter buggy wheel

Werks Racing have announced the release of it’s new 1/8th buggy wheel design. Made with the same superior, super stiff high fibre content composite material & high quality injection molding process that was used in their previous wheels, they are now bigger. Following the trend of the Losi style large diameter buggy wheels, bigger does indeed seem to be better, so now you get the same quality, weights and ease of gluing that Werks wheels have been known for but in a larger diameter for improved handling.

Source: Werks [werksracing.com]

August 22, 2008

Team Titan Blitz Buggy8 shell

Team Titan have released their latest off road shell, the Blitz Buggy8 for the Losi 8ight. Designed to provide extra downforce on the front, the low profile rear end allows more cooling for the engine. Made by 1.0mm thick polycarbonate and including window masks and decals, it can be used with both the GP and EP brushless version of the 8ight.

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August 21, 2008

Losi 8B/8T Centre Diff Lightweight spurs

Losi 8B/8T Center Diff Lightweight spurs

New from Losi is the release of this centre differential 50T and 48T Lightweight spur gears for the 8ight buggy and the 8ight T truggy. Lightened without sacrificing strength through the use of additional holes, the gears is optimally sized to fit the 8ight racing platform with no modifications.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

August 21, 2008

Associated SC8 Short Course Race Truck

Team Associated have officially announced the SC8, the first 1:8 scale, nitro 4WD offroad, authentic race truck replicas. Each SC8 comes decked out with one of four fully licensed race truck bodies, wheels and tires, designed to look just like the full size race trucks that run in short course off road series around the country. The world of high-performance R/C has never before seen this level of scale accuracy. Starting with the championship winning RC8T truggy platform, the SC8 was designed to meet the scale specifications of the full size short course race trucks. It’s all there, from the scale suspension travel, to the roll-cage tube diameter, to the functional mud flaps. The result is the SC8, a creation of an unparalleled scale experience at a level of performance that has never been seen before in true scale.

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August 20, 2008

Losi 8ight Brushless conversion

Electric-oriented modelers eager to drive Losi’s renowned 8ight or 8ight-T are going to love this new Electric Conversion Hardware Kit . The kit converts the nitro-powered 8ight family of products into an electric-powered ride. The hardware kit includes a molded battery tray and straps for up to a 5 cell LiPo pack, radio tray, aluminum motor mount, 2 pinion gears (1 for buggy, 1 for truggy), spur gear and all screws and washers needed to mount the components to the chassis. Also released from Losi is their new 1/8-scale 1700Kv Xcelorin Sensorless Motor and Electronic Speed Control Combo will convert any 8ight-based race or RTR vehicle into an electric vehicle.

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August 20, 2008

Cavalieri wins ROAR Mod 2wd & Truck

Team Orion are reporting on their success at last weeks ROAR electric buggy nationals held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Throughout qualifying defending Champion Ryan Cavalieri proved he was the man to beat by TQ’ing all three of the modified classes. In the Modified Truck Class Cavalieri went on to take full advantage of his TQ position by checking out on the field in the first two A-Mains giving him his 1st National Title of the weekend. In the 2wd Modified Class Cavalieri won leg 1 by 6 seconds but a mistake in leg 2 meant he had it all to do in leg 3. At the tone Cavalieri started out with a fast pace pulling out a small lead on the field and making no mistakes, to take the leg win and overall title. In the 4wd Modified Class RC ended up finishing a very respectable second overall behind Ryain Maifield, having won A-main 1, then ended up finishing a very close second place to team mate Maifield in the last two A-mains.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

August 20, 2008

Ilya Schupik wins at Russian Nats

We have a brief report from the Russian National Championships that were held in Moscow at the RC2 off road track last weekend. HongNor team driver Ilya Schupik driving the X2-CRT took home the victory by 2 laps ahead of Mugen racer Alexandr Stolnikov in 2nd and Associated racer Anton Shegolev in 3rd.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor.com.tw]