Available now from Team Associated is the vintage RC10T Team Truck bodyshell. The faithful reproduction of the original RC10T Team Truck body will fit vintage RC10T trucks and some RC10 truck conversions. It is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and does not include window masks or decals.
View the original RC10T Team Truck here
Following the recent announcement of their tie-up with US energy drink makers ARMA Energy, JQRacing have introduced two ARMA Energy branded 1/8th RTR buggies. The new and updated RTR cars ae ready to tear it up out of the box. Available are the already established nitro version, as well as a brand new electric variant. The nitro version comes with a radio, receiver pack, Savöx metal gear servos, and Alpha pullstart engine. It requires four AA batteries, a standard glowplug, ignitor, and fuel and fuel bottle to run. The electric version comes with a radio, a Savöx metal gear servo, a speed control, and a 1800kV motor. It requires four AA batteries, two 2S or one 4S LiPo and a charger. The kits will become available soon.
GRP have added new 1/5th scale on-road bike tyres to their 2016 line-up. Both the pre-mounted front and rear wheels are available in the new M5 soft and M3 super soft compound as well as the R2 light rain/humid compound. The rear tyres are of a new shape for improved traction and side bite and all tyres are available pre-glued on a full rim or as open rim type.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.it]
Coming from WRC and made for the STX electric touring car is a new metal gear set for the gear differential. Included are high-quality metal gears, lightweight 7075 aluminium crosspins with hardened surface and a set of shims. The parts offer increased durability for modified class racing while improving traction at the same time.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Serpent have new option parts for the SRX range of 1/10th off-road buggies available in the form of an aluminium 51T ball differential gear and a 1.7mm rear anti-roll bar. Starting with the diff gear, the part is machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes hard-anodised to make for a low-wear surface. It improves durability when running low-turn modified motors by replacing the standard composite gear. Also new is the 1.7mm rear anti-roll bar wire. The thickest yet, the anti-roll bar is best used on very high-bite surfaces in order to limit chassis roll in corners.
AKA have released a first image of the forthcoming Crosslink 2.2 buggy tyre. The Crosslink shares the same carcass design as the Chainlink 2.2 and also some of the key bar design in the Chainlink, however the Crosslink is not as dense of a tread design as the Chainlink which allows it to work slightly better when the tracks are dustier. Also with the tread being more exposed this speeds up the break-in process which is necessary for optimum performance. The tyre is scheduled for a February release.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Serpent have announced the signing of US top driver Scotty Gray to join the on-road team of Serpent America. Scotty will work closely together with Paolo Morganti and the team at Serpent America, focussing on 1/10th electric and nitro classes, as well as GT and 1/8th nitro on-road. Scotty says:
Thanks to Serpent for providing me with this opportunity to be part of the Team, and hope to be successful in the years to come.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Capricorn have announced the return of Brazil’s Flavio Elias to their factory team. The multi-time Brazilian National and South American champion was with Shepherd for the 2015 season and he now inked a 2-year deal with the Italian manufacturer whom he was with before. Flavio has the following to say:
I will run the Lab C802 for the next 2 years and I would like to thank Patrizio for this opportunity. I am very excited for the incoming season.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
