Mibosport have introduced their tire knife tool for rubber on-road tyres. The razor-sharp fork helps to remove the performance-hampering moulding flash on touring car and formula rubber tires, thus doing away with the need to pre-scrub the tire before use in most cases. The knife is made from high-quality stainless steel and it comes etched with the Mibosport logo.
New from HPI Racing and made for the HB Pro5 touring car is a soft C-hub set. Coming as pairs and including kingpin bushings the steering knuckle carriers with four degree built-in castor are made from a softer composite material and they are designed to fine-tune the handling of the car in various track conditions.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]
Xray have announced the Xray Work.Shop Germany for the Saturday the 7th of November at the TSV 1871 Augsburg club. Held by Xray factory team driver Marco Kaufmann in cooperation with RC Kleinkram the workshop will focus on individual setup held and driver coaching. Included in the entry fee of 19 Euros is an Xray T-shirt and more information can be found here and also on the hosting club’s Facebook page here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Losi have introduced the Night Crawler 2.0 ready-to-run rock crawler. Utilising an aluminium twin vertical plate chassis design the vehicle also features heavy duty front and rear worm-gear drives, a zero Ackermann steering, moulded 4-link suspension, 4″ adjustable aluminium shocks and a LiPo-ready crawler-programmed speed controller. Also included is a 35T Dynamite crawler motor and a high-torque steering servo. The set is rounded out by a full range Spektrum SR310 receiver, beadlock wheels with red chrome rings and grippy crawler tyres as well as rock lights and an LED light bar.
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Serpent have new option parts for the SRX4 1/10th scale 4WD buggy available. The range includes a new front anti-roll bar mount, front outer titanium-nitride coated suspension pins, 40 shore shock O-ring seals, an assortment of high and low spring cups as well as a 24 tooth slipper shaft pulley and black anodised aluminium wing washers. On top of that Serpent now offers an exchange program for the front lower A-arms. The first batch did not meet the company’s quality standards with the parts suffering from captured air bubbles that had a negative influence on the durability. The updated v2 arms offer improved durability and also a beefed up design to further enhance crash resistance. The new arms are available through Serpent’s distributor and dealer network.
The opening round of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge was held at the RC Arena track in Budapest. In the Touring Car 13.5T Stock class Janos Birinyi took the TQ but in the opening A-main Barnabas Toth stroke back with a win after Janos made a mistake. A2 then brought a clean win for Janos, so the decision for the day’s win would fall in the third A-main and it was again Janos who came out successful to take overall victory from Barnabas Toth and Peter Miko.
The Italian SRC Trophy was held at the Montegiorgio track in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes and with a total of 63 drivers in attendance. In the 1/8th category Sandro Sammarini would take the TQ and he also went on to win the A-main event from runner-up Stefano De Rossi and Attilio D’Angelo who would round out the top 3 result.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The Schumacher peripheral damping system has been developed for touring cars to help minimise tyre contact patch load fluctuations, caused by small bumps in the track surface. This means the tyre remains in contact with the ground more often, resulting in more grip and improved lap times. The damping characteristic is dependent upon the position of the piston within the shock body. The damping is softest when the piston is at the bottom of the shock, at which point the peripheral volume is at its greatest. Conversely the damping is hardest when the shock is at the top of the body, and the sleeve has the smallest opening. As a consequence of this, the damping characteristic progressively increases with bump/roll, compared to the kit damper assembly which offers linear damping throughout the damping stroke. The dampers are supplied in pairs to fit the Schumacher Mi5evo, but will also fit other touring cars on the market. Spare parts are available separately to update current Mi5evo shocks.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
