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July 13, 2022

Yokomo YD-2 aluminium 3-piece rear hub carrier

Yokomo is pleased to announce the release of their new team aluminium 3-piece rear hub carrier for the YD-2. The universal shaft features a short axle shaft for narrow scrubs and the universal joint pin is positioned as far outward as possible to activate the suspension movement and enable more direct movement. Conventional universal shafts can also be used by adding spacers so you can feel the difference in movement by combining them. This rear hub carrier set also features selectable upper and lower arm mounting positions, and by making the upper side a separate part the length of the upper arm can be changed variably making it easier to control the change in ground contact surface when rolling. The lower arm can also be installed at 4 different heights, allowing for a wider range of roll centre settings and is an excellent match with the rear weight adjustment.

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July 13, 2022

JConcepts truck tire inner sidewall support adaptor

Continuing development is critical to performance and the team at JConcepts have developed a new option for tire sidewall support. During high traction or loaded conditions, tire sidewall deflection causes oversteer and inconsistency with driving performance. By adding the inner sidewall support adaptor and gluing it into place, the sidewall effectively becomes much harder and allows a driver to enter smoother arcs and radius turns on the race track. Already used in competition, the sidewall support pieces have shown to work on glued, sealed, or naturally grippy surfaces where traction rolling or oversteer is an issue. In addition, when conditions are rough, bumpy or dusty, the additional support drives smoother and with more consistency. At this year’s ROAR Nationals, Dakotah Phend, in conjunction with the JConcepts race team, installed the adaptors into the Smoothie 2 tires and Phend TQ’ed and won the 2wd and 4wd modified classes in convincing fashion.

View the adaptor set here

July 13, 2022

Xray X4 PSS 2-hole 0.8mm pistons

New for the X4, Xray have introduced these new composite PSS 2-hole 0.8mm pistons. The configuration allows for a heavier shock oil that gives the car a more consistent handling. Sold in a set of 4, they also work with the T4 touring car.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 12, 2022

Red RC live event coverage is returning

After more than a 2 year forced absence, we are very excited to announce that Red RC will resume our live event coverage after the summer. With our last race attended being the TITC in April of 2020, we are dusting off our equipment and sharpening our pencils and hitting the road again, starting in September with the ISTC Touring Car World Championships held in the amazing Gubbio, Italy. We will follow that up in November with the 1/10th Nitro World Championships at the always awesome RC Addict track in Bangkok, Thailand. From there we hope to announce further events for 2023 and beyond. Of course we cant do this without a lot of support and so we wish to thank Monaco RC for sponsoring our coverage in Italy and to a very generous supporter from the USA for making the coverage of both events possible. We look forward to being back trackside this September in Italy, bringing you our trademark high quality reports, photos and action videos.

July 12, 2022

Ioannidis & Kalantzakis win at Greek EP Nats Rd2

The second round of the 1/10 EP Touring Greek Nationals was held in FRT (Fanatix Racing Track) located in Athens, Greece. As it had rained the night before, racers faced a drying track with the traction coming up on the later stages of the event. In the Modified class, it was Filippos Isaakidis (Mugen) who adapted the best on the ever-changing track conditions and was able to take pole position winning Q1, Q4 and Q5 in front of Andreas Koutras (Mugen) who won Q2 and Q3 showing good speed while Dimitris Ioannidis (Awesomatix) would start P3 on the grid with a lack of pace on all the qualifying runs.

Continue reading the race report here

July 12, 2022

Xtreme Racing Optima Mid carbon options

Xtreme Racing have announced some new items for the Kyosho Optima Mid 2022 re release. These include a 2.5mm quasi carbon fibre chassis, a 2mm radio tray along with 3mm front shock tower, rear shock tower and rear camber mount. All parts are designed to replace the stock parts without any modification and add strength along with great looks. All parts are made from high quality US made carbon fibre and machined in USA also.

View the full decked out Optima Mid here

July 11, 2022

Team Associated 7″ pre-cut wing

Team Associated have introduced a new 7″ pre-cut wing for 1:10 scale off-road buggies. The new, higher downforce 7″ wing adds additional high-speed stability over the currently available 6.5″ wing for when track layouts and conditions call for it. In general, more downforce will be desired on tracks that have high grip or a lot of high-speed and sweeping corners. Sold as one clear, pre-cut wing per package. Wing mount dimples are not drilled.

Source: Associated [associatedelectrics.com]

July 11, 2022

Xray XB2 alu steering arm for double sided plate

For the XB2, Xray have introduced this new alu steering arm for double sided plate. The new part allows for an adjustment range of 0~7mm in the frontward linkage position. The part is made from black coated Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium which offers your XB2, SCX and XT2 more precise steering.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]