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July 18, 2012

JConcepts 3Ds SCT race tire

JConcepts have released the 3Ds SCT race tire in blue and green compounds. Developed to be the ultimate slick-groove tire, the 3Ds are a first to combine the high-stability design of a black groove bar tire into an individually flexible pattern of finely spaced Double Dee lugs in one package. As racing on both indoor and outdoor conditions have matured, a more flexible, supremely grippy tire design was necessary to drive the edgy, fast pace. The 3Ds grip are a new, highly sought after, favorite in these conditions. Pre-mounted versions are also available for the SC10 RS, SC10 4×4 and Losi SCT-E.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 18, 2012

JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals report

The third stop of the JConcepts Indoor National series made the trip to Outback Raceway in Chico, CA. The facility, otherwise known as A-Main Hobbies, is a 1:10 scale racers’ paradise. The dirt surface is amazing, there is minimal tire wear, the layout was flowing and the traction was hooked up. Then to top if off, all of A-Main Hobbies’ massive inventory is available at the click of a mouse. Team Associated made the trip up north with Steven Hartson and Brent Thielke and was joined by Jason Ruona and Tanner Denney for JConcepts. In the 2011 edition of this race, NorCal local Eric Albano was just a privateer. Fast forward to 2012 and he’s now a Reedy Race Touring Car Open Class champion for Team Associated and with a year under his belt with off-road vehicles making consistent top regional a-main events. Not to be forgotten is a return to RC for Seattle native, John Walentia.

Continue reading the report here

July 18, 2012

Xray NT1 Pro Limited edition

To celebrate the success of the NT1, Xray have released the limited-edition NT1 Pro, fully loaded with all of the finest & best option parts, all for very special price. Get the NT1 tuned with all the greatest parts as used by the factory team this year, as it goes forward with the mission of capturing the European and World Championship titles.

View the full list of included option parts here

July 18, 2012

Hudy lightweight profiTools

Hudy profiTools are based on the highly-successful Hudy professional tools used by RC factory teams and World champions. Each tool has a special, CAD-designed tip made of Hudy Spring Steel to very precisely fit the corresponding fastener, allowing unmatched torque and long life. New lightweight, comfortable molded hollow handles with machined hubs are designed to allow easy tip exchange.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

July 18, 2012

Patrick Nähr wins South German Champs Rd5

The 5th round of the South German Championship took place at the nice track of Türkheim. In total 59 drivers attended the event with 26 of them racing in 1/10 nitro touring. Former European B-Champion Patrick Nähr was in good form and placed his Sonic powered Velox V10 on the first position in qualifying. In the semi-final he was unchallenged and took an easy win securing himself the second position in the starting grid of the 30 minutes main final. The start of the final saw an intense battle between Nähr and Dominic Greiner but after some minutes into the race Nähr took over the lead and increased the gap step by step. As Greiner was hit by technical problems later on Nähr slowed down a little bit and cruised to the victory finishing 4 laps in front of Steve Baumgarten with Thomas Schlee completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 18, 2012

Phat Bodies DEX210 Smoothee shell

Phat Bodies have released their ‘Smoothee’ body shell for the Durango DEX210. The body features a smoothed out clean design and includes a front wing for improved downforce at high speeds. Made from quality 0.75mm thick polycarbonate it comes supplied with overspray film and ‘Phat’ stickers.

View another image of the Smoothee here

July 18, 2012

Xceed range of pliers

Xceed have further expanded their tool line by introducing these practical small size pliers to work on your car. The 4 new tools include a long nose pliers, combination pliers, a curve nose pliers and a side cutter. Made using strong steel the handles are super grippy, in black with green highlights.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

July 18, 2012

Avid 1mm offset insert bushings

Avid have introduced this series of delrin 1mm offset insert bushings allowing for a new range of tuning on your RC8.2 using your kit supplied suspension mounts. After hours of testing, the Avid team is offering up this simple solution to allow racers to customize their suspension to get lower rear roll centers and adjust rear toe-in to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 degrees as well as being able to move all of the other pivots on the chassis. Available in 1 dot (4), 2 dot (4) and 3 dot (4) or as a complete set of 12.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]