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May 14, 2012

RC Show’12 – Announcement

CochesRC.com have announced the ‘RC Show’12’ an RC buggy event that will be held in Madrid (Spain) from the 1st to 3rd of June 2012. Drivers attending will be able to participate in a high level offroad competition, with international drivers, and also enjoy the rest of the activities and surprises, including a party. Entries are already open and space will be limited so if you are interested in attending sign up early. Some drivers already confirmed include Mike Truhe (USA-TLR), Yannick Aigoin (France-AE), Robert Batlle (Spain-Mugen), Miguel Matias (Portugal-TLR), Daniel Vega (Spain-Agama) and Alberto Garcia (Spain-Serpent). More information can be found of the official event site here.

May 14, 2012

LRP Sanwa TX LiPo & Silicone oil range

LRP have introduced this new LiPo battery which has been especially developed for Sanwa MT-4 and Exzes-X high-end transmitters. Weighing in at only 86g this light weight helps optimise the transmitter’s balance, while the high capacity of this 2400mAh 2S battery guarantees a significantly extended operating time of the transmitter. LRP have also released s complete line of high quality differential and shock oil, available in 11 and 10 different viscosities respectively.

View the silicone oil here

May 13, 2012

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May 13, 2012

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New RX8 XCA (XRAY Centrifugal-Axial) Clutch Set – Reverse
– XRAY Challenge – Grand Final – Race Report
– NT1 Full Podium at Danish Nationals R1
– RX8 Wins Dutch National Championship R2
– XB9 TQ & Wins the Maltese Buggy Championship R5 & R6
– XB9 Podium Finish at French National Championship R2
– XB9 Podium Finish at Indonesia National Buggy Championship – Round 2

Click here to view the round-up

May 12, 2012

North Cyprus Rd1 win for Mustafa Alp

The first round of North Cyprus touring car championships under the sponsorship of Shark Energy took place recently. The race took place in NCRC Arena track in Nicosia and the event had 6 practices on Saturday and 5 qualifying rounds with finals on Sunday. The track was very fast and had middle/high grip. Serpent driver Mustafa Alp dominated the event winning all three legs of the A-final and he made a 10.8 second lap which was the fastest lap of race. Xray driver Ahmet Akber took 2nd place and Serdar Aytemiz was 3rd with his Serpent 411.

View the final standings here

May 12, 2012

STRC Exo Terra aluminium option parts

STRC have released a whole range of aluminium option parts for the Axial Exo Terra buggy. Add great looks and prevent your chassis from buckling during hard landing and crashes with these aluminium Front and Rear Heavy Duty chassis brace. The front brace features a high quality graphite steering upper plate and a solid one piece aluminium front chassis brace, while the rear features a heavy duty one-piece brace from the chassis to the rear gear box. The front steering system features a graphite steering rack that has more material around the screw holes and will not bend like the stock aluminium piece. Available in black, green, gun metal, orange, silver.

View more product details here

May 11, 2012

DE Racing wheel sticker disks

DE Racing is proud to release a new product to highly personalize your buggy. Simply named wheel sticker disks, this ‘Old School’ concept has been brought back to life to further set your car apart from the crowd. Available for both their Borrego line of 1/10 and 1/8 scale buggy wheels, these precut high quality vinyl stickers create a two-tone effect, highlighting the wheels unique bead lock ring. Whether it’s the high tech appearance of carbon fiber, the high visibility of fluorescent colors, or simply ‘mud plug’ matte black, these disks are sure to turn some heads.

View the fluorescent decals here

May 11, 2012

TeamSR TLR 22T front shock tower

For the highly popular TLR 22T TeamSR have released this 4mm thick carbon fiber front shock tower. This functional yet aesthetically pleasing hop up is manufactured from true quasi-isotropic chassis grade carbon fiber and comes with pre-glued wet look edges to cut down on the much dreaded preparation time, recessed holes for the body mounts as well as all the necessary hardware required. This tower is a direct replacement of the stock tower and intended for the use with the TLR 22T only.

Source: TeamSR [teamsr.co]