October 14, 2022

Sweep Land Cruiser belted tyre

Sweep has released the Land Crusher belted tyre for ARRMA or Traxxas 1:8 offroad trucks.  Made with off-road compound for all terrain speed running even on the asphalt or parking lot it features a strong inner belting prevent the tires expanding at high speed.  The tyres come with 1/2 wide off-set wheels with black , blue , red , silver colour wheels available.

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October 14, 2022

Rêve D ‘RDX’ Drift Car Kit

Rêve D’s has announced that their first original RWD drift car kit “RDX” will finally will be released at the end of November. The “RDX”, which achieves consistently high control performance and powerful driving regardless of skill, road surface conditions, or course layout, uses lightweight and highly rigid graphite composite resin parts that are both easy to assemble and difficult to break. By making the arms and tie rods fixed, even users who are making RC cars for the first time can completely reproduce the optimum alignment for drift driving just by assembling according to the instruction manual without any difficult adjustments. The battery can be equipped with short batteries (horizontal / vertical / thin / thick), long batteries and almost all batteries currently on sale for 1:10 scale drift category.

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October 14, 2022

Factory Team Carbon Fibre Wing Buttons

Team Associated’s Factory Team brand has released these stylish new carbon fiber wing buttons to keep your wing secure from run to run with a more durable one-piece design.  Three options are offered. With one to fit the RC10B5 2WD to the present 1:10 offroad vehicles. The also have one for the RC10B5 2WD and B64 4WD buggies to the present 1:10 offroad buggies with a third option for the RC8B3 to the present 1:8 offroad vehicles.

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October 13, 2022

Ielasi Tuned add Palsson to team for 2023

Ielasi Tuned, the engine brand of former World Champion Daniele Ielasi, has announced fast Swedish female racer Jessica Palsson will join its team for 2023.  The 2022 Nordic Offroad Champion will use the DIRT R engine from the Italian company in her HB Racing D819RS as part of 2023 race plans.  Commenting on the announcement Palsson said, ‘I wanted to test something new and I had been looking for new engine at Euros and Worlds. The engine that has caught my eyes was precisely Ielasi Tuned. Lots of power, good run time. We started run in my first engine and it looks good! I really looking forward not only to use DIRT R but also to work with family Ielasi.’

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]


October 13, 2022

Minidrom Ettlingen seeks support to prevent closure of famed track

A favourite among some of the best racers in the World, German track Minidrom Ettlingen is looking for the support of the RC community as plans for a Biogas Plant look set to see the track closed by 2024.  The club has been operating for 40-years and the track has attracted some of the best racers from around the global to the city of almost 40,000 through events such as IFMAR World Championships, EFRA European Championships, Euro Nitro Series and the ETS.  Built on land owned by the city, the ground has been earmarked as the site for the new 50,000 ton organic waste fermentation plant.  The club is looking to highlight the value of the track to local tourism in terms of hotels, restaurants and suppliers and on a wider level how vital the track & its strong club are for R/C racing in Germany and also Europe.  Red RC have been guests of the club for many races there over the years. The racing has always been entertaining and the club have always looked after us well.  We also love the banking around the track which makes for great spectating.  Already World Champions Dominic Greiner, Simon Kurzbuch and Robert Pietsch, among others, have got behind supporting the club.

You can support the club in their quest to ensure Minidrom Ettlingen remains a favourite track among racers for years to come by signing the online petition which can be found by clicking here.


October 13, 2022

BrunoRC BR1-X4 servo gets 4xWorld Champion restyle

To celebrate the huge success of the servo at the recent ISTC World Championships in Italy, including Bruno Coelho’s successful title defence, BrunoRC has given its BR1-X4 servo a restyle. Launched 1 year ago to coincide with the release of Xray’s new X4 platform, the servo, which is specifically developed to directly fit the X4, statistically was one of the most used servos during the World Championship, being the top choice 16% of the time. This is even more impressive considering that this model only fits on the X4. And again more impressive when looking at the XRAY drivers, 60% of these have chosen BR1 X4. The new BR1 X4, in addition to presenting itself in a celebratory packaging for the 4X World Champion titles, displays a new graphic, with 4 lasered stars on the product that commemorates not only the 4 World Titles won by these great drivers in Gubbio, but also the 4 World titles of Coelho himself.  The new BR1 X4 was produced in a very limited number, available for sale just in time to arrive in stores ready to be mounted on the new Xray X4’23.

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October 13, 2022

T-Works Compact Hard Case

T-works is the latest company to add storage/transport solutions to its product offering with this compact hard case.  Measuring 14cm square and 8cm deep, the case can be used as a parts or engine bag but is also offered with a specific insert for housing the M6D and M9 chargers from ToolkitRC.  A mesh pocket in the top of the bag can store small accessories and charging cables.

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October 13, 2022

AGFRC 8mm Hardened Steel MOD 1 Pinion Gear

AGFRC has released a series of 8mm MOD 1 Pinion gears from 18T to 46T.  Four different designs divide these gears, 18t-27T without through-hole design, 28-32T with one hole design, 33-39T with two through-hole design, 40-46T with three through-hole design which is to reduce the weight as much as possible. Unique lip design to reduce friction for free spinning. Upgrade to use 2pcs M5 set screw for extra secure tight fitting. High Precision processing tooth profile, extremely strong and durable steel for long time performance in RC models with different condition. Perfect for High Speed Runs and Drag Racing Application, such as Traxxas / Arrma /Hobao /Losi /HPI /OFNA /Mugen/ Serpent /XLX /XL2 1:8 Buggy and Truggy conversions.

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