Much More have added to their Impact line of LiPos with the release of this new EFRA legal 4400mAh pack. This 50C high quality 7.4V battery features a hard case for impact protection and with its stick pack configuration is suitable for touring car and off road buggy.
Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]
Vampire Racing focuses on buggy drivers with their new 5000mAh 40C Buggy Spec LiPo. Offering a low profile design and a hard case without chassis locators, it is designed to fit in almost every 2wd Buggy or Truck without modifications and moreover the battery is EFRA approved.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
Pro-Line have announced that their 1/8th buggy Recoil, Hole Shot and Caliber patterns, as well as their Short Course Caliber and Bow Ties are now available in the super soft M4 compound. Also new for Short Course is are Pro-Line’s new Trencher SC tires. Designed to give your short course truck optimal traction on just about any surface, their realistic shaped treads give your short course truck a scale look while offering ridiculous amounts of forward bite. The tall tread will also offer traction in many different terrains and deliver durability, second to none. Finally, and also for Short Course, Pro-Line now offers a dedicated Closed Cell insert.
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Team drivers Ryan Cavalieri, Travis Amezcua and Ty Tessmann put their heads together with the Pro-Line development team with a mission to apply the radical cab-forward BullDog body design to a buggy. All three drivers used the body to achieve impressive results, winning the 1:8 Pro Buggy Class at the Silver State Nitro Challenge the first time the body hit the track. Featuring an advanced forward cab design, it generates unmatched off-power steering, while the exposed cylinder head stabilizes engine temps and the flattened rear deck feeds the wing with clean air flow. Made from durable / genuine .040 Lexan, the shell is currently available for the Hot Bodies D8 and Associated RC8.
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After winning the ROAR Short Course Nationals, Team Associated’s engineers got to work on taking the SC10 to the next level. Improvements were made to enhance performance and durability, as well as applying the full Factory Team treatment. The result is the SC10 Factory Team Kit, a 1:10 scale electric 2WD off road short course competition race truck kit. This special version is loaded full of high performance features including JConcepts Subcultures rear tires, Factory Team V2 threaded shocks, V2 slipper clutch, ball differential with lightened outdrives, and an optimized setup to make the best handling SC10 to date.
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New from Team Associated for the RC8, are these half-degree toe bushings. Made from CNC machined plastic, they allow you to adjust your RC8B or RC8T CE rear toe-in to 2.5° or 3.5° per side. Using the indicator arrow on the back of each bushing, if the arrow points to the center of the car it is 2.5 degrees toe or when the arrow points to the outside of car, it 3.5 degrees toe. Sold in a set of 4, the hinge pin hole is 0.5 mm offset from the 1-dot bushing and can be used anywhere on the car for more fine adjustments.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
A-Main Hobbies today announced a ProTek R/C brand Lithium Polymer battery tester. This handy device is used to check the voltage of the cells in your Lithium batteries and works with all balance tap equipped Lithium batteries up to 6S. No longer will you worry about whether or not your balancer is working correctly, just plug the battery balance tap into the input and the iChecker does the rest. The iChecker will display the overall voltage, determine how many cells are in the pack and display the voltage of each individual cell on the 35x11mm LCD screen.
Source: A-Main Hobbies [amainhobbies.com]
Rain has washed away the opener of the Nitro West Masters held on the Easter weekend at Oberhausen. Track was wet all Saturday so only a very few racers went out to check rain tyres and their wet set-up. On Sunday morning the track wasn’t dry either but hope came up during the second heats when the track dried up slightly but a few moments later new rain arrived. Finally it was decided in a second drivers briefing during lunch break to count the race following the heats ranking in the 1/8 and 1/10 scale nitro classes.
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