Seen at the toy fair in February, Hudy has released their handy Euro pouch, perfect for carrying small personal items or coins and which has a cool & stylish look with full-color graphics. Manufactured from high-quality European materials, this pouch is compact and light. Lightweight nylon material with tough heavy-duty stitching for high strength and durability. A strong nylon draw cord is used for closing the bag and carrying.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
New from KM Racing for the Xray NT1 are these aluminium radio tray mounts. Made from high quality 6061 aluminium, these new parts help to increase stiffness in this area and claim to improve the car’s overall stability. Sold in a pair, it includes both the left and right mounts.
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Fun and spirited competition at the JConcepts Rage as the JConcepts crew took a trip north to the beautiful state of North Carolina for the 1st Annual JConcepts Rage, with Jason Ruona and Rob Meyer taking home the wins in the modified classes. The big news at the JConcepts Rage was the spectacular Carolina’s R/C indoor track and racing surface. JConcepts Events race director Fred Reep put on a flawless high energy program with 5 rounds of qualifying and triple A-mains in the modified classes and 10 minute A-mains in all other classes. Several local drivers put on great driving performances while TQ’ing and winning many classes. Jason Ruona, Rob Meyer, Max Fluer, Jon Noon and Zach Mote continually turned the quickest lap times and qualifying runs in the modified classes. Jason Ruona with his JConcepts outfitted Associated B4 and B44 rained supreme in qualifying by TQ’ing 7 out of the 10 rounds of qualifying and winning the first 2 A-mains in both classes. Rob Meyer with his JConcepts outfitted Associated T4 TQ’ed and won the 10 minute A-main event in the modified truck class. Carolina R/C’s own Alex Birmingham won the Stock Truck class while Steve Woody won the Short Course Stock class and Todd Walters won the Short Course Modified class. Brandon Ouellette took his freshly prepared Losi 8ight-e to a well deserved 1st place in the electric 1/8th buggy class.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Team Orion team mates Cody King and Ryan Cavalieri cleaned up at the opening round of the JBRL series this past Sunday. Cavalieri saw some issues in qualifying, but sorted it out and bumped all the way from the bottom main to win truggy from King in 2nd and Pavidis in 3rd. King took the exact opposite route, TQ’ing both classes and capturing the buggy crown from team mate Cavalieri, with Ryan Lutz taking 3rd. With 340 entries for a one day event, it was a miracle they finished before midnight.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Much More have released the CTX starter box, a compact, high torque starter that can be used to start most types of engines. Made from stainless steel and durable nylon composite parts, this starter comes completely assembled and ready for use. Its rust proof, industrial grade stainless steel case maintains the same shape and colour no matter how many times it has been used. Its ergonomically designed over size handle provides painless fatique free transport every time. In addition the starting flywheel mechanism can be reconfigured so that it can start engines placed along the chassis or perpendicular to the chassis. The starting mechanism utilizes a large heavy duty 775 size motor with pulley/belt reduction system to produce the torque required for new 21 sized engines. Furthermore, the alignment posts are adjustable from the top with a single tool for easy set-up. It requires two 7.2V battery packs or a 12V DC source for power and it includes all the necessary hardware.
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X Factory are reporting that team driver Stefan Mesker captured TQ honors and won all three A mains at the second round of the Belgian/Dutch Championship series last weekend at Kampenhout, Belgium. The runner up spot went to Wouter Wynen while 3rd spot went to X-Team driver Bruno Heremans, and six X-6 Squareds were in the A including the first, third, and fifth qualifiers. Mesker’s win at Kampenhout is coupled with his win in round one of the Championship, so of course Stefan is on top of the standings.
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After been dedicated full time to the off-road class, Mugen Team Driver, Tory Santiago return to the on-road this weekend at the 4th round of the Puerto Rico Championship at Barceloneta. Qualifying in the 5th position in the A-Main, Tory was able to win the class by five laps over Kyosho Driver Pedro Alvarado in 2nd, while finishing in 3rd place was Jesus Rivera driving a Serpent. In the outlaw class was Edgar Betancourt driving a NT1 who TQ’d, but had mechanical problems in the main giving Edgar Tirado and his Serpent 720 the win, while in 3rd place was Jose Salas, also with a Serpent. In the 1/8 class, Kyosho Team Driver, Pedro Alvarado took TQ and won the class, six laps over 2nd place Carlos Fuentes with his Power Racing with Amaury Alvarez taking 3rd with a Kyosho.
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New from Mugen for the MBX-6 buggy, are these lightweight servo saver posts. Made from high quality 7075 aluminium, they have been hard coated to protect them from wearing and using both posts will give you a saving of 9.8 grams over the standard steel versions.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
