Zeppin Racing are getting into the skin business with the release of their rather cool motor skins. Currently only suitable for the range of Team Orion Vortex brushless motors, the decals come with a wrap for around the motor and a decal for backplate of the motor. Currently available in 4 versions, the decals are made from a high quality durable material and are easily applied.
Source: Zeppin Racing [zeppinracing.com]
New from Hong Kong based Yeah Racing comes another new part for the popular Tamiya F103 RM and F103 GT chassis’. This new aluminium ball battery mount set allows the t-bar to be mounted to pivot balls, instead of the original o-rings, for more precise handling. The new lightweight black anodised mounts also includes 2 mounted tweak screws in both the front and rear mounts that allows you to adjust the cars tweak. This system also allows the easy mounting of LiPo packs as well as the normal stick packs.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
The FSORS season has now crossed the halfway mark and rolled into 555 Raceway this past weekend. Even with several other events going on in central Florida, the race nearly 140 entries. This track is known for brutal conditions, and often blows out badly when a larger event comes to town. The track crew did an excellent job of keeping the surface together with only minor issues throughout the weekend. The Florida sun and strong entry count helped to lay down a great groove and soon racers were switching to harder compound tires.
X Factory, responding to input from customers, releases a kit to allow faster removal of the batteries from the X-6 Squared and X-60 without damaging the chassis. Chief Engineer Paul Sinclair said, “Many team members live and race in places where LiPo batteries must be removed from the car for charging. Also, many who use cells instead of LiPo want to remove them to charge or store. The X-6 Squared’s CF battery strap is held in with flat head screws which go into posts in the chassis. Constant installation and removal of these screws will damage the threads in the chassis, and this new kit eliminates the problem. Many owners of the X-60 truck have converted from the Kit-supplied nuts to thumb screws, but that will not work for the X-6 Squared because the body sits too low. The new Quick change kit contains four 1” long set-screws that can be installed in place of the standard bolts with an Allen driver and four low-profile locking nuts which are just low enough to clear the buggy’s body.”
Hot Bodies have released their Megabite mini-pin tires in a pink compound which are suitable for hard & dry off-road surfaces such as hard-packed clay, light dust conditions, and regular clay. With hundreds of short square pins arranged around the carcass providing fantastic traction on the corners and a central double-row of extra-wide treads giving you excellent acceleration and stopping power. The pink compound is their new extra soft compound for extra grip in low traction environments. HB’s new T-Dish yellow wheels utilize the maximum diameter allowed under the current rules and regulations. This makes for quicker response from the tires due to less sidewall flex. Their specially formulated plastic offers the perfect balance between rigidity and pliability, giving them impact resistance and flexion in the jumps and bumps yet maintain rigidity in the corners.
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Upgrade RC have released the Marshal glove, perfect for all track conditions whether you’re turn marshaling or trying to get a handle on things in the pit lane, these gloves are great for those situations at the track where your hands can take a beating. Made from durable, high quality, 4 way stretch Spandura top and no restrictive Clarino palm, the Marshal also sports a durable thumb and index finger section with reinforced finger tips. Available in black with the Upgrade logo on the top side, you can also have custom version with your name, along with flag or graphic, printed on the wrist.
Source: Upgrade RC [upgradercshop.com]
We’ve previously brought you CAD images, and of course the full list of features, of the MBX6-T and today we can bring you photos of the actual car itself. The Mugen engineering team has created the MBX6T which will follow the same exceptional handling, strength, durability and overall performance of the MBX6 Buggy, with special features such as hard coated big bore shocks with adjustable collars, graphite front and rear shock towers, hard anodized machined chassis with optimum balance and weight distribution, lightweight drive system, every area of the MBX6T was designed with performance and durability.
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Fastrax have released their Nitro Power Blast cleaner, a specially developed cleaning spray for cleaning up fuel and ‘gunk’ associated with nitro cars. Old oil and fuel can be blasted away to leave chassis parts and crankcases like new. Supplied with an extension nozzle for those hard to reach places.
Source: Fastrax [fastrax-rc.com]
