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August 22, 2008

Kinwald extends X-Factory agreement

X-Factory have announced that 2-Time World Champion Brian Kinwald has agreed to extend his agreement with the company through the end of 2009. Kinwald, who has won more than 30 U.S. National Championships, has been instrumental in the design of X Factory’s upcoming X-60 conversion for the AE T4. From his home in Tucson, Arizona, Kinwald said:

Working with Paul Sinclair on the new truck conversion has been one of the most satisfying projects of my R/C life. Paul has lots of great ideas and we talk frequently to make our ideas work together.. He puts our concepts into Solids and sends me the drawing, then we talk about it, make changes, and Paul sends a new one. I can see my input going directly into the design as it takes shape, something that’s never happened before. I’m just so happy here at X Factory.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

August 22, 2008

Werks Racing Large dia buggy wheel

Werks Racing Large diameter buggy wheel

Werks Racing have announced the release of it’s new 1/8th buggy wheel design. Made with the same superior, super stiff high fibre content composite material & high quality injection molding process that was used in their previous wheels, they are now bigger. Following the trend of the Losi style large diameter buggy wheels, bigger does indeed seem to be better, so now you get the same quality, weights and ease of gluing that Werks wheels have been known for but in a larger diameter for improved handling.

Source: Werks [werksracing.com]

August 22, 2008

Team Titan Blitz Buggy8 shell

Team Titan have released their latest off road shell, the Blitz Buggy8 for the Losi 8ight. Designed to provide extra downforce on the front, the low profile rear end allows more cooling for the engine. Made by 1.0mm thick polycarbonate and including window masks and decals, it can be used with both the GP and EP brushless version of the 8ight.

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August 21, 2008

Associated SC8 Short Course Race Truck

Team Associated have officially announced the SC8, the first 1:8 scale, nitro 4WD offroad, authentic race truck replicas. Each SC8 comes decked out with one of four fully licensed race truck bodies, wheels and tires, designed to look just like the full size race trucks that run in short course off road series around the country. The world of high-performance R/C has never before seen this level of scale accuracy. Starting with the championship winning RC8T truggy platform, the SC8 was designed to meet the scale specifications of the full size short course race trucks. It’s all there, from the scale suspension travel, to the roll-cage tube diameter, to the functional mud flaps. The result is the SC8, a creation of an unparalleled scale experience at a level of performance that has never been seen before in true scale.

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August 21, 2008

Losi 8B/8T Centre Diff Lightweight spurs

Losi 8B/8T Center Diff Lightweight spurs

New from Losi is the release of this centre differential 50T and 48T Lightweight spur gears for the 8ight buggy and the 8ight T truggy. Lightened without sacrificing strength through the use of additional holes, the gears is optimally sized to fit the 8ight racing platform with no modifications.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

August 21, 2008

Shepherd Velox Adj RR Anti-roll bar

Shepherd Velox Adjustable RR Anti-roll bar

Team Shepherd have announced the release of this new rear adjustable anti-roll bar for the Velox chassis. Making its debut at the European Championship in Valencia last month where they handing prototypes out to different drivers for the first time, the response was good so they have decided to add it to the existing product line. This optional part makes adjusting the rear anti roll bar stiffness really quick and simple as well as giving the racer a wide range of adjustment in this area.

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August 21, 2008

Associated SC8 Short Course Race Truck

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August 20, 2008

Jansen & Lepelaar win Dutch Nats Rd5

The 5th round of the Dutch Electric Touring car National Championship was held this weekend at the large and fast Groningen track in the north of the Netherlands. The weather was dry for the 5th national in a row, and in the qualifications it was saw Kyosho racer Stefan Jansen that took TQ the only racer to make 19 laps, just ahead of X-Ray racer Hugo Van Den Berg and Corally driver Luke Van Essen. In the Stock class it was Michael Lepelaar (round 3 winner) with his Tamiya who claimed the TQ spot followed by X-ray`s Frans Heinsbroek and Hotbodies driver Vasco Christiaanse on 3th place. Both class finals saw little change to the qualifying positions with Jansen taking the mod win from van den Berg in 2nd and Luke van Essen in 3rd, while in stock it was Lepelaar with the win in front of Heinsbroek in 2nd and Christiaanse 3rd.

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