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July 18, 2024

OfficinaRC A800 Titanium Spool and Gear Diff Screw Kits

Titanium screw specialists OfficinaRC has released a new Spool Screw Kit and Gear Diff Screw Kit for Awesomatix A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The Titanium AT03R Spool Screw Kit contains five screws and is specifically designed to reduce rotational mass, enhancing the spool’s efficiency and overall performance. With all OfficinaRC kits entirely produced in Italy, ensuring the highest quality and precision, the Titanium Gear Diff Screw Kit for the A800 contains 3 screws with the weigh reduction offered reducing the rotational mass of the differential, improving the model’s agility and responsiveness.

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July 18, 2024

JConcepts Siren 2.2″ 4WD Front Buggy Tyre

JConcepts has released its Siren carpet and astroturf 1:10 Offroad tyre as a front for 4WD Buggy. Racing on artificial surfaces requires a lot of stability, steering, and forward-bite and the design team went to work to substantially improve performance for deep nested turf or carpet surfaces. The new 4WD front tyre brings a new larger and taller sized 3D blended pin-size, pin-separation, and a lightweight and incredibly low-profile carcass. The semi-circle protrusions, unique to the Lockness, Nessi, and now the Siren are included in the centre section of the tire and on the sidewall area. These details are important, and the low semi-circles improves side-bite but also minimize grip-rolling instances associated with normal pins. The pink compound represents a new compound for JConcepts, a medium soft material with good wear characteristics. The front tires include open cell inserts making them a complete set ready to mount, straight out of the package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 18, 2024

RDRP XB2 ’24 Bellcrank Set and Steering Plate

New from Revolution Design Racing Products (RDRP) are this Bellcrank Set and Steering Plate specifically designed for the Xray XB2 ’24 and XT2 ’24. Both parts are precisely machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium, black anodised, and feature silver chamfers, giving them a sleek and professional appearance. These aluminium parts replace the original plastic components, offering significantly increased stability & durability resulting in the precision of steering being greatly enhanced, which is particularly beneficial in demanding racing conditions.

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July 17, 2024

Ronnefalk and Bertin part ways after 15-years

It is hard to imagine one without the other at any major international 1:8 Offroad race but former World Champion David Ronnefalk and his long standing mentor & mechanic Adrien Bertin are to part ways after 15-years. Bertin himself a double World Championship in nitro onroad, has played an integral part in the career of the Swedish driver. Red RC first witnessed this partnership, that would become a world recognised force, in action the EFRA European Championships in Austria fresh from Ronnefalk having become the European B Champion. Since then the duo have gone on to win around the world with them achieving the ultimate dream when Ronnefalk took the World title in Las Vegas in 2016. A partnership that started through Kyosho and Orion engines and successfully moved to HB Racing, but Ronnefalk’s latest move to Xray after a brief stint with Mayako has seen the duo a somewhat less formidable force and now as the saying goes ‘all good things must come to an end ‘ with Ronnefalk making the announcement on his social media and concluding ‘I wouldn’t be in the position I am today if it wasn’t for you Adrien. I can’t thank you enough’

Reading Ronnefalk’s full announcement here

July 17, 2024

Yokomo YZ-834B Re-release

Having first revealed plans to re-release the YZ-834B back at the end of May, Yokomo has released more details about the upcoming kit release of what was the Japanese company’s first ever 4WD offroad buggy. Winning on the first ever IFMAR 4WD World Championship on jts debut, the re-release will retain many original features such as front and rear monoshock, chain drive 4WD, front one-way, trailing arms, etc., captured the attention of children at that time. The kits comes about as in recent years there have been many requests from customers to reissue the buggy. Looking into the possibility of manufacturing it, Yokomo finally decided to release it this Summer. The YZ-834B will be released in the same semi-finished chassis as when it was first released in 1985. One sharing two images of the actually buggy along with more CAD images, Yokomo say this will be a product to be enjoyed by looking at the machine and reminiscing about those days, as well as by driving it with the sound of the chain drive.

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July 17, 2024

Wong doubles at PN Asia Championship 2024

Indonesia played host to the sixth running of the PN Asia Championship with previous editions of the 1:28 event having been hosted in Singapore and Thailand. Attracting just shy of 100 entries to the city of Surabaya, the event saw drivers from Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, USA, Italy and Finland compete for the Asian title in 4 Classes – 2WD Mod, 4WD Mod, GTLM Superstock, and Pan Mod. In 2WD Mod it was Malaysian driver Jason Wong with his Reflex Racing RX28 who took the win ahead of Top Qualifier Natapong Chansawang from Thailand with Arif Zakaria from Brunei completing the podium. In 4WD Mod, it was local driver Tony Lee who secured the TQ but it was Chansawang driving his RC Atomic BZ5 who was crowned PNAC Champion with Indonesia’s Andre Irawan his closest rival. Making it a double success, Wong would also take the GTLM Superstock class while Pan Mod was won by Roy Chong from Singapore. The PN World Championship will take place in Vélizy Villacoublay, France, from October 31st to November 3rd.

Source: SubRC [surabayarc.com]

July 17, 2024

Serpent Nitro GT Series Hong Kong – Report

The first round of the Serpent Nitro GT Series took place at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong on July 14th. The weather was perfect for racing, with a sunny day at 34 degrees. The race consisted of two classes: the Sport GT class, which primarily features RTR GT Chassis with stock engines, and the Open class, which has no restrictions on chassis or engine. After three rounds of qualifying, Sam Kwong took the top qualifying spot in the Open class, while Jason Choi took the TQ in the Sport GT class. Following a 45-minute A-Main final, Opel Chiu emerged as the winner in the Open class, followed by Simon Chan in second place and Ricky Yim in third. The Sport GT class race was more thrilling, with the second, third, fourth, and fifth positions all having the same number of laps and a very tight gap. In the end, Tiger Ho emerged as the winner, followed by Ming Wu in second place and Jason Choi in third.

Report: Justin Wan

July 17, 2024

Factory Team B7 Servo, Motor, & +2mm Ballstud Mounts

New from Team Associated’s optional parts brand Factory Team are these one-piece Servo Mounts, Motor Mounts, and +2mm Ballstud Mounts for the RC10B7 1:10 2WD Buggy. While adding some bling to the buggy, they further improve the durability. Made from 7075-T6, these parts are available anodised blue or black with secondary machined chamfers and laser-etched FT logo.

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