November 11, 2021

Ultimate Racing 1/8 offroad insert rubber rings

New from Ultimate Racing are these useful 1/8 offroad insert rubber rings. Manufactured to fit into each of the insert’s grooves, once fitted the insert is practically fixed to the rim. In this way, the insert is prevented from moving laterally, improving stability in fast corners. It also prevents the insert from ballooning making the car much more stable under acceleration. They can be used on most inserts, wheel brands and compounds, but their effects are greatest on soft compound tires. Depending on whether you want the insert to be more or less fixed, they can be used in all three grooves, in two or only in one. They are sold in bags of 50 pieces so that you can assemble from 4 to 12 complete cars depending on the amount of rubber bands used per insert. Once the life of the tire is over, they can be reused as many times as you want.

Source: Ultimate Racing [modelixracing.com]


November 11, 2021

2022 Charity Race – Announcement

The eleventh edition of the popular Charity Race will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy from Team La Gang and their historical partners Mon-Tech Racing, Tonisport and Scorpion Power on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of January 2022. The race will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, 1/12th Pan Car, GT12 and FWD. Beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers have announced their attendance. Due to the Covid EU Rules we will limit the pit space and the entries to 100 drivers with the first Pro drivers having already signed up. The race will be held on CRC carpet using Volante tyres for the touring cars, Ride ETS tyres for FWD and Contact handout tyres for GT12. Like the years before, Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Registration for the race will start on the 15th of November at 21:00 on Myrcm.

Source: Team La Gang [teamlagang.it]


November 11, 2021

Futaba T10PX transmitter

Futaba have released the latest iteration of the flagship 7PX series transmitter, the new T10PX. Featuring Futaba’s new 4th generation F-4G communication system, the response times have been greatly improved. Furthermore, telemetry communication, which was not possible with T-FHSS SR communication, can now be used. The radio also now features a new function called ‘Feeling’ that feels like it suits each driver. Finally, it now supports up to 10 channels.

Source: Futaba [rc.futaba.co.jp]


November 11, 2021

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd2 – Report

This past weekend was the second round of the fantastic Worksop series, as always there was a great entry of drivers present. All abilities are welcome at this series, so they had Pro’s in attendance all the way through to new starters and even some people coming back to the hobby after 20 years away. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Worksop team had designed a fantastic track layout for this event, some great off road features were built including the wall of death. As always this is very popular with racers due to new features and jumps being built fresh for these events. In 2wd qualifying, it was Neil Cragg who dominated proceedings by taking TQ in all 4 rounds, therefore he would line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Edward Callan would line up 3rd.

Continue reading the report here


November 11, 2021

JConcepts Knobs & Launch Monster Truck tires

JConcepts introduce two new offerings for the monster truck class with the release of their new Knobs & Launch tires. The Knobs, simply named for their appearance of the irregular diamond shaped knobs which have step and overlapping features built in. JConcepts believes tire options in the class should replicate those used in major series events in the 1:1 world and the Knobs certainly do. The arrangement, pattern, and instances were a result of carving from an existing 1:1 tire and the results were fantastic. The Knobs excel in dirt or asphalt conditions where massive edging of the pins helps forward drive and side-bite. Replicated cuts helped turn the carcass into a low-profile tire giving it a racing stance like other successful JConcepts tires such as the Renegade. Both tires includes ‘React’ open cell inserts which support the upper carcass and sidewall under loaded conditions.

View more details on the Knobs and Launch tires here


November 11, 2021

RC Maker adjustable horizontal rear post template

RC Maker are excited to introduce their brand new adjustable horizontal rear post template. Some racers still like to mount their bodies with holes in the rear, so we’ve gone and made their lives that bit easier with this brand new universal template system. Featuring both adjustable width and height, it allows you to mount all your bodies exactly the same and get your holes on point every time no matter what car or bodyshell.

View more images of the template here


November 11, 2021

Rêve D SG bell crank set & front knuckle

The next-generation steering system from Rêve D, the SG bell crank set is finally available. By mounting the bell crank unit forward (3 degrees), the horizontal angle change of the tie rod during steering operation is minimised producing more stable cornering characteristics. In addition, by mounting the ball for the tie rod in the horizontal direction, Ackerman adjustment with a spacer is also possible. They have also introduced the SG front knuckle, which has been developed at the same time as the SG bell crank set The new knuckle works best when used with the SG bell crank. Based on extensive testing only the 2 positions were selected for the hole location in order for simplify the customer set up.

View more images of the SG bell crank & front knuckle here