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February 27, 2019

Mon-Tech Racing body hole protectors

Mon-Tech Racing from Italy have introduced their new 20-piece set of pre-cut body post hole protectors. 0.30mm thick the self-adhesive rings are made to protect the body post holes of new or used body shells, ensuring longer life by reinforcing the highly stressed area. In addition the stickers also prevent the paint from becoming scratched, making the body look good for longer. Each pack contains 20 rings, enough to outfit five on-road body shells.

Source: Mon-Tech Racing [mon-techracing.net]

February 27, 2019

Samix adjustable servo horns

Coming from Samix are adjustable servo horns for 23T and 25T spline servos. The arms are machined from high-quality aluminium and their design, that utilises flippable and interchangeable inserts, allows to access 17mm, 18mm, 19mm or 20mm centre hole distances, giving the ability to fine-tune steering throw and speed. The arms are of a clamping design to provide additional security and reliability when accidentally loosing the main servo horn screw and they come laser-engraved for easy identification.

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February 27, 2019

20th Annual Dirt Nitro Challenge – Report

There are not many RC races that are bigger, do it better, and have the intensity like The Dirt Nitro Challenge. This year was special as it marked the 20th Annual of the biggest nitro race on US soil and this year didn’t disappoint. Almost every manufacturer sent drivers to this race making the atmosphere very much like a Worlds competition with numerous drivers traveling from all across Europe to join in on the action. This year, it was offered a little bit of everything. From freezing cold temps, high winds, rain delays, and eventually sunshine, mother nature played a dramatic part, but this is nothing new for an outdoor race. What was different this year was the location and venue as the DNC was relocated after news broke last year that Fear Farm was shutting down. Now, located at the Perris, California’s Southern California Fair Grounds, there’s a new look to the DNC but still consisted of the same awesome racing vibes that its well known for.

Continue reading the report here

February 26, 2019

Team Associated CR12 Tioga 1/12th scale trail truck

Team Associated have introduced the CR12 Tioga 1/12th scale trail truck, the latest in AE’s line of CR12 series ready-to-run vehicles. The 4×4 rig comes RTR with Reedy Power electronics and meets S.O.R.R.C.A. class 1 and 2 rules right out of the box. No need to prep or build your rig; just charge it and you’re ready to hit the trails. Designed not only for scale looks with realistic wheels, tires and body, the CR12 is built for performance as well. The steel ladder frame chassis provides the perfect backbone for this rugged rig. The 4-link suspension, threaded shocks, and soft rubber tires give the grip and performance needed to climb over the roughest terrain. Transferring power to the rocks is a compact 3-gear transmission, plastic low-friction slider-type drive shafts, front steel CVA axles, and metal-shield ball bearings. The truck is rounded out by a molded rear cage with hinged body mount.

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February 26, 2019

Jon Howells wins at Winter Series Rd5

The Ledbury Model Car Club held round 5 of their Winter Series last weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Chris Lovell (HB Racing) with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, however in the 15-minute A-main event it was Team Associated’s Jon Howells with the win some 22 seconds in front of Chris Lovell. Lloyd Pitt (Team Associated) would round out the top 3 podium result less than a second behind runner-up Chris.

Image: Matt Lewis

February 26, 2019

Yannick Aigoin wins at Agathoise Race

The Agde track in the south of France held the Agathoise Race this past weekend. More than 100 drivers signed in to compete at the event that was held in perfect conditions and on an amazing track. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Yannick Aigoin, who only attended the electric class due to having no mechanic, who took the win from Ludovic Loupias in 2nd and up and coming Remy Bermudez in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 26, 2019

Xray XB4 low height front & rear springs

Xray have announced the release of new low height front and rear springs for the XB4 off-road buggies. The 42mm front and 57mm rear springs are 3mm shorter compared to the previous 45mm and 60mm variants, allowing for lower read heights when running in high grip track conditions. The springs are available as softer “2 dot” to harder “4 dot” variants and they are manually measured, selected and matched into pairs to guarantee precisely equal length and damping characteristics.

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February 26, 2019

HPI Racing Jumpshot ST & MT wheelie bar set

HPI Racing have introduced a wheelie bar set for the Jumpshot ST and MT 1/10th scale 2WD trucks. This wheelie bar will stop the Jumpshot truck from flipping over when using full throttle, and it features adjustable mounting that will allow to alter the wheelie angle so drivers can pull perfect wheelies every time. The set includes everything needed to assemble and install a unique wheelie bar on the rear of the Jumpshot MT or ST and it will also fit the Jumpshot SC with the removal of the rear bumper.

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