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March 4, 2025

Klinik RC NB|NT48 2.2 Carbon Center Diff Top Plate

US racing upgrade parts producer Klinik RC has released a Carbon Fibre centre diff top plate for the Tekno NB48 2.2 buggy and NT48 2.2 truggy. The 4mm thick precision machined plate is much stronger and more ridged then the stock plastic top plate providing a more accurate brake feel and settings and is also lighter than aluminium. The top plate also features two rubber sealed 5x8x2.5 flanged Avid ball bearings for the brake cams to easily rotate and reduce any slop.

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March 4, 2025

OGO Racing ‘Dana’ 1:8 Offroad Tyre

Spanish offroad tyre brand OGO Racing has presented their latest 1:8 Offroad buggy tyre, Dana. The new pattern been created to fill the gap between their Vulcano and the Storm, making it ideal for slightly dusty surfaces, while offering enhanced durability for more abrasive terrains or polished surfaces that cause excessive wheel spin. The pin size and spacing have been modified to allow better clearance for dust, while maintaining a high pin density across the tread for excellent wear resistance.

Source: OGO [ogo-racing.com]

March 4, 2025

Hotrace Slick V1 1:10 Offroad tyres

Hotrace has introduced their first 1:10 slick offroad tyre which they are calling the Slick V1. Developed by Aydin Horne and Chase Lemieux who had a 1-2 finish at the INS Round 1 at Trackside Hobbies and at the Desert Classic at Hobby Action this past weekend, the Italian manufacturer says they are confident in product for use on all kinds of indoor clay dirt surfaces. They will initially start by offering it only in their white compound available for now. The rear tyre has inner webbing and proper thickness characteristics to help to have a great balance between grip and stability. The front tyre has no webbing and can be ran on both 2WD and 4WD. This thickness is ideal for 2WD on all conditions and good for a 4WD in low and medium grip track conditions. The 4WD specific Front Slick V1 has inner webbing and is perfect for 4WD especially in medium/high grip track conditions. The tyres will be offered just as rubber to help keep costs down, and eliminate the need to buy new inserts every time, or complete with blue close cell inserts.

Source: Hotrace Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

March 3, 2025

Neo Vintage Racing Works ´91 Midship conversion kit

Neo Vintage Racing, a side project of well known RC designer Michael Vollmer and Patrick Morliere, has released this limited edition Yokomo Works ´91 Midship conversion kit. The conversion kit for the Works ´91 re-release buggy is to convert the chassis into a mid motor layout to improve handling and performance. The chassis allows to install traditional Sub-C cells and also modern LiPo shorty batteries. The chassis features a adjustable belt tension separate for front and rear belt. The kit includes belts, ball raced steering plate, a removable ESC plate, cable guide, bearing holders, battery posts and all necessary parts and hardware and tools. The kit also includes a dril, a tab and a drill template to make the thread for the belt pulley on the original Yokomo motor holder. The NVR Midship kit is limited to 25 kits.

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March 3, 2025

Desert Classic wins for Lemieux & Horne

The annual Desert Classic presented By Stick It One took place at Hobby Action where it was Xray’s Chase Lemieux and Team Associated’s Aydin Horne who took the big wins. Attracted 320 entries, this was the 9th running of the event at the 2023 World Championship indoor track. In qualifying it was to be a dominant performance from Horne in 2WD as he topped all four rounds to secure the TQ from Lemieux, Japaneses visitor Kouki Kato and Spencer Rivkin. In 4WD it was also Horne who claimed the overall TQ after going fastest in 2 rounds. Fastest in Q3, Lemieux was again his nearest rival with Schumacher’s Broc Champlin P3 ahead of Dakotah Phend’s Xray which topped Q2. In the triple finals it was Rivkin who took A1 of 2WD as Horne fell to the back of the pack at the start before recovering to P3. In A2 Lemieux took a very close win over Horne which set up a three battle for A3. This time Horne would get the win over Lemieux but on tie-break Lemieux got the overall victory. In 4WD it was a more straight forward affair as Horne took the opening two encounters to seal the overall. Winning A3 from Phend, Lemieux got second with his team-mate completing the podium in Arizona.

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March 3, 2025

Willspeed XB2’25 Osprey Body

British 1:10 Offroad conversion kit and after market parts specialists Willspeed has released its Osprey body shell for Xray’s XB2’25 2WD Buggy. Manufactured from high quality polycarbonate, the low profile, sleek and stylish body design is available in Standard (1mm) and Lightweight (0.5mm) material options.

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February 28, 2025

1up Racing Lockdown Adjustable Bullet Plugs

US RC accessories brand 1up Racing has introduced the world’s first tool-free adjustable bullet plugs which they calling their Lockdown Bullet Plugs. The new connectors are designed to revolutionise power delivery and convenience and with a simple twist, racers can now achieve a secure connection in no time and without requiring tools. Unlike other adjustable bullet plugs that require tools for adjustment, Lockdown Bullet Plugs feature an innovative compression system that ensures a tight, reliable fit in your choice of 5mm or 4mm battery socket sizes. This not only eliminates the risk of loose connections, it also provides maximum efficiency and minimises resistance, giving you more power from start-to-finish of your run. The Lockdown Bullet Plugs are available in 10 vibrant colours allowing you to personalise your electronics.

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February 28, 2025

MRO Racing secure design services of Gerd Strenge

MRO Racing, the company behind the radical ultra low profile design Inspire4 1:10 4WD buggy project has announced that well respected car design Gerd Strenge will join the project. Strenge who is probably best known for his time at Durango and for work with top German offroad racer Joern Neumann. Making the announcement on their social media MRO Racing, who started the Inspire4 project 6-years ago, posted, ‘We at MRO would like to inform you that there are now 4 of us in our team again. Unfortunately, we had to put you off for a while, which made some people smile, and rightly so. We had an idea and after a brief discussion with our private investor, we realised that this could be the right way forward. Through open and direct dialogue, we managed to win Gerd Strenge over for our MRO project. We are convinced that with him we have another designer in the team who will help us with his experience and success with Durango and Serpent. We will be realising our current ideas in the foreseeable future and then it’s back to testing, testing and testing again. We will inform you about further news in the foreseeable future. Thank you for your patience.’ In the photo for the announcement, Strenge teases a little the car which is displayed with a clear body shell.

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