Sunpadow have announced that they have signed a contract with 4-time World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. The US driver is also a 29 times National Champion and winner of many other international prizes and in the new season, Ryan will use Sunpadow LiPo batteries to participate in all races.
Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]
SWorkz continues to design new parts to improve the speed of your car, the latest result of which is the high density gear ratio system. Compared to the original 1.0 pitch spur gears, the 0.8 pitch gear ratio gives you more feedback and feeling. The acceleration change is significantly quicker, yet smoother and more range is given from lower torque to higher speeds. 2 clutch bell sizes (16/17T) are available as well as different centre spur gears (57/58/59/60). Your original S35-4 nitro kit comes with 47/13T, so you can start by trying the new 58/16T gears, while with truggy you should use 59/16T or 60/16T.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
HB Racing have announced the signing of Mason and Kaden Fuller for the 2022 racing season. The Fuller brothers have already had results on the racing scene, and the HB racing team welcomes them with wishes of great success in 2022. On their move to HB, the Fullers commented, ‘After attending all of the major 1/8th scale events for the last couple of years and watching all of the cars on a variety of tracks, we are excited to be joining the HB Racing team. The HB car is the most planted and stable while still carrying amazing corner speed. We would like to thank HB owner Philippe Neidhart, HB Racing team manager Chad Phillips, and the entire HB racing team for the opportunity to join the team. We can’t wait to work with such a passionate company and drive a car with so much potential for 2022 and beyond.’
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
New for 2022, Ielasi Tuned has announced a brand new engine for the offroad category, the Dirt-R. Developed on the basis of OS’s new B2104, the new Dirt-R takes a lot of inspiration from their previous Dirt model but with a substantial difference, 3 ports instead of 5 ports. The new engine backplate is modified with their specifications, the intake and exhaust phases customised to optimise fuel consumption and power delivery together with other small details make the DIRT-R an engine of a higher level than its predecessor.
View images of the engine internals here
As foam tires gain some popularity in F1, Fenix have released this wheel adapter that fits all the popular 8mm tire truers. Designed to be wobble free, it is black hard-anodised and is usable with all 14mm hex F1 rear wheel and 10mm front ball bearing wheels.
Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]
SWorkz have announced that top US driver Joe Bornhorst is joining their team to race 1/8 and 1/10 with SWorkz products. The former Tekno driver joins an increasingly competitive team with new signings Tanner Denney & Kyle McBride as well as Elliott Boots & Juan Carlos Canas. On his new deal Joe said ‘I’m very excited to join Sworkz for 2022 and beyond. Thank you to Max, Georg, and everyone involved for the opportunity to be a part of this great race team. Everyone has been more than welcoming already and I am very eager to see what the future holds’. Max Sonnleitner followed up by saying ‘We are happy to have Joe Bornhorst in our factory team for the next years. He is a great person and I am sure we will have great results in the future’.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
T-Works have released a complete line up of suspension mounts for the Associated RC8 B3.2 & T3.2. Available in front lower A & B mount as well as rear lower C & D mount, they come machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium while sporting a black surface coating and machined silver edge details. The suspension hanger was designed to work with the standard suspension inserts.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Avid have announced the release of their new line of Avid part boxes. The plastic part boxes come in different shapes and sizes, with different internal bin layouts allowing easy organisation of all your small parts. Available in 4 versions there is the 3 bin parts box (180x115x20mm), 10 bin parts box (130x168x23mm), 15 bin parts box (175x100x23mm) and finally the round 8 bin parts box (105x25mm).
View the other parts boxes here
