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January 31, 2011

RB Products 2011 .21 Engine line

Just a few days ahead of the toy fair in Nuremberg and RB Products have announced their new engine line for 2011. Consisting of 3 new offroad and 3 new onroad engines, they include the 5 port B11, the follow up to the double European Championship winning buggy engine, the 3 port X11 engine and the F11, a newcomer to the RB line which is great for both buggy and truggy. In the onroad line up their are updates to the C11 top of the line circuit engine and the Classico C11 as well as the Rally 11.

View full details on the entire range here

January 30, 2011

TecnoPower goes 1/8th on-road with Andrea Lorenzi

TecnoPower have officially announced that they will enter into the extremely competitive and difficult 1/8th scale on-road market with talented young up and coming Italian driver Andrea Lorenzi, who finished 3rd at last year’s Euro B in Monaco. TecnoPower are proud to have Andrea joining them and helping to promote and race their engines. He will not only participate in the upcoming 2011 Italian National championships but also at the 2011 Worlds in Miami USA.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]

January 29, 2011

Video – Xray RX8 testing

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Youtube user CGF1214 (Chris) posted the above video of Ralph Burch testing the new Xray RX8 1/8th scale at the Ft Myers track in Florida ahead of next week’s Winternats. No details of the new car are shown in the video with the exception of what you can see of the rear end during refueling, but all will be revealed at the cars official release on Wednesday at the Nuremberg toy fair.

January 29, 2011

Orcan A5 Sport 200mm body

Early enough for the new 2011 outdoor season Orcan has launched a new touring car body named A5 Sport. SMI-Motorsport in Germany together with German body maker TRT/SLB and two-time European Champion Dirk Wischnewski have developed this new 200mm body on the basis of the successful A5 200mm. “At the beginning we wanted to change only a few small things”, Bertram Kessler of SMI reported, “but then we brought in more and more cutting-edge ideas which made the new Orcan A5 Sport more sporty, more agile and finally faster.”

View more information here

January 28, 2011

KM H-K1 16T & 23T V2 pulleys & shaft

KM Racing continue to release option parts for the H-K1 car with the announcement of these new 16T and 23T version 2 pulleys. Made from hard coated aluminium, these are strategically machined to be lightweight, feature holes on the side walls to prevent dirt build up and no sport set screws to hold them in place. Also new for the same middle assembly is this lightweight titanium shaft that can accept both the pin and screw type pulleys from KM.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

January 28, 2011

Capricorn HLD diff pins

Capricorn have announced that their new diff pins feature their new HLD, ‘hard like diamond’, treatment. Instead of the classic hard coating the new treatment doubles the hardness of the pin and also guarantees less friction. This is the same treatment that is applied to the crankshaft of real racing engine.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 28, 2011

Xray aluminum shock collars

Xray have released these CNC-machined aluminum shock collars to be used on their touring car shock absorbers to increase durability. Stylish and lightweight they are made from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and are strategically lightened. Anodised orange, they come in a set of four.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 27, 2011

Capricorn 1/8th scale driveshafts

Capricorn RC have introduced these new rear driveshafts, suitable for Serpent, Shepherd and Mugen 1/8th scale cars. Aimed at the competition market and made from Kel850 treated aluminium, they are lightweight and durable. Sold as a pair.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]