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March 27, 2024

MiBorg X4’24 ‘RJS’ innovative inner joint

French RC driveshaft specialists MiBorg has released its ‘RJS’ innovative inner joint for the Xray X4 ’24 1:10 Electric Touring Car. This unique system drastically reduces the friction effect generated by the driveshaft in roll movement of the car. It is a more robust and simplest solution compare with bearing competitive solutions : no bearing, no e-clip and no maintenance. The 2 mm idler in the drive shaft head is lubricated for life with specific lub. RJS is compatible with Xray “BB” spool or differential cup and combined with innovative RCV driveshaft.

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March 24, 2024

PNP-RC IF18-3 Brass Battery Tray

Spanish onroad accessories and optional parts brand PNP-RC has released a Brass Battery Tray designed for the new Infinity IF8-3 1:8 Onroad Chassis. It has two link points, front and rear, to the main chassis allowing its continued torsion. The battery tray is machined from brass and then nickel plated for a better finish look. It weights just shy of 54 grams helping to reach minimum weight and also lowering the general centre of gravity of the car.

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March 22, 2024

Coelho & Hamon top Q1 at SIGP

Having established itself as one of China’s biggest annual international races prior to Covid, the SIGP International RC Car Grand Prix makes it return this weekend with Xray’s Bruno Coelho and Serpent’s Jeff Hamon topping the opening rounds of qualifying in Xiamen. Hosted at the huge double track facility next to the Sunpadow battery factory, in electric Touring Car qualifying it was World Champion Coelho who set the pace ahead of the Yokomo of Nicolas Lee and Hamon. Bringing together both electric and nitro racing at the 2017 1:10 Offroad World Championship venue, in 1:8 Onroad Nitro it was Hamon who was fastest. Behind the Australian, Matrix Tires owner Cristian Boni was second fastest with fellow Italian & Hasi Tuned engines co-owner Cristiano Sartor completing the Top 3 on the first day of action at the SIGP. Qualifying continues tomorrow Saturday with three more rounds.

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March 20, 2024

Infinity IF15-2 Nitro Touring Car option parts

Creation Model has release more new optional parts for its Infinity IF15-2 1:10 Nitro Onroad chassis. The optional parts include Carbon Front wheel plates with its pptimised shape to accommodate the updated thickness of hard front knuckle plate adopted on IF15-2. Additionally, reducing the clearance of the opening compared to the original product to efficiently control the airflow, which is the original purpose of the knuckle plate. Also new is the carbon front stock stay which is lowered for mounting short shock to IF15-2. As with the standard type, the damper mounting angle can be selected from 4 locations. Due to the lowered tower, the damper is 4mm shorter, offering a lower centre of gravity. It is possible to enhance steering response and tune setup to your preferred driving feel. A new Parallel 50mm Rear Universal Joint facilitates adjustment to reduce vehicle width when using wide offset tires. Finally, they have also released Type-B aluminium wheel hex hubs. These oversized wheel hubsbetter fit tires with large wheel hex mounting preventing misalignment and increasing wheel stability.

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March 20, 2024

Genius ‘NEXTGEN’ 1:8 GT Differential

New from Italian chassis kit manufacturer Genius is their ‘NEXTGEN’ Diff intended for 1:8 GT racing. Boasting a range of enhanced features, these improvements include reduced wear & tear and an overall smoother operation for increased durability. Addressing the wear issues of plastic differential casings, the ‘NEXTGEN’ diff gets an Ergal differential casing. With a more aggressive aesthetics and enhanced precision, internally the satellite cross is supported with steel pins and for convenience the diff comes Pre-assembled.

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March 20, 2024

ARC A10-25 1:10 Onroad Electric Touring Car

ARC has unveiled their latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car with the release of the new A10-25. When the A10-23 was launched in 2023, detailed changes were made to boost its performance over the A10. Striving to further improve the A10 platform, ARC has been busy testing and developing new parts over the past 16 months to further increase performance and have incorporated all these learnings to deliver the new A10-25. Despite looking similar to the A10-23, the key improvements on the new A10-25 are design changes to suspension geometry, lower arms, top & bottom bulkheads and motor mount. The main chassis is made from 2.25mm high quality carbon fibre plate, the ship shape chassis provides well balanced handling at all kind of outdoor tracks. The new car gets completely new lower arms, the new ones all 2mm longer compare with A10-23, and the shock mounting position also move 3mm closer to centre. The sum of these design changes maximises corner speed of the A10-25 over a wider range of conditions while significantly increasing drivability.

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March 19, 2024

Genius 1:8 GT Fury Body

Top Qualifiers at the 2023 IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championship in Australian with Alex D’angelo, Italian 1:8 GT and Large Scale chassis manufacturer Genius has introduced its first GT bodyshell with the release of the GT Fury. Based on the Pagani Zonda, it boasts a 1mm thickness and wheelbase ranging from 310mm to 340mm, with a ready-to-race weight of 255 grams. EFRA homologated, the GT Fury project was born out of the necessity for particularly aggressive aerodynamic performance on the front end, a crucial characteristic for GT8 models. This enhancement allows for increased performance in cornering, elevating the overall performance of the model.

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March 19, 2024

Futaba T10PX Aluminium Brake Trigger

Futaba has introduced a new accessory for its flagship T10PX transmitter with the release of an optional Aluminium Brake Trigger. A radio which World Champion Bruno Coelho switched to recently, complimenting the physical feel and range of the brake, the high-rigidity aluminium brake trigger was previously limited to one of the upgrades on the T10PX Limited Edition launched earlier this year. Now the Japanese manufacturer is offering it an option upgrade for the standard T10PX model.

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