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August 18, 2016

RC Concept Losi-style air filter set

Coming from RC Concept is a Losi-style air filter set for a range of 1/8th off-road vehicles. With the double elbowed design being a popular choice in today’s nitro buggy racing, the air filter makes for improved engine performance while the special high-quality air filter foams offer perfect airflow without sacrificing dust protection. The air filter is available separately or including two non-oiled foams with the foams also being available in convenient 6-piece packages.

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August 18, 2016

Mugen MBX7TR universal centre driveshafts

Mugen Seiki have introduced a two new universal centre driveshafts for the MBX7TR and 7TR Eco. Available separately for the front and the rear the driveshafts reduce the drivetrain’s friction for an overall smoother operation while also improving durability and ease of maintenance.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]

August 18, 2016

T-Works BD7-2016 progressive damping system ver.2

T-Works have introduced the refined version two of their progressive damping system for the Yokomo BD7-2016. Offering larger diameter pistons and a greatly reduced wall thickness of the alloy inserts the set, in combination with 400 to 600 oil, will make for even better performance especially on technical tracks with high corner speeds. The set includes four alloy inserts and four plain pistons and it is available now.

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August 18, 2016

Arrowmax 1/32 Mini 4WD tool set

Arrowmax have introduced a special tool set for the Tamiya 1/32 Mini 4WD vehicles. The tailor-made set includes all necessary tools, wrenches and gauges to build, maintain and tune Tamiya’s popular Mini 4WDs. Included are tools like a pinion and wheel puller plate, puller extension, wheel piercer, 1.8mm, 1.9mm and 2.0mm hand drill, hex and nut drivers as well as a dedicated tool holder and a setup board. The tool handles sport Arrowmax’ signature honeycomb design and the set is available in black, orange and gun metal colour.

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August 18, 2016

2016 Full Throttle Championships – Report

The inaugural running of the Full Throttle Champs was held at Banana RC Raceway in Dallas, Texas with the race kicking off the carpet season in the United States. The track layout was tight and technical; challenging all drivers to be smooth and avoid mistakes. The traction was high as usual on the CRC black carpet. 74 entries were in attendance between the seven classes. The event utilized a unique 3-day racing format. Day one was all open practice. Day two was three rounds of rocket round qualifying and bump-up B-mains for the last spot in the A in each class. Finally, day 3 was triple mains for everyone.

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August 18, 2016

Nandos RC Challenge – Report

The Nandos RC Challenge was held at the high-grip indoor asphalt track at Welkom RC Club in South Africa. The drivers were seeded according to their 2015 National results and the current national standings and then divided into the Invitational, Cup and Plate groups in Touring modified. The challenge took on the Reedy-style heads-up racing over five rounds. In Modified Invitational local driver and track owner Antonio Caroli had an excellent day at the track and won all the races with fast and consistent runs. He was however kept honest by youngsters Jacques Myburg and Ashley Hurley and the experienced Anderton Smith also pushed hard to beat Antonio. The other drivers Willie du Plooy, Shaun Schutte and Andre Greeff showed good pace and used this event for preparation of the upcoming Nationals in September.

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August 18, 2016

2016 Midwest Series Rd4 – Report

With the threat of 100 percent chance of rain all weekend, the Tri State Radio Controlled Auto Racers hosted the fourth race of the 2016 Midwest Series at their track in Cincinnati, Ohio. In spite of the weather, the TSRCAR crew had the track prepped and ready for action. This six race series was established back in 1970 and is the longest running series in the United States. It features both 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 Open 4WD classes as well as Masters classes for both scales. The cars are run together by scale but scored separately by class.

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August 18, 2016

Schelle B6 flat A-arm front & 31mm rear shock towers

Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations are two new carbon fibre option parts for the Team Associated B6 buggy. First up is the flat A-arm front shock tower and wing mount. The front tower design mates with a 3-D-printed upper wing mount, allowing to screw-on the front wing without removing the shock standoffs. The design also allows to quickly extract the mount without removing the shock standoff screws, as well as remove the wing off the car for travel or cleaning while keeping the mount in place. Furthermore the screw-on front wing design eliminates the common wing failure of cracking at the mount tab corner. The front tower kit comes including suitable hardware and a gullwing A-arm variant will be released soon.

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