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November 22, 2018

Vigor 1/10th touring bulkhead alignment blocks

Vigor RC have introduced their new bulkhead alignment blocks for some of the most popular 1/10th scale electric touring cars. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised the blocks are inserted between the left and right bulkhead and help to get them straight when fastening the bulkhead screws. The result is a perfectly parallel bulkhead assembly that prevents chassis tweak while ensuring less stress on the spool and differential bearings. The blocks are available as 18mm/22mm variant for the Yokomo BD8 and BD9, as 19mm/23mm variant for Xray T4 and Awesomatix A800 cars and also as 18mm/20mm block for Yokomo BD9, ARC R11, Infinity IF14 and Mugen MTC1 kit.

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November 22, 2018

Pro-Line Pyramid T & SC astroturf truck tyres

Coming soon from Pro-Line are the Pyramid T 1/10th stadium truck and Pyramid SC 1/10th short course astroturf truck rear tyres. The Pyramid features hundreds of large pyramid-shaped pins with the knife edge pointed front to back and side to side for maximum grip that stay sharp even as they wear down. The carcass shape and tyre thickness of the Pyramid has been optimised for the demands of astroturf racing. The Pyramid comes in soft Z4 and medium Z3 compounds for both cold and hot weather conditions with the T, that includes white open cell inserts, fitting all popular 2.2” stadium truck rims while the SC variant, coming with blue closed cell inserts, is of the usual 2.2”/3.0” size.

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November 22, 2018

Pro-Line 1/10th Hoosier dirt oval tyres

Following a first teaser image Pro-Line have officially introduced their all-new Hoosier G60, Super Chain Link and Angle Block 1/10th scale dirt oval tyres. Starting with the G60 2.2”/3.0” dirt oval SC mod tyre, the tread pattern not only looks amazingly scale but the tyre also offers the same high-performance as its full-size counterpart. The tyre features rounded side tread for consistent slide action that will not catch ruts and flip the truck when thrown up into the corner. The G60 tread pattern creates great forward grip combined with long lasting and consistent performance and it fits most 2.2”/3.0” SC rims.

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November 21, 2018

SkyRC Toro X8 Pro V2 1/8th brushless motor

SkyRC have introduced their new Toro X8 Pro V2 motor for 1/8th electric applications. The updated version of the X8 Pro the V2 variant adds an adjustable timing feature for easier fine-tuning for various track conditions. Other features include a 5mm shaft, 12-slot stator and 4-pole rotor. The motor can be used with sensored or sensorless controllers and it is available in 2150kV and 2350kV variants.

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November 21, 2018

2018 Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix – Report

The Annual Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix held in Xiamen, China recently saw over 220 drivers competing in electric and nitro classes. The prize money race has become the premier event in Asia, attracting some of the top drivers from around the world. This year’s turnout was the largest in the race’s three year history, organisers expect next year to be even bigger. Serpent’s Viktor Wilck dominated the Electric Modified Sedan class with Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and Akio Sobue completing the podium.

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November 21, 2018

Xray T4’19 World Edition 2.0mm upper deck

Xray have introduced their new Worlds Edition 2.0mm carbon fibre upper deck for the T4’19 touring car. Of a narrower design for increased overall chassis flex the top deck will increase traction and in-corner steering, making it ideal for low to medium bite tracks. The top deck can be used with both the standard carbon fibre or optional aluminium chassis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 21, 2018

Infinity IF11 aluminium axle height adjuster set

With the indoor racing season now in full swing, Infinity has released a new optional aluminium axle height adjuster set for its IF11 1/10th scale Formula car. The aluminium axle height adjusters allow you to easily adjust the rear end ride height of the car for all conditions and tyre types. Used together with CM-A004-03 shim set owners can adjust the height in increments of 0.1mm. Additionally Infinity has added a 10-piece aluminium washer sets in 0.5mm and 1.0mm for the use with the axle height adjuster to set rear ride height.

View the axle height adjusters in place here

November 21, 2018

HNMC Winter Series Rd2 – Report

Round 4 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend with almost 80 drivers in attendance, making for a long day of racing. The Nitro Buggy qualifying would be a fight between Lewis Jones and Graham Alsop with Graham taking TQ, E-Buggy would go to Simon Reeves and in Truggy George Miller took the TQ. In the A-final it was again Graham with the top spot from Simon Reeves 2nd and Lewis Jones 3rd. E-Buggy was won by Simon Reeves with Darren Hayden-Ball coming in 2nd and James Clifford in 3rd. Finally in the Truggy A-main it was George Miller with the victory from Warabe Tatekoji and Darren Roper. Round 5 of the series will be held on December 2nd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]