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January 18, 2019

Team Associated sign Alex Duchet

Team Associated have announced that top French and Euro Touring Series driver Alex Duchet has joined the 29-time IFMAR World Champion team. In conjunction with Ruddog Distribution GmbH and CML Distribution, Alex will be racing his Reedy-powered TC7.2 around Europe and in the ultra-competitive ETS series. Alex’s multi-year commitment will allow him to work closely with members of the staff to evolve the touring car platform and continue to deliver a quality product to our customers and racers. Ruddog Team Manager Andreas Myrberg had this to say about Alex joining the team, “To merely say I am excited about Alex joining Team Associated would be an understatement. Alex will be the perfect asset to both showing the performance of our car as well as helping to develop it further. His raw speed and dedicated approach will benefit us hugely. I am very much looking forward to working closely with him. Let’s go racing!

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

January 18, 2019

Hudy Indoor Championship – Report

The 6th running of the Hudy Indoor Champs was presented by ProLevel RC in their new location in the St. Louis Chesterfield mall. ProLevel RC’s newest venue is located one of St. Louis’s biggest indoor malls with hundreds of people walking by everyday. A perfect location to get some much needed exposure for the hobby of RC Racing and it is also home to the 2019 ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals from March 7th to 10th. Racing-wise, Modified Touring is always the premier class of any event and it saw Chris Adams taking the TQ and win from Paul Lemieux and Josh Cyrul.

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January 17, 2019

Protoform universal body stiffener kit

Coming from Protoform is a universal body stiffener kit for the use on 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/12th scale RC car bodies. The same simple, easy-to-use stiffeners that have been included with Protoform’s World Championship-winning 1/8th on-road bodies for years are now available on their own. They will help reinforce the side panels of 1/8th on-road or 1/10th Pro10 bodies to keep them from fluttering down the straightaway. With some trimming, they can also be used on the front corners of 1/12th scale Pro-Lite bodies to prevent the front fenders from catching on the carpet at high speeds. The stiffeners can be attached using either – optional – M3 screws, or high-strength double sided tape.

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January 17, 2019

Keven Hebert joins Team Xpert

Team Xpert have announced the signing of top on-road racer, Keven Hebert to their team for 2019. Keven will equip his new Xray rides using Xpert’s range of high-performance competition servos and he had the following to say about the deal:

I am happy to join Xpert for 2019. I had the chance to test the servos in both my touring car and 1/12 in the last few weeks and I am very impressed with the quality of the products. I want to thank Danny at Apex RC and Willie for getting me on board.

Source: Hobby Authority [hobbyauthority-dist.com]

January 17, 2019

WRC STX.6 190mm electric touring car kit

Italian company WRC Racing has introduced the new STX.6 1/10th 190mm electric touring car kit. Based on the proven STX platform the updated design will bring the centre of gravity closer to the ground as improved parts quality makes for easier building and maintenance while upping overall performance. New for the .6 kit are lower CG carbon fibre shock towers, a new low-profile steering servo mount and a highly adjustable quick change battery retaining system that does away with the need to use fibre-reinforced tape to secure the battery pack. The DRS system is now fixed at the centre of the chassis and the driveshaft blades are moulded from a new material for improved durability. The car offers the ability to use a traditional horizontally-mounted or vertical top decks and it is rounded out by updated lower suspension uniballs.

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January 17, 2019

Xray sign Keven Hebert

Xray and RC America have announced the signing of Keven Hebert to their team. The former long-time Team Associated factory driver left AE at the end of last year and has now found a new home at Xray where the former multi-time Snowbird, IICC and ROAR US National Champion will campaign the company’s T4 touring and X12 pan car platforms. Keven says:

I am very excited to start the 2019 season with Xray/RC America. I want to thank them for this opportunity to be part of a very strong team. The quality of the products and team speaks for itself and I am really looking forward to a great year of racing! See you all very soon at the race track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2019

Hudy accessories & LED pit lamp alloy tray

Coming from Hudy is their new accessories and LED pit lamp aluminium tray. The ultra-compact work tray houses Hudy’s optional LED pit lamp and also offers three additional compartments for an assortment of other parts such as traction compound, CA glu or oil bottles, grease containers, tools and more. Also available is a machined opening to take a 1/10th gear differential during building, setup or maintenance. The precision-machined and black coated tray incorporates a clever, adjustable smart phone holder and it is available now.

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January 17, 2019

Monaco RC EV-Peak PU2 Black Edition power supply

Monaco RC have announced the release of the EV-Peak PU2 Black Edition power supply. Small but powerful the black colour power supply matches perfectly with the recently introduced EV-Peak-AR1 Black/Monaco RC edition charger. A clever coupler makes for a very neat and clean setup with no unnecessary or unreliable wires incorporated. The power source supplies up to 24V and 14.5A of output and it is available separately or as bundle package with the AR1 charger.

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