After months of development American 1:28 body producer Radbody has released their all new Piranha 1:28 Plastic Body Set. The exciting new body release is low weight and features a Lexan roof and wing. With Reflex Racing RX28 and conventional car body clip positions, the set also comes with both Mini-Z style clip or body post mounting options in the box.
Capricorn’s Toni Gruber has capped off his title winning Euro Nitro Series campaign with victory at the fourth & final round of the 2025 Championship held at the MyCandy Arena in Lentiai, Italy. The German driver would secure the TQ for the45-minute final topping the opening 3 of the four qualifiers. Arch rival and ENS Round 2 winner Simon Kurzbuch put his Mugen Seiki top of the times in Q4 to secure P2 on the grid. Jonathan Gandin and 2023 ENS race winner Mirko Salemi completed the Top 4. In the final, 2023 Champion Gruber and 2024 Champion Kurzbuch would swap the lead but a flame out on his final fuel stop ended the Swiss driver’s challenge. Allowing Gandin through to second, Gruber took the win, his third of the season, by 2-laps, with Kurzbuch hanging on for the final podium spot ahead Infinity’s Francesco Tironi. In 1:10 Nitro Touring Jakub Rozycki completed the dream season with four wins out of four races as he takes the overall title giving Capricorn the title double.
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Ronald Volker was the dominant force at a rain effected 2025 Asian Onroad Championship, the Mugen Seiki driver taking the TQ & win at the stand alone event hosted at the impressive GRC Raceway in Korea. With this year’s event attracting an impressive international entry led by the Axon of 2024 Champion Akio Sobue, due to rain the main action would end up being condensed into a single day made up of 3 rounds of qualifying and double Mains. Topping all three qualifiers, Volker claimed the TQ ahead of Ji Heon Yoo, Sobue and Alexander Hagberg. In the finals Volker’s domination continued as he won A1 by over 3-seconds from the Xray of Hagberg and the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard, a spin on the opening lap by Heon Yoo dropping him down the order. In A2, Volker won by an even more impressive 7-second margin from Sobue with Rheinard again P3 but overall it would be Hagberg and Sobue who joined Volker on the podium. In 17.5 Boosted, EC Maker’s Zaccheus Lam took the TQ & win while in FWD Yong Wan Choi was the winner.
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1:28 specialist manufacturer and reigning PN World Cup Champion manufacturer RC Atomic has released a revised Double Wishbone Suspension (DWS) conversion kit for it’s MRV/MRX chassis. The new kits features a redesigned bulkhead and upper arm mount which are machined from 7075 aluminium. Every parameter is adjustable such as camber angle, ride height, upper arm height, camber gain, caster angle. Also lighter in weight, their MRT Evo UP01B servo saver can be installed directly with no modification required. The kit comes with 0.5 degree caster mount, with optional 1.5 and 3.0 degree mounts available separately, and steel turnbuckle are included. The is system is aimed at expert level drivers and will require advanced car setup knowledge. Compared to single arm of SF system, DWS system will offer more and faster mid corner steering.
Source: RC Atomic [rcatomic.com]
RC Drift specialists Max Speed Technology (MST) has released a brand-new limited slip differential (LSD) designed specifically for RC drifting. Developed with simplicity and performance in mind, this LSD system offers high locking efficiency, easy installation, and smooth control even on low-traction drift tyres. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced drifter, Available in both a 48P 60T and a Bevel gear option, using an LSD diff you can now experience stable traction, faster transitions, and a more connected driving feel like never before. The gears are manufactured using a powder metallurgy process with copper infiltration to enhance durability.
With the PNWC, the World Cup of 1:28 racing, coming up in November in the United States, Reflex Racing has release this PN2.5 Low Profile Damper System. By use of some clever engineering and repositioning of the dampers on the ever popular PN 2.5 chassis, Reflex Rcang have been able to achieve an extremely low CG suspension set up for their AAA car. Simple and high performance, this suspension kit is compatible with traditional T Bars, ensuring easy installation and reliable performance. The kit comes with everything necessary to install in your PN2.5, with the exception of a top shock. Here, you can chose to use our Reflex Racing RX28A-32 or any other “traditional” 1:28 scale centre shock. Also new from the Texas based brand is their True Spec 460mah battery. This battery has the same footprint as their 400mah 8.7V LiHv battery, but it is slightly taller at 13.0mm vs 12.3mm. The result is increased capacity and much lower Internal Resistance (approximately 30% lower than the current 400s). These batteries are ideal for stock and super stock racing where discharge curve is essential to keeping the fade down to a minimum.
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New from Japan’s HiroFactory comes this new brushless motor mount for the Tamiya F103/104 F1 chassis. Made of 7075 aluminium and a carbon plate, a black anodized finish and machined edges create a bold design. The rear carbon brace allows for 5-step adjustment of the rear wing height and high-durability flange bearings (2 included, F1060, made in Japan) are used for shaft support. The vehicle height can be adjusted in 15 steps of 0.5mm increments using the dedicated height adapter. An optional height adapter for 1/4 inch shafts is also available. The damper plate mount is designed for easy customisation and expansion. While only one mounting point is provided, a threaded hole for attaching a cooling fan is included.
Having finally added his name to the MonTech New York Grand Prix‘s list of Champions last year, Kemp Anderson has been confirmed as heading the entry at the seventh running of the event at 360v2 RC from October 16-19th. The 2023 1:12 World Championship podium finisher took his Awesomatix to the both the NYGP TQ and win in 1:12 Modified beating Donny Lia and Max Machler. With the New Rochelle located track just a 20-minute train ride from the centre of the City That Never Sleeps, this year’s entry also includes Awesomatix’s French Touring Car ace Lucas Urbain, reigning 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler from Germany, CRC’s reigning European 1:12 Spec Champion & British National Champion Ollie Payne, Xray’s Jan Ratheisky, and 2025 ROAR 1:12 and Touring Car National Champion Sam Isaacs.
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