Xray have added to their line of high-performance pinion gears for the XB9E with the release of this 12T version. Manufactured from special steel for toughness and durability, precise tolerances assure unparalleled concentricity. Precision-cut teeth with chamfered edges the pinion comes with the M4x4 set screw.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend I was back on board a Delta Airlines flight bound for the US, while it felt like only a few weeks since I last crossed the Atlantic Ocean I was little shocked when I discovered its actually been 5-months since we covered our last American event. On that occasion my trip was to Dallas, Texas, for the JConcepts Indoor Spring Nationals at Mike’s Hobby Shop when thanks to track owner Mick Darnell I also got the chance to visit Gas Monkey Garage from the Discovery Channel hit show Fast & Loud. Luckily when traveling to the US from Ireland Dublin Airport has one of only a few purpose built facilities outside of the North America that allows US bound passengers to undertake all immigration and customs inspections prior to departure meaning no queuing on my arrival at the other side. As part of the process one must fill out the details of your trip including its purpose and the address at which you will be staying and this lead to a funny reaction from the US immigration officer. While he found the purpose of my trip, reporting on a model racing car event, unusual enough when he saw the hotel address he responded in an slightly amused tone ‘Your staying in Flowood!!!’.
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Pro-Line have announced the release of their Pro-2 SC kit combing their highest quality and best performing SC accessories into one box to create the ultimate Short Course Truck. The Pro-2 SC Performance Chassis is 3mm thick Hard Anodized 7075-T6 aluminium and extends the full length of the truck for maximum durability and keeps everything in-line and extremely low for optimum performance. The Performance Transmission has been a popular upgrade for many other vehicles and has now found a permanent home in the Pro-2 SC. The oil-filled, tunable differential coupled with the steel top shaft, idler gear and internal diff gears offer durability and proven performance.
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Following the recent announcement that West Coast RC Raceway was to close, the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions had to find a new home. After talking to suitable venues in the SoCal area the race organisers have chosen OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach as the venue for the 2014 event.
Reedy is pleased to announce that OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA will be the new home for its 20th running. OCRC will be the 11th facility to host the 27-year-old event. With the same organization staff, event sponsors, Scotty Ernst on the mic, and OCRC owner Robert Black all on board, racers are assured a world-class event.
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Multiple Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher Miguel Matias recently joined the Vampire Racing factory team through to 2014 to run the company’s 1/10th and 1/8th brushless motor and speed controllers along the Vampire Racing line of high performance LiPo battery packs. Miguel already used the components during the 1/10th Buggy Euros and the recent Neo Race with great success.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
Associated have released new B44 “Front” and B4 & B44 “Rear” Hard arms which were designed for improved suspension stiffness. This helps with handling and consistency on high-traction surfaces and allows for better isolation of the suspension and more precise shock tuning. These parts have been used with success by the factory team at the recent ROAR Nationals, Hot Rod Shootout, and Surf City Classic.
In the not too distant past, the RC industry was predominantly focused around three areas – Japan, California and Western Europe. Almost all the manufacturers were located in these three areas and the majority of major races also took place nearby. But, in the last 10 years, we’ve seen a very obvious shift into different territories as our hobby expands globally.
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Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield has done the double in electric buggy at the 7th running of the JConcepts Clash, the Arizona driver successfully defending his 2WD title and adding the 4WD title after winning each of the deciding third A-Mains over Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans. Having also successful defended his 2WD Short Course title after A2, the first buggy title to go to Maifield was 4WD as he took his Reedy powered B44.2 to an easy win after Evans rolled on two occasions coming on to the straight, his XXX-4 struggling in the high traction conditions at the Flowood RC Indoor Park track. The closing race of a packed race program and the blue ribbon class of the event, A3 of 2WD Buggy saw a blistering opening lap from Maifield with him getting his C4.2 passed Top Qualifier Evans’ also mid motored TLR 22 2.0. While Evans fought back, a mistake on lap 3 would ultimately end his chances allowing Maifield to post the only 15-lap run of the finals.
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