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April 5, 2012

Exotek XR3’12 Performance LiPo chassis

Exotek have introduced their XR3’12 Performance ultra narrow LiPo chassis with bushing supported hinge pin blocks. A new design incorporates heavy duty bushing supported hinge pin blocks, the same concept incorporated into other world caliber touring cars by Tamiya, Yokomo and Hot Bodies. The steel insert bushing insure ultra free suspension movement, no matter the arm angles. The set includes 4 heavy duty 7075 suspension blocks, FF-C, FR-B, RF-XB (split style), RR-D and together will give you .5 degree of front arm sweep and 3 degrees of rear toe.

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April 5, 2012

Xray RX8 2012 spec conversion kit

Xray have released a conversion kit to bring the RX8 up to 2012 spec. The set includes the new 5mm aluminium chassis, front upper and lower suspension arms, front lower graphite extension for suspensions arms, composite steering blocks for graphite extension, graphite extension for steering block, rear lower composite suspension arm for graphite extension and the extension. Other parts include new 8mm 2-speed shaft, graphite radio plate, XCA universal clutchbell, aluminium flywheel and clutch disk and the necessary screws.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 5, 2012

Arrowmax MBX-6 wheel axle shafts

Arrowmax have released these new front and rear wheel axle shafts in lightweight 7075 aluminium for the Mugen MBX-6. Featuring a special hardening treatment for increased durability they also sport multiple CVD drive pin holes for increased axle life.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

April 5, 2012

Andy Moore joins Team Hobbywing

Team Hobbywing have signed former IFMAR World Champion Andy Moore to their team. Andy will use the newest Hobbywing Xerun V3 speed controller and attend most of the highest level events around the World this year. Andy is the first top driver in Team Hobbywing and with his huge amount of racing experience is a perfect fit on the team and helpful to the development. Team Hobbywing is very excited to have Andy on board. Andy had this to say:

Having worked closely with the guys at Hobbywing whilst testing the new V3 speedo over the last few weeks I’ve been really impressed by their professionalism and the outstanding performance of the speedo with both stock and modified motors. I’d really like to thank Jack, Michael and Salton for this opportunity and look forward to the rest of this years racing with them.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

April 4, 2012

Revolve RC Workstation

Revolve RC announces the new Revolve RC Workstation, a high quality, aluminium workstation for rc cars and trucks. This revolutionary product is simple in design and high in functionality. With this Workstation you can easily mount and lock the vehicle in any position, allowing hands free access to every part on the car. Built in the United States with high-grade, aircraft quality aluminium, using the latest machining technologies, it incorporates a wide base that supports a universal mounting plate attached to a 5” pedestal. The high-quality ball head allows easy positioning and locking of the car in both horizontal and vertical directions. The unique locking system is quick and easy to use, and the universal mounting plate provides a sturdy platform for cars and trucks up to 8.8lbs.

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April 4, 2012

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd1

The first round of the 2012 BRCA 1/10th National Championship was held at the Mendip circuit, near Weston-super-Mare, UK. Despite the cold weather, around 50 drivers made the trip, all hoping for a good start to the season. Over the winter there have been several changes between drivers and manufacturers. Team Serpent of course have Mark Green again for 2012, who was driving a prototype of the new Serpent 747 at this race. Alongside Mark is defending champion Joe Kerry who has switched engine brands and now drives for O.S. Last year’s runner up Adam Catchpole has decided to switch from team Shepherd and has now joined Capricorn for the upcoming season. At the moment, Adam remains the only driver for the team in the UK.

Continue reading the report here

April 4, 2012

Team Torke Shorty LiPo pack

Team Torke have released a new Shorty LiPo pack for cars with space constraints or for those racers that wish to play around with the weight balance of their car. The pack is a hard case 4000mAh 60C 7.4v 2S battery which weighs in at 205 grams and sports the standard bullet connectors.

Source: Team Torke [team-torke.com]

April 3, 2012

Boca Bearings TC4 Club Racer bearing kit

Boca Bearings has introduced their new Team Associated TC4 Club Racer bearing kit. All Team Associated TC4 kits are equipped with 24 bearings to fit your transmission, diffs and steering. The entry level kit is their Econo Power RC car and truck kit and is the most affordable of the seven kits they’ve built for this Team Associated model. Bearings in this kit have chrome steel races, chrome balls, chrome retainers and rubber seals. All Econo bearings are packed in grease and will require a short break in period. The secret weapon for any serious racer would be the orange seal ceramic bearings kit. These ceramic hybrid bearings have stainless steel 440C races and ceramic balls and are rated ABEC7 and all bearings in the kit have two rubber seals that can be removed. The enclosure is non contact which allows for 50% faster spin without any drag and this kit comes with AF2 oil.

Source: Boca Bearings [bocabearings.com]