Arrowmax have introduced their new aluminium multi parts tray. Machined from high-quality alloy and coming black anodised and with machined silver edge details the tray measures 180x120x8mm and it offers one large and two smaller compartments, making arranging small parts during building, maintaining and set up much easier.
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The Northpark track in Greece recently held an electric off-road race and it was Xray’s Tasos Paparegas who walked away with the win in the 4WD buggy class. Tasos would make a clean sweep, winning all qualifiers and finals to grab the day’s win from Xray team mate Kiprianidis in 2nd and Yokomo driver Mitsiopoulos in 3rd.
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Futaba’s Hideo Kitazawa has released a couple of detail images of the forthcoming 7PX 2.4GHz radio system. On show during this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show the 7PX is understood to be the company’s new top of the foodchain radio system, sporting a large 4.3 inch touch display, the new T-FHSS Super Response transmitting system and also a new 2-antenna receiver. The full specifications and features have yet to surface and we keep you updated on the progress.
RPM have introduced two front bumpers for the Team Associated B6 buggies. First up is a mini bumper that replaces the stock hinge pin retainer. It provides roughly 25mm of forward extension and nearly 49mm of width to help protect the front end of the vehicle. That means direct frontal impacts won’t transfer 100 percent of that damaging impact energy into the front bulkhead, chassis or shock tower. The mini bumper weighs in at a mere 7.5g and it is moulded from RPM’s own nylon mix.
Coming from Hudy is a pocket hobby knife with replaceable blades. Of a foldable design the knife is very compact, making it easy to carry in your tool box while the blade is hidden in the folded position for greater safety. The replaceable blade ensures it stays sharp all the time with the spare blades being available as 5-piece packs coming in a protective container.
The penultimate round of the 2017 Texas Electric Onroad Series was held in San Antonio, Texas. Hosted by the Alamo City Racing Club, the race took place at a local community park on a converted tennis court. The abrasive tennis court surface provided high traction, but also high tire wear. The track itself was large and flowing, allowing for high speeds and some extremely close racing. Unforgiving wooden lane barriers made driving a clean race essential, as one wrong brush against the boards could send a driver back to the pits early. The event featured six different race classes. In Modified Touring, Chris Tosolini would take both TQ and 1st in the A-main. Ron Atomic would post the single fastest lap in the main, while working his way from fourth on the starting grid to finish second overall. John Hodges would round out the top 3 drivers.
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The final round of the 2016/17 Protoform WCICS went down in Calgary, Alberta. In the premier Touring Modified class Wayne Mah dominated but not without a strong challenge from Blake Bell. Bell and Mah traded hotlaps back and forth all weekend but Mah was able to string a few more hotlaps together in the mains to take the overall win. Bell was close to secure the second podium position and Pittman, Chapman and Scales were all close in the battle as well with Pittman taking two 3rds, Chapman taking a 3rd and 5th and Scales taking a 2nd and a couple DNF.
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Just in time for the new outdoor season Xray have announced the soon release of the 2017 variant of their popular XB2D dirt edition 1/10th scale 2WD off-road buggy. As usual no official details about the new features are available but we keep you up to date on any progress.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
