110% Racing’s Screw Glue is a specially formulated thread locker for the use on all metal surfaces including titanium, steel and aluminium. It is highly recommended especially for all nitro vehicles where the engine vibrations can loosen fastener during use, but it also comes in handy in electric classes to secure all metal-in-metal screw joints. The thread locker comes in a handy bottle and it is available now.
Source: 110% Racing [race110.com]
Tekno RC have announced the release of two new products for their line of 1/8th and 1/10th vehicles. First up are black anodised aluminium shock caps made from 7075 material. They allow the use of any build style – emulsion/vented/standard – in order to fine-tune the damping characteristics to any track surface. The included left and right side shock caps allow the cap screw to face toward the inside of the vehicle and the bleeder hole to face the rear, away from incoming dirt and dust. The package includes one left and one right side shock cap, two emulsion O-rings, two emulsion cap screws and two small cap screw O-rings. The O-rings are also available separately as spares.
Coming from Arrowmax is a new aluminium pinion holder in their signature black and golden honeycomb design. CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with an anodised black and golden finish, the pinion holder takes up to 28 pinions. The rack is usable with 15t to 42T 48 pitch or 21T to 48T 64 pitch gears and it is available from now on.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
AKA have announced the addition of young Davide Ongaro to their team. The newly-signed Team Associated driver will use AKA rubber in in 1/8th and 1/10th scale campaign that will span through to 2018. Davide’s first race for his new sponsorship package will be at this weekend’s The Italian Job race in Padova, Italy.
Source: AKA Europe [racing-experience.fr]
Team Associated and Reedy have welcomed Mark and Ryan Pavidis to their team. Mark, 1995 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion with Yokomo and Reedy, has a long winning history with AE and the Reedy brand and following many years with TLR he now comes back, together with his son Ryan, to what he calls his home. Both will campaign Team Associated and Reedy products and Mark has the following to say:
An opportunity presented itself to come back to my racing roots at Associated. The entire program for electric and nitro is very well balanced. So here we are, almost 13 years later, and I am happy to say that Ryan and I will be representing Team Associated and Reedy once again. The memories created racing with Team Associated and Reedy in the late 80’s through the 90’s are unforgettable. I am excited now to give Ryan the opportunity to create those same memories! Ryan and I are both looking forward to sharing this experience, and we want to thank AE for the opportunity to come back home.
Image: Mark Pavidis
Following their departure from tyre sponsors Pro-Line, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and TLR’s Dakotah Phend have found a new home at AKA. Jared’s stint at PL was pretty short-lived, having joined the prestigious company at the beginning of 2016, while Phend’s relationship dates back to 2012. The two kick off their campaign with AKA at this weekend’s CRCRC race.
Coming from Muchmore is the luxury aluminium parts tray 3. The tray is machined from high-quality aluminium and at 130x170mm it is about 20 percent larger than the previous one. While it features three different machined pockets to hold small parts, it also sports several gauges for screw diameter and length measurement, it can hold bullet-type connectors during soldering and has a magnetic tray to hold body clips. On top of this a 10mm slot on the upper side can hold a mobile phone, making the tray even more versatile. The tray comes black anodised, with silver chamfered edges and laser-etched markings.
Tamiya’s TRF102 1/10th formula chassis is soon also available in a Black Edition with dark anodised aluminium parts over the standard blue ones. The car is based on a carbon fibre chassis with T-bar rear suspension design for improved bump track handling compared to link-type cars, it comes with a big bore centre shock, a single roll damper and it will hit stores by February.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
