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February 22, 2016

Xray XB2 brass front bulkheads

Coming from Xray and made for the XB2 line of 1/10th 2WD buggies are two brass front bulkheads. Available as 26 degree and 23/29 degree variant the bulkheads not only help to adjust the front wishbones kick-up angle, they also add 46g of weight to the front most part of the chassis which can result in more on-power steering compared to running the standard composite blocks. Both bulkheads come laser-etched for easy identification with the 23/29 degree part requiring the use of the optional 23/29 degree aluminium front arm mount.

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February 22, 2016

VBC Racing WildfireD08 low CG shock absorbers

Coming from VBC Racing and made for the Wildfire D08 electric touring car is the low centre of gravity True Big Bore Short shock absorber system. The set includes four “short” shock absorbers and it was made for the use with the optional graphite LCG front and rear shock towers. The shock set includes all needed parts to build four dampers, it comes with genuine SMJ TS3.0 and TS2.8 short springs and makes for a more stable handling of the car especially in high-traction conditions.

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February 22, 2016

Andy Moore gets Infinity drive

Creation Model have announced the signing of former HPI/HB factory driver, Andy Moore to their team. The 2006 Touring Car World Champion joins his former team mate Teemu Leino, who only just recently teamed up with Creation Model, to run the company’s Infinity brand cars while also helping with development of future projects. Andy has the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely happy to announce that I am joining Creation Model to run their Infinity brand of cars. This exciting new company has an amazing passion for R/C and I hope my experience will help them while working together on future projects over the coming years. See you all at the track soon.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

February 22, 2016

Xray NT1’16 – Coming soon

Xray NT1'16 – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of the 2016 NT1 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. The 2016 edition of the double World Championship winning car is expected to be an evolution rather than a revolution and we bring you more information on the vehicle as soon at they surface.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 22, 2016

Vita Hola doubles at Rebels Race Rd4

The fourth round of the Rebels Race was recently held in Trutnov, Czech Republic. The somewhat smaller amount of entries allowed for a lot of track time for the attending drivers with four qualifiers and four final legs. In the Touring Open class, Petr Grof won two qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Polish guest driver Vita Hola. Lukas Gombik would round out the top 3 so far. In the Touring Stock class Vita was on a mission, winning all four qualifiers to grab the pole position for the quadruple A-mains.

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February 22, 2016

Pro-Line LED light bar kits

Coming from Pro-Line are three LED light bar kits of different size. The lights are rated for 6V to 12V power, so there is the option to plug them directly into a 3S LiPo power source for super-bright light but they can also be plugged into the receiver for a neater wiring. The lights are available as large 6″ curved variant with 30 LED light bulbs, as a medium sized, straight 4″ variant with 20 light bulbs and also in a small 2″ version with 10 light bulbs. All three feature a durable black nylon housing branded with a P-L logo and they include the mounts and hardware needed to do a custom install on rock crawlers, rock racers, short course trucks and many other 1/8th or 1/10th vehicles.

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February 21, 2016

Elliott Harper & Jimmy Maddison win 2016 ICC

Elliott Harper has won the 2016 International Carpet Challenge, by taking victory in the first two legs of the A-final. The British Schumacher driver, who started on pole position, faced competition in both A1 and A2 from second placed starter, Yannic Prumper, for the first minute or so of each run, but by half distance each time he had opened a lead to around one and half seconds, which he would then control until the end of the five minute encounters. Commenting on the win, Elliott described it as an “awesome weekend [for me] and a great event”. He also wanted to thank his Schumacher team mates, their combined testing and knowledge sharing being a key part of his success this week.

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February 21, 2016

Akio Sobue wins at Speed king Tour Rd1

The opening round of the Speed King Tour 2016 was held at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track in the Aichi prefecture in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and a Stock Oval class. 2015 JMRCA Touring Modified national and reigning Speed King Tour champion, Akio Sobue (Tamiya) instantly showed his speed on his home track, taking the TQ and with it the pole position for the A-main. Privater Kazuya Saito grabbed the second spot on the grid with his Awesomatix A800, leaving many factory drivers behind.

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