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August 1, 2013

Austin Blair doubles at Norcal Offroad Champs

Racers from around the area travelled to Union City, CA for the 5th Annual Offroad Champs at Norcal. The meeting was run on two different tracks for each scale making it a unique experience for the drivers racing both 1/10 and 1/8 at the race. Tekin factory driver Austin Blair took the opportunity to shake down his Tekin-powered Tekno rides prior to the upcoming ROAR nationals being held later this week. Blair would take the win with his Tekno SCT410 in the 4WD short course class and also brought home the win in 1/8th E-Buggy.

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August 1, 2013

Vaterra 1969 Camaro SS RTR kit

New from Vaterra comes this amazingly looking 1969 Camaro SS ready-to-run muscle car. The vehicle is based on the V100 4WD 1/10th electric chassis and it received some valuable option parts in the form of oil-filled shock absorbers and a lightweight alloy centre driveshaft. Acceleration and speed are courtesy of a Dynamite Tazer 3300Kv brushless motor and ESC system while the energy is provided by the included Dynamite Silver 3000mAh 2S LiPo battery pack. Also included are a pre-painted Camaro SS body shell, treaded tyres on highly detailed multi-spoke rims, a genuine Spektrum DX2E 2.4GHz radio system with batteries and a suitable Dynamite 10W LiPo Balance AC peak charger.

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August 1, 2013

TLR 8ight-E 3.0 8th electric buggy

Following on from the success of the TLR 8ight 3.0 buggy, the new TLR 8ight-E 3.0 has been developed to meet the specific requirements of the electric 1/8 buggy racer and features many specific design cues that further optimise the 8ight platform and hone it for the specific rigours of electric racing. The 4mm 7075-T6 hard anodised chassis has been optimised for equal lateral flex characteristics and facilitates the lowest possible mounting of the motor and cells thus lowering the overall centre of gravity to improve handling and direction change. Motor and cell placement now resembles the layout used on the SCTE 2.0 SC truck. Other features included in the new kit are 16mm shock absorbers, aluminium suspension pivots and redesigned shock towers with optimised camber link and shock mounting positions. The kit is topped off by a new aero package that makes use of the experience gained with the 8ight 3.0 nitro buggy and includes a wing with wickerbill option and a new aggressively styled body shell with large shark fin.

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July 31, 2013

DDM 5ive-T HS-900SGS servo install kit

DDM have a dedicated Hitec HS-900SGS servo installation kit for the Losi 5ive-T available. Included in the set are Hitec’s new ultra high voltage servo, taller heatsink-design servo mounts and a clamp-type aluminium servo arm to keep the steering linkage at a decent angle. Included in the set is also a 4S 14.8V 3600mAh receiver battery pack and a voltage regulator that directly powers the servo and while offering selectable 6V to 8V receiver input voltage. The set is rounded out by red BEC-type connectors and shrink wrap tubes.

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July 31, 2013

Carsten Keller wins EFRA GP in Bischofsheim

The well-known Rhein-Main-Circuit in Bischofsheim played host for the German EFRA 1/8th nitro buggy GP. The race was set as a pre-warm-up for the club and the German RC car association as the track will be the place of next year’s EFRA European Championship. Just before the meeting the track received some make-overs here and there in the form of a new pit exit and some updated curbs but overall the Rhein-Main-Circuit was well known for most of the driver that came from all over Europe including Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Austria and of course Germany. Friday was set a the practice day and most of the drivers made good use of the chance to adopt their cars, engines and tyres to the scorching hot temperatures. Saturday saw the qualifiers and at the end it was JQ Products’ own Joseph Quagraine who took TQ in front of Kyosho’s Martin Hansen who had Simon Esser (Xray) and Carsten Keller (Kyosho) in tow.

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July 31, 2013

Kyosho Comic Racer BCS Subaru Impreza

Kyosho Germany introduce a new line of Mini-Z vehicles in the form of the Comic Racer BCS with Subaru Impreza body shell. Based on the MB-011 4WD shaft-driven chassis the 204mm long vehicle offers a fully ball-raced drivetrain, slipper clutch, long stroke suspension components with fluid-filled shock absorbers, and high-grip off-road tyres. Included with the factory-assembled fun racer comes a digital steering servo and a 2.4GHz ESC/receiver unit. The chassis is topped-off by a pre-designed comic-style Subaru Impreza body shell and is available including a KT-18 radio system or as car only.

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July 31, 2013

Marc Rheinard to run THECars at the NEORace

JQ Products may not have won a World Championship so far but can now say a World Champion is running their gear. The company today announced that three time IMFAR Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard is going to run JQ Product’s latest nitro and electric 1/8th buggies at the upcoming NEORace later in August. Having run 1/8th buggies at various occasions Marc has a bit of experience with the noisy, dirty stuff so it will be interesting to see where he ends up given the Neobuggy races are well known for their challenging track layouts.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

July 31, 2013

Exotek F104 side spring mounts & front spacer plate

Exotek Racing have new option parts for the Tamiya F104 chassis available in the form of alloy side spring mounts and a fibre glass front spacer plate. Starting with the spring mounts, they are machined from high-quality aluminium and designed to fit the F104v2, F1R and many other link-type pan cars that accept Associated or Tamiya-sized side springs. The parts sport white adjustment markings and are available in blue or black colour. Also made for the F014 is the 1mm front spacer plate that lowers the front ride height by 1mm without lowering the wing to retain plenty of clearance for bumpy tracks. The plate is machined from black G10 fibre glass and is placed under the front lower arm set.

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