Coming from Xray and made for the XB4 1/10th 4WD buggy is a graphite composite differential case. Moulded from a special graphite reinforced material the case is lower in weight than the standard part while offering increases strength for a perfect balance between reliability and performance.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Monaco-based La Turbie track. The track is well know for its long left sweeper going onto the straight and the 180 degrees view of the sea and a part of Monaco. The weather conditions were mixed, with a partially dry track on the Friday afternoon that offered both parts that were dry while the long left corner being humid. Saturday morning heavy rain didn’t allow drivers to practice and the organisers decided to jump directly into the first qualifiers in the afternoon. As this was the first dry run many were left unsure what setups to use and it was Leo Arnold who made the best out of the conditions, scoring the best time after the three 4-minutes qualifiers from Frédéric La Spesa and Kévin Rasquin with the first two drivers being directly qualified in the main final. Right in time for the main final rain started to fall and it was decided to cut the final short to 20 minutes. In the main, Léo laid down an impressive performance and by being around one second faster per lap he was able to bring home the win despite the final minutes being pretty chaotic due to heavy rain. Behind the Xray driver, Aurélien Gouriau (Mugen) and Jean-Baptiste Geneau (Capricorn) would make up the top 3 results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Yeah Racing have introduced new aluminium lock nut set in 2mm and 3mm specification. They are machined from high-quality aluminium and feature a nylon locking inserts to prevent the nuts from becoming loose due to vibration. The nuts come in sets of ten in black or red colour.
The 2018 International Dutch F1 Masters will be held from the 30th of March to the 1st of April at the MACH track in Heemstede, The Netherlands. The organisers expect about 60 to 70 entries from as far as Australia and New Zealand with 3-times winner, Jitse Miedema, trying to defend his titles using Infinity’s forthcoming F11 formula car. Sign-up for the event is available here and more information can be found on social media here.
Coming from Vision Racing Products and made for Mugen’s new MBX8 buggy is a carbon fibre fuel tank guard with added heat shield. The carbon guard will keep the pipe from ever burning into the buggy’s fuel tank, and the heat shield will keep the tank from absorbing excess heat from the exhaust pipe. The guard easily bolts right onto the lower two screw holes on the side of the tank and the heat shield is precision cut 0.5mm smaller so it is easy to seal the edges with thin c/a, giving a a nitro proof set-up that will last.
ProTek RC have announced the signing of Mugen’s Adam Drake to their team. “The Drake” will use ProTek RC products such as servos, batteries and chargers in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at all major races throughout the USA.
Source: ProTek RC [protekrc.com]
French brand Rusti Design have introduced a collection of carbon fibre option parts for the iconic Team Associated RC10 2WD buggy. First up is a standard geometry front shock tower that uses the Worlds Car suspension geometry while the Big Bore tower adds 7mm of height, ideal for modern era or big bore shocks. Both are cut from 3mm carbon fibre and sport machined sections for looks and clearance. Next up is a 3mm rear shock tower that uses the standard geometry for the use with standard or big bore shock units. Also new is a 3mm rear transmission brace for the 3-gear Stealth transmission while one full-size LiPo strap – for standard size LiPos or 6-cell NiMH packs – as well as shorty LiPo strap and a shorty LiPo mini strap allow the use of modern shorty packs with the RC10. All parts are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are available now.
Hudy’s 30mm and 40mm brushless fan units are now also available in convenient 12-piece XL packs. The reliable fans are ball-raced and feature solder tabs that allow to shorted the included 200mm all-black receiver wire to the needed size without having to crimp on new connectors. The fans are usable for speedo and motor cooling alike and the XL packs make it easy to equip a whole fleet of on-road or off-road cars.
