New from Exotek Racing are these heavy duty alloy rear chassis braces for the HPI Blitz. This brace strengthens the known weak point in the chassis and protects the rear of the chassis from cracking or snapping off. A special lightweight design allows for side to side flex for proper rear traction but eliminates front to back flex to strengthen the chassis and rear shock tower. Sold in a pair with fasteners.
Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]
The ready-to-run E-Firestorm Flux, HPI’s first-ever brushless motor equipped 2WD 1/10th scale stadium truck, is now better than ever. They’ve taken the proven platform and added a 2.4GHz radio system, a more powerful ESC/motor combination, waterproof electronics, an 8.4V battery pack, AA batteries for the transmitter, Split 5 chrome wheels and two fresh new paint jobs. The updated E-Firestorm Flux let’s you drive in wet conditions and has a top speed of over 50 mph with on-command wheelies.
Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]
Max out the potential of your racing machine with the new HPI Flux Pro brushless racing motors. Available in a full range of winds suitable for all types of cars, buggies, trucks and more, these sensored motors feature adjustable timing to provide the fine touch that pro-level racers need and the covered outer bearing and machined aluminium case give you durability and peace of mind when you’re out on the track. Powerful neodymium magnets work with the sintered 12.5mm rotor to give racers powerful acceleration and plenty of torque to suit a wide range of driving styles and car types, and optional rotors are available to fine-tune the power band of the motor for your specific needs.
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The Dynamite Universal Short Course Body comes clear and uses heavy-duty polycarbonate materials for added strength. Designed to fit most popular short course vehicles, such as Traxxas Slash 2WD and 4WD, HPI Blitz and Team Associated SC10, this short course body also comes with pre-applied overspray protective film to eliminate any overspray from adhering to the outside of the body during the painting process.
Source: Dynamite [dynamiterc.com]
Gear up your clothing with official HB/HPI racing shirts, as worn by ex-World Champions Andy Moore and Atsushi Hara. These official HB/HPI T-shirts are the latest design that all the HB/HPI team drivers are wearing at the race track. They feature HB, HPI and Atsushi Hara Racing Products logos on the front and back and are printed on 100% cotton and available in a range of sizes to fit all racers.
Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]
New from HPI, this aluminium rear hub carrier set replaces the stock nylon rear hub carriers on HPI Blitz, Firestorm and E-Firestorm trucks. They are heavy-duty parts that provide the extra strength needed for high performance driving. 0.5 degrees of toe-in is machined into the hubs so you can tune your rear toe angle to 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 degrees to help dial in the suspension feel to track conditions. These rear hub carriers are machined from billet aluminium to exact HPI factory dimensions for a perfect fit, anodized and laser etched for easy identification. Each set includes left and right hubs, high efficiency ball bearings, bearing crush washers, pivot balls and washers for suspension geometry adjustment.
Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]
The 1/5th scale Baja 5SC short course truck from HPI Racing have gotten the SS treatment. The Baja 5SC SS comes as an unassembled kit that you get to build from the ground up, but this is more than just a kit version, it’s packed with extra speed and a long list of option parts. The powerplant has been upgraded to the high performance Fuelie 26s engine, coupled to a high flow aluminium tuned pipe with steel tubular header. Combined with the 8,000 RPM clutch, the Baja 5SC SS has some serious grunt to help propel it to speeds in excess of 40MPH. Need to quiet things down a bit, then they’ve also included a stock can muffler just in case.
Having covered the toy fair in depth for Red RC we decided to bring together all the short course related releases for an easy overview, beginning with Durango. On display at their German distributors stand, the Durango DESC410R was making its public debut. Having written in depth about the car here, its basically a longer and wider version of the successful DEX410, with the chassis is made from a sandwich of materials that creates a strong and very stiff backbone for the car, something that could not have been achieved with the aluminium side skirts used on the 1/10th buggy.
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