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November 8, 2023

Yoshiyasu joins Nagashima at RC Xpress

Following RC Xpress’ announcement in April that they have acquired the services of international Japanese Touring Car driver Yugo Nagashima, the electric Touring Car manufacturer has announced that it has signed another top Japanese driver in Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. A podium finisher in both the 1:12 World Championship, Yoshiyasu finished 2nd to Akio Sobue at the recent Japanese Touring Car National Championship. Racing their Execute QII touring car, RC Xpress is looking forward to him helping them developing the car to a higher level.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

November 8, 2023

VP Pro 1:8 Offroad Coloured Wings

Following the release of their popular rims for 1:8 Offroad, VP-Pro has launched an extended the range of colours in its 1:8 Buggy/Truggy Wing. Light weight and enabling the car to maintain high cornering speeds while maintaining stability, the new colour options include pink, green and orange.

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November 7, 2023

Yokomo Drift Package 2WD Pandem GR86 RTR

Yokomo has released the Drift Package 2WD Pandem GR86 RTR 1:10 drift car. Coming complete with painted body and pre-assembled adjusted chassis, all you need to go drifting is 4 AA batteries for the transmitter. Rear 2WD drive produces cool counter drift while the latest steering gyro system allows for highly stable operation. Drifting on asphalt surfaces, short-hair carpets, and P-tile floors is easy, and the latest 2.4GHz digital controller can also be used to produce delicate movements. In addition to the controllers, a battery for driving and a USB charging adapter are also included, making this a truly complete Ready-To-Run package.

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November 7, 2023

R1 Wurks AAFC Advanced Anti-Friction Coating

R1 Wurks has introduced its AAFC – Advanced Anti-Friction Coating. Apply coating to ball joints, hinge pins, steering bushings, gears and anywhere reduced friction is desired. R1 AAFC is a liquid formula that effortlessly evolves into a dry film coating upon application. This remarkable lubricant is precision-engineered to eliminate friction and reduce wear. It can be applied using direct or wicking methods. With the direct method you brush R1 AAFC directly onto the surface, especially suitable for areas such as spur and pinion teeth. For the wicking method use a loaded brush to dab R1 AAFC onto assembled parts, allowing it to effortlessly wick into the desired area. After drying, a thin layer of dry lubrication will be left behind. This method is excellent for tasks like lubricating ball cups, suspension balls, hinge pins, steering bushings, and anti-roll bar components. The application possibilities are endless. AAFC boasts an unrivaled ability to create an ultra-thin protective shield, fortified with the exceptional properties of MoS2 (Molybdenum Disulfide) and WS2 (Tungsten Disulfide). This results in an unbeatable low-friction coating that redefines the landscape of high-performance lubrication.

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November 6, 2023

MiBorg RCV driveshafts lubricated for life

French RC driveshaft specialists MiBorg has released it’s new innovative RCV driveshaft lubricated for life. To simplify the service and maintenance constraints of the RCV driveshaft and ensure correct use, the RCV driveshaft and its “constant velocity” technology are now lubricated in factory for life. The lubricant used is resistant to the most cleaners on the market. You can remove the dust and others track residues with a citrus cleaner or RCV cleaner with no re-lubrication required. The new lubrication covers the entire product range. Utilising the design of full-scale cars the driveshafts use ceramic balls instead of cross pins to drive the wheel axle, which results in less vibration even with steering angles and more compacity compare with double joint. This leads to a more predictable handling, higher corner speeds and less tyre wear. A steel-to-steel interface between wheel axle and bearing is provided for less play and less bearing wear compared to the original assembly. It’s associated with the MiBorg original pin less wheel axle adapters for a better wheel concentricity. The driveshaft centre of rotation is aligned with the steering axis to ensure an easy handling of the car.

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November 6, 2023

Capricorn LAB GT2 pivot bushing kit

Capricorn has released their their 2024 pivot bushing kits for its 1:8 GT chassis the LAB GT2. It kits come in 4 different options – the 4 piece LAB GT2 Pivot Bushing kit 5MM, Pivot Bushing kit 4MM, Upper Rear Arms Pivot Busing kit, and the 20 piece Pivot Busing Full Kit. The new pivot bushing is made up of an Ergal 7075 hard coated sphere and a PA66 reinforced bushing. The benefits of the new kit is it’s lightness and, most importantly, it is maintenance free.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 6, 2023

Bittydesign ARES-1 bodies

Bittydesign has announced a unique project with its ARES-1 bodyshell with the Italian company releasing the new body for 3 categories at same time. The Hypercar design ARES-1 has been creates for the 1:7 Armma, 1:10 GT and 1:12 GT. The ARES-1 for ARRMA was born out of the desire to create an extraordinary product developed specifically for Arrma, with the main aim of designing aerodynamics for top speed. Designed with the desire to create an unconventional body thanks to highly refined and extreme aerodynamics; to achieve maximum performance, we tested the body several times and made radical changes to the original design, we wanted to make sure we could offer an absolute performance product that would become the new benchmark for the GT category. 1:10 body shell is universal and mounts on all 190mm models, the wing complies with the measures as per USGT regulation and can therefore be used at any race. 1:12 body is compatible with SupaStox and SupaStox GT plus any other 1:12 scale model in the GT12 category.

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November 4, 2023

Balestri back on top of the World in Japan

Infinity’s Dario Balestri is back on top of the World after taking victory at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan. Having relinquished the title to Mugen Seiki’s Shoki Takahata in the USA in 2019, after a forced 4-year-old wait, the Italian took the title back today and becomes one of the greats of the sport. Having often been referred to as the fastest onroad nitro driver in the World without a World Title before he finally got his breakthrough win in France in 2017, today’s win see him join legendary 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari as the only other driver to hold the title more than once in the 23 editions of IFMAR’s original World Championship class. Unfortunately for Takahata after a brilliant Semi final win that put him 3rd on the grid, his title defence came to a very premature end in the final when his engine broke after just two and a half minutes. Having enjoyed a good stint as leader of the race, Capricorn’s Toni Gruber would finish 2nd just 7.5-seconds behind Balestri after the one hour of intense racing. Top Qualifier Simon Kurzbuch, who lead for the first 10-minutes until his first tyre stop, would complete the podium for Mugen in a dramatic end of race battle with Infinity’s Jesse Davis that led to a long delay in the prize presentations as it was reviewed by the officials. When the prize giving did get underway Takahata, who changed engine and finished the final, gave himself a better reason to remember his home World Championship by using the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend and she said yes.

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