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May 29, 2024

Infinity IFB8 1:8 Buggy unveiled

Creation Model has finally officially taken the wraps off its first entry into the Offroad market with a dedicated website for the presentation of the Infinity IFB8 1:8 Nitro Buggy. The multiple World Championship winning nitro onroad manufacturer teased out the long awaited release of their first buggy earlier this month and now has published the full specs and features of the production chassis kit on the website. With World titles in 1:8 Onroad and 1:10 Nitro Touring Car as well as major race titles in Electric Touring Car, Infinity’s entry into offroad has been quite some time coming with Riccardo Berton the driver leading the project and giving the new platform a promising start to the 2024 season by winning the Montepellier GP in France in February against a stacked field. It will be interesting to see of Japanese manufacturer expands its factory team of offroad drivers ahead of the IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship which take place at Redovan in Spain in September.

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May 29, 2024

GForce MX-4 Forever brings Hirosaka 2001 4WD Buggy design to fruition

Japanese manufacturer GForce has teamed up with one of the all time greats of RC Masami Hirosaka and his father Masaaki to bring to fruition a car that World history previously prevented from racing on the World’s greatest stage and from going into production. Limited to just 100 individual numbered & assembled cars, the MX-4 Forever is the car that Masaaki had designed & developed for his son to take on the 2001 IFMAR Electric Offroad World Champion which as a result of the 911 attacks never took place. After the disappointment of failing to qualify for the 1999 World title race, this iconic duo were determined to retake the title and after many prototypes they finalised this design in 2001 but it didn’t get to race. The Hirosakas chose not to participate in the 2002 and 2003 World Championship, and in 2004, the Hirosaka team disbanded when Masaaki decided to pursue his own path. Therefore, the opportunity to participate in the World Championship with stealth car was lost forever. Now, twenty years later, the legendary Offroad car which looked to never see the light of day again has been revived. Each MX-4 FOREVER is present in an exclusive paulownia box produced domestically in Japan by the established Japanese company “Kitamura Mokkou Co., Ltd.,” with a history of 76 years. The Masaaki’s graphics on the box are the work of his younger brother, Mitsumi Hirosaka and each of the 100 people who get to buy one of these kits will receive a personally signed photo from the legendary father-and-son Masaaki and Masami. This makes the MX-4 Forever a truly special addition to any RC collection. Set to go on sale from 12:00 on Saturday, June 1st, Japanese time, GForce have already had huge interest from collectors with this unique release expected to sell out fast.

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May 28, 2024

Revolution Design B7 Ultra Battery Mount Set

Another new direct replacement part from Revolution Design Racing Products (RDRP) for the Team Associated RC10B7 is their B7 Ultra Battery Mount Set. Replacing the standard plastic battery mount, the Aluminium Battery Mount Set not only looks great with its black anodised aluminium and silver chamfered edges, but it is also a more sturdy version and keeps your battery in place safely. In addition, the combination of aluminium and carbon fibre parts adds to the professional look of your RC10B7 and RC10B7D buggy and accommodates shorty batteries of different capacities and sizes. The set includes three different heights of washers and screw lengths to adjust the battery mount to the battery height and can be operated without the need for any tools.

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May 28, 2024

Donathen RC Custom Painted Chargers

Coming from American RC wiring and cables specialists Donathen RC are their professionally custom painted RC chargers. Available in your choice of colours with different colours available for different parts, the custom painting is available on new or used chargers. The options are designed for ichargers, but DRC can paint other types of chargers as well. However some of the options may not be available for all chargers. The colour sections are the Case colour, the main portion of the icharger, the top where the buttons/screen are, and the bottom. The Front/Back colour, the front is the part of the charger where the balance leads plug into, while the back is where the fans are. Button Colour, the buttons on top of the charger. While Screen Colour is the plastic part around/behind the screen.

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May 28, 2024

RC Maker SP1 Touring Car – Teaser

RC Maker has just published the first teaser image of its much anticipated 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Ryan Maker, who is behind the well known Australian carbon fibre parts and accessories producer RC Maker, announced his life long ambition to produce his own complete touring car kit at the TITC earlier this year. Racing a well developed prototype of the car at the legendary Bangkok race, Maker has been busy getting the car ready for full production with this image of the car’s suspension the first official image release of the car. Pre-orders and release dates are to be announced in the near future but we can confirm that the image is relative to both the SP1 and SP1-F as they will share the same shock setup etc.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

May 27, 2024

RDRP B7 Ball-Raced Rear Anti-Roll Bar Mount Set

New from Germany’s Revolution Design Racing Products (RDRP) is this B7 Ball-Raced Rear Anti-Roll Bar Mount Set. It replaces the standard plastic rear anti-roll bar mount of the Team Associated RC10B7 and RC10B7D with a version made out of 7075-T6 aluminium. This version also incorporates two 4x7x2.5mm ball bearings, which are included in this option part. As use of ball bearings mean the anti-roll bar moves more freely and the anti-roll bar movement is more precise compared to the standard part.

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May 27, 2024

Awesomatix A800 Touring Car new parts release

Awesomatix has just released a number of new parts for its A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car platform. A new Flex Damper set provides an additional torsional flex of the car’s end where it is installed. It also provides the adjustable damping of the chassis’s deformations caused by the torsional flex. The damping level of the FD set is adjusted by choice of the silicone oil inside the damper and by choice of the pivoting hole on the arm of the FD rotor. It is recommended for track conditions where the additional chassis’ flex is needed – usually it is the low traction bumpy tracks and when your available chassis is too stiff for given conditions. The recommendation for initial fluid in FD Set is 50K…100K silicone oil. Oil filling method is the same as for the A12 rear damper – put few drops of the oil on the bottom of AM282, keep AM282 upright for several minutes until all oil reaches the bottom of cavity, insert DT251 into AM282 slowly full way under pushing force and use a needle to provide the excessive oil outing.

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May 27, 2024

Fenix Racing R16 235mm Pro10 body

New from Italy’s Fenix Racing is the R16 235mm Pro10 body. The R16 is originated from a brainstorm session between Julien Parnot, Andi Frattaroli and Fenix Racing owner Giorgio Favaretto. The idea was to make a 90’ish looking body, but incorporating all the elements of a modern design. They followed a bit the path introduced with the R14, using some parts of the body to achieve an interesting structural rigidity however the core of body is made by all those voluptuous curves typical of Group C cars like the Peugeot or the Toyota. The result is a body that is extremely functional: fast on the straight, with a nice amount of steering at the begin of the curves. The cool 90’ish paint job, reminiscent the one used by “Magic” Johnson, is made by René Bonvent. The body, which fits most 235mm pan cars, is equipped with a removable Gurney flap and is available in 0.5mm and 0,75mm high-quality polycarbonate.

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