Glostrup RC track in Denmark will play host for the Xray Work.Shop Denmark on the 8th and 9th of August. Xray’s Mike Gosvig will sit down with interested Xray owners to provide technical and setup support for the company’s T4, XB4 2WD and 4WD cars. More information can be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Motiv has announced the addition of long time US racer Kyle Skidmore to the Motiv pro team. Kyle has never been shy to race any class in RC but his skills are most recently put to use racing his Serpent 1/10th scale electric off-road vehicles. Kyle is no stranger to national level events and has been observed as a professional at tracks for many years. Kyle had this to say about his new partnership:
I’m excited to be one of the first drivers on the Motiv pro team. Testing the product went great and now I’m excited to showcase all my sponsors with the new addition to my racing package.
Source: Motiv RC [motivrc.com]
It is with a deep sadness that we announce that one of the RC industry’s pioneers, Cesare Rossi, has passed away today. Founder of Novarossi, he dedicated his entire life to the production and the development of RC engines, his first success dating back to 1959 when he won the airplane World Championship. After starting his own model shop in 1966, he managed the growth of his business that led to the birth of Novarossi in 1984. Having played a major role in the winning of countless World, European and National titles, he established his brand in the market and was honoured with the title of “Cavaliere del Lavoro” by the Italian government in 1999. A leading innovator in the sport some of his creations include the “turbo” glow plug, the offset ball bearing and more recently the shifted carburettor. He is survived by his wife Graziosa, his sons Mario and Sergio and his daughter Elisa. Red RC would like to express our condolences to the Rossi family.
Xray have new 1/10th buggy wheels with 12mm hex available. Coming as 2WD front, 4WD front as well as rear variant the wheels are moulded from a flexible yet rigid material that will give maximum precision without being too hard which can affect overall traction and side-bite. Inner reinforcement ribs give additional stability to prevent deformation. The wheels fit the XB4 off-road buggies and all cars with similar wheel offset.
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German company Shepherd have announced the forthcoming release of the Velox V10 Pro Black Edition kit. The popular 200mm nitro on-road car is equipped with black anodised aluminium parts instead of the regular Shepherd blue parts, giving the successful platform a new and stylish look. The black aluminium parts will be also available as a complete conversion kit or as single pieces in about two weeks.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Novarossi have a new nitro glow plug available in the form of the C8TGFB. Designed for the use in 1/8th on-road engines the Tubro-style plug is colder than the respective HB plug and best used in ambient temperature of 10 to 40 degree Celsius.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Made to fit most 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan cars are the new premium ceramic differential balls from Muchmore. Crafted to a diameter of 1/8″ or 3.175mm the balls run very true for improved diff action and maximum smoothness. They come in sets of 12 and fit all diff and main gears that make use of 1/8″ balls.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
Yeah Racing have introduced an aluminium wheelie bar set with shock absorbers for Tamiya’s WR02 2WD off-road vehicle. The all-aluminium construction helps to pull more stable wheelies for a longer time as the shock absorber soaks up any imperfections of the track, both on-road and off-road. Rubber wheels securely keep the car on track while the choice of a single or dual damper setup allows to adapt the damping to the track conditions. The set fits the WR02, WR02G and GF01 chassis and it comes with all needed parts including the shock absorbers.
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