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February 11, 2014

Team Associated Factory Team tools & B5 options

Team Associated introduce two new Factory Team tools as well as optional heavy-duty ballstuds for the B5 and B5M buggy. Starting with the tools, available soon are a T-handle 7mm nut driver and a 5.5mm short nut driver. The 7mm wrench is designed for wheel nuts and other 7mm applications while the 5.5mm driver is ideally used for shock nuts and the like. Both tools come hard-anodized and with laser-etched size markings.

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February 11, 2014

Revolution Design Ultra Flyheight Tool

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the Ultra Flyheight Tool for 1/8th off-road vehicles. Made from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium the tool incorporates a flywheel tool, a clutch gap gauge and a ride height gauge. The shape of the tool allows to securely fasten 3-pin and 4-pin flywheels while fastening the clutch nut and therefore it is the ideal combination with the RDRP Ultra Flywheel Puller. Once the flywheel and the clutch bell are fitted the axial play can be measured and adjusted using the clutch gap gauge. A stepped slot measures the axial clutch bell play between 0.3mm and 0.9mm in 0.1mm increments. On top of that helps to measure the chassis ride height in a range of 20mm up to 40mm by simply placing the tool underneath the chassis plate. 1mm increments make for a precise adjustment while the black anodising and white laser-etched markings give the tool a factory look.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 11, 2014

Tobias Hepp re-signs with Xray

Xray announce that Tobias Hepp has renewed his contract with the Slovakian manufacturer and that the young German will be part of the Xray factory racing team in 2014. Tobias is an 1/8 on-road nitro specialist and has achieved some astonishing results with the RX8 and will continue to race the car in 2014. This is what Tobias has to say about the deal:

I am very proud to continue to be part of the Xray factory racing team. The RX8 has been working extremely well and the development of the RX8 makes great progress. So my motivation has never been stronger for the upcoming season. Lastly I would like to thank to the whole team for the great team work and support and I am really excited for the 2014 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 11, 2014

Sanwa SRG-HS 1/12th servo

Coming soon from Sanwa is the SRG-HS micro servo for 1/12th scale pan cars. Designed especially for the use with 1S LiPo cells the servo offers a transit time of 0.11s for 40° and a torque of 3.7kg-cm. It is useable with Sanwa’s SSR mode and features ball bearings, metal gears and moulded-on lugs for horizontal mounting.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 11, 2014

Xray XB4 +2 rear lower suspension mounts

Xray introduce the +2 rear lower suspension mounts for the XB4 buggy. Recommended for the use on carpet and other high traction surfaces, the parts make for improved rotation in and better “drive” through corners. Available as separate front and rear mount, the parts are made from 7075-T6 aluminium, they come black anodised and make use of Xray’s composite material inserts to further fine-tune the suspension geometry. The parts fit both the XB4 4WD and 2WD buggy.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 11, 2014

Drew Moller signs with Mugen Seiki

Mugen Seiki Racing confirm the signing of Drew Moller through the 2014 racing season. “DrewMo” had an awesome 2013 season with top finishes at the ROAR Nationals, and many other races in America. Now he will join the Mugen USA factory team. Moller will be racing the World Champion MBX7 Buggy, MBX6TR Truggy, and MBX7E ECO E-Buggy at all major events.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

February 10, 2014

Martin Lissau joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing welcome Martin Lissau to their factory team. The former large scale World Champion will compete with Red engines during his 2014 nitro campaign. This is what Martin has to say about the deal:

I will like to thanks Mario and Marco from Reds for giving me this opportunity to race their products. I’m sure that Reds products will be able to bring some good result with the 2014 season. Thanks a lot guys.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 10, 2014

RB Snatch 1/8th buggy tyre

RB have a new 1/8th buggy tyre as well as a new rubber compound available. Starting with the tyre, the newly designed Snatch tread offers square pins and a ballon-shape appearance. Made to excel on bumpy tracks the tyre is meant to be very stable around corners. The tyre comes as rubber only, rubber with insert as well as pre-glued with dual compound inserts and in medium, soft, super soft and the brand-new ultra soft compound. As for the compound, the new ultra soft rubber is specially designed for slick indoor surfaces such as found on the the Italian IBR track or for ultra-compact surfaces like Reims and Montpellier.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]