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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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During the past weekend’s JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals at SmacTrac in St Louis, Missouri, Team Associated’s Brent Thielke and JConcepts’ Jason Ruona gave us a first insight into the brand-new Team Associated B5, the follow-up model of the hugely successful B4 buggy. The new platform is based off the design ideas of the B4 but offers a lot more tuning options to make it easier for drivers to adapt the vehicle to different surfaces and track conditions. Being available as rear motor kit first, as it was raced at SmacTrac, there will soon also be a mid motor version for high-bite and European style tracks too. To find out more about the B5, simply hit the video box above.
XpertRC now have this electric on/off switch available. Working with 6V and 7.4V input the device eliminates the need to use an unreliable mechanical switch as it offers simple 1-button operation, plus it incorporates an adjustable low-battery warning for LiPo and NiMH receiver battery packs. The case features three mounting lugs that match with the personal transponder mount many radio trays offer and it can additionally mounted using a 2-hole mounting pattern in the case itself.
Source: Xpert RC [xpert-rc.com]
Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the Ultra Flywheel Puller. The tool is designed for most 1/8th clutches and helps to separate the flywheel from the crankshaft without any damage. By clamping the black anodised aluminium fork behind the flywheel and turning down the shaft the flywheel is pulled away from the crankshaft without harming the flywheel, the crankshaft or the tool itself. The tool is also equipped with a 10mm nut driver that is ideal to tighten the clutch nut after fitting the flywheel. Both the black anodised 7075-T6 aluminium fork and the high quality spring steel shaft sport the RDRP logos for a factory look and easy identification.
Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]
