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October 2, 2013

MIP Traxxas Race Duty CVD drive shafts

Now MIP’s Race Duty CVD drive shafts are offered in both steel or aluminium for many Traxxas vehicles. The new Steel line is comprised of aircraft grade steel bone for higher output machines, along with a strong steel X-Duty axle. The aluminium line makes use of light weight hard-anodised aircraft grade 7075 aluminium bones for less rotating mass, along with the steel X-Duty axle. The fusion axle is strictly designed for two-cell LiPo batteries with both versions of the drive shafts offer a maximum of durability and added rigidity over the stock parts. The CVDs are available for Slash, Nitro Rustler, Nitro Stampede, VXL and 4×4 trucks.

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October 2, 2013

Xray T4 2014 electric touring car kit

Xray introduce the T4 2014 electric touring car kit. Still called the T4 platform the 2014 spec kit features a range of new and updated parts that heavily separates the ’14 version from the previous kit. First up is the 89mm wide 2.2mm carbon fibre chassis that comes with pre-drilled holes for optional parts such as chassis weights, motor guard, battery holder or battery straps. Also part of the newly designed chassis is an updated motor and layshaft mount – both separate parts now to eliminate unwanted tweak. The layshafts mounts are of a captured design to allow the layshaft bearings to stay in place even with the top deck screws removed. The chassis flex is now additionally adjustable using a sturdy aluminium post that can be screwed onto the motor mount.

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October 2, 2013

RT black aluminium servo arms

New from Reckward Tuning come single and dual arm servo horns for the use with many 1/8th off-road and on-road vehicles. They are made from high-quality aluminium, come black anodised and they sport two and four holes for the steering and throttle/brake linkages respectively. The clamp-type design makes for a secure fitment even when the going gets tough and the arms are available as 23T, 24T and 25T servo spline variant.

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October 2, 2013

Tresrey HT450 & HS400 V1.1 servos

Tresrey introduce the V1.1 versions of their HT450 off-road and HS400 on-road servos. They feature an updated motor for more initial speed, increased holding power during cornering and also more efficiency. All other features such as metal gears and the plastic/alloy heatsink case remain the same.

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October 1, 2013

Duratrax Pit Tech accessories

New from Duratrax come the Pit Tech deluxe tool, shock and car stand. All three are made from high-impact polystyrene combined with an aluminium centre post for a secure stand and they can be disassembled for easy storage and transportation. The tool stand sports 18 holes for all sorts or tools and wrenches while the shock stand has 8 holes and 4 slots for easy draining and refilling of 1/8th and 1/10th scale shock absorbers. The deluxe truck stand is large enough for most 1/10th and 1/8th scale buggies and trucks with moulded rubber inserts making for a secure grip of the chassis.

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October 1, 2013

Team Magic E4JS II club-level racer

Team Magic introduce the E4JS II club-level electric touring car kit. The car is based on the E4RS II and E4RS II Evo and is designed to create a cost-efficient platform for part time and club-level racers. Sharing many parts and also the suspension geometry with the latest Evo kit, the JS II builds on a 2.3mm ‘Eco Graphite’ double deck chassis with hard compound plastic front, middle and rear bulkheads combined with a metal motor mount. The drivetrain is equipped with gear differentials and universal driveshafts as well as an aluminium main gear holder. Other features include hard material suspension parts, composite/aluminium shock absorbers, carbon fibre shock towers and the possibly to take influence on the flex characteristics of the chassis courtesy of three different mounting points for chassis braces and linkages. The kit will become available by October.

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September 30, 2013

Reedy competition brushless ESC – First look

During last week’s IFMAR Electric Buggy World Championships Team Associated showed us their upcoming Reedy competition brushless speed controller, internally called the black box. Designed for on-road and off-road use the yet nameless speedo is being tested mostly by Team Associated’s own Rick Hohwart and features an integrated on/off switch and an all aluminium case along sturdy direct solder tabs. The controller is designed with both stock and modified racers in mind and its software will have a secret feature called speed sensitive drake brake which they didn’t go into more detail about. The 1S to 2S compatible controller will include a programmer and is set for a release in December or January.

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September 29, 2013

O.S. Speed R2101 .21 on-road engine

O.S. Engine introduce the O.S. Speed R2101 .21 on-road engine. Building on the winning heritage of the 21ZX-R the newly developed engine is of a 7+3 port design, and comes with a redesigned liner and piston for improved fuel economy, a new crankshaft and a new cooling head. A pre-production version of the engine was used by Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo to win the Pre-Worlds race back in May with the actual production engine will be used by the O.S. team at the upcoming Worlds next month.

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