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December 10, 2013

Yeah Racing aluminium lightweight fan mount

Yeah Racing has released an aluminium light fan heat sink mount suitable for 30mm and 40mm fan units. The part is made from high quality aluminium and weights in at only 5 gram. Its unique design allows it to be mounted to the motor firmly and securely and it can be easily installed by using the set screws included. The supplied 3mm washers can be placed between the motor and the fan to enhance the heat dissipation effect. The mount comes without fan and is available in gunmetal, black and blue colour.

Source: RC Mart [rcmart.com]

December 9, 2013

Horizon Hobby to be Acquired by Investor Group

Horizon Hobby Inc, parent company to many well known RC car related brands such as as TLR, Losi, Spektrum, Nitrotane etc. have announced that its board of directors has signed a definitive agreement under which the company would be sold to an investor group led by Joe Ambrose, Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer. The investment group includes Armory Capital, LLC and Mill City Capital L.P., two investors that have deep experience with management-led acquisitions. Financial terms were not released.

Read the complete announcement here

December 9, 2013

Tekno non-vented shock caps

Tekno now have non-vented shock caps for the dampers of their 1/8 and 1/10 scale off-road vehicles available. The parts are CNC-machined from aluminium, come gun metal anodised, in sets of 2 and they fit the company’s 1/8th buggy and truck shocks as well as the SCT410 short course truck.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

December 9, 2013

János Birinyi wins East Hungarian champs Rd3

The 3rd round of the East Hungarian national championship was held near Debrecen. Xray driver János Birinyi took TQ in the 13.5T class on the large high grip carpet track and in the finals János scored two wire-to-wire wins handing him the day’s win with one leg to go. Ferenc Gibala (Xray) and Tamás Ponghó (Xray) finished second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 9, 2013

Yeah Racing TT-02 aluminium conversion kit

The Yeah Racing aluminium conversion kit for Tamiya’a TT-02 touring car virtually includes all of Yeah Racing’s option parts for the entry-level race car. The sets contains a vast amount of aluminium as well as many steel option parts such as upper and lower wishbones, hub carriers, steering upgrades, steel suspension pins, ball bearings, aluminium outdrives and many more. Included are also an alloy centre prop shaft, steel and aluminium universal driveshafts 55mm aluminium shock absorbers, a complete spring set, shock and bearing oils, a full bearing kit and a lightweight heatsink including fan unit.

Source: RC Mart [rcmart.com]

December 9, 2013

Steve Boice wins at Cleveland Indoor Champs

Team SpeedMerchand driver Steven Boice took the win in the World GT class at the 34th running of the Cleveland Indoor Championships. After a mixed qualifying Steve made the most out of his 6th place on the starting grid, taking second place after only a couple of laps. He then started to chase the leader and ultimately took the first position with around a minute to go. The 2nd place car then made a run at Steve but ended up taking himself out of contention. After that, Steve put it on cruise control and finished with a straight-a-way lead over 2nd place.

Source: SpeedMerchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]

December 7, 2013

PSM MP9e & C4.2 option parts

PSM have introduced two new optional parts for the Kyosho Inferno MP9e TKI and the CML Centro C4.2. First up for the MP9e is a 3mm thick lightweight carbon fibre centre differential brace which replaces the standard nitro brace included in the kit. For the C4.2 are new battery strap posts which are made from high quality 7075 aluminium and will replace the original Posts. A perfect fit with the original battery strap, they come supplied with the required fasteners.

View the C4.2 posts here

December 7, 2013

Dakotah Phend extends deal with TLR

Team Losi Racing announce another re-signing, this time of US National Champion Dakotah “The Phenom” Phend for the 2014-2015 racing seasons. Dakotah had what many would consider to be a dream year in 2013, driving his Team Losi Racing vehicles to 3 ROAR National Championships in 1/8-scale electric buggy, 4WD short course truck and the prestigious 2WD modified buggy classes. To follow this up on his success Dakotah finished 8th in the debut for the new TLR 22-4 4WD buggy in the 2013 IFMAR World Championships. He had this to say:

I, along with Team Losi Racing, have had a great 2013 racing reason and I’m looking forward to my renewed partnership with them through the 2015 season. The last few years with TLR have been great and I’m excited to continue driving, tuning and winning with the full-lineup of electric and nitro TLR vehicles.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]