Roche Products International announce the signing of three times ISTC World Champion Marc Rheinard. Marc will use Roche products in the coming race season and will also assist with research and development. The first products out of a new MR..Roche line will hit the stores in March. Roche would also take the opportunity and thank Marc Rheinard, Toni Rheinard, all team drivers and customers for their valuable support.
Source: Roche [roche.hk]
Brown Engineering introduce the Rhino mini-size pan car. The Robitronic Scalpel conversion features a flex plate technology that controls the side to side movement by using different thickness plates. Included with the kit comes a BMI pivot, wide motor mount that accepts a wide range of motors and also an angled servo mount. The chassis plate is designed to make use of singled cells, saddle or straight LiPo packs.
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Hobbywing have announced the signing of German Serpent team driver Marc Fischer as another addition to their growing team of international drivers. The Snowbirds 1/12th Champion has been a front runner in the international racing scene for years and brings a vast amount of knowledge to the team. He will be using Hobbywing’s latest V3.1 controller in all his rides. This is what Marc has to say about the deal:
I am very happy to be a part of Team Hobbywing and looking forward to the next races. I would like to thank Salton and other friends from Hobbywing.
Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]
We reported about the Yaiba Racing option parts for the Team Associated B4.2 buggy before and now the Japanese company released some pictures of a fully hopped-up example. Part of the Yaiba Racing line up of option parts is an aluminum front hinge pin brace, servo mount, rear camber plate, alloy battery mount thumb screws, as well as several damper parts such as lower shock caps and spring preload nuts. All parts are CNC-machined from high quality aluminium, come red anodized and most of them are laser-etched with Yaiba Racing logos. The parts not only fit the B4.2 but all Associated-based conversion kits also.
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Xray introduce new optional anti-roll bar wires in several diameters in order to fine-tune the handling characteristic of the buggy. Available from 1.0mm to 1.8mm the bars are made from heat-treated spring steel wire and come with laser-etched size markings for easy identification. Both the front and rear anti-roll bar are interchangeable so there is no specific front or rear wire.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 66th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj gives an insight into the development of Xray’s first 1/10th electric off-road buggy, the XB4.
For a designer, an all-new project is always the most exciting since there are no limitations from the previous versions … anything and everything are still possible. At the same time, an all-new project is also the most challenging one since you start from absolute zero and have no basis to build on, so logically an all-new project consumes the most time and resources. To start the project, of course I needed to gain some experience and do a lot of research and analysis. To have first-hand experiences you could have spotted me at various races where I have raced almost all cars available on the market.
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Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
KO Propo America introduce a dedicated carrying case for the EX-1 KIY transmitter. Designed for right handed radios but also accepting left handed grip units it sports a pre-cut high quality foam insert, is air and watertight, dustproof and UV resistant. Made in the USA the case has a lifetime warranty, build-in padlock holes and it sports dimensions of 34.8×30.8×17.5cm.
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Yeah Racing introduce a 2 in 1 ride height and droop gauge for the use with 1/12th and 1/10th on-road chassis. The gauge is designed to measure the chassis’ ride height from 3.6mm to 8mm in 0.2mm increments and the suspension droop from 2mm to 9.2mm. The tool machined from aluminium and is available in black or blue colour.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
