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February 8, 2013

Taylor Petersen joins Xray Factory Team

Xray announce the signing of top US off-road racer and World Championship A main finalist Taylor Petersen. He will race in all the off-road categories using Xray’s XB9, XT8, 808E and the new XB4. Taylor says:

I would like to thank Xray & RC America for the opportunity to better my racing career. I look forward to getting to the track and start racing with the team. It is the start of what i hope will be a great relationship together. I’m super excited about the new opportunities they have asked me to pursue with 1/10. The quality of the product was apparent on my first kit build. Can’t wait to hit the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 8, 2013

Spec-R LED pit light

Spec-R introduce the new ultra thin LED pit light with 30 super bright LEDs. Sporting an aluminium cover, 15 white and 15 yellow LEDs the lamp offers three modes to adjust the colour temperature to your liking. Mode 1 gives a white light while mode 2 gives a more yellowing light. Mode three is a mixture of both as all LEDs are in action. The light comes with a built-in Lithium battery and 5-step dimming.

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February 8, 2013

Tresrey DEX210 +10mm chassis

Tresrey introduce the +10mm chassis for the Team Durango DEX210 buggy. Designed in collaboration with MotogoSeiki the chassis is machined from 7075 aluminium, sports a 10mm longer wheelbase and is 1mm thicker than the stock alloy chassis. Compared to the kit item the new chassis is 17g lighter and offers better rigidity and durability for better rear traction and stability. The chassis is made in Japan and includes the needed inserts for the side rails.

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February 7, 2013

Magi Re-signs with Reds Racing

Reds Racing announce that 2012 EFRA European Buggy Champion B Alessandro Magi has re-signed for the racing season 2013. It will be Magi’s third consecutive year with the Reds Racing team. Alessandro will be working with Mario Rossi in order to develop the company’s off-road line of engines.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it] / Photo: Neo Buggy

February 7, 2013

FTW MBX7 carbon fibre option parts

US company For The Win introduce new carbon fibre option parts for Mugen’s MBX7 buggy. Available are an upper steering plate as well as a front and rear shock tower. Starting with the steering plate, the part is machined from 3mm fibre material and replaces the stock plastic upper plate with a beefy graphite version. It comes with all needed hardware for easy installation. Also new are the 4mm front and rear shock towers. Precision CNC-cut in the USA from genuine quasi-isotropic carbon fiber, the towers maintains all factory mounting and adjustment holes with the rear shock stay sporting a second vertical row of camber link holes located 5mm outboard from the stock positions for more tuning options.

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February 7, 2013

Kyosho RB6 alloy steering plate

Kyosho introduce the alloy steering plate for the RB6 2WD buggy. Designed to replace the plastic kit part with a much stronger CNC-machined aluminium item the parts comes brown anodised and is a direct replacement. Offering a much higher strength the parts makes for a rock solid steering assembly.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

February 7, 2013

Savöx waterproof servos

Savöx introduce two new waterproof standard-size servos in the form of the SW-0230MG and SW-1210SG. Starting with the SW-0230MG (0.13s/8.0kg-cm) the high-voltage compatible item sports an all-plastic case, a single ball bearing and full metal gears. It is ideal for both steering and throttle/brake duties on 1/8th and 1/10th applications and comes with a fully waterproof case. Also new is the SW-1210SG (0.15s/20kg-cm) standard voltage servo. Coming in a fully waterproof aluminium-plastic case and sporting steel gears the duel ball raced servo is ideally suited for 1/8th all many large scale applications.

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February 7, 2013

Daniel Reckward extends RB deal

Former World champion, triple European champion and multiple German nationals winner Daniel Reckward continues his sponsorship deal RB Products. He will use the RB engines, fuel, tires and also the brand-new RB One R 1/8th off-road buggy. RB Products is delighted to have Daniel on board and welcomes this experienced driver to the team. He and his brother Matthias will play an active role in enhancing the RB One R and will be involved in the testing and development process. This is what Daniel has to say about the deal:

I am excited to start racing with the new RB One R and firmly believe that RB Products have created a car that is capable of winning from the off. The move to RB Products and the RB One R completes the picture, as I have been using their hugely successful engines and fuel for many years and will now be using one of their cars too. Being part of this exciting project and in the ongoing development of the RB One R along with my brother, Matthias, is something I am very proud of. Looking ahead, I am really excited to be taking on this new challenge and to start racing. It is my firm goal to get the new RB buggy on track for the podium with the help of my brother.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]