April 25, 2023

Zoo Racing GOAT Touring Car body

Germany’s RC-KleinKram has announced that its Zoo Racing brand has a new high performance 190mm touring car body shell, the GOAT. Developed from the experience from the super successful Dogsbollox body it is a more compact and shorter design to generate more rotating for a more fluent driving.  Key areas, like the new, shorter nose and hood design are optimised and also the rear section is more compact and much lower to make cornering faster and have a stable rear at the same time.  The new and more pronounced rear spoiler generates more downforce, and gives the car more stability when exiting corners.  The more homogeneous airflow behind the roof reduces drag and turbulences.  New inverted fin design on the trunk reduces turbulences and increases static stability at the rear section and results a better approach flow to the new curved designed rear wing.  The rear wing design is curved according the body lines and has a stepped design to improve stability.  The result is less flex and more downforce on high speeds.  Handling of the GOAT body is less aggressive, than the Wolverine and rotates better than the Dogsbollox and produces a well balanced side bite.  Perfect for tracks with low to medium grip and modified racing.

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April 25, 2023

Puse joins Yokomo in dual Australian role

Team Yokomo has announced John Puse as part of their growing on-road team in Asia.  A multiple Australian National Champion in the Stock category, Puse is now racing mainly modified and has stepped up to assist the racing community down-under.  On the announcement he said, “It’s an honour to represent Team Yokomo as I know the innovation is never ending, the quality is never overlooked, most importantly, the teamwork and the fun never stops.  Taking both a team driver and management role in Australia, we will continue to grow, succeed and develop our leading products as a leading team.”

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]


April 25, 2023

ARC A10-23 1:10 EP Touring Car

ARC has released its latest 1:10 Electric Touring chassis, the A10-23.  The main features of the new car are all new X-Low Shocks, new shorter rear lower arms, new V3 upper A-arms, a new rear horizontal body post and new 5.8mm Pivot Balls.  The car also now comes as standard with the previously option Kevlar transmission pulleys and the new V2 Caster Gauge is included with the A10-23 kit.

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April 22, 2023

Destiny RX-10SR 3.0 option parts

Destiny has released two new optional parts for its RX-10SR 3.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car.  The Japanese brand has introduced new front spring steel metal bushing double joint drive shafts with lightweight spring steel spool cups.  The length of driveshaft is 0.5mm longer with  the kit plastic spool cup or option metal spool cup with plastic drive shaft cap now replaced by metal bushing.  This results in less friction on driveshaft movement and more durable giving improved stability and cornering speed.  Another new parts is the carbon fibre upper bumper brace for the RX-10SR/F 3.0.  Made from 2mm carbon, it is installed with two micro o-ring between brace and aluminium lower bulkheads to  avoid damage to the bulkheads and chassis in crashes.

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April 22, 2023

Xray XT8 ’24 Truggy

While the 2023 outdoor is still only getting starting for many racers, Xray has released details of their XT8 ’24 1:8 Truggy.  All new features of the 2024 model include front & rear semi-split bulkhead with quick differential access without disassembling suspension. Out also gets reinforced V2 bulkheads featuring Labyrinth Dust Covers to avoid debris inside the bulkhead assemblies.  New front & rear diff height adjustment is possible through eccentric bushings while they have also improved central drivetrain angle and height adjustment. The XT8 ’24 has a redesigned chassis for semi-split bulkheads and redesigned front & rear aluminium shock tower match the new semi-split bulkheads. Also catering for the new bulkheads is a redesigned wing holder.  Wickerbill rear wing allows quick downforce adjustments and pre-marked airflow holes to reduce downforce.  New centering brake slide screws provide smoother brake pad operation.  The XT8 ’24 is supplied with mounts for both truck and bruggy style bodies.

View the full XT8 ’24 presentation here


April 22, 2023

MonTech RS01 GT12 Body & 1:12 Bag

Following the successful release of its 1:10 RS01 body last month, Italian body producer Mon-Tech Racing has now released the same design for GT12.  Molded from high quality polycarbonate, the shell can be mounted on all 1:12 models and is available in two versions, ‘Standard’ and ‘La Leggera’.  It comes with the decals for the headlights and grilles, the masking for the windows and the fixing screws for the rear wing. Also new for 1:12, Montech has a new branded carrier bag.  Measuring 21cm x 38cm x 10cm, the bag carrier two cars without bodies or one full complete car with body.

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April 21, 2023

Ronnefalk joins ARC for 1:8 Onroad campaign

ARC has announced that Offroad star David Ronnefalk is to represent its brand in 1:8 Onroad and have a go at the sport’s longest established category.  Having achieved the top prize in Offroad when he became the IFMAR 1:8 Buggy World Champion in Las Vegas in 2016, the Swede has had a number of electric onroad outings but now will take on nitro.  Having been mentored in his professional racing career by Adrien Bertin, Ronnefalk will be able to capitalise on the Frenchman’s vast onroad racing experience having up until last year been the only driver to have won both the 1:8 and 1:10 Onroad World titles.  Commenting on the announcement, the reigning European 1:8 Buggy Champion said, ‘I would like to thank Jones Chu of ARC for giving me the chance to enjoy some 1:8 OnRoad when time allows from my MAYAKO Off-Road program. Always thought that 1:8 On-Road is the F1 class of RC and I appreciate ARC supporting me with the equipment needed to go race. I have a great mentor in Adrien Bertin when it comes to this class and it will be fun to go “play” a bit when we will have some CT engines ready to test for this category. Together with Matrix Tires and Xtreme Aerodynamics I think I have a good program also for this class. Looking forward to try the new R8.4 out on the track once they have opened for the season in my area.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]


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