MonacoRC has released this special tweak bar that fits both the XRAY X4 and Awesomatix touring car. The tweak bar is used to push down onto the bulkheads, with the car sitting on a flat surface, to make sure that the chassis is perfectly flat when you tighten the screws of your top deck. This item is extremely easy to use, and can quickly solve any handling problems caused by a tweaked chassis plate.
It is with sadness that we report the death of one of the great pioneers of RC racing, Gil Losi Snr. Gil Snr was one of the founders of Team Losi Racing, a company that would become an iconic manufacturer in the world of RC racing. It all started in the 80’s with their first product, a 64 pitch spur gear, and as they say ‘the rest is history’. Gil Snr (pictured with the late Brian Kinwald) also played a huge part in the careers of some of the sport’s biggest names with Adam Drake one of those to quickly pay tribute to Gil “Pops” Losi. Drake posted on his social media, ‘It’s incredibly difficult to process the news about Gil “Pops” Losi. Pops was one of the most kind, passionate, and caring people I’ve ever met. He gave me an opportunity at a very young age to represent his brand and eventually move to California to start my career in the R/C industry. I’m so grateful for the time I was able to have spent with Pops over the years at the races, working together, and at BBQ’s. I’ll always remember the good times and your passion for cars, racing, family. Red RC would like extend our condolences to the Losi family – RIP Gil.
Image: Adam Drake [Facebook]
MonacoRC has developed a line of reinforcements, in three different models, called Body Tuck. Body Tuck is a reinforcement for bodyshells specially designed to have the following characteristics of Lightness, Resilience & Simplicity. The reinforcements are made with supports specially designed for the most popular car bodies on the market and are made with resin 3D printing. Resin 3D (SLA) printing allows the piece to have a considerably higher toughness and resilience than the classic filament printing, the final aesthetic finish of the product is also indisputable, for which MonacoRC have paid great attention both in the production and in the design of the product.
View more details and images here
Bittydesign have released this very realistic ‘AR8-GT3’ body shell for 1:8 GT LWB. The project was born with the intention of creating a body shell for the GT class 1/8 scale long wheelbase (LWB) with the focus turned to aesthetics and realism. With a lowered front, widened wheel arches it has a true racing look typical of GT3 cars and a large rear wing optimises downforce and generate sufficient traction and stability. Making reference to one of the most winning cars actually racing the GT3 World Challenge 2022, they took inspiration to design the lines of the AR8-GT3 body shell adapted to the production needs. The phase of refinement took several months to optimise every detail and offer a product that respect Bittydesign’s quality standards.
Xray have today unveiled the 2023 edition of their 1:10 nitro touring car chassis the NT1. A big year for the nitro touring car class with the World Championship coming up in November in Thailand, the car features an all-new chassis with narrowed front suspension pivots to increase stability & traction. Hard composite suspension arms combined with the improved central chassis flex keeps the suspension geometry stable while the flex is transferred through chassis and radio plate to maintain traction. Lower down-stop mounting holders without the eccentric geometry make the car easier to set suspension down-stops. All-new front aluminium bulkheads accommodate new upper arm holder with adjustable flex. The redesigned front upper arm holder features new roll centre positions in all 9 positions. An ultra-compact and super lightweight receiver box moves the weight lower and closer to the centre of the chassis. The radio plate has new servo holders that move the throttle servo more rearwards, the steering servo more frontwards and receiver box to a more central location. A simplified aluminium 2-speed shaft holders eliminate unnecessary braces to make the chassis more flexible, while the wider positioning provide improved support for the 2 speed shaft. New rear aluminium bulkheads have a 2mm front/rear wheelbase adjustment for easy traction tuning depending on the track conditions, front position more traction, rear position more stability. Longer rear suspension pins allow a wide range of wheelbase adjustment.
View the NT1’23 presentation here for complete details
Italian company Fenix Racing has released the latest bodyshell in their line-up of classic F1 recreations, the Renault RS10. In 2020, when they released their Ferrari T4, quite a lot of people start to ask for a proper counterpart, to be able to relive one of the greatest wheel fights ever in F1 history, if not the greatest one. There are several other reason why the 1979 France Gp was so special! It was the first F1 Renault Turbo victory and French driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille was celebrating his maiden victory at his home GP. The body is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate material, it fits Fenix F1-70 and all Tamiya F103 and F104W style chassis, besides others.
View RS10 alongside Ferrari T4
If you are looking for a large set-up surface then Avid has you covered with their new ‘Monster size’ pit board large enough for 1:8 trucks. The Avid Large Carbon Fibre Pit Board is a perfectly flat surface measuring 600 x 500mm (Roughly 24 x 20″). It comes with a chamfered top edge, large rounded corners, matte finish, and the Avid logo machined into the surface.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Reds Racing introduces its all new 2113 X-One pipe for its 1:8 Offroad engines. REDS off-road 2113 X-ONE™ Torque Pipe combines REDS 2113 Pipe and M Manifold to create this one-piece “High Power” exhaust. The new exhaust guarantees smoother power output at low RPM and higher mid range power and top speed. Reds X-ONE™ system is an innovative and unique all-in-one pipe-manifold system. The pipe has been welded to the manifold to improve performance and fuel consumption. With this X-ONE configuration there is no need for springs or gaskets, and the one piece design creates increased reliability and improved tuning stability. Three versions of the same X-ONE™ pipe-manifold system are now.
