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June 26, 2019

Serpent sign Yugo Nagashima

Serpent have announced the signing of Japan’s Yugo Nagashima to their electric on-road team. The former Destiny factory driver is specialised in 1/10th Touring and 1/12th scale racing, having won titles in Japan, Canada and Australia and he will campaign Serpent’s full range of electric chassis at all major events around the globe. Yugo already kicked off his new campaign quite successful with a 5th place in the Modified Touring class at the recent South Korea round of the AOC.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 26, 2019

Pro-Line body grip tool

Coming soon from Pro-Line is a body grip tool that makes painting RC car bodies a lot easier. The ergonomic tool helps painters holding the body effortlessly and comfortably. Users can choose to hold the body like a shifter knob for easy rotation or slide it in between the fingers at the narrow base to palm the body effortlessly like a cell phone. The custom machined tool is made from Type 1 PVC and turned to match popular grip styles. The Body Grip tool includes two suction cups to easily adapt to many body sizes and shapes. The large cup is a 60mm rated to hold 3kg and best used on the roof or windshield of larger scale bodies. The medium cup is a 45mm rated to hold 1.3kg and best used on the roof or windshield for small scale bodies or tight areas where the large cup may not fit. To finish it off the body grip tool has a stylish Pro-Line custom paint decal.

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June 26, 2019

Tamiya TT-02 Audi Quattro Rally A2 kit

Tamiya have announced the soon release of their 1983 Audi Quattro Rally A2 kit on the proven TT-02 entry-level 4WD chassis kit. The highlight of the kit is the finely recreated Quattro body with its moulded side mirrors, rear wing and fog lap clusters that give the iconic rally monster the aggressive appearance it is known for. A detailed sticker sheet helps to recreate the iconic Audi motorsports colours and the chassis is decked out with 5-spoke wheels and rally tread pattern tyres. The chassis itself offers symmetrical suspension arms, easy-to-maintain gearboxes as well as ten possible gear ratios. It can be upgraded using a variety of aftermarket parts and the kit will hit stores in mid-July.

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June 26, 2019

Pro-Line Trencher HP 2.8” pre-mounted belted tyre

Coming soon from Pro-Line is the Trencher HP 2.8” pre-mounted and belted all-terrain monster truck tyre. Pro-Line has developed the technology to mould a high-performance herringbone weave pattern belt inside of the relentless, tall and grippy tread of the new Trencher HP. Made for all-terrain bashing, the Trencher HP tyres will not balloon or expand during use and will still provide exceptional grip thanks to the soft M2 compound. The tyres come mounted on black removable hex Raid wheels and they fit trucks such as the Traxxas Stampede and Rustler 2WD and 4WD.

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June 26, 2019

Pro-Line Hoosier Super Chain Link T 2.2” truck tyre

Fully licensed by Hoosier, the Pro-Line Hoosier Super Chain Link tread pattern not only looks amazingly scale but the tyre also offers the same high-performance as full-size tyres, so drivers can have realistic style and performance on any 2.2” truck application. And just like the full-size Hoosier tyres, these Super Chain Link tyres proudly display white Hoosier logos on the sidewall. The tyres feature rounded side tread for consistent slide action that will not catch ruts and flip the truck when thrown into the corner. The chain link tread pattern creates excellent steering combined with long-lasting and consistent performance and the tyres comes made of Pro-Line’s soft M3 rubber compound.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 25, 2019

SWorkz S35-3 series locking servo saver nut

SWorkz have announced the release of a locking servo saver nut for their S35-3, S350, Apollo and Zeus based 1/8th kits. Specially designed with a locking screw the nut allows to securely fix the servo saver nut and thus the servo saver pre-load spring, ensuring consistent adjustments even when the going gets tough. The nut is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes anodised and including the needed locking screw.

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June 25, 2019

Avid Awesomatix unsprung brass weights

Avid have introduced new unsprung brass weights for the Awesomatix A800 and A700 touring cars. The weights attach to the end of the front arms to give more on-power responsiveness, causing the car to feel more direct when coming out of the corners, almost feeling like it slingshots out. The radiused bottom keeps the weights from digging into the wheel on big hits.

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June 25, 2019

Performa Racing P1 Radical 540 Qualified stock motors

Performa Racing have announced the release of their new P1 Radical 540 Qualified stock motors. The motors build on the standard Performa Radical Stock motors that were designed to deliver improved throttle response, higher efficiency, and more speed with the Qualified series variants being custom-built and hand-assembled as well as fully dyno-tested for improved performance. Other features include selected and shimmed rotors as well as adjusted sensor boards. Each motor include individual dyno print outs as quality insurance and the Qualified series is available from 10.5T to 21.5T variants.

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