Coming from Losi and made for the Rock Rey crawler are several aluminium suspension option parts. The range includes an aluminium steering spindle set, an aluminium spindle carrier set as well as a front camber link mount, also made of aluminium. All parts are precision machined and sport a natural silver finish and they are made to improve overall durability while adding visual impact at the same time.
Coming from German brand RC Cars Cavalieri is a carbon fibre switch cover for the TLR 8ight series of vehicles. Designed to replace the standard composite cover with a solid, machined carbon fibre one, it will allow for a simple and good looking alternative when not utilising a standard switch. The cover prevents dust, dirt and moisture from getting into the radio box while also adding some visual impact.
Team Losi Racing have announced the return of 2-times IFMAR 2WD Buggy World Champion, Brian Kinwald to their team. The multi-time national champion brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to TLR’s racing team and he will work closely with the outfit’s development team along with their young and talented racing team to help mold them into title contenders for the future.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Xtreme Racing have introduced a 4-piece carbon fibre body panel kit for the Losi Rock Rey. The set includes a roof, hood and two side panels all of which are cut from high-quality 1.2mm carbon fibre for a low weight and cool looks. The parts are direct replacements for the standard panels and also available separately for spares or repair.
Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]
Exotek have introduced a heavy duty front aluminium gearbox set and a heavy duty clamping servo arm for the Losi Baja and Rock Rey trucks. Starting with the gearbox set, the all-machined alloy gearbox delivers extra durability and precision gear mesh and alignment – the alloy construction insures the drive shaft gear maintains 100 percent teeth engagement against the diff gear to eliminate the problem of worn gear teeth and poor gear mesh. Additionally, a larger 11mm bearing is included to better withstand the forces of high powered motors on the input shaft to reduce bearing failures there. The gearbox comes with a polished and anodised finish and it fits the 1/10th Losi Baja and Rock Rey kits.
RPM have introduced a front upper and lower A-arm set for the Losi Baja Rey. The kit parts are known to be flimsy and cause a bind with the steering spindles at full droop so RPM redesigned the shape of the upper A-arm. The new shape eliminates the bind while adding extra clearance at the pivot ball. In addition, the ultra tough materials used beef up the upper arm for strength and rigidity as well. The RPM A-arms also add an extra outboard shock mount that will drivers that added edge under any conditions. One final fix was to reduce the massive amount of negative camber incorporated into the stock A-arms. RPM reduced the negative camber to roughly negative 2 degree for significantly improved tyre wear and overall vehicle performance.
Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]
Coming soon from Losi is the 1/6 Super Baja Rey 4WD brushless RTR desert truck. The truck offers realistic handling characteristics like the big boys, thanks to the long travel solid 4-link rear axle and independent front A-Arm suspension. Four long-travel coil-over shock absorbers soak up any form of terrain and the chassis is equipped with an aluminium main plate and a sturdy 4×4 driveline with adjustable differentials. The truck is topped it off with an authentic four piece body, full bodied roll cage, and driver figures. A Dynamite Fuze 1200kv 6S-capable motor and 160A speed controller help to propel the truck to speeds of up to 80km/h and the control is taken care of by a Spectrum DSMR radio system with Active Vehicle Control technology.
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Coming from Team Losi Racing are the new 16mm Evo shock springs for the 8ight buggy platform. This full line of springs is closer together in rate for finer tuning as well as a constant coil diameter while also being longer in length. They have been found to offer much better performance in all conditions, especially when it comes to bump track handling and landing. To run the springs the LOSA5435 spring cups of the older 1.0 and 2.0 kits have to be used. The springs are colour-coded and they come in six front and seven different rear hardnesses.
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