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April 5, 2010

Associated SC10 Factory Team kit

After winning the ROAR Short Course Nationals, Team Associated’s engineers got to work on taking the SC10 to the next level. Improvements were made to enhance performance and durability, as well as applying the full Factory Team treatment. The result is the SC10 Factory Team Kit, a 1:10 scale electric 2WD off road short course competition race truck kit. This special version is loaded full of high performance features including JConcepts Subcultures rear tires, Factory Team V2 threaded shocks, V2 slipper clutch, ball differential with lightened outdrives, and an optimized setup to make the best handling SC10 to date.

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April 2, 2010

Tamiya TRF 2wd protoype buggy

Seen competing for the first time at the Yatabe International off road GP a few weeks ago, and at a few other locations since, Tamiya are showing off some details on their new prototype TRF 2wd buggy. A pretty standard affair in a class where big steps forward in terms of development is difficult, it is a rear mounted motor configuration, fully adjustable shocks all round, rear universal shafts, a ball diff and a new body and wing. Tamiya will be releasing more details, as well as some chassis shots, of the new car in the near future.

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April 1, 2010

Durango DNX408 ready for first public test

Following the pictures yesterday of Durango designer Gerd Strenge with his test DNX408, Durango has released some photos of Adam Skelding’s test car. Adam is the Team Manager for Team Durango UK and he has been putting a lot of time in recently testing the DNX408 and is very happy with the car’s performance so far. “This weekend, four test cars will be seen in public for the first time. As we are still testing the car, we have no expectations about making the A-main at all -we are simply testing, testing, testing and putting as many miles on the car as we can to iron-out any remaining issues before we move into production.”

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March 31, 2010

Durango DNX408 goes through final testing

Team Durango sent us through some images of their lead designer Gerd Strenge doing some final set-up testing on the new DNX408 prior to a public test this weekend. They also tell us that both Gerd, new 1/8th team driver Hupo Honigl and Adam Skelding have all been bust recently putting the car through its paces. We can expect more details on this new car soon.

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March 30, 2010

RC4WD Boyer truggy crawler

The Boyer Truggy from RC4WD is extremely versatile so you can set it up any way you like. Different bodies, different size/length shocks, adjustable wheelbase, adjustable frame mounted servo, adjustable rock sliders and adjustable front brush guard. Plus it has pre-drilled holes for mounting the winch on the bumper. The rock sliders are threaded so they can slide in and out to adjust to the width of the body. They are also offset so when you switch them side to side then that allows you to run the regular cab bodies like the Hilux. When you switch them side to side the rock sliders will sit further back on the chassis.

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March 18, 2010

TQ Racing SX8 Evo Team Spec race roller

TQ Racing have released details on their newest competitor in the 1/8 scale pro market, the SX8 Evolution Team Spec race roller. The buggy sports a narrowed chassis for better weight balance and cornering and optimized gear ratio for US style tracks and jumps. The car features lightweight differentials, titanium hinge pins, turnbuckles & diff cross pins, as well as captured hinge pins and captured hub bearings.

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March 18, 2010

BMI Copperhead 12 & 10 LiPo pan cars

BMI Racing have released their new LiPo ready pan cars, the Copperhead 12 and Copperhead 10, the latest upgrade to BMI´s well known DB12RR LiPo and DB10R. Both cars come with a newly designed LiPo only chassis as well as the newest upgrade to the company’s flex link suspension. Just like the DB12 and DB10 series the Copperhead has the BMI powerpod and front suspension, with an optional upgraded front suspension in the works. Finally the cars get their name from the new copper anodised aluminium parts, which replace the previous grey colour.

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March 17, 2010

Associated Rockstar SC10 2.4GHz RTR truck

Team Associated’s new Rockstar SC10 2.4GHz RTR truck is modeled after Curt, Kyle and Todd LeDuc’s short course race trucks as raced in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Based on the 7-time ROAR National Champion RC10T4 and equipped with the company’s new XP3-SS 2.4 GHz 3-channel radio system, the SC10 comes ready-to-run with a factory-detailed ’09 Championship short course race truck body, KMC-style wheels and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short course off road series around the country.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]