Available now is Corally’s new HMX US Carpet Spec touring car kit. The updated variant is specially designed for US style carpet tracks and includes two SGX gear differentials, silver anodised 7075-T6 aluminium steering block with ball bearings, 6 degree nylon C-hubs, red anodised aluminium servo posts and X-Hard graphite 2.4mm chassis and top deck parts.
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Brown Engineering introduce the Rhino mini-size pan car. The Robitronic Scalpel conversion features a flex plate technology that controls the side to side movement by using different thickness plates. Included with the kit comes a BMI pivot, wide motor mount that accepts a wide range of motors and also an angled servo mount. The chassis plate is designed to make use of singled cells, saddle or straight LiPo packs.
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We reported about the Yaiba Racing option parts for the Team Associated B4.2 buggy before and now the Japanese company released some pictures of a fully hopped-up example. Part of the Yaiba Racing line up of option parts is an aluminum front hinge pin brace, servo mount, rear camber plate, alloy battery mount thumb screws, as well as several damper parts such as lower shock caps and spring preload nuts. All parts are CNC-machined from high quality aluminium, come red anodized and most of them are laser-etched with Yaiba Racing logos. The parts not only fit the B4.2 but all Associated-based conversion kits also.
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Xray introduce new optional anti-roll bar wires in several diameters in order to fine-tune the handling characteristic of the buggy. Available from 1.0mm to 1.8mm the bars are made from heat-treated spring steel wire and come with laser-etched size markings for easy identification. Both the front and rear anti-roll bar are interchangeable so there is no specific front or rear wire.
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The 66th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj gives an insight into the development of Xray’s first 1/10th electric off-road buggy, the XB4.
For a designer, an all-new project is always the most exciting since there are no limitations from the previous versions … anything and everything are still possible. At the same time, an all-new project is also the most challenging one since you start from absolute zero and have no basis to build on, so logically an all-new project consumes the most time and resources. To start the project, of course I needed to gain some experience and do a lot of research and analysis. To have first-hand experiences you could have spotted me at various races where I have raced almost all cars available on the market.
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KO Propo America introduce a dedicated carrying case for the EX-1 KIY transmitter. Designed for right handed radios but also accepting left handed grip units it sports a pre-cut high quality foam insert, is air and watertight, dustproof and UV resistant. Made in the USA the case has a lifetime warranty, build-in padlock holes and it sports dimensions of 34.8×30.8×17.5cm.
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The Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) kicked off its 2013 season at beautiful OC/RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. With over 300 entries for the one-day event and classes for all skill levels, racers were treated to a full day of racing action. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP representatives were on hand to support customers throughout the event while competing in multiple classes. Starting out the winning streak for Team Associated was TQ Jake Thayer and his Reedy/LRP-powered Factory Team RC8.2 eBuggy. In the premier class of 2WD Modified, Steven Hartson proved to be the best of the best by taking the TQ and win with his LRP/Reedy-powered Factory Team B4.2. Hartson again got the TQ and win in 2WD Modified Short Course with his Factory Team SC10. In Truck Modified it was the Reedy/LRP-powered Factory Team T4.2 of Kody Numedahl that got the TQ and win for Team Associated. Rounding out the modified classes, Jimmy Barnett and his Reedy/LRP-powered Factory Team B44.2 took the win in 4WD Modified. Dropping down a classification to 2WD Super Stock (13.5) Nick Wautlet got the win with his Reedy/LRP-powered Factory Team B4.2, while OC/RC local Mike Squillace took the win in 2WD Stock (17.5), again with the Reedy/LRP/B4.2 combo.
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The 11th annual Bigfoot race held at Mikes Hobby Shop in Carrollton, TX, attracted racers from all over the country and with a total entry count of 247, it was the largest to date. JConcepts Team drivers JR Mitch and Cody Hollis were spectacular all weekend and with support from teammates Mike Stoll, Trevor Nault, Aaron Reynolds and Taylor Larsen, the team had the equipment to beat at Mike’s famous track surface. JR Mitch got things started by TQ’ing the 2wd SCT modified class and 2wd modified buggy class with the Pressure Points tires in green compound. Cody Hollis kept things rolling in the Racing Truck class by getting the TQ with his TLR 22-T also rocking the Pressure Points in green compound. The tricky conditions which relied on incredible forward bite but a slight amount of rotation to get all the corner speed possible out of the vehicles. Some drivers struggled to adapt, but JR and Cody had done their homework in years prior and returned to the annual event for a 3rd time, their previous experiences at the Bigfoot paid off and both JR and Cody were on point.
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