Following the recent announcement that 3 time European Champion Renaud Savoya had left Durango and the subsequent departures from the team by Elliot Boots and Taylor James we sat down with Team Durango’s Jason Dearden to hear the company’s side of the story.
Read the full Q&A with Jason here
JQ Products have come out with an update for THE Car. The update includes all the running changes they have made during the year, along with new plastics (above), designed to be more durable. They also have a lot of option parts coming out in the next few weeks, which aim to improve the handling of THE Car.
View a video of THE Crash test here
Capricorn have released this new LiFe RX pack for use in gas powered cars. The 6.6v 1650mAh pack is very light and unlike LiPo packs does not requiring a regulator, which is necessary for some radio equipment due to their higher voltage. Configured as a stick pack it comes pre wired with power and balancer cable.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Dutch company Corally are showing of their latest touring car prototype called the HMX. Due for release in October there are no details available yet for the car other than the final version will differ slightly to the one shown in the image. But looking at the photo the stand out feature is the aluminium shock towers that see the tops of the shocks mounted on the ends using a ball joint, presumably allowing the angle to be adjusted using shims placed under the ball. More information as we get it.
Source: Corally [corally.com]
JConcepts has your 4mm locking wheel nut needs covered with the serrated wheel nut set. These high precision wheel nuts are flanged and serrated for locking security and feature a light-weight design. Intended for use with all Traxxas vehicles which use the 4mm wheel nut along with Associated SC10 4×4, TLR 22, 22-T and SCT-E.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Serpent have released some new items for their 411 platform, including some additional shock springs to extend the already large range available for the Serpent RCCX shock absorbers. The new springs come in grey (2.6/14.8), black (2.9/16.5) and green (3.5/19.9). To use in combination with a spool in the front there are some new very light & strong delrin driveshaft adapters. Not as durable as the regular spring steel ones, but they do offer super smooth action.
MR33, brand of 3-time World Champion Marc Rheinard have released a new radio and oil bag. The padded Radio Bag (250mm x 260mm x 160mm) is a perfect fit for the Sanwa M11 and also includes a separate case to put receiver or other items, a handle as well as a shoulder belt to carry. The padded oil bag (220mm x 120mm x 150mm) offers a secure storage area your shock oils, additive, glue etc. Both black bags come embroidered with the MR33 logo in red.
Xray release this adjustable aluminium rear hub carrier for the XB808. CNC-machined from lightweight Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, it is hard coated for extra durability and long life. New adjustable rear hub carrier offers new and unique adjustability of roll-centers with 3 holes where the upper linkage can be mounted by aluminum ball with thread and so aluminium shims can be used for increasing or decreasing roll center angle. Also the double lower eccentric holes allow adjustment of roll center positions on arms.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
