We received a short mail from Pit Works about their new 1/8th scale buggy tire. Called the Untitle, the makers claim this competition tire gives ‘insane performance’ for the serious off road racer.
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A quick piece from our site partners Neo Buggy about this new wheel from French manufacturer, Medial Pro. The wheel, which will be available from next week, does everything an off road wheel needs to do, its strong, light and fits all buggies and if disc wheels with slits in them float your boat, then this is the perfect wheel for you.
Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
Hudy, the Slovakian sister company to Xray, have released this new CNC-machined alu wheel adapter to mount hex-drive micro wheels, such as those found on the Xray M18 Pro. The wheel adaptor fits onto the Hudy Micro tire truer and thus makes it possible to true down these type of wheels.
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Edit, the optional parts wing of HPI Racing, has released a range of die cut foam inserts suitable for off road tyres that has been co engineered by World Champion driver Neil Cragg. Available for 1/10th or 1/8th off road these inner foams have been colour-coded and graded for hardness with all foam measured on a calibrated durometer and come available in soft black foam, measured at 35 degrees, and medium purple foam at 55 degrees.
Source: Edit [rc-edit.com]
We just received a mail from our friends at Horizon Hobby UK, formerly Helger Racing, saying that have started to import the Panther range of tyres into the UK. The name Panther may not be totally familiar to Off road racers in the UK but the products will be. Panther have been manufacturing tyres for both on and off road since 1985, originally all the tyres where produced for Kit manufactures and other aftermarket tyre suppliers under there own brands.
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Well the title of this piece says it all, GRP through distributor MID, have announced that their range of premounted off road tires, which are available with Jolly, Atomic, Cubic or Bulldog tires, will now be made available on these yellow dished wheels. Available now.
Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]
Parma have announced the release of their new Pro 53 touring car foam tires, mounted on all new wheels that have been designed to meet new ROAR rules that allow an increase in the minimum inner diameter of the wheel to 53mm. The new wheel is a larger, dish style design that has superior strength with a lower profile rubber sidewall producing less flex with a stiffer, more stable driving feel.
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Our site partners, Kimihiko Yano, have got the lowdown on their site about this tweak board made by American company, Unity Tool Inc. As you can see from the picture, it is suitable for 1/12th scale chassis’ but also for 1/10th and 1/8th scale too, and basically allows you to measure and set your cars track width, camber, caster, toe in, toe out as well as helping you tweak your car correctly. The whole kits comes apart to be put away back in the supplied carry bag and if you havent seen this before you can see more pictures of it in its various uses here.
Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]
