Team Associated have released a ceramic ball bearing set for the TC6 electric touring car. Included are a total of 14 driveline bearings to improve performance by reducing drag and increasing longevity. The bearings are also sold in pairs with 6x10x3mm, 10x15x4mm standard and 4x8x3mm flanged bearings available. Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]…
…the Team Associated TC6 had a good weekend at Daytona. His well balanced TC6 continues the domination in the qualifier on Sunday. With the 27 lap run, He was able hold the TQ, away from last year stock champ Dave Bowser & last race winner Austin Harrison. In the A Final, Troy Schafer started to extend the lead, while Dave Bowser battled against Austin for 2nd. At the 1 min mark, Austin made a small mistake letting Dave take over 2nd hunting down Troy. At the 2 min mark, Troy made a mistake letting Dave close the gap to .5…
Team Associated release new option parts for the TC6 1/10 scale touring car. Available from November are a new front spool and gear differential. The spool features a lightweight aluminium hub with replaceable outdrive cups constructed from a high-strength polymer material. The design allows the use of CVA blades to eliminate binding and to ensure smooth suspension moment. The gear differential is made from a special high-strength polymer material and sports an optimised internal gear set, hard-anodised aluminium outdrives with dual O-ring seals, a rubber gasket between the case and cover part and it weights only 21.3g when filled with…
Spec-R have released a gear diff for the Associated TC6. The gear diff consists of a light weight plastic housing, nylon gears and long life diff joints. Long lasting and durable material result in consistent and better performance. Also new from Spec-R are these carbon material internal gear for use inside Spec-R gear diffs. These new parts are hard and very durable and it can be used with all Spec-R gear diff. Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]…
Jorge Simões and Hugo Miguel take titles at the season finale of Portuguese EP TC championships at the Maiorca Track, near Figueira da Foz. In the Stock class Pedro Canastra with is TOP showed pretty well in qualifying, TQ’ing 3 of the 4 rounds and grabbed the TQ spot for the finals. But in the finals he couldn’t convert his performance into the overall win since Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6 found a way to counter Pedro’s performance. Jorge won all the A finals and become the 2011 Stock Portuguese Champion. Jorge stated that is very grateful for all…
Team Associated have released the TC6 screw set in lightweight blue aluminium. These 97 screws include socket head, button head and countersunk head screws, specifically M2x5 SHCS (12), M2x4 BHCS (8), M2.5×4 BHCS (3), M3x6 BHCS (22), M3x8 BHCS (9), M3x6 FHCS (38), M3x8 FHCS (2) & M3x12 FHCS (3). Source: Associated [rc10.com]…
The Scottish round of the 2011 Much-More UK GP took place last weekend under superb sunny weather conditions for the whole weekend. John Simpson (Xray) who did not make the English round of the GP, took the Pro-Stock title for the Stonehaven round whilst team mate, Gareth Hunt took the title of ‘Much-More UK GP Champion’ by improving on 4th place at the Carlisle round with some consistent driving and a 2nd place at the Stonehaven round. In the overall championship, Gareth was followed by Neal Radwell (AE TC6) taking 2nd place and Chris Mitchell (HB TCX) in 3rd. The…
The English round of the 2011 Much-More UK GP took place last weekend under superb sunny weather conditions with the track temperature reaching 50deg C. After his 2nd place overall at the last round of the very wet UK BRCA National at Halifax, it was TOP Photon driver, Brian Eldridge who convincingly sealed the overall win taking all 3 legs of the A Main and confirming his capability driving in very dry conditions against some strong local track specialists. Neal Radwell (AE TC6) and Chris Mitchell (HB TCX) took the number 2 and 3 spots respectively. In 2 weeks time,…
