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April 27, 2016

Ryan Cavalieri to run Savox servos

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Savox USA have announced that Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri has chosen their servos to control his race cars. The 4-time IFMAR World Champion and 3-time winner of the prestigious Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions had this to say after driving Savox servos: “The centering torque and control were amazing. I felt much more connected to the car”. Savox customers can expect further innovation and new products as a result of this collaboration.

Source: Savox USA [savoxusa.com]

April 26, 2016

Team Associated show prototype 3-gear B5M gearbox

Team Associated are currently working on their new Stealth low-profile 3-gear gearbox for the B5M mid motor buggy. A design that’s around for some time, the low-profile gearboxes are a common sight in the 2WD class when running on high to very high bite astro and carpet surfaces and so far only aftermarket conversion kits are available for Team Associated’s B5M buggy. The issued images show a prototype made up using rapid prototype parts with the actual gearbox expected to be of a standard black colour. We bring you more information on the transmission as soon as they surface.

View another image here

April 26, 2016

JQ doubles at JQRacing event in the Dominican Republic

JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine, currently on sort of a World trip, flew over to the Dominican Republic for the 1st JQRacing event. The race saw an RC clinic on Saturday and a race on Sunday with the track being a unique zig zagging between coconut trees, with a true exotic and off-road feel. JQ managed to win both 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes, with local Kyosho driver Carlos Sikora coming in second in both categories. Luis José Cabral would then finish third in Nitro, and Elvin Alba grabbed the final podium spot in E-Buggy.

View the E-Buggy podium here

April 26, 2016

Pro-Line 1973 Ford Bronco rock crawler bodyshell

Pro-Line have introduced the 1973 Ford Bronco rock crawler bodyshell for 12″/305mm wheelbase rigs. Capturing the overall essence of the original Bronco the body features a detailed grill, headlights, body moulding trim and that distinct Bronco look. The body fits trucks such as the Axial SCX10 and Vaterra Ascender and it comes clear, including window masks and a comprehensive decal sheet.

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April 26, 2016

Pro-Line Blockade 2.2″ 1/10th 4WD front tyre

Pro-Line Blockade 2.2" 1/10th 4WD front tyre

Coming soon from Pro-Line is the Blockade 2.2″ front tyre for 1/10th scale 4WD buggies. Designed for loose, dusty or hard-packed conditions the tyre tread features large lugs for exceptional tread life while balanced tread spacing makes for maximum forward bite. On top of this the uniquely blended side tread reduces the edginess, making it also a very forgiving tyre. The Blockage is available in soft M3 and super soft M4 rubber and it includes blue closed cell inserts.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

April 26, 2016

PowerHD LW-20MG waterproof servo

PowerHD have introduced their all-new LW-20MG standard size servo. Being fully waterproof the servo is ideal for crawler and buggy applications and it offers a torque of up to 20kg-cm and a speed of down to 0.16s. It features dual ball bearings, copper and aluminium gears and it is usable with 4.8V to 6.6V input.

View the specifications here

April 26, 2016

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Buggy Nationals Rd1

Round one of the Greek National Buggy Championship was held in Crete and it saw Xray’s Tasos Paparegas (Xray) taking the win in the 45 minute A-main. Coming from the 3 spot on the grid Tasos moved his way up the field to take the day’s win from runner-up Terzis (Mugen) while Anapoliotakis (Mugen) completed the top 3 result. Behind the three Perogiannakis (Mugen) and Papanikolaou (Kyosho) would round out the top 5.

View the final result here

April 26, 2016

Trinity While Carbon 4S 6000mAh LiPo battery pack

Trinity have introduced their all-new White Carbon 14.8V 4S LiPo battery pack. Built from high-performance 6000mAh 60C cells the hard-case battery is ideal for demanding 1/8th scale applications and it utilises 5mm gold-plated bullet-type connectors over the usual wires for cleaner wiring.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]