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May 8, 2019

JConcepts Ellipse stadium truck tyre

JConcepts’ Ellipse tyre is now also available in a variant for 1/10th scale stadium trucks. The Ellipse, named after the centre bar built into the tread, is a compliment to successful tyres such as the Dirt Webs and Space Bars. The web-style tyre was built to compete on smooth high-grip indoor and outdoor surfaces which require a finely detailed connected bar pattern. The centre section of the tyre is a home run utilising a diamond “home plate” footprint to provide massive forward bite and increased longevity. The web of extensions are unique and have a directional touch giving the racer the ultimate tune-ability. The tyre has already won a Stock National title in the hands of Matthew Gonzalez at the 2019 JConcepts Stock Nationals at OCRC Raceway. The compound of choice for most indoor events, the exclusive gold compound, has shown to produce consistent results for racers week after week. Now, the Ellipse is also available in the traditional favourites, blue, green and black compound. Included in each package, the Dirt-Tech closed cell inserts known for their durable nature and gray color complete the race tuned package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 8, 2019

Yeah Racing QUTUS Slider drift car shocks

Yeah Racing’s all-new adjustable QUTUS 1/10th scale on-road shock absorbers are now also available in sets specific to drift car racing. While the 55mm shocks with their externally adjustable shock pistons remain the same in terms of specifications, the Slider sets include two sets of shock springs that help to fine tune the car’s handling from low to high bite surfaces. The universal shock sets include four dampers each and they are available in red, blue or black colour.

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May 8, 2019

Tamiya Lunch Box Mini – Coming soon

On show during this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show is Tamiya’s forthcoming Lunch Box Mini truck on the all-new SW-01 chassis. Resembling the iconic 1/10th scale Lunch Box 2WD monster truck, the 1/24th scale Mini variant comes on a newly developed stunt-type chassis that is usable both indoors and outdoors. To make for a more agile handling the truck will lean in corners which should also add to the overall appearance when running the palm-sized truck. No mention of a release date yet.

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May 8, 2019

Merlin Depta wins at North German IC Track regionals

Last weekend the North German IC Track regionals took place at the MACH track in Hamburg. With rain on Saturday and only two hours of practice in the afternoon almost everybody would start out of the cold on Sunday. Qualifying in 2nd spot behind TQ Lennart Skornia (Serpent), it was Merlin Depta (Serpent) who pulled away right from the start of the A-main and after the 30-minute encounter Merlin would cross the finish line a lap in front of ARC’s Lars Hoppe with Shepherd’s Timo Schröder rounding out the Podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 8, 2019

Futaba HPS-CT700 low-profile servo – Coming soon

During this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, Futaba are presenting their forthcoming new HPS-CT700 low-profile servo. Housed in an aluminium case the high-voltage compatible servo pulls 24.8kg-cm of torque with a speed of 0.09s at 6.0V input which makes it powerful enough even for demanding nitro applications. An all-black wire makes for a stealthy factory appearance. Full information will become available in time for the release. Also coming is an aluminium steering wheel housing for the 7PX high-end radio system. Made to replace the standard composite part, the exclusive alloy item will improve case stiffness and thus steering precision and handling of the transmitter.

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May 8, 2019

Tamiya TT-02 adjustable upper arm & gear diff set

Coming soon from Tamiya are new option parts for the popular TT-02 entry-level chassis kit. First up is an adjustable upper arm set that allows to easily fine-tune the wheel camber angle. The set includes new adjustable upper arms, left/right thread turnbuckles as well as mounting hardware with the kit including both the front and rear arms. Also new is a sealed gear differential for the TT-02 series of touring, drift and off-road kits that allows to tune the diff using different thickness fluids. The set includes one diff including metal internal gears, composite case and main gear as well as metal outdrives, seals and 3000 hardness oil.

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May 8, 2019

Götzl sweeps rained-out Czech Buggy opener

The opening round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road National Series was held last Saturday at the Kolin track. The weekend started off with free practice on Friday. During Saturday morning’s qualifiers Xray’s Max Götzl showed a very strong pace, taking the overall TQ in both the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. SWorkz’s Jiri Mara and Xray’s Jiri Benes came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in Nitro while Marek Schiller and Ales Bidovsky completed the E-Buggy top 3. Going towards the nitro finals it started to rain during the first semi final with the weather getting more and more worse. This left the organisers with no choice but to call it a day, meaning the Nitro overall results were taken from the qualifiers, handing Max the overall win from Jiri Mara and Jiri Benes.

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May 7, 2019

Rusti Design B6.1 carbon fibre shock towers

Rusti Design from France have introduced their new carbon fibre shock towers for the Team Associated B6.1 2WD buggies. The front tower is available was B6.1 gullwing and B6.1D flat arm variant with both utilising the kit geometry. The parts are machined from high-quality 4mm carbon material and they sport machined sections for cool looks and rigidity. Also available is a standard D6.1 rear shock tower for the use with the shorter B6.1 shocks while the long B6.1D rear shock stay uses 31mm body shock absorbers. The rear shock stays are machined from 3.5mm material and they design matched the respective front variants.

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