Outlaw RC of Surray, BC recently hosted the Conquer the Carpet event on a challenging and quick layout. In the popular 13.5T Wheeler class it was HB Racing’s Thomas Reynolds with the win from the Xray duo of Frank Bortolazzo and Paul Parks.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
T-Works have introduced new carbon fire option parts for the Kyosho Inferno MP10 buggy in the form of a radio plate and an upper plate. Both are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they replace the standard alloy items. While adding a factory touch the parts also offer slightly different flex characteristics compared to the standard alloy items, allowing to adjust overall chassis flex.
Coming from Sweep Racing is their new GTR-2 Pro-Compounds tyre for 1/8th GT racing. The smaller outer diameter and rounder shape provided faster initial cornering speeds with the new Pro-Compound rubber ensuring faster lap times and higher durability. The multi-spoke Evo-16 rim, coming in black or white colour, ensures the tyres excel in a variety of conditions and the tyres are available in 40, 45, 50 and 55 shore hardness with the GTR2-45EW16P being the official control tyre for the ANC GT class this year.
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The “The Start” ARMI race was held at the SDC Offroad Track in Serpong, Indonesia. The track is located close to Jakarta and the event attracted 60 entries for the 1/10th scale 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as well as the 4WD SC Truck category. In 4WD Buggy, Bowie Ginting (Tekno) secured the TQ, tie on points with Ray Timothy (Xray). Rizky Pradana lining-up his Xray in 3rd followed by Rama Tribudiman (HB Racing) and Jason Nugroho (Xray) respectively. In the 2WD class, Rama (Team Associated) secured the 2WD class TQ after secured the first and second leg followed by Yuri Taruna (Team Associated) and Eric Kristianto (Team Associated), while Rusman Kusnowo sealed the pole for the Short Course class.
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Capricorn have introduced the new ONE EFRA 2163 exhaust pipe. Designed for 1/8th scale applications the muffler, made of high-quality material and coming with a shiny polished surface finish, is available from now on as pipe only or in combination with a suitable manifold.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Coming from Capricorn are new shorter shock shafts for the company’s big bore shock absorbers. 2.5mm shorter than the standard shafts the short-type items make for an optimised positioning of the shock pistons, resulting in increased overall traction. In addition the shafts are made of a new material with an updated surface coating making for a smoother finish than TiN-coated shock shafts.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
FX Engines and RC America have announced the signing of US top driver, Jake Mayo to their team. Jake will be using FX engines to power his Xray rides for the 2019 season, attending races such as the Dirt Nitro Challenge and the ROAR nationals.
Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]
The second kit out of Tamiya’s WR-02CB comical chassis line is the Hornet buggy. Resembling the iconic 1980’s Hornet buggy, the kit makes use of the WR-02CB 2WD stunt chassis that is equipped with black colour shock absorbers, a spring-equipped front bumper, multi-colour wheels and a Hornet-inspired body shell with Tamiya’s new-design driver figure and dual antennas. The kit will hit stores by the end of March.
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