Hudy have announced the release of their new 1/10th off-road diff and shock aluminium tray. Part of the Hudy tray system, the 1/10 off-road diff and shock tray incorporates a removable shock stand and it offers four marked compartments to store small parts during diff and shock building, setup and maintenance. The tray is machined from black anodised aluminium and it sports silver edge details and laser-etched Hudy logos.
HRC Distribution have introduced the new HRC Racing 3S 11.1V 1600mAh LiPo battery for 1/16 and 1/18 scale micro cars. Made of high capacity 50C cells the pack measures 140x35x20mm and it thus fits easily into the battery compartment of Traxxas 1/16 scale vehicles. The softcase battery comes pre-wired with an industry-standard balancer port and a T-type power plug.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Flowood RC Indoor Park played host to the January-ish Jam last weekend. New Agama signing, Ryan Lutz was the man to beat in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert Nitro Truggy and Expert E-Buggy as he took the overall TQs and also wins to round out a perfect weekend. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kody Watson (Agama) on the 2 spot, some six laps behind Ryan as Team Associated’s Drew Spurgeon came in 3rd, another lap down.
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Helix Designs have introduced their new LP12 swaybar mounts for the Awesomatix A800X and A800X Evo. With the evolution of setups and new A-arms released for the Awesomatix A800X, it is often needed to modify the stock Awesomatix P12X sway bar mounts to run specific setups. Are new Helix LP12 swaybar mounts have fixed the two major problems with the stock part. Drivers can now run low AT21-S balls and/or any current A-arm without any modifications. Made with durable nylon and tested successfully by top Awesomatix USA team drivers at the 2018 NYGP and 2018 USIC, the parts are a drop fit and they include 3x3mm and 3x4mm droop screws.
The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held once again at the Park Inn Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. A strong North American as well as international presence meant that the race would be as prestigious as ever and with more than 700 entries in total, it makes this one of the bigger events of the year in the US. Touring Modified was a pretty straight forward affair. After winning all qualifiers, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg also went on to win the main final, after a clean run in the A-final. Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs came in 2nd from Destiny driver, Yugo Nagashima.
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Round 9 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in changing track conditions. The Friday before the event there was heavy snow, however the club was able to clean the track in an epic effort. Sunday would start off frozen then slippery onto damp/muddy then onto dry for the last finals, with the track gaining character throughout the day making it challenging for all the drivers. In qualifying Callum Niblett took the Nitro Buggy TQ, George Miller TQ’d Truggy and Darren Hayden-Ball was fastest in E-Buggy. In the 20-minute Buggy A-main, Callum would come out fastest some seven seconds in front of Lewis Jones while Kieran Cox rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Truggy saw Warabe Tatkoji taking the win from 2nd placed Jonathan Afshin and 3rd placed George Miller. Finally in E-Buggy it was Darren Hayden-Ball with the win from Erik Lykke and Keith Jackson.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
Coming from Xray and made for the XB2 2WD buggy is the new short 2-pad slipper clutch set. The redesigned slipper clutch allows the rear shock absorbers to be mounted in front of the rear arms. The frontward position increases stability on surfaces where the rear of the car collapses, particularly in high-speed corners. Team drivers also prefer this position on low-grip tracks. The 2-pad slipper clutch ensures super-smooth clutch operation and efficient, consistent braking. It is very easy to make ultra-fine adjustments to the slipper clutch externally. The slipper pads are made of ultra-efficient SLS material with very-high slip efficiency, thus allowing very precise adjustment. The lightweight slipper plates are machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6, additionally hardened before a final black surface treatment. The plates also have a machined relief which decreases the friction surface to assist with clutch slip adjustment. The set includes the slipper clutch assembly, 75T and 78T 48 pitch spur gears as well as a new motor plate.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Tamiya have announced the soon release of the Dual Rider kit based on the popular T3-01 trike chassis. The futuristic variant of the Dancing Rider features an aerodynamically shaped canopy, designed by Takayuki Takayaki, a customisable driver and the chassis is highly upgradable utilising the already available range of optionals that boost both appearance and performance. The kit will hit stores at the end of March.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
