New from RC Maker is their premium double-sided setup board. It features a super flat, lightweight construction, with a high-quality solvent-resistant print. The print is double sided, with horizontal and vertical designs on each side fitting every racers preference. It comes packaged inside a matching bubble pouch to protect it during travelling.
Coming from 7075.it are new Xray T4’19-specific brass option parts in the form of a battery holder and battery plate. Starting with the battery holder, the part attaches to the layshaft mount and it acts as a battery stop in order to prevent the LiPo pack from moving under various racing conditions. The item was redesigned to allow the use of countersunk hardware while the new appearance also sets it apart from counterfeit products. Also new is the brass battery plate that uses the mirrored motor pocket under the battery pack, ensuring a more equal weight distribution when running low weight packs. The plate is available for carbon fibre or aluminium chassis and like the battery holder it is of a new design to set it apart from other products on the market.
Ty Tessmann is the Top Qualifier at this year’s 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Perth, Australia. The former champion took qualifying’s top prize with the second fastest time in the final round of qualifying behind Davide Ongaro to deny defending Champion David Ronnefalk by a single point. While Ongaro took Q6 by a considerable margin of almost 8-seconds, as the only one who could knock Tessmann off the top of the qualification ranking, Ronnefalk didn’t have the best of runs and needing only a Top 4 for the round to take the overall TQ ended up with a P5 leaving with 8 points compared to Tessmann’s 7. With four of the six rounds of qualifying to count Ongaro’s second TQ run allowed him to drop a 16th from Q3 to end up 3rd overall. Concluding qualifying with a P4 behind Spencer Rivkin, Ryan Maifield would move up to fourth in the final ranking ahead of Mugen team’s Robert Batlle with onroad star Naoto Matsukura completing the Top 6.
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Coming from Hudy are their new A1-36 touring car rubber tyres for asphalt racing. Using a unique tough rubber compound the factory-glued tyres will show exceptional wear characteristics while making the car more stable and easier to drive. The tyres come glued to Hudy’s own disc wheels and they use specially developed inserts that ate of an optimised size and hardness. The tyres come in sets of four.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Infinity has released a new optional set of four large diameter aluminium M4x12mm counter sink washers for its 1/8th on-road World Championship winning IF18. Used for fixing the engine mounts to the chassis, the flat surface means a super secure fitting and sufficient range of movement for all gear meshes. They can also be used with other 1/8th scale on-road models.
Coming from Capricorn and made for their LAB C8SR 1/8th stock class electric pan car kit is a front and rear belt retainer kit. The set is light of weight and easy to use and it avoids belt skipping and wobbling even when running the drivetrain in a somewhat loose setting.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series Australia off-road for the 1st and 2nd of December. The race will be held in a variety of 1/10th Buggy and Truck classes at the Castle Hill off-road track and more information can soon be found here.
Coming from Yeah Racing are their new Desert Lizard 90mm piggyback internal spring shock absorbers for trial trucks and crawlers. The scale shocks come pre-assembled for easy upgrading and they feature double O-Ring sealing cartridges which prolongs the lifespan of the O-rings inside the shock. In addition the compression and rebound is further controlled by the fully functional piggyback. Hardware required for installation is included and the shocks are available in black or red colour.
