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November 8, 2013

Yeah Racing Tamiya, Yokomo & VBC bearing sets

Yeah Racing have new bearing sets for some of the latest 1/1o scale kits available. Coming as standard metal-shielded and optional teflon seal variant the sets includes lightly pre-oiled bearings to significantly reduce the friction in the drive train compared to the greased bearings many kits include. Both variants come with a 15ml bottle of high quality bearing oil for convenient maintenance and best possible performance over a long period of time. The sets are available for the Tamiya TA06, M06, TT02B and XV01, the Yokomo BD7 and BD7 ver.RS as well as the VBC FWD kit.

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November 7, 2013

Team Saxo F1 carbon fibre rear plates

Team Saxo introduce the new carbon fibre rear wing plates for 1/10 formula chassis. Each set includes two side plates designed to replace the standard plastic parts on the company’s rear wing with more durable, lighter and cooler looking items. The plates are cut from 1.5mm carbon fibre sheets and allow to adjust the angle of the upper wing element with two different side plate designs, one straight and one curved end, being available.

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November 7, 2013

Tamiya TRF418 touring car kit

Following first teaser renderings Tamiya finally release more information on their forthcoming new 4WD touring car contender, the TRF418. Already seen at the recent ETS season opener in Hrotovice, the car features a lot of new parts compared to its successful predecessor as there are 1.5mm higher bulkheads, a redesigned motor and layshaft mount and a new top deck, all made to achieve different chassis flex characteristics and an improved weight distribution. Other new parts include the wishbones, steering components and multiple other sections such as the front spool outdrives and more. The kit will hit stores around mid-December.

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November 6, 2013

Beta shock & differential oils

Nemo Racing introduce a new range of high-quality shock and differential oils. Coming in 60ml bottles the shock oils are made to offer maximum consistency and longevity and they come as 20wt t0 60wt shock and 1k, 3k, 7k, 10k, 12.5k and 20k differential fluid.

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November 6, 2013

WRC GT Due 2WD Classic on-road kit

WRC introduce the GT Due 1/8 nitro on-road classic kit. The car is based on a 3mm carbon fibre chassis with rigid suspension parts that do away with the need to use shock absorbers while still allowing to adjust front toe, camber and castor angles as well as rear toe and camber settings. The drivetrain uses a rear beltdrive system and a large disc brake mounted to the rear differential case. Other features include a single speed gearbox, a low-profile 125cc fuel tank and a carbon fibre radio plate.

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November 6, 2013

Midwest Indoor Championship – Report

For the 3rd consecutive year, the newly constructed Genesis RC Raceway in Marshall, Minnesota hosted the Midwest Indoor Championship. With racers attending from Canada and 7 states through out the upper Midwest, the race fell victim to some of the top drivers in the county in their respected classes. After four rounds of very tight qualifying, the mains were set and first up was the WGT class. The TQ holder Tony Block broke out and was able to hold on for the win with current national champion and CRC teammate Randy Grosse taking 2nd and John Wiita rounding out the podium.

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November 6, 2013

Schwendimann wins at 2013 French TC nationals

Nicolas Schwendimann (Xray) has won the Touring Car stock class in this year’s French Touring Car championships. Consisting of five rounds in total Nicolas was able to TQ four and win three meetings along a second and a third place at the Nanates and Montbrison rounds respectively. Thomas Vigneron and Jérôme Permentier completed the top three overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 6, 2013

Arrowmax Honeycomb arm reamer set

Arrowmax now have an arm reamer set out of their Honeycomb line of tools available Included are 3.0mm, 3.5mm and 4.0mm reamers that are ideal to widen the pivot pin holes of wishbones, suspension blocks, C-hubs and rear hubs in order to create a binding-free suspension movement. All tools feature lightweight honeycomb design aluminium handles and 120mm long tool tips.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]