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March 1, 2018

Novarossi Mantra 3.5cc off-road engine

Novarossi have announced that their Mantra 3.5cc nitro off-road engine is now also available with a rear ceramic bearing. The square stroke power plant is of a 4-port design and it comes with a specially shaped crankshaft for optimised mixture flow, a rear crankcase cover with steel insert for reduced friction and with an O-ring sealed composition camber insert for reduced vibrations and better sealing. The ceramic rear ball bearing will minimise wear while improving acceleration and fuel consumption.

View a list of the specifications and another image here

March 1, 2018

Xray XB8 graphite rear lower A-arm

Xray have introduced a graphite-reinforced rear lower suspension arm for the XB8 1/8th scale buggy line. The item is moulded from a specially formulated compound that is both lightweight and durable with the increased stiffness improving side bite on medium to very high traction surfaces. The arm is not directional and can be used on the left and right hand side of the buggy.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 1, 2018

Noha Ben Mohamed wins at CML Masters

The 2018 CML Off-road Masters was hosted by the BCL club and held on a purpose-built indoor track in Louvres, France recently. In the 2WD Stock Buggy class it was young Noha Ben Mohamed (Xray) who laid town a perfect and impressive performance by taking the overall TQ with two out of four won qualifiers and he would also walk away with the overall win in front of Lee Russell (Team Associated) and Philippe Hautecoeur (Schumacher) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 1, 2018

Serpent sign Dionys Stadler

Serpent have announced the signing of German electric on-road frontrunner, Dionys Stadler to their European team. Dionys joins the company after having a short break from RC in 2017 and he will campaign Serpent’s soon-to-be-released Project 4X Evo touring car alongside his teammates such as Viktor Wilck, Tim Benson and David Ehrbar at all major national and select international events.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 1, 2018

T-Works T4 DLC-coated suspension pin set

Coming from T-Works and made for the Xray T4 touring car is a DLC-coated suspension pin set. The exclusive coating is known from the crankshafts of nitro engines where it reduces wear and tear of the shaft and conrod as the Diamond Like Coat will reduce friction and stress on the surface. The suspension pins’ slick surface will improve suspension efficiency while the dark colour adds a cool look to the lower areas of the chassis. Included in the set, that is usable with the 2016 to 2018 variants of the T4, are front and rear inner and outer shafts that are also available separately.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 1, 2018

Kyosho Mad Crusher HD front & rear panhard mounts

Kyosho have introduced front and rear aluminium heavy duty panhard rod mounts for the Mad Crusher monster truck. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and replace the standard parts with more rigid and durable items that improve the overall stability and precision of the front and rear axle assembly. The mounts are available separately for the front and the rear of the truck, they are machined from high-quality material and come gun metal anodised to match the remainder of the truck’s parts.

View the front mount here

February 28, 2018

Pro-Line 2.8” & 3.8” pre-mounted MT tyres

Coming from Pro-Line are new 2.8” and 3.8” monster truck tyres on stone grey F-11 wheels. The 2.8” range includes the Badlands MX28 and Trencher all-terrain tyres while the larger 3.8” range includes the Badlands MX38 and Trencher X treads. The 2.8” variants come on F-11 wheels that fit trucks such as the Traxxas Jato, Nitro Stampede, Electric Stampede, Stampede 4×4, Rustler and the Pro-Line Pro-MT while the 3.8” premounts utilise 1/2” off-set 17mm F-11 wheels. New to the range is the use of stone grey wheels that add to the already existing black rim pre-mounts.

View the other pre-mounts here

February 28, 2018

Nacho Lopez wins at Spanish nitro on-road opener

The Spanish nitro on-road season kicked off last weekend with the Club Automodelismo Autet holding a regional race for 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/5th scale classes. Nacho Lopez was in control of things in the 1/8th category as he took the TQ a lap in front of Ruben Olivares and he would also take the win in the half hour long A-main, some two laps in front of Ruben as Jose Gil completed the podium result from Miguel Solon 4th and Eliseo Boters 5th.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]