Following the announced of their new RF3 conversion kit for the TLR 22 5.0, Willspeed has given more details on the newly designed body shell for its latest buggy creation. The ‘Raven’ exclusively designed for the RF3, features a super low profile, reduced screen angle and altered cab position compared to the RF2. The new body in both a standard and lightweight version.
Klinik RC, through its Racetec brand, has released its 3P .21 3 Port Race Spec Offroad engine. Over 12 months in development their first engine release is proudly designed and developed in the USA! Power and mileage has been optimised for todays demanding off-road conditions. Starting this project, their number one goal was to provide a great engine at a forgotten price point. This price point shouldn’t require corners to be cut. The Racetec 3P has a 3+2 port design in a die-cast crankcase. High quality bearings ensure long life and smooth RPMs. Reliable and durable. The Racetec 3P features an alloy/composite 2 needle carburettor. A long low speed needle ensures solid idling, smooth transition to high rpms and solid return to idle. While maximising mileage along the way. A built in heat isolator ensures consistent needle settings and no heat soak. 6.5mm venturi is included. The combustion chamber has been optimised for 20%-30% race fuel. By producing big power with lower nitro content, mileage can increase dramatically. The billet cooling head is lighter and more thermal efficient than cast counterparts and is available in black, blue, red or pink.
HB Racing has released a number of new ‘World Spec’ parts for its 1:8 Buggy platform. During last September’s IFMAR World Championship in Redovan, Spain, their team drivers were running some prototype parts as part of their ongoing chassis development. The performance increase of the HB Racing D819RS was so good that HB Racing has decided to produce a batch of these World Spec Parts for the owners of D819RS and E819RS. Among the ‘World Spec’ parts release are a new chassis plate, new front & rear suspension arms and compatible woven graphite covers, a caster block set and a steering block set. Use of some of the parts require some modifications of the original kit chassis or the use of the new World Spec Chassis.
British specialist buggy manufacturer Willspeed has released their RF3 TLR 22 5.0 2WD Buggy conversion kit. Progressing on a successful 4 years since the incarnation of the RF2 conversion platform, utilising the same principles and philosophies now proven they took the design back to basics to keep the same integral properties but improve on further adjustability, tunability and durability resulting in an all new platform, with the RF3 the results.
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Coming from Avid are these 13mm shock bodies for the TLR 22 and 22X-4 1:10 buggies. The shocks offer TLR racers the plush feeling of the larger bodies while utilising all your other G3 components. The larger 13mm body allows for less volume displacement under compression which allows for a much more predictable feeling on the track. This is why Avid have included (2) 2.0mm thin blank pistons for you to get going. With the piston face being larger at 13mm, this requires more oil to be moved so the standard piston configuration of 2×1.5 in the front and 2×1.6 in the rear does not work the same.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
T-works has added to its offering of shock towers for Team Associated’s B74.2 1:10 4WD Buggy. The V2 versions have a widened +1.5mm camber hole compared to the previous release. On the rear tower T-works has added a second row of mounting holes to the overall wider V2 tower which like the front is machine from carbon fibre.
Hobby Action in Chandler, Arizona have announced the date for the 2023 Desert Classic with the 7th edition of the annual event taking place from March 1st to 5th. An event that has established itself as a major fixture in the early part of the international 1:10 Offroad calendar after filling the void left after the demise of the Cactus Classic. Again sponsored by Stickit1 Racing, the 2023 edition is set to have even more significance on the calendar as a preparation race for the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships that Hobby Action will host in September of this year. Entries for the Desert Classic are open from the 22nd of this month and the race will be open to all the usual classes.
AMain Hobbies has announced the signing of Cole Tollard to a contract with its ProTek RC Pro Race Team. The 22-year-old, who made a high profile move to TLR for 2023, will run ProTek RC Samurai RM engines as well as ProTek RC batteries and servos in his race program and utilise the vast line of ProTek RC tools and accessories. On the announcement Tollard said, “I am so excited to join the ProTek RC team. I have heard so many great things about the ProTek RC product line, and can’t wait to incorporate the ProTek RC engines, servos, batteries, tools, and accessories into my racing program. I want to thank everyone at AMain Hobbies for this opportunity and am really looking forward to this 2023 season.”
Source: ProTek RC [amainhobbies.com]
