Reds Racing announce that 2012 EFRA European Buggy Champion B Alessandro Magi has re-signed for the racing season 2013. It will be Magi’s third consecutive year with the Reds Racing team. Alessandro will be working with Mario Rossi in order to develop the company’s off-road line of engines.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it] / Photo: Neo Buggy
US company For The Win introduce new carbon fibre option parts for Mugen’s MBX7 buggy. Available are an upper steering plate as well as a front and rear shock tower. Starting with the steering plate, the part is machined from 3mm fibre material and replaces the stock plastic upper plate with a beefy graphite version. It comes with all needed hardware for easy installation. Also new are the 4mm front and rear shock towers. Precision CNC-cut in the USA from genuine quasi-isotropic carbon fiber, the towers maintains all factory mounting and adjustment holes with the rear shock stay sporting a second vertical row of camber link holes located 5mm outboard from the stock positions for more tuning options.
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Kyosho introduce the alloy steering plate for the RB6 2WD buggy. Designed to replace the plastic kit part with a much stronger CNC-machined aluminium item the parts comes brown anodised and is a direct replacement. Offering a much higher strength the parts makes for a rock solid steering assembly.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
Savöx introduce two new waterproof standard-size servos in the form of the SW-0230MG and SW-1210SG. Starting with the SW-0230MG (0.13s/8.0kg-cm) the high-voltage compatible item sports an all-plastic case, a single ball bearing and full metal gears. It is ideal for both steering and throttle/brake duties on 1/8th and 1/10th applications and comes with a fully waterproof case. Also new is the SW-1210SG (0.15s/20kg-cm) standard voltage servo. Coming in a fully waterproof aluminium-plastic case and sporting steel gears the duel ball raced servo is ideally suited for 1/8th all many large scale applications.
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Former World champion, triple European champion and multiple German nationals winner Daniel Reckward continues his sponsorship deal RB Products. He will use the RB engines, fuel, tires and also the brand-new RB One R 1/8th off-road buggy. RB Products is delighted to have Daniel on board and welcomes this experienced driver to the team. He and his brother Matthias will play an active role in enhancing the RB One R and will be involved in the testing and development process. This is what Daniel has to say about the deal:
I am excited to start racing with the new RB One R and firmly believe that RB Products have created a car that is capable of winning from the off. The move to RB Products and the RB One R completes the picture, as I have been using their hugely successful engines and fuel for many years and will now be using one of their cars too. Being part of this exciting project and in the ongoing development of the RB One R along with my brother, Matthias, is something I am very proud of. Looking ahead, I am really excited to be taking on this new challenge and to start racing. It is my firm goal to get the new RB buggy on track for the podium with the help of my brother.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
More new parts for the Kyosho RB6, this time from Exotek Racing, who have focused on the car’s big bore shocks. A number of new red anodized aluminium parts they have introduced a top cap set, threaded collar set with large knurling for easy grip and notched for accurate adjustments, a bottom thread set and finally cap sleeves. All the items use the standard kit o-rings and remaining shock parts.
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Yaiba Racing have released a some new aluminium option parts for the Kyosho RB6. First up is this rear upper bulkhead which allows you to attached 12mm big bore shocks. With this new part you don’t need to add spacers between the shock tower and the pivot ball, giving improved efficiency. A new steering rack gives a more direct steering feel and works best with the aluminium steering bell crank. Both parts significantly improving strength and durability.
Associated have released new Factory Team machined pistons for the 12mm big bore shocks to take performance to the next level. Precision CNC machined pistons allow for the best fitment and concentricity with the shock body to improve handling and consistency. The new pistons are also tapered for independent tuning of compression and rebound. For example, a tapered piston with the taper facing down will travel faster in rebound than it will in compression, allowing the user to tune the rebound and compression movement independently. Available in 2 hole (1.5mm, 1.6mm & 1.7mm), 3 hole (1.4mm) and 4 hole (1.3mm) versions.
Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]
