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July 30, 2026

RC Maker SP2 Electric Touring Car

Two years on from top Australian international touring car racer Ryan Maker realising a life long dream to create his own electric touring car with the release of the SP1, RC Maker has just unveiled their new SP2 platform. The Melbourne manufacturer say the SP2 is ‘Built on a relentless pursuit of designing a unique, innovative and highly competitive touring car platform for professional to novice racers, and everyone in between!’ In development for the past 18 months, while they learnt from the SP1, despite the predecessor claiming numerous wins on different tracks all around the world, Maker identified several areas for improvement, as well as realising what made that car great. This built the foundations for the SP2… keeping it’s DNA the same, but re-engineering the design from the ground up. RC Maker will offer the SP2 in 3 chassis options, 2.2mm carbon, 1.5mm aluminium and 1.2mm spring steel.

View SP2 Specifications & more images here

July 30, 2026

Serpent SRX8 | SRX8GT Double Cardan Joint Driveshafts

Serpent has released new Double Cardan Joint front driveshafts for its SRX8 and SRX8GT platforms that are specifically enginnered for high steering-angle applications. Traditional universal-joint drive shafts begin to bind as steering angle increases, creating additional friction, inconsistent wheel speed, and unnecessary drivetrain load. 98mm for the buggy and 94mm for GT, the Double Cardan Joint design virtually eliminates these effects, maintaining a much smoother transfer of power even beyond 30 degrees of steering angle. Designed for modern high-angle GT steering geometry, the benefits of the new shafts is lower stress on drive cups, joints, and bearings, and a more predictable steering feel under acceleration.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 30, 2026

MXLR Mobile Soldering Station

New from Germany’s MXLR comes this Mobile Soldering Station, a full soldering setup that fits neatly into your pit bag. This is a next-generation, ultra-high frequency portable soldering system, specifically intended for professional RC model applications. Compared to conventional soldering irons it delivers higher power, faster heat-up and a significantly more compact and lightweight design. Ideal for maintenance work in the pit area during racing events and also capable for all your general soldering tasks at home. A Plug & Play set up, there are no settings to dial in, no menus to work through on the display with everything coming factory pre-set and ready to go. The station runs on standard 2S LiPo batteries or any 5 – 12V DC source, heats up in approx. 10 seconds and delivers the power equivalent of a traditional 150W soldering iron. The base unit carries integrated solder jigs for 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6mm bullets, so you always have a clean and safe fixture for your connectors. Detachable power and PD cables keep the whole package tidy for transport. Built from aluminium and carbon fibre for a premium lightweight construction, the complete set comes in a premium hardcase bag in carbon optics with MXLR Logo.

View Features & Station conent image here

July 29, 2026

Kaerup claims 2nd European 2WD title in Austria

Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has retaken the EFRA 1:10 2WD Offroad European Championship title, the reigning 4WD World Champion putting in a pretty dominant performance in Austria. In qualifying at the ERT-Steyregg astro track, it was 2023 Champion Kaerup who secured the overall TQ honours with 3 TQ runs from the 5 rounds. Having held the overnight TQ after going fastest in Q2, Sworkz’s Micha Widmaier secured second ahead of Team Associated Joona Hataanen who opened qualifying at the 36th running of the championships with the fastest run. 2024 Champion Michal Orlowski would line P4 with Schumacher team-mate Daniel Kobbevik completing the top half of the grid. With defending champion Martin Bayer finding himself in the D Final, the final would decide a new champion. In A1, Kaerup cruised to a massive 9-second win over Kobbevik, a number of early pile-ups behind the leader giving him an easy passage to the win. In A2, Kaerup again took control of the race but a mistake just coming up on the final minute allowed Widmaier back into the battle as the two drivers got jammed as Kaerup came back onto the track. While Widmaier pushed, he couldn’t find a way passed with the win securing Kaerup his 3rd 1:10 Offroad title. Winning A3, Hataanen made it a championship 1-2 for Associated with Kobbevik completing the podium. The attention now switches to 4WD for the rest of the week with the new Champion targeting the double and trying to reclaim the 4WD title which he previously held in 2022.

Image: Team Associated [Facebook]

July 29, 2026

Schumacher CAT 2000 Pro Slipper & FAB Conversion

Schumacher has released this Pro Slipper and FAB Conversion for its CAT 2000 Classic 1:10 4WD buggy. The Pro Slipper and FAB conversion allows you to have adjustable front wheel braking over the kit one way clicker (FAB) whilst retaining the modern Pro Slipper for smoothing power application. The British manufacturer claim this is a must have tuning option for vintage racing

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 29, 2026

Willspeed R1B PEEK Idler Gear

British 1:10 offroad specialist parts & conversion kit manufacturer Willspeed has released this machined 39T PEEK Idler Gear for the R1 Wurks R1B 1:10 2WD Buggy. An exciting buggy to enter the market this year, Willspeed has added what is one of their signature products for the US made buggy. PEEK, or Poly Etherether Ketone to give it is full name, is a premium high performance engineering plastic, and Willspeed’s gear range has gained a strong reputation for ultimate reliability and efficiency. The material boasts excellent mechanical strength, heat and wear resistance and bearing properties, the highest rated among plastics, and having offer idler gears for Associated, Schumacher, and Xray buggies they now have R1 Wurks covered.

Source: Willspeed [willspeed.co.uk]

July 29, 2026

Capricorn Quantum Option Parts

Capricorn has released two new option parts intended for the Italian manufacturer’s Quantum 1:8 Nitro Onroad kit. Machined from carbon fibre, the Gear Bridge kit provides additional structural rigidity in the gearbox and rear axle area for an additional range of set-up tuning options. Also fitting the recently released Quantum 1:8 Electric, they have introduced a new single-piece version of the front lower arm mount that is integrated with the steering bellcrank mount.

View Steering Arm Support here

July 29, 2026

R1 Wurks R1B Ultra Lightweight Titanium Rear CVA Axles

Adding to its option parts for their R1B 2WD Buggy, R1 Wurks has released this Ultra Lightweight Titanium Rear CVA Axles. Designed to reduce rotational mass and unsprung weight, these axles minimise inertial forces, allowing for quicker throttle response, improved acceleration, and enhanced handling. Machined in-house from Ti 6Al-4V grade 5 Titanium using Swiss machining, they weigh just 4.85 grams for the pair which makes them these CVA shafts 47.4% lighter than the standard steel axles.

Source: R1 Wurks [r1wurks.com]