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December 20, 2012

KO Propo Off Road Champs – Announcement

KO Propo Off Road Champs - Announcement

The 3rd Annual KO Propo Off Road Championship is back at West Coast Raceway from the 5th to the 6th of January. With over 200+ entries last year and names like Cavalieri, Tebo, Kinwald, Hartson, Numedahl, and many international racers in attendance it’s going to be another amazing event hosted by KO Propo and West Coast Raceway. Since the first year of existence, The KO Propo off Road Championships has had a very similar format to qualifying but when it comes to Main day they’ve incorporated a Bump Up Triple A format where you’re never, ever out of it. More information can be found here.

December 20, 2012

Sweep 1/10th closed cell foam inserts

Sweep 1/10th closed cells foams

Sweep Racing have released their latest closed cell foam inserts for 1/10th scale buggy, with perfect foam density for today’s surfaces and vertical cuts to absorb impacts. This closed cell inserts have several advantages over the standard foam inserts including increased durability, water resistance, reduced tire roll deformation whilst cornering and low weight. Available in rear as well as 2wd and 4wd front versions.

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December 19, 2012

RBOne R details revealed

After having released one or the other video teaser RB now dropped the curtain and revealed the features and specifications of their new RBOne R competition nitro off-road buggy. Roughly based on the design ideas of the RBOne RTR cars the R version sports 80 percent new parts that include a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis plate with optimized flex, front and rear carbon fibre shock towers, a ‘straight’ drive train with rubber-sealed bearings and rubber protection boots, conical-cut transmission gears and a highly adjustable suspension with aluminium suspension mounts and plastic inserts. RB’s goal was to build an easy to drive and to maintain buggy that also comes with a lot of option parts such as carbon and aluminium clutch shoes, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1mm clutch springs, center CVD and shocks rubber boots, mud flaps, chrome and fluorescent premium stickers, shock and differential silicone oil, as well as silicone tubing with clips. The kit will hit the stores world wide very soon.

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December 19, 2012

Savöx compact case & HV RTR servos

Savöx introduce several new servos in the form of the SA-1258TG, SA-0220MG and SA-0320 servo. Starting with the SA-1258TG (0.08s/12.0kg-cm), the servo features a reduced height of 37.2mm, comes with dual ball bearings and titanium and aluminium gear set. Originally designed for aircraft applications the servo will also do well in many 1/10th on-road and off-road applications. The SV-0220MG (0.13s/8kg-cm) and SV-0320 (0.13s/6kg-cm) are standard size servos with the 0220MG sporting a metal gear set while the 0320 comes with plastic gears. Both are ideally suited to upgrade steering and throttle servos of RTR cars and the like and are usable with 6.0V to 7.4V input.

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December 19, 2012

LRP iX8 updated version & Dynamic 8 motor

LRP introduce an updated version of the iX8 8th brushless speed controller and a 2000kv variant of the Dynamic 8 brushless motor. Starting with the controller the updated version comes with the latest V1.7 firmware and an improved BEC system with an output of 6V and 6A. The increased power output helps to feed even the most power-hungry digital steering servos and adds reliability. Also new is the 2000kv variant of LRP’s Dynamic 8 4-pole brushless motor. Designed to fit nearly all 1/8th electric vehicles the motor features a heatsink 7075-T6 aluminium can, optimised airflow for lower running temperatures and a sensored design.

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December 19, 2012

Exotek RB6 rear camber plate RM

Exotek Racing introduce the rear camber plate for Kyosho RB6 buggies in rear motor configuration. The plate is precision machined from high-quality aluminium and comes in red or black colour. It retains the stock suspension geometry, weights 10g and reinforces the rear section of the buggy.

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December 17, 2012

Billy Easton wins FORCE series Rd4

The fourth round of the 2012-2013 FORCE Series was held this past weekend in Tampa, Florida at Hurricane R/C Club. Competition was at an all time high for Florida’s Premiere Off-Road Series with 144 entries. Coming into the weekend the track crew at Hurricane R/C Club and the promoters of the FORCE Series had a lot of work ahead of them prepping the track from all of the rain the track received early in the week. As always the track crew did an awesome job and had the track ready for Friday’s practice.

Continue reading the report here

December 16, 2012

Michael Paige double at Holiday Barn Burner

JConcepts team driver Michael Paige attended the 2012 Holiday Barn Burner hosted by RJD Hobbies in Lincoln Illinois. This Horizon Hobby sponsored event went well for Paige, TQing 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy and 2wd short course. Races started at 11am and finished up around 9pm in the evening. It was a long day, with good competition and very competitive racing. Paige went on to win 2wd buggy and 4wd buggy running JConcepts Bar Codes in Green Compound and took 2nd in 2wd short course and 2nd in 4wd short course with Green Pressure Points. Fellow Teammate Ben Ellis took 1st in 2wd short course and TLR driver Zac Rose took 1st in 4wd short course.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]