Revolution Design racing products have released the first renderings of the new line of option parts for the popular Team Durango DEX210 Buggy Set to be released in March 2012, they will be shown for the first time at next week’s Nuremburg Toy Fair, which you can follow live on Red RC from Wednesday.
View the full list of new options here
Balancing the tires on a 1:8 buggy or truggy is key to getting the most out of your vehicle. AKA’s hand held 1:8 Off-Road wheel balancer is the perfect tool for the job. This wheel balancer was designed by Mark Pavidis with performance, portability and function in mind. It’s compact design does not require any platform or stand that can take up precious room in your pit bag. It’s the size of a standard size wrench so it will fit right in your tool box. It’s made from billet aluminum and is hollow so it looks trick and it’s light. The integrated bearings have been lubricated with a light oil and are sealed to make sure it is very easy to find the heavy side of your tires every time. The wheel mounts to the balancer with a simple press fit adapter to make switching from tire to tire quick and easy. Will balance both 1:8 Buggy or 1:8 Truggy tires or any wheel and tire combo with a 17mm hex.
View a video on how to use the balancer here
RB distributor RMV Deutschland have released information on the RB Blast V2 limited edition set. The square stroke engine features a 7+3 port ABC liner, multi-exhaust system, 9mm composite carburettor with 7mm venture insert, turbo glow plug and a 13mm nitride hardened and coated crankshaft. The 3.5cc engine is designed for competition use in both 1/8 scale buggies and truggies and comes including an engine protection kit and EFRA 2045 exhaust.
Source: Area52 [area52.cc]
The 26th Annual Pro-Line Cactus Classic will take place on March 23-25 with the World Famous Scotty Ernst announcing the race. As always, the race will be held at Hobby Town’s Scottsdale R/C Speedway in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona. Entries are limited to 500 so if you are interested in signing up for the event be sure to visit RC Signup. For more information visit the Pro-Line site here.
DE Racing have announced the release of their “Borrego” buggy wheels for the front of Team Durango’s DEX410 “V3” 4wd buggy. They include all the same features from the rest of our buggy line in addition to a 14mm mounting hex and offset specific to the DEX410 “V3”. They are available in black, silver, white and yellow.
Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]
Avid B4 aluminium steering bellcranks are machined from billet 6061-T6 aluminium alloy, black anodized, and laser etched for a premium look. Each package includes 1 left and 1 right bellcrank which replace the plastic servo saver and bellcrank on any B4, B4.1, T4, T4.1, and SC10. These aluminium bellcranks eliminate flex in the steering system for maximum steering feel. They also eliminate the plastic servo saver which can fail and cause DNFs. Associated ace Ryan Maifield installed the Avid bellcranks on his B4 and went on to take the win at the Winter Midwest Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
With the Reedy International Off Road Race of Champions just one week away, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP’s Steven Hartson laid it down in 2WD Modified by taking the TQ and win in round three of the West Coast RC Raceway Supercross Series. Hartson was unstoppable in the main event against many of his Invitational competition and was the only driver to run 15 laps in the main event.
Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]
The annual Meakin Masters was held at the Meakin Track (The Brick Yard) in Kingston, Queensland, Australia last weekend. Kyosho/Pro-Line racer Kyle McBride hit the track for the first time on Saturday hard with his Kyosho TKI2, setting the TQ pace for the first round. The second qualifier Kyle sets another TQ going 4 seconds faster than the 1st qualifier. The third qualifier Kyle equaled his TQ time setting another 16 lap 10 min 11 seconds. Heading into the Amain the track was extremely hard packed, but polished smooth like wax, so they decided to run M4 Calibers. At the start of the Amain Kyle pushed hard to break the pack, setting into a comfortable lead with his Kyosho TKI2 and would lead from start to finish lapping the field twice and setting the fastest lap of the final.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
