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April 22, 2010

Kyosho RB5 SP2 conversion & Ultima DB ball diff

With the release of the new Ultima RB5 SP2, Kyosho have released this conversion set to upgrade your SP to the latest spec. The set contains all major parts to do the conversion which see the entire motor housing shifted to the right 8mm to cancel any counter torque effect, giving you more precise control. Also new from Kyosho is a ball diff set for the Ultima SC Truck or Ultima DB. This new ball diff will replace to stock gear diff set up with no modifications, just drop in and see the performance.

Click here to see the ball diff

April 22, 2010

Team Associated RC18B2 RTR 4WD buggy

Having brought you details from the RC18T2 earlier, Team Associated have also released the similar RC18B2 1:18 scale RTR electric 4WD off-road buggy. The RC18B2 has a newly designed chassis with a fully enclosed, 2-belt drive train system with adjustable slipper clutch that is capable of handling the extreme amount of power that today’s brushless motors and LiPo batteries dish out. Along with durability, the drive train is sealed to help keep rocks and dirt away from all the gears and pulleys.

Click here for more details

April 22, 2010

Intech Racing BR-5 Pro Kit buggy

Intech Racing have been in touch to announce their new BR-5 1/8th scale buggy Pro Kit, which they claim offers awesome handling, great steering response, fast cornering speeds and great rough track stability. The new BR-5 features include 16mm big bore threaded shock absorbers, hard-anodized, 7075 aluminium shock towers, 7075 aluminium one-piece top plate, 7075 aluminium radio tray and 7075 aluminium one piece engine mount. All of these refinements are make BR-5 a potent buggy that takes you to the next level.

Click here for more photos of the BR-5

April 22, 2010

Team Associated RC18T2 RTR 4WD truck

Team Associated their new RC18T2, a 1:18 scale RTR electric 4WD off-road truck. The RC18T2 comes loaded with awesome new features including the XP3-SS 3-channel 2.4GHz radio system, a newly designed chassis with a fully enclosed, 2-belt drive train system with adjustable slipper clutch that is capable of handling the extreme amount of power that today’s brushless motors and LiPo batteries can dish out. Along with durability, the drive train is sealed to help keep rocks and dirt away from all the gears and pulleys.

Click here for more information

April 21, 2010

Harron wins opening round of Irish Buggy Nats

The opening round of the Irish 1:8 Off Road National championship took place last weekend with a 40 strong entry descending on the all astro turf Navan Nitro Nuts track, which plays host to two of the rounds that make up this year’s expanded six round championship. In qualifying it was defending Champion Michael Todd who took top honours with his Losi 8ight over 2008 Champion Mark Harron’s Hot Bodies D8 while Xray’s Barkley Abernethy, winner of the championship finale at NNN last year, secured third on the grid. In the 45-minute final it was a super close racing throughout between Todd and Harron with the latter eventually coming out on top with the pair seperated by just 2.8 seconds at the finish. After terrible luck in qualifying which saw him qualify for the B final, Hobao driver Andrew White bumped up to the A where he put in a great drive to completed the podium. In the Truggy class it was an all Losi podium with Top Qualifier Arron Vance taking the win from Rodger Skelly, while Oisin O’Briain took third.

View the final results here

April 21, 2010

Answer-RC Xray 808 CVD Axles

New from Answer-RC are these red anodised CNC machined 7075 Aero CVD axles for the Xray XB808 that claim to massively reduce rotating mass in the drive train of your vehicle, giving quicker spool up, reduced braking time and sharper handling. The Answer-RC CVD axles have been specially machined with additional CVD pin holes meaning that as the fit becomes sloppy they can simply be rotated round to the next set of holes.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

April 21, 2010

Losi 2.2 Boss Claws tires

Team Losi have introduced their new 2.2 Boss Claws tires, which utilizes one of the most versatile tread patterns in 1/8-scale off-road racing, the Eclipse. This tread provides smooth and consistent traction on all crawling surface types, while the sidewalls feature Losi Comp Claws for superior construction and ‘side hilling’ abilities. The Boss Claws were prototyped by the Losi Crawling team for the World’s competition then perfected by the engineers at Losi to provide the best possible traction on the most diversified ranged of surface types. Molded using the high traction Losi Red compound for impressive traction and long life, they come supplied with oversized memory foam inserts that provide extra support to assist the tire conforming to the surface.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

April 21, 2010

O’Donnell East Coast Championship – Announcement

The O’Donnell Championship race has been a mainstay on the West Coast for years and now with the ever-growing O’Donnell Racing product line it’s time to expand the O’Donnell Championship as well. This summer will mark the first annual O’Donnell East Coast Championship. The event will take place June 4-6 at one of the hottest facilities on the East Coast, RC Excitement. Located in Fitchburg, MA. RC Excitement is a state-of-the-art racing facility with indoor off-road, indoor carpet and outdoor off-road tracks. This race is sure to go down as one of the best on the East Coast. Several O’Donnell factory team drivers, and Steve O’Donnell himself, will be on hand to offer tips for setting up your model and plotting your race strategy around the demanding outdoor track. If that’s not enough, winners of the sportsman classes have a chance to win their very own O’Donnell Z01-B or Z01-T.

See the O’Donnell website at the link below for all the details.