The latest Hudy car bag to surface is a dedicated item for 1/10th Formula cars. Measuring about 43x22x8cm the bag takes a single chassis including mounted front and rear wings and it is made using brightly coloured fabric material, decorated with the renown Hudy graphics. The bag sports padded walls and a rubber strap, the latter to make attaching the bag to Hudy’s travel bag easy.
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The 2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational, a Reedy Race style event in Melbourne, Australia kicked off the Australian 1/10th off-road racing season. The Keilor club had worked hard over the New Year break to build a completely new track which was fast, flowing and encouraged wheel to wheel racing. For the invite classes, ten 17.5 racers and 18 Modified class racers battled over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD heads up racing with rotating grids. Invites were sent out based on 2016 race results and racers came from all around the country. In addition, Open classes were offered to allow all racers to vie for direct spots into the 2018 Invitational. Around 140 entries were received in total and the track copped over 9000 laps over the course of the weekend. No laps were allowed on the new layout until midday Friday, however a rainstorm meant a very muddy start to the event. The summer sun and traffic soon grooved up the track, with perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday.
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HRC Distribution have introduced the HRC Racing 68124HVBL high-voltage digital brushless servo. Designed for 1/8th on-road and off-road classes the servo offers sturdy metal gears, a powerful brushless motor, dual ball bearings and it is high-voltage compatible, allowing to use it with 2S LiPo receiver battery packs. The standard-size servo pulls up to 24kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.09s and it features a red anodised middle heatsink section.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Trinity have introduced two new flat-style sensor cables in a bright purple colour. Available as 105mm and 170mm variant the cables feature industry-standard connectors, making them compatible to all current controllers and motors, and they are made using super-flexible wires, allowing for neat and easy installation.
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Following the introduction of a 3-D-printed chassis protector for the Roche Rapide P12-2016 car, 3DRC from Germany now also made a dedicated 2017 version available. Designed to be a direct fit on the latest incarnation of Roche’s P12 platform, the 2017 variant sports an updated shape while still offering exceptional chassis protection and a low weight. The part is available through 3DRC’s Shapeways store.
Source: 3DRC [shapeways.com]
Round four of the RugRacers series was recently held and once the controlled practice had been completed everyone jumped right into the usual format of four rounds of FTQ Qualifying followed by the two legs of finals. In 13.5 Open Ashley Wiffen being the early pace setter only for Jon Seals to then improve the FTQ time for each of the next rounds to take the pole for the final.
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Muchmore have introduced the AAA battery auto cut-off discharge tray. Designed for AAA-size batteries exclusively the discharger tray is usable without additional power sources and it helps to maximise battery life and performance by securely discharging each cell individually down to a voltage of 0.9V. The tray features screw-type contacts and retainers, indicating LED lamps and a heat-dissipating aluminium case.
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Coming from Exotek is a new aluminium clamp-on fan mount for 1/10th buggies, trucks and touring cars. Machined from aluminium and available in anodised black, blue or orange colour, the included mounting bracket has multi-mount features that allows the fan to be angled or parallel with the motor can. The angled design allows easy mounting of fans in 2WD buggies and trucks with laydown style gearboxes while for sedans the secure bracket holds the fan at a distance from the armature to avoid the magnetic fields of the motor disrupting the fans motor. The mount can also hold the fan at the end bell in cramped 4WD buggies by using camber shims for spacing. The mount is designed for use with high power 30mm fans and it fits all standard 540-sized 35.8-36mm diameter brushless motors.
