New for the XB808, Xray have released this pair of aluminium collars to provide even spacing between the bearings in the front & rear diff bulkhead blocks. With capturing screws tightened, both bearings are strengthened in the block so they can support more load thus improving bearing life span.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Having already covered the 2wd class at last weekend’s 3rd annual PetitRC race, held at the Maritime Raceway venue in the UK, Team Orion have the report on the 4wd class. Qualifying saw Hot Bodies driver Tony Truman lay down a mistake free run in round 3 to TQ the event by 4 seconds. In the finals Tony finished 2nd in leg 1 after after a little mistake cost him the win, but had a better run in leg 2 to win unchallenged. In the 3rd leg, a mistake dropped Tony back to 4th, but he was able to get his head down and work his way back to 2nd, which was enough to take the win, ahead of 2wd winner Lee Martin and Simon Moss in 3rd.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
CML have signed Hobao’s lead driver in Europe, Jon Hazelwood to run the new Savox servos in 2009. Jon a World Finalist and 4th at last years European Championships was convinced that these new servos were the future after testing them in his Hyper 9 buggy. He joins Elliot Boots, Dave Crompton and Ellis Stafford in using this new brand of servos. He had the following to say:
They feel excellent, they have great speed and torque and yet they are 15g lighter than my previous servos. What more could you want?
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Team Tekin are reporting on their success at the 2009 Golden State Offroad champs held at Lakeport Hobbies, CA. Team driver Phillip Atondo TQ’d and went on to win in the 2wd Open class and continued with his winning ways by TQing and winning Mod truck. There was also success for Tekin in the hotly contested 4wd mod class as team driver Kevin Jelich took the win after qualifying 2nd behind AE driver Frank Root.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
More news from LRP who are now offering 2 new springs for the big bore shocks of the S8 TX Truggy. No available in medium and hard, these new optional tuning springs allow you to adjust and fine tune the handling of your truggy for any track conditions and your personal driving preferences.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
Team Associated driver Lee Martin took victory in the 2wd class at the Petit R/C race, which was held at the Maritime raceway in the UK last weekend. Lee put his RC10B4 on pole position by taking TQ in the final two rounds qualifying with the fastest times of the day and went on to convert that pole position into the race win over three legs. After a tough first leg Lee took victory in legs two and three to secure an excellent victory from Tom Cockerill in 2nd and Ellis Stafford 3rd.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk] / Image: Maritime [maritimeracing.info]
Following up from the pictures of the new X-Factory X-6 Squared 2wd buggy, the company have released this photo of Paul Sinclair’s buggy as seen at last weekend’s CRCRC Mid Winter in Columbus, Ohio. The new Squared body from JConcepts gives the car a more aggressive appearance, with the addition pf a motor cooling vent on the right side of the cabin.
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
New from ST Racing Concepts for the Traxxas Slash are a range of machined aluminium parts to improve the performance & looks of your car. First up is this new Pro Racing CNC machined aluminium battery strap, which adds more strength and battery position adjustability to your Traxxas Slash. Also new for the Slash, are new shock bodies and shock caps, that improve the smoothness and performance of the shocks. Featuring an upper cap o-ring to provide a better seal, the lower shock body area has been redesigned to better accommodate the stock Traxxas O-ring and plastic sleeve for the smoothest shock operation. For the tires on your Slash & Slayer, there are these new machined aluminum beadlocks that offer a big weight savings over the standard steel versions. Finally STRC have released a lightweight wrench that features a 4mm turnbuckle on one end with a 5mm version on the opposite side. All products are available in various different colours.
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