October 5, 2022

Exotek Racing Universal 1:10 tire sanding arbor

Exotek Racing has introduced a universal type tire sander arbor set that can be used on multiple style of arbor or sander systems including even electric drills. The machined alloy 7075 arbor will fasten various 1:10 style wheels from offroad or onroad vehicles and can attach to tire danders from MuchMore, SkyRC, Hudy or similar tire lathe machines with 8mm shafts. It is also compatible with drills with at least a 10MM chuck minimum clamping size. The arbor works with 12mm hex wheels – 1/10 Touring car, Street Eliminators, Off Road buggies etc., 14mm hex wheels – 1/10 rear F1 tires, and 10mm bearing wheels- 1/10 front F1 tires, etc.

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October 5, 2022

Avid AE/TLR Arm Mounts C Wider

Avid has released new Wider C Blocks for the Associated B6.4 & B74.2 and TLR’s 22 5.0 & 22X-4. They are a must-have if you are racing on high bite surfaces such as carpet or turf. The mount frees up the vehicle in the turns and when landing jumps sideways such as corner tabletops. Typically, to get to the low rear toe settings that you need on carpet, you must start narrowing the pills through the D Mount which is increasing side bite by decreasing your trackwidth. The C Arm mount prevents that from happening by widening the C pivot block, thus starting you at 1 deg of rear toe with centered pills on the C and D mount instead of 3.

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October 3, 2022

MIBO 1:10 Offroad servo line-up

MIBO has added three new servos to its range that are specifically intended for 1:10 offroad use.  Topping the range, the MB-2321 (0.052s/23kg/8.4V) Brushless Servo is a very high torque/ultra high speed programmable digital standard brushless servo with steel gear and triple BB-ed output shaft. The all-aluminium case for perfect cooling under high load and the servo is programmable using the KAVAN servo USB programmer/interface and PC software. Next up is the MB-2313 Low Profile (0.07s/20kg/8.4V) Brushless Servo which has all the same features as the MB-2321. Completing the line-up is the MB-2322 (0.055s/20kg/8.4V) Brushless Servo.  Featuring steel gear and double BB-ed output shaft it has an aluminium middle case heatsink for cooling under high load. The MB-2322 is not programmable.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]


October 3, 2022

Phend does double at JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals

Now in its 12th season, the JConcepts Indoor National Series travelled to Hoosier RC HobbyPlex in New Albany, IN, over the weekend for the ‘Fall’ event where Dakotah Phend came away with the buggy double.  The Team Losi Racing star would secure the TQ in both 2WD and 4WD buggy en route to taking home the wins against three World Champions.  Fastest in all three 2WD qualifiers, Phend would line up on pole ahead Xray’s Ty Tessmann and Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield.  Neither were able to find away passed in A1 & 2 allowing Phend to wrap things up early.  With him absent from A3, Tessmann could take the win from Cole Tollard to secure 2nd overall with World Champion Spencer Rivkin completing the overall podium thanks to two 3rd place finishes.  In 4WD Phend again topped all qualifiers to lead away the A-Main field from Maifield, Broc Champlin, Tessmann and Rivkin.  While he would win A1, an early mistake in A2 left Phend with a 5th as Maifield took the win from Tessmann meaning it was A3 to decide the overall win.  An exciting final encounter would see Maifield put a pass on Phend to go to the front with the TLR driver quickly coming back at him, unfortunately a problem for Maifield would deny the big showdown.  Making it a INS podium double, Tessmann would complete the 4WD Buggy Top 3 behind Phend and Maifield.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


October 2, 2022

Canas wins Buggyland 9.0

Less than a month after the country hosted the 1:8 Buggy World Championship, some of the best offroad drivers where back in Spain over the weekend for the the annual Buggyland race where Sworkz’ Juan Carlos Canas was this year’s big winner.  The 9th edition of the Madrid based event, qualifying in Pro Buggy opened with Kyosho driver Joao Figueiredo setting the pace around the Circuito de Fuencarral from Canas, Berkan Kilic and Marco Baruffolo.  Q2 & 3 saw Canas go fastest securing the former champion the overall TQ from Figueiredo, young Spain talent Adrian Pariente, Kilic, Baruffolo and World Champion Davide Ongaro. Having already secure the eBuggy TQ & win from Ongaro and Pariente, Canas would do the double to win from the 1-hour nitro final from the Mugens of 8th place qualifier Burak Kilic and former World Champion Robert Batlle after Anger was an early retirement from 2nd position. In Saturday’s Nitro Truggy Final Tekno’s Baruffolo claimed victory, the Italian holding off Canas (P2) and Figueiredo (P3).

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September 29, 2022

Tworks XB8 Graphite Servo Saver Deck

Coming from T-Works and made for Xray’s latest 1:8 Offroad buggy the XB8 22 is this optional graphite servo saver deck.  Supplied complete with screws it is a direct replacement for the standard composite deck supplied in the kit.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]


September 29, 2022

RC Maker 3D Car Stacker for 1:10 Offroad & Nitro Onroad

Following on from the success of their 3D Pro Carbon Car Stacker for 1:10 & 1:12 Onroad, RC Maker has introduced a larger version of the stand to cater 1:10 Offroad, 1:10 and 1:8 Nitro Onroad and No Prep Drag Cars. Sporting a mostly carbon fibre construction, both upper and lower arms have adjustable height. This stacker allows plenty of room to store your cars with a huge 170mm distance between the upper and lower level. The 3/4mm CNC Machined Carbon Fibre gives a stylish look, along with the super high quality 3d printed stand. The carbon can be removed from the stand by only removing two screws that attach the carbon to the base. The carbon features two 7075 Aluminium standoffs for rigidity which can be easily removed with 2 screws. So 4 screws removed and you can flat pack it for travelling! The base contains several voids for holding screws, shims, body clips and many other parts, handy for keeping things clean.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]


September 28, 2022

Ultimate Racing 1:8 Offroad Lexan Wing

Spanish brand Ultimate Racing has added this all lexan 1:8 offroad rear wing to its range of accessories. The wing provides more rotation in slow corners while improving stability in fast corners due to its reduced weight. It is made of high quality 1.0mm lexan and while not pre-cut it does come with the lines for easy cutting. Each wing is made up of 2 parts, the main wing and the central part. The central part helps to increase downforce while reinforcing the main wing. Each pack contains two full wings.

Source: Ultimate [modelixracing.com]


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