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June 3, 2016

Patrick Gollner wins at Austrian EP On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Wr. Neustadt track in perfect weather conditions. The race schedule saw free practice on Friday, timed practice and the qualifiers on Saturday with the mains run on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Patrick Gollner took the overall TQ from Mario Sowka and Manuel Gremlica. The finals then had Patrick taking an easy win in A1 but a mistake in A2 shifted the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main in which he again came out fastest to grab the overall victory from Mario Sowka and Toni Eder.

View the A-main result here

June 3, 2016

Pro-Line All-Terrain Cooler conversion

Pro-Line have introduced the All-Terrain Cooler conversion for wheeled coolers. Conveniently pre-built and easy to install the conversion makes use of a set of Pro-Line 2.8″ Trencher tyres on heavy duty F-11 wheels for a cool look and a more pleasant ride. Included in the set are also an extra-long axle and steel hardware. The F-11 wheels spin on oil-impregnated ball bearings. The conversion will become available very soon.

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June 2, 2016

RPM X-Maxx upper & lower A-arms

RPM have introduced a set of upper and lower A-arms for the Traxxas X-Maxx monster truck. The redesigned items do away with breaking issues associated with the original parts. Starting with the upper A-arm, RPM used their proven A-arm designs from past builds to create an upper support structure sure to handle even massive abuse while the lower A-arm has better ground clearance than the stock arms and it also features a cross section based off of the company’s proven 1/5th scale HPI Baja A-arms. A double support beam on the lower arms spread impact energy over a larger area, meaning hard hits won’t lead to breakages. Being of an universal fit the arms, moulded from RPM’s own nylon blend, fit on any corner of the truck and four sets are needed to equip one full vehicle.

Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]

June 2, 2016

Mibosport Yokomo on-road & off-road chassis skins

Mibosport have introduced new chassis skins for Yokomo’s latest on-road and off-road vehicles. Coming pre-cut, in a carbon fibre design and sporting the respective car logos the decals protect the chassis bottom from becoming damaged or excessively scratched on abrasive surfaces. They are available for the YZ-2 and YZ-4 buggy, the BD7-2016 touring with carbon or aluminium chassis as well as the YR-10 formula car.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

June 2, 2016

Shepherd Velox F1 aluminium chassis & pod plate

Shepherd have introduced an aluminium main chassis and lower power pod plate for the Velox F1 formula car. Made from aircraft-grade and black anodised 7075-T6 aluminium these option parts will make for improved on-track performance especially in medium to high-grip conditions. For optimised flex characteristics the 2mm chassis sports four cut-out openings in the battery area while the silver chamfered edges improved visual impact. Both the chassis and the lower pod plate are available now.

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June 2, 2016

Mugen Seiki Europe MBX7 brass weights

Available during this weekend’s Mugen Cup in Reims, France are Mugen Seiki Europe’s glamorous MBX7 rear chassis weights. Cut from heavy brass material and coming in a matte brass or polished chrome-plated finish the parts not only add weight to the rear end of the MBX7 platform but they also look very trick and show your passion to everything Mugen.

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June 2, 2016

Serpent introduce new Cobra GT option parts

Coming from Serpent is a range of new option parts for the Cobra GT 1/8th on-road car. Usable on both the nitro and electric-powered GT are the rear and front diff case spacers. Available separately the spacers mount below the diff cases and optimise the suspension geometry and angle of the driveshafts, resulting in improved traction and more even tyre wear. Made for pre-3.0 nitro kits are the SL8 XLI 2-speed centre blocks and the SL8 XLI 2-speed conversion kit. Standard with the 3.0 the older spec vehicles will profit from the conversion that makes for an overall lighter drivetrain.

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June 2, 2016

McFactory Type L 1/12th scale conversion kits

McFactory have introduced their all new Type L 1/12th scale conversion kits. The “L” is in honour of National Champion Donny Lia, who was instrumental in the development of this new car. The kits were designed for the new high-bite black CRC carpet and feature inverted sidelink mounts to allow for a narrower chassis that in turn makes for more undisturbed chassis roll on the high-grip carpet without dragging while also moving weight closer to the centre of the car. Also included are raised front carbon bumpers that remove nose weight and solve the dragging issues everyone has on the new carpet. Finally a recessed tape slot in the centre does away with the battery tape getting cut or caught. The Type “L” conversion will be made for the CRC, Team Associated, Serpent, TOP, SpeedMerchant, Roche, and Xray cars with the later will also come with the rear pod moved 2mm towards the diff and a new top plate. Another cool option is the ORCA shock mount with the speedo screwing into the chassis and an upper heatsink carbon fibre brace acting as shock mount. Non Orca kits will utilise the standard shock mounts from whatever chassis is converted.

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