Team Associated have expanded their range of Factory Team brand titanium screws by seven sizes. Adding to the already existing range are 10mm M3 socket head and 6mm M3 flat head screws as well as 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm and 20mm M4 flat head screws. All are available in 4-piece packages.
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Round four of this year’s RC Lemans Series was held this past weekend at the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, the Netherlands. Partly damp conditions made things interesting, nevertheless most of the qualifiers and finals could be run in dry conditions. With the qualifiers not being counted by points and following a dry and a slightly damp qualifier the final round would be the rocket round to qualify for the A-mains in both the Modified and Stock classes. In the Modified class it was Reinder Wilms who was able to score the only 23 laps qualifying run to take a maiden TQ in the RC Lemans Series. Behind the Dutchman Tobias Weist, Sven Stoffels, Tim Altmann and Marc Lorenz completed the top 5 with all four being covered by only a couple of seconds.
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Brilliant RC’s new Belt Silicone is an innovative lubricant which improves the performance and efficiency of every belt-driven RC car by reducing the friction of the belts and pulleys. Furthermore it ensures that less dirt adheres on the pulleys and on the belts which results in less wear and an extended life of the drivetrain. The lube comes in a bottle with a small applicator brush for convenient and save application as even the smallest amounts of silicone-based lubricants can cause considerable damages in nitro engines.
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Elliott Boots is the 2015 1:8 Offroad European Champion, the driver renowned for his outright speed finally coming good to claim the first major title of his career. Top Qualifier at the 35th running of the championships, the Kyosho driver would end the reign of former team-mate David Ronnefalk by leading home the HB driver by almost half a lap of the Ongaroring. In front of a hugely supportive Italian crowd Alex Zanchettin would complete the podium in Sacile ahead of home hero Davide Ongaro. Unfortunately for Ongaro’s Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle his race would end before it had even started when his front centre driveshaft came out during the final countdown to the cars being put down on the grid.
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Shepherd have announced their updated shock pistons for the Velox Revolutionary Shock System. The new pistons are made from high-quality teflon material and have a rounded shape to guarantee a much smoother damping characteristic. The standard 1-, 2- and 3-hole pistons have 1.0 mm holes and are complemented by additional pistons with 1.2mm holes. Made for shocks with an inner diameter of 10mm they also fit other shock systems on the market and the pistons are available from now on.
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Muchmore have three dedicated cyanoacrylate glues for rubber and foam tyres available. First up is the V-Made glue that is the strongest in the line and therefore it is ideal for 1/8th and 1/10th buggy tyres and generally all applications that require a very strong bond. Also new are specially formulated rubber and foam tyre glues for general applications. All three come in 20g bottles with a needle cap and applicator being included in the package.
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Sweep Racing have introduced their new SRC brand which sets a focus on bashers and fun racers. Developed with Sweep Racing’s R&D facility in California the tyres combine racing technology with go everywhere ability and thus both the Road Crusher on-road and Terrain Crusher off-road tyre feature a reinforcing inner belt that prevents the tyres from ballooning under aggressive acceleration and under high speeds. Both tyres come in a unique rubber compound for high grip and exceptional durability and they are pre-glued to newly developed spoke rims that are a direct fit on the Traxxas Revo series trucks. The tyres offer a diameter of 147mm and a width of 80mm and they come on black, silver, bronze or black chrome rims.
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Brendan Wheatley has been on fire all weekend long here at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals in the 17.5 Stock Truck class earning the overall TQ with his Team Associated T5M. Only racing for 2 years, Brendan has been climbing the stock ladder and making great progress with his well equipped custom T5M chassis made by Dillon Davis, Schelle ceramic bearings, MIP 3 gear aluminum gearbox and Eco top shaft. With smooth power delivery from his Hobbywing ESC/SchuurSpeed Select motor combination, Brendan has been able to masterfully tame the high traction, full slick tire conditions here at Outback Raceway. With Ron Schuur on hand, Brendan has been able to optimize his gearing and motor timing to maintain both high corner and straightaway speed to separate himself from the field resulting in the only 20 lap qualifying run.
