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January 19, 2015

Yeah Racing Wraith aluminium option parts

Yeah Racing have a bunch of aluminium option parts for the Axial Wraith Rock Racer available. The line includes machined heavy duty aluminium front and rear link mounts, front steering knuckles, front C-hubs, rear lockouts, a servo mount, and wheel hubs, all anodised in gun metal colour and made to replace the standard parts with more rigid ones. Being of a heavy duty design the items help to improve the durability when running the truck in demanding conditions and they also add some visual impact. All products are available separately including hardware or as a combo kit.

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January 19, 2015

Juho Levanen joins Revolution Design Racing Products

Revolution Design Racing Products announce the signing of Finland’s Juho Levanen to exclusively use RDRP’s range of Ultra tools and accessories. The 2-times European Champion and veteran Team Associated Factory driver has been using the tools for a while already and he had this to say about the deal:

I am very impressed by the durability and precision of the tools. Tools measurements are excellent as they are snug fit to screws. On top of this they look very cool.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

January 19, 2015

Zeppin Racing Super Crazy high-speed fan

Zeppin Racing introduce their new Super Crazy high speed fan that features an open board with solder tabs for easy connection wire changes. The fan unit sports dimensions of 40x40x10mm and the easily accessible solder tabs allow for simple wire length adjustment and clean wiring jobs. The dual ball raced super high speed fan comes including a 170mm black universal wire.

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January 19, 2015

Marc Fischer wins at Touring Master Series Rd2

Last weekend was the 2nd round of the Touring Master Series West Division run in Adenau/Germany. Serpent’s Marc Fischer managed to take the TQ in all qualifying rounds and he then went onto win the A-mains also to take a never challenged win. Fellow Serpent racers David Ehrbar and Ingo Herschbach completed the Modified class podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 19, 2015

Yuichi Kanai wins at Vietnam National Championship

The Vietnam 1/8th Off-Road National Championship was held this past weekend and it was Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai who took the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Phan Quang Vinh (Xray) grabbed the vice championship from Mugen driver Thinh Phan. Nam Nguyen (Xray) and Zi Duong (Mugen) rounded out the top 5 result.

Image: Yuichi Kanai

January 19, 2015

David Lim wins at Malaysia National League Rd1

The opening round of the Malaysia National League was held in Shah Alam this past weekend. After missing out on the TQ spot but winning the semifinal David Lim was able to win the 60 minute A-main that was run in very warm conditions with the ambient temperature hitting 36 degree Celsius, making it a demanding race for the competitors.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

January 19, 2015

Exotek D413 aluminium chassis & shock parts

Exotek Racing have new option parts for the HB D413 1/10th scale 4WD buggy available in the form of aluminium wing mounts, an alloy diff cap and a spring perch set. Starting with the wing mount set, the sturdy looking parts are CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and they offer a lightweight design to minimise weight gain. They are designed to use low-profile M3 screws to mount the wing and they allow to run high and low wing positions by simply rotating them by 180 degrees. Included with the factory orange anodised parts are four M2.5 tower bolts for easy installation.

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January 19, 2015

Tamiya TT-02 R33 Drift Spec & Raybrig NSX

Coming soon from Tamiya are two new 1/10th scale kits based on the TT-02 entry-level 4WD touring car chassis. First up is the Nissan Skyline R33 on the Drift Spec TT-02D chassis, a kit that offers some optional parts such as ball bearings, a sport-tuned motor and aluminium heat sink. Included in the kit comes a highly detailed 1995 Skyline R33 body and mesh-type wheels with Super Driftech tyres.

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