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April 1, 2014

Xtreme Racing wrench holders & car stands

Xtreme Racing have new wrench holders and car stands available. Starting with the tool stands, the pit accessory is available as a 6-spot and 4-spot variant, both of which sport machined aluminium middle sections, sidelined by carbon fibre braces for a secure stand. The holders can take hand tools with a handle diameter of up to 18mm and make for a much cleaner workspace both at races and at home. Also new are orange fibreglass and carbon fibre “short” car stands for 1/10th touring cars. They are of a very lightweight design and come including anti-slip foam strips.

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April 1, 2014

KO Propo EX-1 KIY Limited Edition & new servos

KO Propo have several new products to offer in the form of the a limited edition “red screw” EX-1 KIY radio, the BSx2 brushless servo line and the Power variant of the RSx one10 low-profile servo. Starting with the EX-1 KIY, the Ver.3 transmitter comes with the already introduced Expert Grip pads and larger trigger unit. In addition the radio features a red anodised aluminium screw set for the grip and master unit which is also available separately as is a silver colour set to update older radios. New to all Ver.3 radio sets is the KR-413FH receiver that offers a significantly faster reaction time over the previous KR-411.

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April 1, 2014

Meen V. & Charlee P. join Team Scorpion

Scorpion Power Systems announce the addition of 1/10th nitro on-road World Champion Meen Vejrak and Asian front runner Charlee Phutiyotin to their factory team. Scorpion is long known for its high performance aircraft brushless motors and speed controllers and both Meen and Charlee will help with the development of Scorpion’s forthcoming line of car-related brushless components.

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March 31, 2014

MIP Pucks drive system for RT6

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MIP now have the Pucks Shiny drive system for the Kyosho RT6 stadium truck available. The set makes use of MIP’s own Pucks system that greatly reduces outdrive and driveshaft wear by using special composite cushions, called pucks, instead of conventional drive pins to connect the outdrives and driveshafts. The pucks also make for a smoother drivetrain action both for stock and modified racing. The “Shiny” system comes with captured C-CVA dogbones, RT6-style wheel axles, new outdrives, diff rings and diff gear, as well as an assortment of MIP grease and thread lock.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

March 31, 2014

DE Racing TLR & Kyosho stadium truck wheels

DE Racing have new additions available to their SpeedLine series of wheels in the form of specific rims for the TLR 22T and the Kyosho RT6 stadium trucks. Both wheels are a direct replacement for the stock parts, they are manufactured from high quality material and come in neon yellow or white colour in sets of two.

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March 31, 2014

Azarashi Roadseal touring car prototype

Japanese company Azarashi, known for their optional buggy bodyshells and 4WD buggy conversion kits, are about to enter the on-road market with another conversion. Teasing with a somewhat blurry photo it appears like the designers combined their Team Associated B44.1 Grayseal conversion with short length touring car wishbones and a front bumper to create the Roadseal, a 1/10th 4WD touring car with rear motor, backward mounted speed controller and a rear located battery compartment for 2S shorty LiPo battery packs. Azarashi do not go into detail about test results or a rough release schedule but we bring you more information and images as soon as they become available.

Source: Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]

March 31, 2014

Peter Harder wins Danish nationals Rd1

The first round of the Danish nitro off-road nationals took place on a purpose-built track in an indoor horse training arena. The qualifying saw Oliver Fisher being the dominant driver so he quite easily took TQ but Peter Harder was in pursuit and was able to take the lead in the main final only on the second lap. Peter then started to build quite gap on the second place driver and he was close to lapping Oilver halfway through the final. But then Peter started to struggle due to an erratic behaving car allowing Oliver to close up. With around 5 minutes to go Oliver was on Peter’s tail and then things got even worse for the Xray driver as a tyre started to come off but at the end Harder was able to maintain a 0.8s gap handing him the win in front of Oliver Fisher and Jan D. Hansen.

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March 31, 2014

Chris Banham wins 2014 North Island Champs

The New Zealand 2014 North Island Champs took place at the Taranaki Radio Control club. In the Nitro Buggy class Chris Banham managed to TQ 5 out of 6 qualifiers to take the overall TQ and also in the Nitro Truggy class he pretty much dominated the qualifiers by taking 3 round wins which in turn also gave him the overall TQ for the finals. Following the semifinals Chris than would also take the pole positions for the finals of both classes.

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