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September 19, 2014

South African Championships Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the South African electric on-road championships was held at the Meyersdal Model Car Racing Club just south of Johannesburg, drawing 121 entries from all over the country. Track temperatures in the high 50’s all weekend added and very windy conditions that brought dust from a nearby construction site made for tricky conditions. In the Touring Car Modified class Jason Hillcoat was the man to beat by winning the first three qualifiers to take the overall TQ early.

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September 19, 2014

Team Associated Apex Scion Racing FR-S Drift

Team Associated’s Apex Scion Racing FR-S RTR kit is now also available in a drift version with hard plastic drift-style tyres. Otherwise the Drift spec kit sports the same features as the standard RTR package such as a factory assembled 4WD chassis, a Reedy 3300kv brushles motor and water-resistant XP SC500-BL brushless speed controller. Also included is a 2.4GHz radio system, a 6-cell NiMH Reedy WolfPack battery and a delta peak wall charger.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 19, 2014

Arrowmax aluminium multi case

Arrowmax now have the aluminium multi case available, ideal to store small parts during building, maintenance and setup work. The tray offers three compartments and build-in gauges help to measure the length and diameter of metrical fasteners and also the diameter of imperial hardware. Two pairs of 4mm and 5mm slots also take male and female bullet-type connectors during soldering. The multi case comes grey anodised and with laser-etched markings.

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September 19, 2014

Xray XB8 rib-less chassis side guards

Made for the XB8 nitro off-road buggy are these new chassis side guards without reinforcement ribs. The composite parts offer more twist resulting in improved chassis flex when needed. Due to their design they still offer exceptional chassis protection and they work with the XB8, XB8E and XB9 V2 hardcoated 3mm aluminium chassis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 19, 2014

Avid carbon fibre touring car option parts

Avid have a range of optional carbon fibre parts for the Xray T4, Team Associated TC6.2 and the Yokomo BD7 available. The line-up includes 2.0mm carbon chassis, 2.0mm and 1.5mm top decks, as well as 2.0mm shock towers with all parts being direct replacements for the kit items. The chassis allow to lower the centre of gravity and the roll centres more than stock and they are specially cut to ensure equal twisting resistance side to side. Also the chassis shape is smoothed to keep droop screw platforms from digging into the track during hard cornering. Different thickness top decks help to fine-tune the chassis stiffness to adapt the cars for both carpet and asphalt racing. The shock tower are available separately for the front and rear and as combo sets including both the front and rear shock stay.

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September 19, 2014

VBC Lightning10 200mm World GT pan car – Preview

Available from October is VBC Racing’s new Lightning10 200mm World GT pan car kit. No exact details and specifications are known yet but looking at the preview CAD renderings the car seems to feature some nice details such as a machined battery and electronics compartment for a lower centre of gravity, the main chassis offers different cut-outs to mount optional brass weights in and several mounting positions for the steering servo allow for the use of both standard and 1/12th scale sized steering servos. The link-type car offers dual roll dampers and the front end is of a highly adjustable design. More information will become available soon.

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September 19, 2014

Schelle SC10 Spinfree front axles & Onyx bearing kits

Schelle Racing SC10 Spinfree front axles & Onyx bearing kits

Schelle Racing Innovations introduce the Spinfree front axles for the Team Associated SC10 and expand their line of Onyx bearings. Starting with the front axles, the chromoly alloy shafts are of a design that relieves the clamping forces on the front bearings, allowing to tighten the wheels completely and stop the front axles from binding in the turns. The axles come as pair and include shims and button head screws. Schelle has also expanded their Onyx bearing line to outfit the three newest 4WD electric buggies on the market as are the Team Associated B44.3, Hot Bodies D413, and TLR 22-4. The greased split-seal bearings reduce overall drivetrain drag and come in a re-usable snap case wrapped with the Schelle logo and graphics.

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September 18, 2014

EMR Factory Wildfire D06 rear hubs

EMR Factory released their new aluminium rear hubs for the VBC Wildfire D06 touring sedan. The hubs are machined from high quality 7075 aluminium and feature an additional outer camber link location for more rear traction. The red anodised and laser-etched parts are available in 0 degree and 0.5 degree versions.

Source: EMR Factory [emrfactory.com]