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February 8, 2014

Hartson TQ’s opening 2WD qualifier

Hartson TQ's opening 2WD qualifier

Steven Hartson has TQ’d the opening round of 2WD Buggy at the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals, the Team Associated driver taking his new B5 to the fastest time in the first of the three qualifiers at SmacTrac ahead of TLR’s Cody Hollis. Having set the pace in yesterday’s timed practice, Tanner Denney looked on target to continue where he left off setting the TQ pace until he came across traffic that would hamper his run leaving him drop back to finished a slightly frustrated 3rd.

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February 8, 2014

MD Racing F1 1/10th Formula 1 kit

MD Racing from Spain are currently working on a new 1/10th Formula 1 kit called the F14. The kit will feature a narrow, 75mm wide chassis, a sliding servo mount for easy steering Ackermann adjustment, adjustable wheelbase and a sliding rear axle mount for step-less rear axle height adjustment. The first prototype of the car, that is designed to 180mm and 190mm classes, will hit the track soon.

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February 8, 2014

O.S. R2101 8S low-profile cooling head

O.S. Engine introduce the 8S low-profile cooling head for the R2101 on-road engine. Being of a shorter design with only 8 ribs the cooling head makes for faster engine heat-up and less temperature loss at speed in cold ambient temperatures. The part is a direct replacement for the engine’s stock cooling head.

Source: O.S. Engine [os-engines.co.jp]

February 8, 2014

Schelle 7mm and 11/32″ T-handle wheel wrenches

Schelle 7mm and 11/32" T-handle wheel wrenches

Schelle Racing Innovations introduce two new wheel nut wrenches for metric 7mm and imperial 11/32″ hardware. The 2-piece billet aluminium wrenches are ideal to fasten and remove the often hard to handle serrated wheel nuts on 1/10th vehicles. The tools are black anodised, come with a laser-etched Schelle logo and the nut driver tips are of a replaceable design meaning you can easily swap between your metric and imperial cars by buying one tool and a second tool tip.

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February 8, 2014

F1Shop24.com 7075 aluminium screws

F1Shop24.com have released their first products under the new F1Shop24.com brand in the form of 7075 aluminium screws. Available in several dimensions including 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm, the M3 screws come with countersunk or button heads and are ideal to upgrade somewhat boring looking standard black screws while offering a lower weight than steel fasteners.

Source: F1Shop24.com [F1Shop24.com]

February 8, 2014

Denney tops timed practice at Indoor Nats

Team Associated’s Tanner Denney will be the top seed for qualifying at the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals in St. Louis after he used his new B5 to post the fastest 5 laps after the single round of timed practice. The 18-year-old set an average lap of 14.364 to just pip team-mate Steven Hartson by 3/1000th of a second with Team Losi Racing’s Taylor Larsen third fastest around the SmacTrac track.

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February 7, 2014

Smokem T4V7 conversion kit

Smokem Racing introduce the T4V7 conversion kit for the Xray T4 and T4’14. Building on the experience gained with the 417V7 kit the conversion features layshaft bulkheads that are 1mm lower than the equivalent part from Xray. Used in conjunction with the conversion’s included centre post, this 1mm clearance enhances the flex characteristics of the chassis assembly without the need to raise the upper deck with shims; which may induce tweak. Smokem has also optimised the top deck by eliminating the slit at the centre post mounting point, while the centre post design reduces belt rub compared to the equivalent Xray post.

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February 7, 2014

Kawada BRX Stock brushless motors

Kawada have special stock class brushless motors available in the form of the BRX line. The 540-size motors come in several specifications including JMRCA-legal 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T as well as “outlaw” 17.5T, 21.5T and 30.5T variants. There also is a 3.5T modified motor available. All motors feature a vented and black anodised aluminium can, gold-colour front and back plates as well as L-shaped solder tabs and they come with specially selected rotor diameters that range between 12.5mm and 13mm.

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