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April 30, 2014

RDRP RB6 front aluminium bulkhead

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce a front aluminium bulkhead for the Kyosho RB6 buggy. The part is designed to replace the kit’s plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise item, with the bulkhead being machined from high quality 7075-T6 material. The part not only makes for a solid base for the steering levers and the front shock tower but it also does away with ripped-out ball studs, adding additional durability. Designed for the RB6 the bulkhead also fits the RT6 stadium and SC6 short course truck and it comes black anodised and laser-etched to match with the remainder of the RDRP option parts.

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April 30, 2014

Atsushi Hara wins at 2014 Ride Cup Rd1

The first round of the 2014 Ride Cup took place at the famous RC Addict track in Bangkok, Thailand. In the Touring Car Modified class Atsuhi Hara (Yokomo) grabbed the win from his Yokomo teammates Meen V. and Charlee P. for an all-Yokomo podium.

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April 30, 2014

Team C 17mm wheel nut wrench

Available soon from Team C is this 17mm wheel nut wrench for 1/8th scale buggies, truggies and GT cars. The tool sports a 17mm steel nut driver and a lightweight yet sturdy aluminium handled that comes orange anodised and laser etched. The design makes for secure tightening and convenient loosing even of serrated locknuts.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

April 29, 2014

Viktor Wilck joins Serpent nitro team

Victor Wilck joins Serpent nitro team

Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck has teamed-up with Serpent to run the company’s nitro on-road and off-road vehicles, the Dutch company announce. The Swede will run the new Natrix 748 1/10th car at this year’s EFRA Euros and IFMAR Worlds, he will use the 1/8th Viper 977 at the Euros and Nordic champs and he will also have a bit of fun in the dirt while racing the Cobra 811 buggy at the Nordics. We understand that his contract with Tamiya to race the company’s electric chassis is not affected by his new endeavour.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 29, 2014

Motogo Seiki M22-S.A.C. prototype

Japanese option parts wizards Motogo Seiki have released images of their TLR 22 based M22-S.A.C. mid motor buggy. The company that introduced a mid motor conversion kit for the Kyosho RB5 buggy some years ago developed a completely new transmission for the buggy with the main gear and slipper shaft being placed extremely low within the gearbox. The idler gear is made of a RB6 differential gear, from what we understand, and it drives the standard 22 ball differential meaning the unit is of a 3-gear design over the standard 4-gear mid motor gearbox. The whole transmission case is machined from aluminium with the rear shock tower sitting almost in “rear motor” position allowing to place the rear wing above the rear A-arms for a more compact appearance of the buggy.

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April 29, 2014

Kev Lee doubles at oOple Off-Road Open Series Rd1

The 2014 season of the oOoos kicked off at Stotfold last weekend. Being in its second year the series is meant to address the average driver and will compromise of a total of four events in 2014. New for ’14 is also a vintage RC10 “Gold Tub” class run with handout 21.5T brushless motors. 2WD Buggy was pretty much dominated by Kev Lee who swept the A-final leaving Stuart Wood and Gregg Williams behind. Kev then also went on to triple-win the 4WD mains with Ben Jemison and Stuart Wood completing the podium. In the Gold Tub class James McFadyean also took undefeated wins to take the overall victory. Jim Dixon and Nick Gurnell joined him on the podium. To read the full report swing over to our friends of oOple by clicking here.

April 29, 2014

Paparegas brothers take 1-2 at Greek off-road nats Rd1

The first round of the Greek 1/8th off-road nationals was held on the island of Crete. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas took TQ from Papanikolaou while Agrafiotis ended in 3rd position. In the final Tasos was able to pretty much cruise to the win with his brother John, coming from 5th on the grid, ending the race two laps down in 2nd position just 2 seconds in front of local hot shot Anapoliotakis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 29, 2014

Serpent S411 Eryx 3.0 – Prototype images

Serpent S411 Eryx 3.0 – First images Serpent have released first images of their forthcoming S411 Eryx 3.0 touring car kit, courtesy of Marc Fischer. The pictures mainly show the new aluminium lower chassis plate that can be seen in prototype stages in the images – the production version will come hard-anodised and engraved. Shipping of the kits will start after the 6th of May with the 3.0 should be hitting the stores shortly after.
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