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March 21, 2014

Martin Lissau joins Shepherd for 2014

Shepherd Micro Racing announce the re-signing of the former 1/5th Scale World Champion and 2008 1/10th World Championship finalist Martin Lissau. After a break from 1/10th scale racing he will attend the national championship in Denmark, selected ENS events as well as the the European Championship in Valencia using Shepherd’s Velox V10 Pro chassis. Martin has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be back in the great Shepherd Team and looking forward to an interesting and funny year. The development of the V10 to the Pro version was such a big step forward that I’m really optimistic for the upcoming races. I would like to thank Patrick and the whole Shepherd Crew for this great opportunity.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 21, 2014

Mugen MBX7T 1/8th truggy – Teaser

Today first images of Mugen’s forthcoming MBX7T 1/8th truggy appeared on the interweb thanks to a Brazilian Facebook user. The two images show Mugen’s latest contender that will for sure sport refinements and improvements also seen on the company’s World Championship winning MBX7 buggy, but for now we only have these images but no definite information on the features and specifications. According to Automodelismo Brasil the kit will ship around Mid-May and while the images only show the nitro version there will very likely also come an electric-powered variant.

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March 21, 2014

Pro-Line ’81 Bronco body & new Short Course options

Pro-Line '81 Bronco & new Short Course options

Pro-Line have a new bodyshell for Short Course trucks, pre-assembled Pro-Spec shock absorbers and pre-mounted Interco TLS SX Super Swamper SC tyres available. First up is the 1981 Ford Bronco bodyshell, designed to fit a wide range of trucks such as the Pro-2, Slash, Slash 4×4 and SC10, the body resembles the iconic Bronco truck for a true scale old school look. It comes clear, with a large decal sheet and required the use of extended body mounts due to its dimensions.

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March 21, 2014

Pirani RC The Roller adjustment tool

Italian company Pirani RC now have a helpful tool called The Roller available. Designed to fit a wide range of drivers the small cylinder is simply slid over the tool tip and a combination of 8 markings and an air bubble helps to make exact 1/16th or 1/8th of a turn adjustments to toe and camber angle adjustment screws and pivot balls. At only 20mm diameter it is also very handy and easy to store.

Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]

March 21, 2014

Pro-Line B5M Phantom body & Trifecta rear wing

Pro-Line introduce the Phantom design body for the Team Associated B5M and the Trifecta 1/10th buggy rear wing. Starting with the body whose design elements sport the finger prints of Pro-Line’s Lee Martin who first brought the shape to the Tamiya TRF201 buggy. Now the Phantom is also available for the B5M and while being aggressively shaped for a unique look, the body also sports several performance elements such as a forward-biased cabin, sweeping body lines that flow back to a single point and an optional centre fin that makes for additional high-speed stability. As usual the body comes made from clear polycarbonate and includes window masks and a decal sheet.

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March 20, 2014

Drake, Glancy & Hollis win at Ice Breaker

Drake, Glancy & Hollos win at Ice Breaker

This past weekend was the Ice Breaker at Indy RC World, a venue that features an indoor off-road track. The layout for the Ice Breaker was very technical and had lots of jumps. Qualifying was dominated by TLR’s Adam Drake. He TQ’ed all three round of qualifying in both Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. The track grooved up throughout the weekend and was high bite for the mains on Sunday. In the 45 minute Truck final, Drake slowly pulled away and won the final. Second place went to Josh Glancy making it a TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line 1,2. In the 45 minute Buggy final most of the guys switch to a harder compound tire and the race was on between Drake and Glancy. Both drivers were pitting at 11:30. They exchanged the lead throughout the race and finished only 1-2 seconds apart. In the end, Josh Glancy took the win followed by Adam Drake and Taylor Peterson finished third a lap down to the leaders. TLR’s Cody Hollis took the win in Electric 1/8th Buggy as well.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

March 20, 2014

Mikael Johansson joins ORCA

Mikael Johansson joins Orca

Team ORCA announced the signing of European Junior Champion Mikael Johansson to their team. Mikael is a 1/10 2WD and 4WD European Off-Road Junior Champion as well multiple Swedish cup winner and has finished on the podium at various Nordic Championships. Mikael will race all important off-road classes with the ORCA electronics and has this to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be a part of team ORCA and their development of great products. I really feel trust in my ORCA electronics and I know that this can help me to get the results that I want. Thank you for this opportunity and special thanks to Joey of ORCA and Henrik Gustafsson of Minicars Hobby Distribution AB, the new Swedish ORCA distributor.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

March 20, 2014

SWorkz S104 EK1 Performance chassis kit

Available from end of March is SWorkz’ new Performance chassis conversion kit for the S104 EK1 1/10th scale buggy. The kit will include a new aluminium lower chassis plate with venting holes in the motor area, it comes with a new motor and centre drivetrain mount, new saddle pack locators to relocate the battery to a side-by-side configuration and the kit will also include a new rear topdeck and new front and rear arms. Also supplied are several new plastic parts and a new bodyshell.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]