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August 28, 2013

Yeah Racing TT-02 suspension option parts

Yeah Racing have two new options parts for the Tamiya TT-02 4WD touring car chassis available in the form of aluminium upper suspension mounts and adjustable steering tie-rods. Starting with the upper suspension mount, the part is CNC-machined from aluminium and designed to reduce flex in the gearbox area for a more precise and accurate steering and suspension action. The mount comes blue anodised and in sets of two allowing to convert both the front and the rear of the chassis at once. The second new part is the adjustable steering tie-rod set, again for the TT-02. Designed not only to reduce friction between the steering bellcranks and the steering knuckles, the linkages also allow for quick and precise toe angle adjustment in order to fine-tune the steering characteristic of Tamiya’s entry-level chassis. Included are six delrin ball ends, three left/right thread turnbuckles and suitable ball connectors.

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August 28, 2013

Tekno RC shock springs & body clips

Tekno RC announce the release of new optional springs for the EB48 and NB48 buggies as well as the SCT410 truck. The springs are stiffer than the current offerings and available as 1.4mm 8.5 turns blue rear spring and 1.4mm 8.0 turns purple offering. Both are 80mm long and will increase off-power steering, help keep the vehicle flatter in corners, and improve jumping characteristics. Tekno RC now also offers angled body clips for and easier handling. They are pre-bend and are usable on a variety of vehicles.

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August 28, 2013

Xray high-torque clutch medium hardness springs

New from Xray come medium clutch springs for the company’s high-torque 1/8th off-road clutch. The grey colour springs are supplied in a set of three and offer slightly different engagement characteristics compared to the earlier springs for a wider range of fine-tuning possibilities to various track conditions.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 28, 2013

MIP Pucks Drive System & alloy B4 C-CVD shafts

MIP Pucks Drive System & alloy C-CVD shafts

MIP introduce new option parts for the TLR SCTE truck and the Team Associated B4 buggy. Starting with the SCTE part, new are the MIP Puck Drive System centre driveshafts that reduce the running noise of TLR’s 4WD SC truck. The set contains two 7075-T6 aluminium C-CVD centre driveshafts, centre input hubs and special pucks that make for a wobble free fit of the shafts in the input hubs. Taking half the weight out of the drive system the set improves acceleration and braking performance and the design significantly reduces the running noise due to zero backlash. The parts are a direct replacement for the stock TLR shafts and come including hardware for a drop-in fit.

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August 28, 2013

Video – FEMCA 1/8th Offroad Main Final

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Watch the full 1 hour A-main from the 2013 FEMCA 1/8th Offroad Championships that took place in Beijing, China last weekend, the country’s first international sanctioned race. It was Dani Choi from Korea who claimed the TQ spot but following the semi finals it was 2-time World Champion Atsushi Hara from Japan in his first race since leaving HPI, driving a Mugen, who would take the pole position. Watch to see how the whole race unfolds with commentary from Scotty Ernst.

August 27, 2013

One Track Mind?

One of the difficult things I often face when I talk about RC racing to my non-RC friends (yes, I do have those!) is explaining that we have different scales of car, electric and nitro powered, on road and off road…. Last time I checked there was something like a dozen reasonably distinct classes. And that’s before we even look at Stock or Modified variants of the same class.

Continue reading Oli’s column here

August 27, 2013

JConcepts JC Racing tires theme t-shirt

JConcepts has released a newly designed t-shirt based on the popular JC Racing tires theme. This new t-shirt sports a completely detailed front logo design including the popular JConcepts.net along with graffiti type ‘Racing Tires’ font. The image is based around the Dirt Nitro Challenge championship tire, the Metrix. The back of the shirt includes an even larger version of the front print identifying the elements that go into a successful race tire line. The shirts are made of a heavy-duty 50/50 Cotton/Polyester blend and are available in the usual range of sizes.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 27, 2013

Exotek TEK-SCT v2 chassis conversion kit

Exotek Racing introduce the TEK-SCT v2 chassis conversion kit for the Losi Micro SCT, Micro Rally and Micro Truggy. The set contains a carbon fibre upper and lower deck as well as a battery brace made from the same special micro weave fibre material. Included is also a sliding motor mount, alloy bolt-in servo mounts and, especially for the v2, new alloy battery cups, an alloy steering guide and an alloy receiver mounting plate. The aluminium parts come blue anodised and included is also suitable hardware set.

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