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November 21, 2012

Yaiba Racing B4 option parts

Yaiba Racing is a new Japanese brand aimed at releasing new products for competition RC cars, on and off road. Their products have been designed and tested by their experienced design-engineer and produced in Japan. The first products are for the Associated B4 and include a new machined motor plate with heatsink. Made from 3mm thick 7075 aluminium, the special heatsink design allows for more heat dissipation and weight reduction. Next up is the battery plate thumb nuts, also made from aluminium, and a complete set of 12mm clamping hex wheel hubs which stay in place when removing your wheels. Finally there is a big bore shock mount kit for the B4, SC10/T4 and B44 that allow you to attach the 12mm big bore shocks to the current range of off-road cars of Team Associated.

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November 21, 2012

Tekno RC SCT410 4×4 SC truck

Tekno RC have announced the newest addition to their stable of RC vehicles, the SCT410 1/10th 4×4 Short Course Truck. The SCT410 shares many parts with the EB48 1/8th Electric Buggy, so you know it will be able to carve up the track and take a beating. There are many new parts on the SCT to keep weight to a minimum, including new narrower arms, lighter steering blocks, spindle carriers, rear hubs and an all new lightweight drivetrain. Add some sturdy adjustable body mounts and a front/rear bumper system and you have the SCT that everyone has been waiting for. true 1/8th scale roots with 1/10th scale weight and agility. Standard 12mm hex wheels will bolt right on (SCTE offset) and existing 7.4v SCT power systems will have no trouble pushing the SCT410 around the track. The SCT410 will be sold in race kit form and should be available in January 2013.

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November 20, 2012

Spashett dominates BRCA 1/12th scale Nats Rd2

Horizon Hobby UK’s David Spashett continued his dominant start to the 2012/13 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals by winning both the stock and modified classes at round 2 of the championship. David looked to be in imperious form and cruised to TQ in the 10.5 blinky stock class on Saturday driving a chassis that he has had designed and manufactured himself using Associated suspension parts. At times the Serpent S120 LTX of Chris Kerswell looked like mounting a serious challenge, but despite showing good pace Chris was unable to topple David from the top spot. Mick Farrell was driving the new CRC Xti for the first time at this event and lined up 3rd on the grid ahead of the Associated of Matt White and Mark Stiles, also driving a CRC Xti. Mark looked to have 3rd in the bag during the last qualifier but a late tangle with a back marker dropped him to 5th in the qualifying list.

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November 20, 2012

Tebo dominates JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout

The JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout was held this past weekend at Fastlane R/C Raceway in Kansas City, MO. This would be the home track for Kyosho/Team Orion’s Jared Tebo. For this event, Tebo designed the track layout and helped with track maintenance all weekend long. This years event brought in an impressive 248 entries. In the Modified Truck Class, it was Kyosho/Team Orion’s Jared Tebo who would dominate qualifying by TQ’ing all 4 rounds to take the overall TQ.

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November 20, 2012

Motonica P81 RS3 1/8th chassis

Motonica have announced the release of their new P81 version RS3. The main new improvements include the new chassis plate, new rear shock absorber body and front shock absorbers shafts and a new servo saver Ackerman plate. The new chassis aims to increase grip and add more steering while the new shock absorbers body is longer, resulting in more traction and more steering of the car, while the new Ackerman helps offer smoother driving and more steering.

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November 20, 2012

Sweep UK Rug Racers series Rd2 report

Racers hit the carpet once more for round 2 of the Sweep UK Rug Racers series. With almost maximum capacity across Touring and GT12 (as well as a very good attendance of 1/12th Circuit drivers) the day would be a busy one. 13.5T qualifying and Ashley Wiffen (Schumacher Mi4cxl) was on top spot after round 1 with 26/ 307.81. Behind him Jimmy Maddison was on form and looking good for a top spot with Colin Gardner showing some good early pace in 3rd. Ashley would improve his time by 5 second in round 2 with fellow Schumacher team mate, and last year’s champ, Paul Pinkney now moving to second spot on another 26 lap run. Jimmy would also improve to 26 to stay in there with 3rd spot. The track was getting ever quicker, and with it Jimmy put in a blistering 27/ 306.16 in round 3 to top the table ahead of Paul and Ashley both on 27 laps as well. It was clear that to be in the A-main a 27 or fast 26 would be needed. Ashley set to it and was pulling out everything to take pole, and he did with a 27/ 301.79 . Paul improved on his time to go 2nd a few seconds shy of Ashley, with Jimmy in 3rd spot with his round 3 time.

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November 20, 2012

LRP 4500mAh 40C/80C 11.1V pack

A new VTEC Competition Car Line 3S battery is ready, the 4500mAh 40C/80C 11.1V. It features higher C-rate for more power and higher capacity for longer run times. This is achieved through the use of even better, thinner and more efficient cells. The latest materials and an optimised electrolyte make the high-end battery ready for the use in 1/10 onroad and offroad cars.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

November 20, 2012

Elangears Elan-R compact charger

Elangears have released the follow up to their EL-01D compact charger with the release of the Elan-R. The updated device sports a clearer orange LCD screen and more power. Powered by DC 11V – 16V it now has a charging output of 0.1 to 15A and a discharge current of 0.1 to 7A making it a significant update on the previous version.

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