Yaiba Racing have released this woven graphite battery plate set with red anodized aluminuim posts and aluminium battery strap thumb nuts. An easy direct replacement for the standard plastic battery holder it is compatible with all types of motor layout and battery style and is approximately 12% lighter than the standard plastic battery holder.
The Losi 5ive-T 4WD Racing Truck is now available as a Roller. The same great chassis, toughness and driving exhilaration, but this time you get to choose what engine and RC equipment best suits your needs. They have also left the 4-piece bodyset clear so you can finish it up in whatever colours and wild schemes match your personality. Factory-built as a rolling chassis, leaving you to finish it off with your choice of electrics, engine and pipe.
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For Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th Sports GT Championship, the series visited the newly renovated Halifax track. With the track due to hold the 1/8th European Championships later this year, a new raised pit lane and covered pit area have been introduced to raise the clubs profile. The weather forecast for the weekend was for hot temperatures on both days and the Sports GT class saw 17 entries. On Saturday it was the unbeaten Glyn Beal setting the pace with Adam Crossland and Ryk Pryke continuing their good form from Wombwell and those 3 drivers would also make up the top 3 qualifiers after 4 rounds on Sunday.
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After an 11-week break, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (May 17-19) in the Netherlands with the beautiful Apeldoorn track getting the second half of the World famous electric touring car championship’s sixth season underway. A hugely popular track with competitors, the fourth round attracting 280 entries, defending champion Ronald Volker heads into the weekend at the top of the championship standings ahead of Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper and last year’s race winner Marc Rheinard. Volker, who has two wins and a third to his credit this season, will be hoping he has much better fortunes than he experienced 12-months ago in Apeldoorn when a difficult qualifying meant he would end up racing in the E-Final.
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Reedy have announced that multi-time Swiss national champion Patrick Hofer has joined the Reedy factory racing team. Hofer will be using Reedy LiPo batteries, Sonic motors, and Reedy nitro engines in his Team Associated vehicles. Thanks to his extensive racing and testing experience, Patrick will be instrumental in new product development as well as increasing the visibility of the Reedy brand in Europe.
Source: Reedy [teamassociated.com]
X-Factory have released shots of their prototype X-6 Cubed 2wd buggy ahead of the release of the final car. This car shown is close to the final version with only a few minor changes between this and final production. The biggest one is the way the ball studs are mounted to the rear tower, in production the ball studs will be in the same location but mounted vertically. As you can see from the photos the Cubed will be an all carbon fibre car in keeping with X-Factory’s recently released SCX-60CF short course and the X-60CF stadium truck. The buggy has a top deck for easily adjustable chassis flex, a new slim design for better cornering and performance over bumps and is very close to minimum legal weight. It will also come with an all new body and medium downforce wing. Expect it to hit shops in June.
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Roche have released a number of option parts for the ever popular T4. First up is these 13.5mm diameter orange anodised aluminium spring retainers which are suitable for Xray’s T4 big bore damper. Sold in a complete set of 4. Next up is a single piece aluminium floating servo mount which is mounted along the centerline of the chassis, ensuring symmetrical chassis flex and a more balanced steering response. Finally there is optional 3.5mm thick graphite front and rear CNC machined shock towers.
Seen at this week’s Shizuoka Hobby show in Japan, Tamiya have their new longer XR aluminium lower deck set for the TRF201 2wd buggy. Replacing the car’s composite chassis the set comes with a new aluminium main chassis, composite side rails and battery mountings. The new chassis is heavier and more importantly 11mm longer bringing it inline with the other buggies on the market who have already switched to a long wheelbase version.
Source: Waigo [waigohobby.com] via Area52.cc
