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April 13, 2012

Avid B4.1 clamping hex adapters & solid axle pins

Avid introduce new option part for Team Associated’s B4.1 buggy in the form of 12mm clamping hex adapters and solid axle pins. The wheel hex adapters are CNC-machined from 6061-T6 aluminium and chamfered for easy wheel installation. Available for the front and rear of the buggy the parts come with 2-56 stainless steel clamp screws and require the car or truck outfitted with Associated part #9880 steering block and #9881 truck or #7496 buggy front axle. The Avid 1/16” solid axle pins are made of 303 stainless steel and are the perfect complement to a set of Avid hex adapters. The pins are 0.375” long and fit most Associated and Losi brand 10th scale vehicles. Each package includes a container with a minimum of 10 solid axle pins.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

April 13, 2012

Max Mört joins JQ factory team

10 year old Max Mört from Finland has joined the JQ Products factory team. Being part of the JQ family for a few years now the young Scandinavian has been able to secure a full factory team ride. Here is how it went down, in JQ’s own words:

[Max] … fits in perfectly with our brand, we have been looking for the right young drivers to support, drivers with passion, goals, and the right attitude. That is why we already support drivers like the Medjoubi brothers, Bradley Baird, Tanner Stees and Chris Marrale. And that is why I made this promise, because I knew, if I did forget, and lose this “bet” I would be winning anyway, maybe not right away, but in the future.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

April 13, 2012

Avid 12mm hex Sabertooth SC wheel

Avid is pleased to announce their off-road wheel line. The first release will be the Sabertooth SC wheel for the SC10 family of trucks, followed closely by a version for Losi trucks. The 5-spoke wheel is of a lightweight design, incorporate a +3mm offset to get the truck to the maximum legal width and sport an over-sized glue catch bead. The center-point injected wheels offer maximum trueness and sport a swirl pattern design to mate with serrated wheel locking nuts for added security. Available in black colour and as pack of 1 or group of 6 pairs.

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April 13, 2012

Dualsky Z5 challenge motor

Dualsky introduce the updated Z5 challenge motor that incorporate an improved 13mm diameter rotor with better temperature stability, as well as new can and packaging design. The ROAR and IFMAR approved motor now also includes a manual with gearing recommendations.

Source: Dualsky [dualsky.com]

April 12, 2012

Xray T3 1-hole graphite suspension arms

Xray introduce new moulded lightweight composite lower suspension arms. The specially-formulated graphite composite material allows for a very light suspension arm that can withstand the rigours of high-performance racing. The optimized suspension arms give improved traction, easier handling, and decrease tire overheating which leads to car stoppage under high-grip conditions. They feature a single optimized shock mounting position and integrated anti-roll bar mounts. The graphite arms have same size and geometry as standard 1-hole suspension arm, fit the Xray T2 and T3 cars and will become available first for all Xray pilots at the polish ETS round 4 starting from tomorrow.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 12, 2012

Serpent S100 Pro10 upgrade set

Serpent introduce the Pro10 upgrade set for the S100 Worlds GT on-road chassis. The set increase the track width of the pan car to meet Pro10 dimensions and includes a wide carbon front plate, front spacers, steering-rods and ball-joints, front and rear body posts, wide aluminium left and right wheel hubs and a long rear axle.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 12, 2012

Keisuke Fukuda joins Team Picco

Team Picco is proud to welcome Japanese talent Keisuke Fukuda to their racing team. The former World Champion Keisuke will use Picco’s Torque .12 and .21 Edo Mod engines and be for sure a great addition to the company’s on-road team.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

April 12, 2012

Sabah RC Indoor championship 2012

Recently Malaysia’s biggest EP on-road race took place in the Borneo Sport Arena located in Kolombong, Kota Kinabalu. A large carpet indoor track was laid out for the two classes Stock Touring and Drift Touring. Over 70 racers from Sabah, Sarawak,Brunei, and West Malaysia attended in the two classes with the touring class being run with Dualsky 10.5T brushless motors and the drift class used Square Drift tyres. The race format saw six qualifying rounds, triple A main, dual B mains and single C to D mains. After six rounds of qualifying in the Stock Touring class Brunei racer Wirawan took the TQ spot ahead of Norazam and Shahrin. In A main 1 Wirawan lead from the start to finish with no major challenge. Second and third position went to Nilai Chong and KS Chu. In A main 2 Wirawan again managed to stay on top eventually wining the race with one A main to go. KS Chu took the runner up sport followed by Raphael in 3rd. Come A main 3, KS Chu managed to overtake Norazam and lead from the start till the end followed by Hazmi and Nilai Chong.

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