Xray introduce the front chassis weight for the XB9 1/8th off-road buggy. Designed to adjust the weight bias of the buggy the brass piece is a direct fit and mounts via existing holes in the chassis plate. It has a mass of 60g and snuggly fits around the driveshaft output and front chassis brace.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2012/13 season of the 1/10th electric off-road Swedish Indoor Winter Series recently took off and the 2WD class saw a record entry of 53 drivers. Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk made a first appearance with the new RB6 2WD buggy and after some initial experiments with the setup David was able to grab third position for the finals just behind Otto Ausfelt and Oskar Levin. The A-finals saw two race wins from David who took the overall victory in front of TLR’s Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt. The 4WD class was a much easier affair for the Kyosho driver as he was able to win the first three qualifiers and took TQ with Niclas Månsson managing to take the final qualifier. The first A-final saw a tough battle between David and Niclas who both suffered from mechanical problems in the last lap but they still managed to cross the finish line with Niclas taking the win in front of David. A-final two and three were and all-David affair, he took the win in both and therefore the overall victory in the 4WD in front of Team Associated driver Niclas Månsson and Kyosho team mate Christoffer Svensson.
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JConcepts are proud to introduce the Finnisher bodyshell for the Team Associated B44.2. The body is a drop fit solution for the new design B44.2 and features an increased windshield angle, forward cap placement and simplified side pods together with a stepped rear end design in order to give a better steering body with neutral at-speed handling and improved jump characteristics. The body comes clear, with window masks and including two 6.5″ Hi-Clearance rear wings.
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A Main Hobbies announces the all-new ProTek R/C line of digital, high-voltage servos. They feature standard dimensions, a metal-gear construction and dual ball bearings, include aluminum servo horns and come with plastic or aluminium cases. Available are the 100T (0.14s/10.6kg-cm), 100S (0.12s/8.8kg-cm), 230S (0.04/7.4kg-cm) and 250T (0.07s/18.9kg-cm).
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Team Associated introduce the aluminium bellcrank set for B4 and T4 based vehicles. CNC-machined from 6061-T6 aluminium the steering parts provide more stability and improve steering response and consistency. The precision bearing fit reduces excessive steering linkage free play, while the lightweight design keeps weight to a minimum.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Serpent introduce the Cobra S811 Team Edition 1/8th nitro truggy kit. The truck includes many of the latest V2 and V3 option parts such as the front V2 steering block and rear V2 upright and wheel axle set, the V3 front and rear gear coupler set as well as the V3 centre front driveshaft. The steering block and uprights are equipped with larger 8x16x5 and 15x21x4 bearing and come with new spring steel wheel axles. The V3 diff coupler and pinion system with two larger rubber-sealed bearings improves reliability while the new front and rear coupler and front driveshaft are included to complete the conversion. The kit is ready for shipment and should be available in stores from beginning of November.
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The 2012 ROAR On Road Fuel Nationals were held last weekend at the Nugget Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, FL. This year’s event included the three classes 10th Sedan, 8th Masters, and 8th Open. The race format was like an IFMAR Worlds event in the sense that the top 4 would qualify directly to the 1 hour final, with the rest of the field having to qualify through one of two 30 minute semi finals. In 1/10 Sedan, it was DJ Apolaro who set the TQ with Scotty Grey, Scott Kimbrow and Paolo Morgante filling out the top 4 spots. Early in qualifying, on-road star Mike Swauger had some bad luck which in the end looked to cost him a top 4 spot with Paul Lemieux getting faster through the rounds but also narrowly missing out on the top 4. In the end, it was Mike and Paul taking the win in their semis along with Billy Bowerman, Eric Jones and Anthony Schimizzi all running great semi finals to find their way in to the main event.
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Zeppin Racing introduce the Crazy High Speed motor cooling fan. Featuring dimensions of 40x40x10mm and a high air flow capacity the fan is ideal to cool down highly stressed stock and modified motors while being low on power consumption at the same time.
Source: Zeppin Racing [zeppinracing.com]
