Hudy have released a complete range of Air filter foams for a wide range of cars including the Xray XB808, Losi 8ight, Mugen MBX-6 and Associated RC8. Featuring an inner & outer foam filter element, they are sold in sets of 10 pieces and come supplied with a 50ml bottle of specially developed Hudy high-quality air filter oil.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
In his first race with Xray, after seven years with Team Magic, Mario Spiniello won the first round of the Italian championships in Locorotondo ahead of Biagio Spataro and Fracnesco Tironi. Qualifying saw former European Champion Dario Balestri take the top qualifying spot with a new lap record, while Mario could only manage ninth place but was able to find the right setup for the final. For the final Mario opted not to change tires starting with one 45 and three 42 shore tires and after the first minutes of the race he had moved up to fourth. Race leader Balestri then had an accident which took him out of the race and so after about 20 minutes Mario took the first place and managed to keep it until the end. Fellow Xray driver Spataro was only 3 seconds behind at the end with Mugen driver Tironi 10 seconds further back. The second round of the Italian Championship will be held in Mesero on June 25.
Thanks to Mario Spiniello for the report.
X-Factory showed off its new 4wd car for the first time at the recently completed Cactus Classic. This photo show the prototype X-7 with a J Concepts body made for the B44. The production car will have its own body. “I’m so excited about this car” said Chief Engineer Paul Sinclair. “The X-7 is absolutely revolutionary. You have never seen a driveline like this, you have never seen adjustability this easy or quick. Working on the car is very easy; I can pull a diff, rebuild it, and have the car ready to run in 10 minutes.” Paul added, “We’re working very hard on this project. We will make almost everything on the car, it will be a complete kit, not a conversion. This is the first time I’ve actually designed everything on the car from the ground up. There is a long way to go, lots of testing and development. Ellis Stafford will have my original race prototype sometime next week. We hope to have it on the market late this year or spring of 2012.”
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
Having just announced their Bullitt engine project last week, Nemo Racing in the UK have published the first photos of their new O.S. based engine along with a specs list. As expected, the B-218 .21 buggy engine is nothing out of the ordinary, but does give the consumer another solid option when choosing a motor.
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Robitronic have announced that Swiss driver Shasa Lackner has joined their team to run the KM H-K1 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. The former 1/8th scale on road Junior European Champion, and multiple winner at national level in his home country, Lackner will compete in the Nationals in both Switzerland and Germany as well as the World and European Championships in 2012, while still looking for a place for the 2011 Euros.
Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]
Round 1 of the Portuguese Electric touring car nationals took place last weekend and the stock class was dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6. Topping the time sheets in 2 heats secured the TQ spot followed closely by Bruno Castela with a Hot Bodies TCX. Going into the mains the domination continued as Jorge won the first 2 A mains to secure 1st overall, with Bruno holding second place with a victory on the 3rd A main, Mário Coelho got his hands on 3rd spot.
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The RB R&D department together with input from their team drivers have developed two brand new on road exhaust pipes, the .21 EFRA legal #2092 and the .12 EFRA legal #2668. Both pipes provide a lot of torque to their respective engines and come polished with shifted pressurization, 3 springs and the new long life exhaust gasket. Both are also available as inline kits with the #2092 coming with a medium conical manifold while the #2668 coming with a short conical manifold.
The HB Cyclone was the first electric chassis that was modeled for VRC Pro, back in 2006. By now this chassis has been replaced by their latest development, the HB TCX. This caused us to go back to the 3D drawing board and model the new chassis in hi res. With the TCX now finished we have our electric car line up ready for launch. This lineup includes the Tamiya TRF417, the Associated TC6, the Xray T3 ’11, the HB TCX, the Kyosho TF6 and our own ‘generic’ Intercept ER10.
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