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December 2, 2022

Ongaro leaves AKA after 5 years & 2 World titles

Reigning 1:8 Offroad World Champion Davide Ongaro has announced that he is to leave tyre sponsor AKA. The Italian has worked with the American brand for 5-years and in that time claimed the sport’s great prize not once but twice winning back to back World titles in 2018 in Australian and earlier this year in Spain. The factory Team Associated driver made the announcement on his social media saying, “Here we are, we have reached the end of 2022 and with this post I wanted to communicate that for next season I will no longer be part of the AKA team, it has been 5 years full and full of emotions, full of positive results, but also of results where we struggled a bit, but that’s part of the game. Having won 2 world titles and knowing that you have made a part of history with AKA was truly a unique emotion, but unfortunately our paths diverge and it is time for a new challenge. I wanted to thank EVERYONE, truly EVERYONE without excluding anyone, you have been part of me and you will always remain in my heart, both mine and my family’s, I learned so much and I am grateful, we will surely see you again on track. Simply THANK YOU. Stay tuned, super excited for a new adventure… DAVIDE”.

Source: Davide Ongaro [Facebook]

December 1, 2022

IGT8 Nitro GT Center Diff Top Plate

Florida based GT specialist manufacturer IGT8 has released a new centre transmission support for their Nitro GT 1:8 GT Onroad kit. The new optional part is made from a single piece of carbon fibre and comes complete with aluminium fittings.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

December 1, 2022

WRC High Traction System

Following the release of their latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car chassis, the STX8 back in October, Italian company WRC Racing has present its new High Traction System (HTS). This 10 satellite gears diff configuration is designed and developed by WRC for the 1/10 scale touring cars and come as standard in the STX8 Kit. The strength of this differential is the high friction gears even with low viscosity oils, thanks to the 10 small satellite gears. The low oil viscosity lets the car have high rotation in the entry/central phase of the corner, then having high traction on exit as the high friction of the gears act as a higher viscosity oil.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

December 1, 2022

MonacoRC Rubber Bumper Flex X4

MonacoRC has released the MonacoRC Rubber Bumper Flex X4 for Xray’s hugely popular 1:10 electric touring car. The Rubber Bumper Flex is a specially made bumper as defined by the name with a thermoplastic material that makes it highly resilient to frontal impacts of your model, but that is not all. Thanks to the study of the right measurement relating to the hexagonal texture of its design increases the steering of your X4 implemented by the slowdown of the air flow under the model. The design of the MonacoRC Rubber Bumper Flex has also been lowered to minimise its weight, but the contact surface with the rest of the bumper components has remained unchanged to allow greater safety in the event of an impact. The bumper weighs 13g and has a contact body surface size of 8.0 mm.

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November 30, 2022

Xray RX8 Composite Rear Upright for Aero Disc

Xray has added this optional graphite Rear Upright for Aero Disc use for their RX8 1:8 Onroad kit. The rear uprights are molded from the graphite composite mixture to maintain proper suspension geometry and to provide more stability. The durable part fits both the nitro and electric variants of the kit.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 30, 2022

IRIS torsion bar spring & rotational shock system

Following the official unveiling of its brand new debut competition electric touring car kit last week, IRIS has today released some more detailed images of the ONE’s torsion bar spring and rotational shock system. Making its competition debut over the weekend at the ETS in Germany, the Andreas Myrberg creation has been generating a lot of interest which is a positive thing for the touring car category overall.

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November 30, 2022

RDRP B6.4 Aluminium Steering Plate

Revolution Design Racing Products has introduced this aluminium steering plate for Team Associated’s B6.4 1:10 2WD Buggy. Made from high-grade black anodised aluminium it offers more rigidity over the plastic kit part for a more direct steering feel, in particular when paired with the B6.4 RDRP aluminium bellcrank set. Laser engraved for a unique look and with chamfered edges, this item combines reliability, precision and style.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

November 30, 2022

MonacoRC Brass Shim Kit

MonacoRC is pleased to present the Brass Shim Kit in 4 sizes (2.0mm/2.5mm/3.0mm/3.5mm)
Designed to be able to better set the roll centre of your car, the material used, brass, plays a fundamental role, increasing the weight at the lowest point in order to consequently lower the centre of gravity and making the car even more stable.

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