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October 18, 2022

Team Associated RC8T4e Team Kit

If nitro is not your thing Team Associated also have you covered for Truggy racing with the release of the RC8T4e Team Kit. The big features of this 1:8 electric platform are a new chassis layout featuring two saddle pack-style battery configurations. Both configurations include a centrally mounted centre differential and in-line centre driveshafts for superior drivetrain efficiency and equalised chassis balance. Four battery configurations to choose from: Two 2S shorty LiPo batteries for lowest CG and exceptional weight bias. Two full size “saddle pack” LiPo batteries for lowest CG and exceptional weight bias. One 4S shorty LiPo battery for simplified setup and more centralised weight bias. One full size LiPo battery for simplified setup and more centralised weight bias. Like the nitro variant, innovative front-end geometry with new 8° steering blocks are paired with a new wider upper suspension arm pivot for improved steering balance and predictable handling in all conditions.

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October 17, 2022

Team Associated RC8T4 Team Kit

Team Associated has unveiled its latest 1:8 Truggy, the RC8T4 Team Kit. The world famous brand has dubbed the release of the new kit as ‘Pushing the Boundaries’. 1:8 scale off road racing is one of the hobby’s most challenging disciplines; it requires a high standard and demands attention to detail. The latest development to come from Associated Electrics’ Area 51 is designed to push boundaries of performance and build upon the number of accolades accumulated by the RC8 series. Key features of the RC8T4 Team Kit are innovative front-end geometry with new 8° steering blocks that are paired with a new wider upper suspension arm pivot for improved steering balance and predictable handling in all conditions. New front and rear gearbox designs are engineered for better drivetrain efficiency with reduced phasing and vibration. Larger bearing sizes resulting in longer life of ring and pinion gears.

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October 17, 2022

Cavalieri & Maifield with the wins at Kinwald Klassic

The third annual Kinwald Klassic took place over the weekend at Hobby Action RC Raceway, Arizona, with Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield taking the wins in buggy. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing’s Cavalieri who took the TQ for both buggy classes. In the three rounds of qualifying he posted the fastest 2WD time in Q2 and fastest 4WD time in Q3. With Team Yokomo’s Maifield second fastest in both it was Tom Rinderknecht who would completed the top 3 each time. With all three A-Main results to count, Cavalieri took the overall win with a win, a second & a win with Maifield, the A2 winner, finishing second overall with 1up Racing’s Matthew Gonzales completing the podium. In 2WD, Maifield took the opening leg but was only fourth in A2. With another win in A3 he was the overall victor ahead of Gonzales and Rinderknecht with Cavalieri having to settle for 4th despite his A2 win, his retirement from A1 meaning he had to carry the 11th place points. With the Kinwald Klassic a race set-up to remember legend of the sport Brian Kinwald, the biggest winner on the day was charity and the Crohns Colitis Foundation who received a cheque from Hobby Action for $4,500. This money was raise through the track raffle with Mountain Mikes Pizza topping up the total donation with a further cheque of a $1,000 for the charity which is working to cure Crohn’s disease.

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October 17, 2022

Isaacs takes ROAR Electric On Road Paved Nationals

Sam Isaacs is the 2022 ROAR Electric On Road Paved National Champion. This year’s event took place at Valkaria RC Raceway in Malabar, Florida, with 125 entries over the classes. Four rounds of Modified qualifying saw Isaacs’ Awesomatix go fastest in 3 with the fastest time from Q3 giving him the TQ ahead of the Xray of Mike Gee who topped the final qualifier. Serpent’s Felix Law would line up third on the grid. In the finals, Isaacs took A1 as the Top 3 remained static and taking another win in A2, this time over Xray’s Chris Adams, it was yet another National title for Isaacs. With fifth place qualifier Adams winning A3 he would finish Runner-up with Gee completing the podium. Gee would take the title in the 17.5 class, with Dave Vera and Cory Parsons joining him on the podium.

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October 15, 2022

1up Racing Forged Carbon Fibre Pit Board

1up Racing has released this Forged Carbon Fibre Pit Board. At 390mm x 490mm it is the perfect size to work on just about everything with Ryan Cavalieri loving it for his 1:8 Buggies and Truggies. It’s perfect for Joe Pillars’ 1:10 Buggies and Randy Caster’s Touring Cars. At 5mm thick the Forged Carbon Fibre Pit Board is rigid and won’t sag or conform to uneven surfaces even with heavy cars. It features rounded corners and is finished with chamfers on top & bottom so there are no sharp edges and is topped off with a bright white 1up logo. Forged Carbon Fibre sheets typically have a lot of surface variations but 1up were able to identify the source of the issue and worked hard with their carbon fibre professionals to make 1up Pit Boards as flat as possible. Our production boards are the result of over a year and a half of testing multiple samples and while the surface may still show some variations, they are small and won’t affect getting a properly set up car. The 1up Racing Forged Carbon Fiber Pit Board is as much a status symbol as it is a pit board, and it’s only available at Pick1up.com.

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October 14, 2022

Sweep Land Cruiser belted tyre

Sweep has released the Land Crusher belted tyre for ARRMA or Traxxas 1:8 offroad trucks. Made with off-road compound for all terrain speed running even on the asphalt or parking lot it features a strong inner belting prevent the tires expanding at high speed. The tyres come with 1/2 wide off-set wheels with black , blue , red , silver colour wheels available.

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October 14, 2022

Rêve D ‘RDX’ Drift Car Kit

Rêve D’s has announced that their first original RWD drift car kit “RDX” will finally will be released at the end of November. The “RDX”, which achieves consistently high control performance and powerful driving regardless of skill, road surface conditions, or course layout, uses lightweight and highly rigid graphite composite resin parts that are both easy to assemble and difficult to break. By making the arms and tie rods fixed, even users who are making RC cars for the first time can completely reproduce the optimum alignment for drift driving just by assembling according to the instruction manual without any difficult adjustments. The battery can be equipped with short batteries (horizontal / vertical / thin / thick), long batteries and almost all batteries currently on sale for 1:10 scale drift category.

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October 14, 2022

Factory Team Carbon Fibre Wing Buttons

Team Associated’s Factory Team brand has released these stylish new carbon fiber wing buttons to keep your wing secure from run to run with a more durable one-piece design. Three options are offered. With one to fit the RC10B5 2WD to the present 1:10 offroad vehicles. The also have one for the RC10B5 2WD and B64 4WD buggies to the present 1:10 offroad buggies with a third option for the RC8B3 to the present 1:8 offroad vehicles.

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