Team Honest in Japan have released details about the new power tool tips from EDS that are suitable for use with an electric screw driver. Similar to those from Xceed, the set includes 100mm long, 1.5 mm, 2.0 mm, 2.5 mm and 3.0 mm hex tips, made from the same high quality, hardened material as their standard hand tools. Sold seperately, EDS also offer a 0.63″, 0.78″ and 0.93″ hex power tool tip.
Source: Honest [teamhonest.jp]
Panther have announced the latest buggy tire in their extensive line-up with the release of the Raptor. Suitable for hard packed dry tracks, with a light dust, they are sold in a range of different hardnesses and with different foam inserts. Available now.
Source: Panther [pantherteam.com]
CEN Racing have released the all new Roto-Tech 2 start system, which has been improved for more durability, torque, and ease of use. It comes with an extremely durable / reliable hardened shaft and utilizes any 6 cell standard 7.2 volt stick pack. The Roto-Tech 2 starter includes special holders for spare glow plugs extremely efficient gearing to start all of your nitro vehicles with ease. Suitable for the GST 7.7, Nemesis 7.7, GSR 5.0, Matrix C-1 Buggy (NX26), MG10, MG16, CT4 and CT5.
Source: CEN [cenracing.com]
Seen at this years Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan is the company’s new EX-5UR, a 2.4GHz SS 3ch transmitter. Set for an Autumn release, this entry level radio system features many high end features such as an LCD display, 7 model memory and ultra fast throttle and steering response.
Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]
The 3rd round of the 1/10th 200mm Portuguese National Championship was held last weekend at the Monsanto track in Lisbon, host of this years World Championships. The weather was very changeable throught the event, with drivers having to cope with wet and damp conditions, and it was local Mugen racer Bruno Coelho that took the pole position ahead of Eduardo Dulac and Jaime Silva in 2nd and 3rd. In the main final, pole man Coelho dominated from start to finish taking the win, which puts him atop the championships standings, from the Xray paring of Ricardo Mendes in 2nd and Filipe Costa in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The second round of the Belgian 1/8th scale Buggy National Championship was held at the MBRC track in Charleroi last weekend. Qualifying saw Hobao driver Raphael Robert take the top qualifying spot ahead of Losi pairing Jerome Renaux in 2nd and Sebastian Wartelle in 3rd. Raphael also won his semi final would line up on pole position for the 30 minute main final, in which he led from start to finish, to take the win by 2 laps from Losi racer Guy De Weerd in 2nd and Mugen driver Nickell Cédric in 3rd.
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More new products from Spanish company Ultimate Racing, who have released this wheel balancer gum. As the name suggests the 50 gram tub contains gum to use to counter balance any off balance in your buggy’s wheel. Simply use a wheel balancer tool to find the heavy side of the wheel and counter weight it with as much or as little of this stuff as you need.
Source: Ultimate Racing [modelixracing.com]
JQ Products, the company started by Finnish racer Joeseph Quagraine, has released information on his first publicly available products, all of which come in gold or black machined aluminium. Made for the HoBao Hyper 8.5 there are new shock towers, which are lighter than the stock versions, with the front one saving you 6 grams while the rear one 14 grams. The front tower is also stronger due to the fact that the upper arm holes aren’t drilled all the way through, removing the need for the usual plastic piece. Also released are som front arm holders, designed to accept a toe-in bushing making it possible to add more kick up to help in the bumps and jumps. Finally some front wide arm holders have been made available, that are to be used together with Hyper 7 front arms. This is something that JQ himself used for the last 2 years when he raced for HoBao, and which makes the car a lot easier to drive by making it more stable, tracking straight in bumps and more level in jumps. The wide spacers are placed behind the Hyper 7 arm, on the hingepin.
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