ProTek RC have announced the signing of Mugen’s Adam Drake to their team. “The Drake” will use ProTek RC products such as servos, batteries and chargers in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at all major races throughout the USA.
Source: ProTek RC [protekrc.com]
French brand Rusti Design have introduced a collection of carbon fibre option parts for the iconic Team Associated RC10 2WD buggy. First up is a standard geometry front shock tower that uses the Worlds Car suspension geometry while the Big Bore tower adds 7mm of height, ideal for modern era or big bore shocks. Both are cut from 3mm carbon fibre and sport machined sections for looks and clearance. Next up is a 3mm rear shock tower that uses the standard geometry for the use with standard or big bore shock units. Also new is a 3mm rear transmission brace for the 3-gear Stealth transmission while one full-size LiPo strap – for standard size LiPos or 6-cell NiMH packs – as well as shorty LiPo strap and a shorty LiPo mini strap allow the use of modern shorty packs with the RC10. All parts are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are available now.
Hudy’s 30mm and 40mm brushless fan units are now also available in convenient 12-piece XL packs. The reliable fans are ball-raced and feature solder tabs that allow to shorted the included 200mm all-black receiver wire to the needed size without having to crimp on new connectors. The fans are usable for speedo and motor cooling alike and the XL packs make it easy to equip a whole fleet of on-road or off-road cars.
Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 off-road buggy are rear composite mud protectors. The guards keep way moisture, dirt and mud from the rear driveshafts and lower arms and they are usable on the short or long specification rear A-arms of the XB8, XB808, XB9 and GTX cars. The protectors are made from high-quality composite material and they come as pairs, including one left and one right protector.
T-Works have introduced front and rear steel chassis skid plates sets for the Mugen MBX8 buggy. The skid plates are machined from high-quality stainless steel for high corrosion resistance and protection of the front and rearmost parts of the chassis while in addition, the front plates also protect the droop “ears”. The plates come as separate 2-piece front and rear sets.
View the rear skid plates here
Breathless Racing Products have introduced a set of titanium kingpin screws for the TLR 22 series of 2WD vehicles. The durable, lightweight titanium kingpin screws will save two grams of weight and they are corrosion resistant, eliminating the need to clean rusty screws. The screws will fit 22 3.0/4.0, 22T 3.0/4.0, or 22 SCT 3.0 and they come in sets of four.
Source: Breathless Racing Products [breathless-racing-products.com]
The annual Swiss Bütschwil GP was held last weekend and it was HoBao driver Max Hesse who scored wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the 45-minute main final Max was able to take the win in front of Alex Schmitt 2nd and Aaron Münster (HB Racing) 3rd, the latter two ended the race a lap short of Max. Over in E-Buggy it was again Max with a dominant drive as he ended the 10-minute encounter a lap in front of his competitors.
Source: Graupner [graupner.de]
Coming from T-Works and made for the Hong Nor Sabre X3 and Evo are lightweight fibre brake discs. The parts are machined from black fibre glass and are of a vented design that both lowers the disc’s weight but also helps with cooling for less brake fading even in long mains. The plates come as pair and are a direct fit.
