December 6, 2017

Traxxas 1/8 Funny Car Special Edition

Coming from Traxxas is their new 1/8th scale Special Edition Funny Car. The RTR vehicle is based on the company’s standard Funny Car but features a vast amount of upgrades such as GTR shock absorbers with PTFE-coated aluminium bodies and titanium-nitride coated shock shafts, it comes with lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium wheel spindles and anodised 6061-T6 aluminium steering blocks and rear suspension link mounts. The car is available with red or blue anodised alloy parts and it also includes a Race Replica ProGraphix painted body, a 4-channel TQi 2.4GHz rado system with Traxxas Stability Management as well as the Castle Creation powered ET-3s brushless power system.

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December 5, 2017

Ruddog Red Stuff O-ring grease

Coming from Ruddog is their new Red Stuff O-ring grease. Developed to protect silicone seals from swelling under the influence of silicone oils while offering a smooth feeling for improved performance at the same time, the lubricant is usable on O- and X-ring seals of shock absorbers, differentials and many more. The grease has proven its performance in many tests carried by the Ruddog team and it comes in a 10ml syringe for easy application.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

December 5, 2017

Yeah Racing YD2 aluminium servo & gyro mount

Yeah Racing have introduced a combined servo and gyro mount for the Yokomo YD2 drift car. The item is machined from high-quality aluminium and it comes black anodised, with silver edge details and engraved logos. The sturdy design ensures a solid base for the steering servo while the upper gyro compartment allows to mount most industry-standard car gyros.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

December 5, 2017

Philipp Huber wins at Carpet Masters Rd1

The HVBRS club of Islikon, Switzerland recently hosted the opening round of the Carpet Master series. Team Magic’s Philipp Huber was the man to beat in the Touring Car class as he took all three qualifiers and the triple finals to take the day’s win from Roland Kupper (Awesomatix) 2nd and Nuno Huber (Xray) 3rd.

View the final results here

December 5, 2017

Atsushi Hara wins at 2017 ITCMC

Huge RC Circuit of Bangkok, Thailand played host to the 2017 International Touring Car Manufacturers Championship last weekend. The event attracted about 70 entries to compete in several electric and nitro on-road classes. In the premier EP category of Touring Modified it was Meen V. with the TQ, however after the A-mains Atsushi Hara found himself on top of the podium with Surikarn C. and Mongol Span rounding out the top 3 result as Suphathat K. and
Tanit K. completed the top 5 podium.

Source: ITCMC [itcmc.net]

December 5, 2017

Tamiya Porsche Turbo RSR 934 Black Edition TA-02SW

Coming in January is Tamiya’s re-release Porsche Turbo RSR Type 934 Black Edition on the iconic TA-02SW chassis. The chassis is the short wheelbase variant of Tamiya’s renown shaft-driven 4WD tub chassis that pretty much started the 190mm touring car crash back in the 1990’s. No official details are available yet but they are expected to surface in time for the release.

Source: Tamiyablog [tamiyablog.com]

December 4, 2017

Rafael Angulo wins at US World Nitro Cup

Last weekend’s US World Nitro Cup saw Rafael Angulo pulling the hat trick in the GT8 ROAR 5-port Spec class. Rafael would be taking the TQ honours, victory and fastest lap of the event, leaving behind Joel Aubrey in 2nd and Tim Caporal 3rd.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

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