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December 10, 2019

Shepherd Velox V10 “nineteen” hard plastics

Shepherd have introduced a set of hard plastic suspension parts for the Velox V10 “nineteen“ 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car. The hard plastics set includes all six upper and lower suspension arms moulded in a harder high-quality composite material that is characterised by an increased percentage of fibre glass in comparison to the standard wishbones, improving car’s handling on high grip tracks or when used at high temperatures. The set is a direct replacement and available from now on.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 10, 2019

Fenix Classic Team Lotus 78 body shell

Coming from Fenix Racing is their new, fully-licensed Classic Team Lotus 78 body shell for 1/10th formula pan cars. The Lotus 78, in the iconic black and golden livery, was used during the 1977 and 1978 Formula 1 seasons, being the first Formula 1 car utilising ground effect technology. The new body, developed with full support of Classic Team Lotus, depicts the car used by Mario Andretti to win the 1978 World Championship. The body is fitting Tamiya F103 and F104 chassis as well as all cars of similar layout and dimensions with Fenix working on their own chassis to further extend the range of usable chassis. The body comes moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and it is further customisable using Fenix Racing’s Classique aluminium air intakes.

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December 10, 2019

Karri Salmela wins at FinTrack Tour opener

The opening round of the FinTrack Tour was hosted by the Fullspeed RC track last weekend. The event was held in three different Touring categories and a single Euro Truck class and in Touring Modified, that attracted 30 entries alone, it was Karri Salmela with the overall TQ and win from Pekko Iivonen in 2nd and Leevi Martikainen in 3rd. Chmigal Georgy and Jere Saarinen rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 10, 2019

Xray T4’20 graphite centre layshaft pulleys

Xray have introduced their new graphite-reinforced centre layshaft pulleys for the T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. Specially formulated and moulded from a graphite reinforced material the pulleys are of a distinctive orange colour and they offer reduced friction and thus increased performance especially when racing in limited-power stock racing classes. Coming in sets of two the pulleys fit the T4 2020 only.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 10, 2019

Rebellion-RC T4F Crossflex chassis & shock towers

Rebellion-RC have released first teaser images of their forthcoming new Crossflex aluminium chassis and update carbon fibre shock towers for the popular Xray T4F FWD touring car. Starting with the chassis, it is machined from high-quality aluminium and features Rebellion-RC’s signature Crossflex technology that allows to add brass inserts for the lowers possible centre of gravity while enabling the drivers to fine-tune chassis flex by using different amounts of screw to tighten down the inserts. The chassis alone weighs in at 98g with the fully brass’ed up variant weighing in at 164g. The design of the chassis allows for three different battery positions such as front right inline, centre transversal and rear transversal – the latter has been made possible thanks to additional carbon fibre “wings”. The chassis seen here is a prototype with the actual main plate coming black anodised and laser-engraved.

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December 10, 2019

Mark Sousa doubles at NY Winter Championship

Makintraxx RC of Rush, New York hosted the 2019 New York Winter Championship last weekend, attracting nearly 240 entries. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Aaron Kothman with the overall TQ, however it was Mark Sousa who brought home the win after the triple A-main events thanks to 1-2-1 finishes. Aaron would have to settle for 2nd overall after scoring a DNF in A3. Kyra Bach would complete the top 3 results.

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December 10, 2019

Xray XB2 rear anti-roll bar set

Coming from Xray and made for their popular XB2 series of off-road buggies is a 1.0mm rear anti-roll bar set. Gearbox-mounted the swaybar helps to plant the rear of the vehicle in high-grip racing conditions, making for faster cornering and quicker lap times. The set includes all needed hardware including a 1.0mm anti-roll bar wire with thicker wires, for the use in higher grip conditions, being available separately. The set is usable for the XB2’20, XB2’19, XB2’18, XB2’17, and XB2’16.

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December 10, 2019

Serpent SRX8GT magnesium optionals

Serpent have introduced their new line of magnesium optionals for the SRX8GT 1/8th GT kit. Developed not only with the upcoming IFMAR World Championships in mind, the parts scrub over 30 percent of weight compared to the standard aluminium items while offering different flex characteristics than alloy. A white surface coating makes the parts stand out while protecting them from corrosion. Available now are the main chassis plate, rear hubs, the FF, FR, RF and RR suspension mounts, upper and lower engine mounts as well as the pinion mount. When combined, the parts scrub over 150g of weight in comparison to the standard kit alloy parts.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]