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November 20, 2013

Exotek DEX210 aluminium suspension mounts

Exotek Racing introduce new low roll centre aluminium suspension mounts for the Team Durango DEX210 buggy. Available are a RF Hanger with shims, and two LRC mounts with standard or +0.5° toe-in setting. Starting with the RF mount, the part allows to use a 2mm lower roll centre with 0° or 1.5° kick-up or the standard roll centre with 0° or 1.5° kick-up by adding the included shims under the hanger. The easy shimming option does away with the need to disassemble the whole rear end of the vehicle only to change the roll centre or kick-up settings. The set is machined from 7075 aluminium, comes anodised and works with the DEX210 alloy chassis, DIMEC type A or the optional Exotek chassis both in MM and RM configuration.

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November 20, 2013

Team Associated SC10 RTR Combo packages

Team Associated soon have the first SC10 RTR Combo kits available. Based on the regular RTR version, the Combo packages also include a genuine Reedy 3000mAh NiMH battery pack, a Tamiya-to-T-type adapter and a wall charger. This means the trucks are now virtually ready-to-run out of the box and only require the addition of 8 AA-size cells for the transmitter. The trucks themselves are untouched and feature the ROAR nationals winning SC10 chassis, multi-terrain tyres on black SC style wheels and pre-finished body shells. The SC10 RTR Combo kits will become available as Pro Comp and KMC Wheels design variant.

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November 19, 2013

Hobby Pro 32mm flywheel

New from Hobby Pro USA comes this CNC-machined and hard-anodised 32mm flywheel. It features polished steel flywheel pins that are extremely high pressure fitted and provide extremely smooth clutch action. The flywheel’s design and shape provides reduced surface area which prevents the clutch shoes from hanging up making for improved reliability.

Source: Hobby Pro [hobbyprousa.com]

November 19, 2013

OFNA X3 Sabre RTR 1/8 nitro buggy

OFNA introduce the X3 Sabre RTR 1/8 nitro off-road buggy. The vehicle is based on the full-blown X3 Sabre 2.0 competition buggy and shares many of its design features such as the suspension geometry, 16mm aluminium big bore shock absorbers, the 3-diff drivetrain and the 1-piece radio tray for easy maintenance. The RTR version comes with red anodised aluminium parts such as the shock towers and wheel hex adapters, front and rear 2.3mm anti-roll bars, front universal and rear dog bone driveshafts, fibre glass brake discs and forged steel diff bevel and pinion gears that come straight from the pro version. Included in the kit are also a .28 recoil starter engine, servos, a 2.4GHz radio system and a pre-finished cab forward body shell along pre-glued racing tyres on yellow disc rims.

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November 18, 2013

VP Pro Mad Runner 1/8 grass tyre

VP Pro introduce the VP-810 Mad Runner 1/8 off-road buggy tyre for grass and astro turf tracks. Utilising a short, symmetrical pin tread pattern it is ideal for medium to high-bite tracks with the tyre coming in different compounds and including a suitable closed cell insert.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

November 15, 2013

RDRP Ultra exhaust spring remover

Revolution Design Racing products introduce the latest addition to their line of high quality Ultra tools specially designed for the need of nitro racers. The Ultra Exhaust Spring Remover made for easy, convenient and safe working with exhaust springs such as the ones used to hold the muffler in place. The tool not only helps to remove already installed springs, it also comes in handy when building and exhaust systems or when coupling them to the engine crank case. The tool features a black anodised CNC-machined 7075-T6 handle and a high quality hardened spring steel tool tip. A coloured cap makes identification in your tool bag easy.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

November 15, 2013

New Xray 1/8 nitro buggy coming soon

Xray have released a first teaser image of what appears to be the 2014 version of the XB9 buggy. As with most preview images it hides more than it shows and so only updated body lines are visible with the new body offering lower, more angled side pods with a raised section in the middle and a steeper section towards the rear wing. Under the hood we expect new suspension parts as the team is running an updated design for some time now with the front likely will be of a “mixed” pivot ball system with horizontal lower and vertical upper balls while the rear end may also receive an update with wider suspension mounts and shorter arms. For now the kit’s new features remain purely speculation with definite information becoming available very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 15, 2013

Pro-Line Desert Raid SC body – Sneak Peek

Pro-Line have released a couple of sneaky preview images of their upcoming Desert Raid short course body shell. Modelled after the prototype cars run at the Dakar and other endurance rallies, the body is designed for the use with SC trucks such as Pro-Line’s Pro-2, Traxxas’ Slash 2WD and 4×4 and the Team Associated SC10. The raised rear end needs to use extended body mounts but otherwise the body is a direct fit.

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