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April 22, 2010

Intech Racing BR-5 Pro Kit buggy

Intech Racing have been in touch to announce their new BR-5 1/8th scale buggy Pro Kit, which they claim offers awesome handling, great steering response, fast cornering speeds and great rough track stability. The new BR-5 features include 16mm big bore threaded shock absorbers, hard-anodized, 7075 aluminium shock towers, 7075 aluminium one-piece top plate, 7075 aluminium radio tray and 7075 aluminium one piece engine mount. All of these refinements are make BR-5 a potent buggy that takes you to the next level.

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April 22, 2010

Team Associated RC18T2 RTR 4WD truck

Team Associated their new RC18T2, a 1:18 scale RTR electric 4WD off-road truck. The RC18T2 comes loaded with awesome new features including the XP3-SS 3-channel 2.4GHz radio system, a newly designed chassis with a fully enclosed, 2-belt drive train system with adjustable slipper clutch that is capable of handling the extreme amount of power that today’s brushless motors and LiPo batteries can dish out. Along with durability, the drive train is sealed to help keep rocks and dirt away from all the gears and pulleys.

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April 21, 2010

Answer-RC Xray 808 CVD Axles

New from Answer-RC are these red anodised CNC machined 7075 Aero CVD axles for the Xray XB808 that claim to massively reduce rotating mass in the drive train of your vehicle, giving quicker spool up, reduced braking time and sharper handling. The Answer-RC CVD axles have been specially machined with additional CVD pin holes meaning that as the fit becomes sloppy they can simply be rotated round to the next set of holes.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

April 21, 2010

Losi 2.2 Boss Claws tires

Team Losi have introduced their new 2.2 Boss Claws tires, which utilizes one of the most versatile tread patterns in 1/8-scale off-road racing, the Eclipse. This tread provides smooth and consistent traction on all crawling surface types, while the sidewalls feature Losi Comp Claws for superior construction and ‘side hilling’ abilities. The Boss Claws were prototyped by the Losi Crawling team for the World’s competition then perfected by the engineers at Losi to provide the best possible traction on the most diversified ranged of surface types. Molded using the high traction Losi Red compound for impressive traction and long life, they come supplied with oversized memory foam inserts that provide extra support to assist the tire conforming to the surface.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

April 21, 2010

Team Durango DESC410R announced

Team Durango have made a cryptic announcement today about their latest project in their cost effective ‘R’ line, the DESC410R. No other information was given except for that it is close to finalised, but the SC monicker would suggest a short course truck, while the rest of the name leads us to believe that it is an electric 4wd 1/10th scale. We can expect more details soon.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

April 21, 2010

Hot Bodies short course tires

Hot Bodies have released their complete range of pink compound short course tires. First up, the Megabite are fantastic mini-pin tires that are suitable for hard & dry off-road surfaces such as hard-packed clay, including blue groove, light dust conditions and regular clay and also work awesome indoors. Next up the Rodeoo, stays true to the realistic short course truck appearance, these tires have a spec appearance but boast HB’s exclusive Pink compound that is far superior to any spec tire available. Megagrid tires are suitable for a wide variety of off-road and on-road surfaces including loose topsoil right on down to hard-pack. This is their most versatile tire and should be used when you go to a new track because it will be a good starting point everywhere. Finally, Beams tires are suitable for hard & dry off-road surfaces such as hard-packed clay and blue groove high bite conditions. These tires also work great on indoor tracks.

View the other tire patterns here

April 20, 2010

TQ Laboratory of Speed engine line

Having brought you information about the new TQ Racing line of engines last week, today the US company announced more details including the name ‘Laboratory of Speed’. The line will begun with the .21 buggy engine followed up with a .26 truggy engine in the near future. These engines are proven performers and boast the world famous Italian quality at competitive prices.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

April 20, 2010

RB Buggy engine limited time offer

RB have announced that their complete line of .21 buggy engines will, for a limited time, come supplied with one of their new gas coolers as well as an engine protect system. To avail of this special offer you will need to order your new engine before the end of April.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]