New from Lee Martin’s LMR brand comes a car protection bag for 1/10th off-road buggies. The bag is made from black fabric, it sports the proud LMR logo and it not only protects the buggy from dirt and grime when stored away on the track but it also keeps the trunk of your road car clean as the bag is also ideal to transport dirt soaked vehicles in.
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Schelle Racing Innovations introduce new optional battery hold downs for the TLR 22-4 and the Kyosho ZX6 buggy. Starting with the part for Team Losi Racing’s 4WD buggy, the 22-4 carbon shorty battery strap is made from high-quality 2.5mm carbon fibre and allows for three possible battery positions to fine-tune balance while keeping weight to a minimum. Weighing in at 7g the part offers extra clearance for centre mounting the ESC in front of the battery and a slotted rear battery stop makes weight adjustment possible.
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New from 110% Racing, the brand of 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion Ty Tessmann and his farther Gord, comes RC Blood, a multi-functional high-performance grease. The chemical will stick to any surface without running, it provides constant lubrication, and lasts a long time, making it ideal for crown and pinion gears, greasing outdrives that go into the diff cup and crown gear and it is perfect for CVD joints. It can also be used on the ends of air filters and comes in a handy cup.
Source: 110% Racing [race110.com]
New from Xray comes the independent servo mount set for the XB4 buggy. The floating servo mount design is a common sight in electric touring car racing as it eliminated tweak created by the steering servo and it also makes appearances in off-road racing nowadays with the Xray set allowing to mount the servo on the left or right side of the chassis. Included come black anodised 7075 aluminium servo mounting brackets and a carbon fibre brace.
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Factory RC introduce new colour weave carbon fibre battery braces for the TLR 22.4 and the Team Associated B5M and T5M vehicles. First up is the Patriot Edition shorty LiPo mount for the 22.4. Offering the same features as the Factory RC’s original mount the Patriot Edition offers a machined star logo and colour weave carbon fibre material. Available in red or blue the braces sparkle in glorious colours when the light hits them. As for the B5M and T5M mount, again the brace is modelled after Factory RC’s original but it comes made from blue weave fibre material to match the anodised blue parts of the chassis.
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Max Airbrush introduce the Magma bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7R line of buggies. Made from genuine Lexan material the body sports the company’s unique Magma design and as a novelty the body is usable with both the nitro and electric-powered variants of the MBX7R as the side pods are large enough to fit the battery underneath while still offering a slim overall appearance of a nitro body. The same applies to the engine area of the 7R Magma that allows for efficient cooling of the nitro engine without looking abandoned when left closed on the electric buggy. As usual the body comes clear, ready for own design ideas.
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Following the introduction of the BXR LS5 Plus and the BXR SLS5 V2 French company RB now announce the next off-road related engine with long stroke technology, the BXR LS5 V2. The 5-port MES technology engine features a 14.5mm crankshaft, steel ball bearings and a redesigned carburettor with double adjustment and extra spraybar as it is used on all 2015 engines RB introduced to far. Also new is a low centre of gravity cooling head that still allows for exceptional cooling performance and the engine is designed for the use on tracks that need a good amount of power while keeping mileage in mind.
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Scorpion Power System introduce their first ever RC car related speed controller, the Vanguard. Available as modified and stock variant both make use of an aluminium upper case with integrated heatsink to keep the operation temperature as low as possible. Both the S3-140-Modify and S3-80-Super Stock controller are 1S to 3S LiPo compatible, they feature a 6V/3A BEC system and they are usable with sensored and sensorless brushless motors as low as 4.5T with the modified and 8.5T motors with the stock variant. Included with the controllers comes a range of accessories such as a cooling fan, a booster/capacitor board, and an USB interface to connect the controller to a Windows-based PC in order to fine-tune the settings.
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