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March 27, 2014

Evans sweeps SC Showdown Nationwide Tour Rd2

Race 2 of the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour was hosted by RC Excitement in Fitchburg, MA. With a full day of practice on Friday, the layout was fast and fun with lots of places to pass, making for a great racing weekend. The track opened at 7am on Saturday with 1 hour of open practice. After a quick drivers meeting racing kicked off at 9am. After round 1 Dustin Evans TQ’d Modified 2WD Buggy with his TLR 22 2.0 in mid motor configuration. Dustin also TQ’d 4WD Buggy and Modified 2WD Short Course while Dave Duncan TQ’d Stock 2WD Buggy with his Team Associated B5M. After two more rounds of qualifying on Saturday, the same drivers still held their TQ spots. Sunday morning started with 45 minutes of open practice followed by a final round of qualifying. When all the dust settled Dustin and Dave still had the TQ spots in the same four classes and both also where in control of their mains taking all 4 wins.

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March 26, 2014

Vision Racing SCTE ball-raced drag links

Vision Racing now have ball-raced drag links for the TLR Ten-SCTE available. Made from 2.5mm quasi-isotropic carbon fibre the two separate length links are used to adjust the Ackermann angle of the front tyres in order to fine tune steering characteristics. All necessary mounting hardware is included and the links can be ordered as a set or separately.

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March 21, 2014

Pro-Line ’81 Bronco body & new Short Course options

Pro-Line '81 Bronco & new Short Course options

Pro-Line have a new bodyshell for Short Course trucks, pre-assembled Pro-Spec shock absorbers and pre-mounted Interco TLS SX Super Swamper SC tyres available. First up is the 1981 Ford Bronco bodyshell, designed to fit a wide range of trucks such as the Pro-2, Slash, Slash 4×4 and SC10, the body resembles the iconic Bronco truck for a true scale old school look. It comes clear, with a large decal sheet and required the use of extended body mounts due to its dimensions.

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March 18, 2014

LRP S10 Twister alloy wheel adapters & servo arms

LRP have new option parts for the S10 Twister line of off-road vehicles as well as alloy servo arms available. Starting with the Twister parts, the aluminium wheel adapters are made from high-quality material and they offer increased rigidity over the stock parts. Included are also four steel drive pins and rubber O-ring to hold the pins in place. Also new are three aluminium servo arms for 23 teeth, 24 teeth and 25 teeth splines. Coming as single arm variant for steering duties and dual arm versions for throttle and brake applications in nitro cars, the arms offer increased rigidity especially when used with high-power servos for increased steering precision and brake holding power. They come blue anodised and with a pre-drilled ballstud mounting hole.

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February 22, 2014

RPM side exit mock exhaust tips

RPM side exit mock exhaust tips RPM soon have this cool looking fake side exhaust available. The through-the-body mock exhaust tips are a simple, ultra-lightweight scale accessory designed to look like a set of side exhaust pipes are cut through the body, exiting from some custom flanges that provide a detailed, 3D oval exhaust appearance. When used on 1/10th vehicles the exhaust resemble a 3″ pipe while the flange surrounding the pipe is a design that supports the pipe, yet provides a shoulder for the body mount to keep the pipe in place. Each exhaust kit comes with two complete exhaust tips and instructions for properly mounting the tips to the body.

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February 22, 2014

New Pro-Line Pro-2 options, bodies & tyres

Pro-Line was busy adding more short course related option parts to their already impressive line-up by introducing new carbon fibre parts for their Pro-2 truck kit along two new tyres and pre-cut bodyshells. Starting with the parts for the Pro-2 short course truck, first up are front and rear shock tower braces cut from high-quality carbon fibre. The braces are ideal for high-bite track conditions as they reinforce the suspension assembly for a more consistent handling as it eliminates unwanted flex. Available as separate front and rear part the braces are direct bolt-ons. Also new is the a carbon fibre transponder mount that attached right on top of the servo mounts. While adding a certain amount of rigidity, it first and foremost acts as a sturdy base for your personal transponder. Like the shock tower braces the PT mount is a direct bolt-on.

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February 13, 2014

Serpent announce the Spyder SCT-2 SC truck

Seen for the first time at the recent Nuremberg International Toyfair in Germany, Serpent now officially announce the Spyder SCT-2 2WD short course truck. Based off the Spyder SRX-2 buggy the truck features a long wheelbase composite chassis, redesigned shock towers, long-stoke big bore shock absorbers, aluminium suspension mounts and it will come as a rear motor truck. Specially designed nerf bars with lexan inserts help to keep as much air out of the bodyshell for improved jumping abilities and a reduced “parachute” effect. The truck is set for an April release with a ready-to-run version coming soon after.

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February 12, 2014

Atomik Red 550 BL motor & 120A ESC

Atomik introduce the new Red 550 sensored brushless motor and 120A sensored speed controller. Starting with the motor, the power unit is especially designed for the use with 1/10th 4WD short course trucks, it is available as 4.5T and 7.5T variant and compatible with Traxxas’ VXL-3s speed controller, making it a good update for brushless TRX models. As for the controller, the 120A rated unit comes pre-wired with 12AWG wire and EC3 connector, it includes a 200mm sensor wire and works both with sensored and sensorless motors. The motors and controller are available separately or as combo including the 4.5T or 7.5T motor.

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