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August 14, 2011

Video – JConcepts Hazard wheels

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7EaA2Ggls[/youtube]

Following the Hi-Flow Short Course body shell, JConcepts introduce another new product during this week’s 2011 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nationals. The Hazard 12mm hex wheel for Associated SC10 and SC10 4×4 kits features a 10 spoke design, bead-lock appearance and centre lug nut detail. The Hazard will make an immediate impact on the performance of the SC10 trucks by widening the stance of the truck by 6mm in overall width. The increased width will maximise the SC10 and bring it up to the ROAR maximum legal limits in dimensional width. The wheels should be available soon.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 13, 2011

BCE SCTE 4×4 racing chassis

BCESpeed got in touch to tell us about their new racing chassis for the Losi SCTE 4×4 Short Course truck. CNC-machined from aerospace-grade 7075 T6 Billet aluminium, the chassis is lighter than the stock part, features a redesigned tail section for improved handling and the special design does away with the need to use the adapter plastics as seen on the stock, converted, TEN nitro chassis. www.bcespeed.com

Source: BCESpeed [bcespeed.com]

August 13, 2011

Tekin Pro4 brushless motors

Tekin introduce the new Pro4 electric brushless motor for 4WD 1/10 scale Short Course trucks. Utilising the design of the T8 1/8th scale motor, the Pro4 produces high torque and smooth power with especially chosen KV ranges to complement 2S and 3S LiPo batteries. The motors feature a 4 pole 12 slot hi-torque design, neodymium sintered magnets, high purity copper windings, CNC-machined 6061 T6 Billet aluminium heatsink can, front 5x13x4mm and rear 5x10x5mm ABEC5 bearings and dual-plug sensor wire harness for use with all sensored and sensorless controllers. The Pro4 with a diameter of 35.8mm and a length of 52.9mm are available with 3300kv, 4000kv and 4600kv ratings.

Click here to view a video of the Pro4 motor in action

August 12, 2011

Video – JConcepts Hi-Flow Short Course body

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8fQuCB4l9E[/youtube]

JConcepts introduce the new Hi-Flow Short Course body shell for most of today’s 1/10 scale SC trucks. The design goal of the body, that is introduced in time for this week’s 2011 ROAR electric off-road nationals, was to eliminate the so called parachute effect often associated with SC trucks. With big air escape areas that are easily cut out using an x-acto knife and newly designed number and name panel on the sides the body provides the best possible jumping characteristics and straight-line ability.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 10, 2011

McEwan wins Canadian Off-Road Champs Rd2

The 2nd round of the Canadian off-road championship series (CORCS) was held over the weekend of August 5-6-7th, in Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada. Team Durango’s DESC410R took the 4WD short course A-Main in the hands of Norm McEwan, with Kris Bychyk placing his DESC410R in 2nd place for a 1-2 finish – beating out a large field in the 4WD class. Both guys ran their DESC410R’s with the Tekin RX8 controllers and Tekin 4.5T SC4X motors to sweep the field.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 10, 2011

Fastrax moulded inserts

Fastrax have added new moulded inserts for 1/10 scale Short Course trucks to their growing range of tyre accessories. Especially made for Traxxas Slash and HPI Blitz wheels that require stepped inserts with two different inner diameters.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

August 8, 2011

ST Racing Concepts SC10 4×4 option parts 

ST Racing Concepts release a whole bunch of aluminium option parts for the Team Associated SC10 4×4 Short Course truck. Available are CNC-machined HD front and rear Suspension A-Arm mounts, front caster blocks, rear hub carriers with 0 and 0.5 deg. toe-in, wheel hex adapters and belt tensioner. The Rear A-arm mounts are available in 3-2 and 3-3, and use smooth CNC-machined Delrin hinge-pin inserts to keep suspension moving freely. Also available are CNC-machined threaded aluminium front and rear racing shock bodies for very precise ride height/spring pre-load adjustments just like the stock unit, but available in option colours of Gun Metal, Red, Silver which when matched with other STRC option parts can give your truck a whole new, stand-out look. The aluminium shock collars features O-ring installed which will securely hold your spring pre-load adjustment in place on the threaded shock bodies. Last but not least are a aluminium multi-piece steering bell crank set that increase the durability and take out any flex in the kit plastic bell crank system providing a more precise steering feel. The heat sink finned motor plate replace the stock stamped aluminium piece and features slotted heat sink finned machining to help dissipate heat better from the hard working motor. Like all other parts, beside the belt tensioner, steering and motor plate are available in blue, red, gun metal and silver.

Click here to view the other new parts

August 7, 2011

Video – Pro-Line Short Course 2.0 tyres

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRxRaDUyqSs[/youtube]

In this video, made by Pro-Line, Scott Hughes talks about Pro-Line’s new wider 2.0 Short Course tyres. The US company has the Caliber SC, Hole Shot SC and Suburbs SC in the wider-than-normal 2.0 treads.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]