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February 7, 2011

Toy Fair 2011 – Short Course round-up

Having covered the toy fair in depth for Red RC we decided to bring together all the short course related releases for an easy overview, beginning with Durango. On display at their German distributors stand, the Durango DESC410R was making its public debut. Having written in depth about the car here, its basically a longer and wider version of the successful DEX410, with the chassis is made from a sandwich of materials that creates a strong and very stiff backbone for the car, something that could not have been achieved with the aluminium side skirts used on the 1/10th buggy.

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February 7, 2011

STRC XXX-SCT range of option parts

ST Racing Concepts have turned their attentions to the Losi XXX-SCT truck and as with the other cars they make parts for they tried to not just add durability with their aluminium parts but also tried to build in performance advantages and innovation to each part as well. Especially with the XXX-SCT, they understand that this is not going to be a basher for most, but more of a race vehicle, so their new line of products were built with that in mind.

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February 1, 2011

STRC SC10 & Blitz universal driveshafts

More new products from ST Racing Concepts with the release of these heat treated carbon steel universal driveshaft sets for the Associated SC10/T4, HPI Blitz and Universal Bones for OFNA Hyper 10SC. Universal driveshafts are typically an important and often the first upgrade for many racers and bashers, but for years manufactures have left their design and material of universal driveshafts to be relatively the same despite the the change to the more powerful LiPo battery/brushless combination. STRC inspected all components of the traditional universals driveshaft and aimed to improve in material and design. The material is critical and equally important is the heat treatment process. After months and months of prototype testing in different material and increments of heat treating, they believe they have
developed a better finished product of this ‘standard’ upgrade.

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February 1, 2011

STRC Ultima SC steering knuckles

ST Racing Concepts have released these CNC Machined aluminum front steering knuckles for the Ultima SC, SC-R, RB5 and RT5. Precision CNC Machined from high grade aluminum, they greatly increase the front suspension durability of your Kyosho off-road vehicles. The company’s new manufacturing procedure allows for the tightest tolerance in bearing fitment since the bearing holes are done after anodizing ensuring the bearing tolerance is not affected by the anodizing process. Available in gun metal, blue and limited edition red.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

February 1, 2011

Fastrax BullsEye SC tire

The classic step pin off road tire tread is recreated by Fastrax for the Short Course class with the release of the ‘BullsEye’. The popular handling and driving characteristics of the step pin tread, coupled with the Fastrax soft compound will make the ‘BullsEye’ a firm favourite in the pit bag, as it can perform on a wide variety of surfaces from dirt, grass and astro turf. Available pre-mounted on one-piece beadloc effect scale Short Course wheels or as a tire and insert only. Both combinations come with Fastrax’s new SC molded foam inserts. Available wheels for direct fit on Team Associated SC10, Traxxas Slash, Slayer, Hong Nor, HoBao Hyper SC, HPI Blitz etc.

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January 31, 2011

Pro-Line Gladiator SC tire

Pro-Line have given a sneak peek at their upcoming Gladiator SC tire. The original Gladiator was the first multi-leveled RC tire ever made and has given Pro-Line fans awesome traction for over a decade. This iconic tread pattern will soon be available for your Short Course Truc. Stay tuned for more information.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 28, 2011

Team Associated SC10 4×4 truck

Following teaser images and much anticipation Team Associated have released the SC10 4×4. Starting with a clean sheet of paper, Associated’s Area 51 design engineers have created the ultimate four-wheel-drive short-course racer. Its composite modular chassis design with sealed receiver box and removable ESC tray, combined with innovative features such as 13mm big bore shocks, a decoupled slipper clutch and a hybrid belt/gear drive system, makes the SC10 4×4 unlike any other short-course truck on the planet. In addition to these unique features, a long list of competition-proven components create an extremely high performance and durable state-of-the-art race truck.

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January 26, 2011

Brian Kinwald takes KBRL SC Triple Crown

This year the KBRL held the Short Course Triple Crown series. The three race series brought the best racing talent the state had to offer. Heading into the final race of the Triple Crown series the title was still up for grabs between three JConcepts Team Drivers, Brian Kinwald, Jake Thayer and Billy Fischer. The man with the best finish was going to be taking home the big check.

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