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Losi have announced the soon release of their new Baja Rey and Rock Rey 4WD 1/10th scale BND kits. The proven Baja Rey desert truck is built on one of the most advanced chassis ever conceived for a ready-to-run vehicle. It comes equipped with a Dynamite 3800Kv brushless power system, as well as a long-travel suspension, so owners can tear across all types of terrain at speeds of 70km/h or more. The chassis design blends scale realism with functional 4WD capabilities. The foundation consists of a 3mm, anodised aluminium chassis plate that is integrated with a realistic roll cage made of super-tough composite material. To this it adds a long-travel, independent front suspension and 4-link live rear axle that look and function exactly like their full-scale counterparts. The single-speed transmission, as well as the front and centre diffs, are sealed against the elements and engineered to handle the abuse of a high-output brushless motor and punishing terrain. Mod 1 gears further increase the durability of this desert beast. The long-travel shocks soak up the energy from big bumps and jumps. They also feature threaded shock bodies with adjustment collars so owners can fine tune the pre-load settings of the coil-over springs. External bump stops provide plush landings on the hardest surfaces. The Rock Rey builds on the same chassis technology but comes with a rock racer body shell and larger 2.2” x 5.8″ wheels and tyres. Both vehicles come factory-assembled and including a Spectrum SRS6000 receiver with Active Vehicle Control, meaning owners can use an existing or choose a new Spektrum DSMR transmitter to get the trucks going in no time.

Features:
– 3mm anodised aluminium chassis plate
– Long-travel 4-link live rear axle
– Rugged shaft-driven 4WD
– Sealed metal gear differentials
– Coil-over oil-filled shocks with pre-load adjustment and bump stops
– Easy-access rear battery door
– Spektrum waterproof receiver with AVC technology
– Powerful Dynamite Fuze 3800kV brushless motor
– Dynamite 3S LiPo-capable 130A waterproof ESC
– Sealed single-speed metal-gear transmission
– Spektrum waterproof metal-gear steering servo
– Long-travel independent front suspension
– Desert Claw tyres on 2.2” wheels
– Spektrum BND colour scheme

Source: Losi [losi.com]

Xray have announced the signing of multiple Chinese national champion, Gary Huang to their factory team. The PMTC, HKRCSA, AMA and Sanye Cup champion will campaign Xray’s T4 and RX8 platforms at races regional, national and international races such as the Chinese Nationals, AOC, OneTen Series, the Xray Racing Series China/Hong Kong and the TITC.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Available now from Trinity are their new even turn 3.0T and 4.0T Monster Horsepower modified brushless motors. Designed for all-out power and speed the motors feature a new stator design, an aluminium-based sensor board, 2mm copper solder tabs, thermal stator coating and more vents for improved motor cooling. Other features include new 220°C wire coating, a new short stack stator design and grade 5 ball bearings. The motors are usable with all D3.5, D4 and 24K rotors.

Features:
– Monster Horsepower series is all new
– Aluminium-based sensor board for true sensor alignment
– Infinite timing adjustment
– 2mm copper tabs
– Thicker pure copper solder tabs and collector
– Thermal stator coating for the best heat dissipation possible
– Turbine style vented nose
– More vents for more cooling
– New 220C wire coating
– Certified gauge high temperature wire
– New short stack stator design
– New stator material
– Grade 5 ball bearings
– Uses all D3.5, D4 and 24K rotors

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

Coming mid-October is ARC’s latest incarnation of the popular R11 electric touring car kit. The 2019 variant will features several improvements such as all-new lower bulkheads, a new front bumper, new composite 20T centre pulleys, revised steering blocks, new rear uprights, new ultra short shock absorbers and floating receiver and ESC mounting. More details and full images are expected to surface soon.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

The HRT Houthalen track hosted round 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals recently with the event promising exciting races on this small and technical track. Saturday was sunny with a lot of grip. Everyone was looking for the right setup because the championship was absent for a couple of years from this track. In the Efra class newly-crowned champion Olivier Bultynck set the pace in the qualifying heats. Mitchel van Es put his car on the 2nd spot and youngster Athan De Witte was really fast to take the 3rd spot.

In the Stock class and because the championship isn’t decided yet, it promised to be super exciting. It was Patrick Prinsen who was the fastest in front of Vincent Van Gansen and Giovanni Moguez. The Formula class the title was already decided in favour of Olivier Bultynck but his new challenger Niels Meurs did not intend to let it pass like this. Ultimately Olivier took the pole in front of Liam Van de Wouwer and Niels Meurs who tried to find the best setup for his car. In the Rookie class, that more and more develops in to a fun class for veteran racers, it was Krist Bultynck with the pole position followed by Herman Van Gansen and Harry Coenen.

In the first and second Efra class A-main Olivier took easy wins with eight to nine seconds margin. Mitchel van Es came in 2nd, Rico Claeys 3rd and Athan De Witte 4th. Olivier then sat out the third final to not disturb the fight for the remaining podium spots. Athan De Witte took a very strong start and took the lead but unfortunate Mitchel hit him from behind and Athan lost several places. Due to this incident it became an unpredictable race. Steve Lambrechts started from 5th on the grid took the win in front of Rico Claeys and Mitchel van Es. The unfortunate Athan came back from last to 5th place. Overall the win went to Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) from Mitchel van Es (Awesomatix) and Rico Claeys (Schumacher) 3rd.

Patrick Prinsen took a big advantage in the first Stock final when Vincent Van Gansen made a mistake and touched Giovanni Moguez. Giovanni was so unlucky and had to come back from last place. Patrick took the win in front of Vincent and Xavier Debroye. It was nice to see the battle between Vincent and Giovanni in the second final. Patrick was strong and took the win but within a second Giovanni secured a 2nd place in front of Vincent. Patrick also took the third final, to prove his mastery on this track. Early in the race Vincent made two big mistakes and Giovanni took the 2nd place in front of youngster Alexander Van Gansen. Patrick Prinsen (Awesomatix) became the overall winner in front of Giovanni Moguez (Xray) and Vincent Van Gansen (Xray).

The opening two Formula A-mains were smooth sailing for Olivier and both finals saw nice battles between Liam Van de Wouwer and Niels Meurs – with the better end for Niels. In the third final Olivier made a mistake and Liam Van de Wouwer took a strong start. Because of the long eight minute runs Olivier had the chance to come back but Liam was able to take the win. Overall Olivier Bultynck (Shepherd) took the win from Niels Meurs (Roche) 2nd and Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray) 3rd.

In the Rookie class Herman Van Gansen took the win after some entertaining finals in front of Krist Bultynck and Luc Wauters.

Source: Belgian Electric On-road Championship [onroad-electro.jimdo.com]

Tamiya USA have introduced the TT-02B First Try 1/10th scale 4WD buggy with Neo Scorcher body shell. The kit is based on the TT-02B chassis off-road assembly model and is intended for absolute beginners. It provides an informative and a rewarding process of building a Tamiya chassis, but with some of the trickier sections pre-assembled. The TT-02B is a highly adaptable and beginner-friendly chassis itself, with 4-wheel double wishbone suspension and shaft-driven 4WD giving great performance on- and off-road. The TT-02B uses the TT-02 as its base, adding longer suspension arms, CVA shock units, and buggy bumpers to give it great off-road performance. Of course, it retains the TT-02’s excellent drivability and ease of assembly and maintenance, while motor cooling ducts and receiver case add to the model’s durability. The included, pre-assembled components include lower deck and gearboxes, motor and mount, front bumper and lower arms, front upper arms, uprights, rear upper arms, dampers, motor cover, wheels and tyres. The kit will hit stores at the beginning of December.

Feature:
– 1/10 scale semi-assembled R/C kit. Length: 380mm, width: 250mm, height: 145mm
– The pre-assembled core sections above require attachment to the chassis. Then, assemble other areas to complete the chassis
– The TT-02B gives efficient shaft-driven 4WD and great performance on a range of surfaces
– Long suspension arms and CVA oil dampers give a smooth ride, with square spike tires providing great grip
– The stylish Neo Scorcher buggy body is included, with stickers for decoration
– Includes 540 Type Brushed motor
– Includes Tamiya TBLE-02S ESC (electronic speed control) Capable of running sensor brushless motors and brushed motors alike. (21.5 Turn BL motor limit) (23 Turn brushed motor limit)
– Requires: 2-Channel Radio, servo, 7.2volt battery pack & charger, and Tamiya PS paint

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]

Samix have introduced their new aluminium front bumper mount for the Traxxas TRX-4 truck. Machined from high-quality alloy the parts adds strength for improved chassis rigidity while adding visual impact at the same time. The laser-engraved bumper mount comes in silver, black or hard-anodised finish and with machined silver edge details.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

Coming from Exotek and made for the Tamiya TRF103 formula kit are and adjustable upper arm set and metric to 1/4” axle adapter set. Starting with the upper arm set, the new multi-adjustable and heavy duty CNC-machined arms allow to make quick and precise camber and caster adjustments on the fly and even without taking off the body shell. The arm set is precision machined for the smoothest arm movement and offers incrementally more adjustment abilities than the stock arms and also there will be six less stock O-rings to possibly lose and fall apart. The set includes two 7075 alloy caster adjusters, two smooth action machined delrin camber adjusters, two alloy swivel balls for upper nylon arms, four 3mm roll centre spacers, four alloy 4.8mm pivot balls, four hardened steel 3mm turnbuckles and hardware as well as four heavy duty nylon ball cups.

Also new is the TRF103 metric to 1/4” axle adapter set with 1/4” bearings. The kit converts many formula cars from its stock metric bearings to easily accept 1/4″ rear axle sets and allows to install the new 1/4” spools and gear diffs now hitting formula tracks. The set includes two hard anodised 7075 adapters, two 1/4” bearings and one left side spacer. It was designed for formula cars that use normal 6x10mm axle bearings such as the F104, TRF103 etc.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

The Gulf Coast Raceways in Porter, Texas and the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas recently played host to the first ever Texas Two Step race. It was setup like the Pro-Line duel race in California. The scoring would be combining your results from Saturday and Sunday to make an overall. Friday was practice at either track with Saturday being raced at the Gulf Coast Raceway and Sunday things would decide at the Thornhill track. When the dust had settled, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall in Nitro Buggy in front of Dillon Caldwell and Tyler Hooks. Over in Electric Buggy it was Tyler Hooks with the overall from Brandon Rose and Ethan Lefebvre.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Tamiya have introduced their new Toyota Hilux CC-01 truck kit. The truck depicts the 8th generation of the Hilux vehicle, released back in 2015, specifically a special full-size version of the Extra Cab which Toyota’s British division had made in the colours of Tamiya’s legendary Bruiser as a tribute to their model. It also appeared in some high-profile PR activities in Great Britain. The CC-01 chassis’ ground-hugging, long-stroke suspension system consists of front double wishbone and rear 4-link rigid setups and is equipped with four oil dampers. The highly reliable and efficient full-time 4WD system features a front-mounted motor, which transmits power to the front wheels via the gearbox and to the rear wheels via the propeller shaft with universal joints. Front and rear differentials enable smooth cornering. For even greater off-road performance on rough terrain, the rear differential may be locked during assembly. Realistic block-pattern tires are mounted on metal-plated wheels and the kit also includes the Tamiya TBLE-02S electronic speed control that is capable of running sensor brushless motors and brushed motors alike.

Features:
– 1/10 scale R/C model assembly kit. Length: 465mm, width: 200mm
– The rugged Hilux Extra Cab form is depicted in lightweight and durable polycarbonate, with separate metal- plated side mirror and light case parts
– Includes 2 each of white (headlight) and red (taillight) 5mm-diameter LEDs and the LED Light Unit. Note: The model light cases can be fitted with up to 6 LEDs front and rear
– Metal-plated wheels are paired with realistic tires featuring authentic block tread pattern
– CC-01 chassis features a full-time 4WD system and front double wishbone, rear 4-link rigid suspension equipped with 4 CVA oil dampers
– 267mm wheelbase
– An expansive range of option parts is available to customise the CC-01 chassis
– Includes 540-Type Brushed motor
– Includes Tamiya TBLE-02S ESC (electronic speed control) Capable of running sensor brushless motors and brushed motors alike. (21.5 Turn BL motor limit) (23 Turn brushed motor limit)
– Requires: 2-Channel Radio, servo, 7.2volt battery pack & charger, and Tamiya PS paint

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]