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Shin Adachi Joins Team HB

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  Shin Adachi Signs for Hot Bodies Team HB has confirmed the signing of top Japanese racer Shin Adachi after leaving Kyosho just a few days ago. Shin has been racing RC cars since he was three years old and has amassed an impressive list of achievements throughout his career. He will ... Read more

INDUSTRY

Vampire's New Stock Motors

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  Vampire Racing Bloodline Stock Motors Based on the Vampire Racing Type AB+ modified motors, they have now announced the new Bloodline Stock Motors. Available from 9.5T to 21.5T, they offer plenty of power for both on and off-road demands. Vampire has made identifying the turn rating easily with the coloured case ... Read more

GENERAL

RDRP Unveil New Products

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  RDRP Option Parts for Team Durango DEX210 and More Revolution Design Racing Products has announced a huge selection of option parts for the Team Durango DEX210 starting with these brass and alloy front bulkheads. There is also an alloy steering plate with new forward positions for steering links, carbon fibre and ... Read more

GENERAL

Xray T3'12 New Chassis and Top Deck

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  Xray T3’12 Low Friction Chassis and Top Deck This new 2mm chassis from Xray for the new T3'12 was developed to provide the best possible traction for low grip conditions. The thinner chassis allows the car to flex more which generates more overall traction. Note that when changing the chassis, the ... Read more

ON-ROAD ELECTRIC

X Factory Success at Snow Ball Champs

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Mike Aliberti Takes Two Wins at the Snow Ball Championship There were 172 entries at the seventh annual Snow Ball Championship held last weekend at the famous RC Excitement track in Fitchburg. Most of the top drivers in the New England area turned out to challenge another great Excitement layout.“It was ... Read more

OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC

Chris Doughty TQ and Third at the Players

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Team Durango's Chris Doughty Third at the Players 2012 The fourth running of the Players race took place this past weekend at the hugely popular Worksop indoor venue. The race uses a very similar format to the famous Reedy Race where every heat is a race in itself and there are ... Read more

OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC

Team Durango DEX410v3 Anti-Squat Guide

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  Team Durango DEX410v3 RR Anti-Squat Settings Team Durango has added a new feature in their Tricks and Tips section. The DEX410V3 comes equipped with a new design of RR suspension hanger on the back of the buggy and this guide focuses on the anti-squat settings.Source: Team ... Read more

OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC

Hébert Claims Northeast Dash4Cash

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  Team Associated's Keven Hébert Wins Northeast Dash4Cash Keven Hébert of Team Associated provided the following report from the Northeast Dash4Cash: The 360 Raceway V2 in New Rochelle, New York hosted the first annual Dash 4Cash over the weekend of 7-8 January. A full field of over 120 entries meant that the competition ... Read more

ON-ROAD ELECTRIC

Avid RC Alloy Steering Bellcranks

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  Avid B4 Aluminium Bellcranks for the AE 2WD Off-Road Platform Avid has released these aluminium steering bellcranks for the Team Associated 2WD buggies and trucks. They are machined from billet 6061-T6 aluminium alloy, black anodised and laser etched for a premium look. Each package includes one left and one right bellcrank ... Read more

OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC

DE Racing SC10 4x4 Rear Skid Plate

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  DE Racing Rear Skid Plate for the Team Associated SC10 4x4 DE Racing has released a rear skid plate for the Team Associated SC10 4x4. This item is sold in a pack of two and replaces the stock rear mini bumper.DER-310-A     DE Racing XD Rear Skid Plate for the Team Associated ... Read more

OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC

PRODUCT NEWS

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Tresrey Team Durango Hop-Ups

Team Durango DEX210/DX410 Hop-Ups by Tresrey Tresrey has launched these new hop-up products for the Team Durango DEX210 and DEX410 range of chassis' and they are expected in early February. See our gallery More...

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Video from X Factory Shows Their New SCX–60CF Truck X Factory has just released a new video with Chazz and Paul Sinclair talking about and showing off the new carbon fibre SCX–60CF short course truck. This new conversion Kit for the More...
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  Team Orion Carbon Pro 90C LiPo with Weight Transfer System Team Orion was the first company to encase LiPo cells inside a plastic hardcase to protect them from impacts and render them more user friendly, and now they have released the  More...
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  AKA Release the Hand Held Tire Balancer Balancing the tyres on a 1:8 buggy or truggy is key to getting the most out of your vehicle and AKA can now offer this hand held tyre balancer to do the job. The balancer was designed by Mark Pavidis More...
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Discovery Channel Edition of Team Associated's Road to 200mph Team Associated will be on the Discovery Channel as the latest chapter in their "Road to 200" series is featured in this special clip saluting Road Warriors. Nic Case once again pilots More...
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  Shin Adachi Signs for Hot Bodies Team HB has confirmed the signing of top Japanese racer Shin Adachi after leaving Kyosho just a few days ago. Shin has been racing RC cars since he was three years old and has amassed an impressive list of More...
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  Vampire Racing Bloodline Stock Motors Based on the Vampire Racing Type AB+ modified motors, they have now announced the new Bloodline Stock Motors. Available from 9.5T to 21.5T, they offer plenty of power for both on and off-road demands. More...
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  RDRP Option Parts for Team Durango DEX210 and More Revolution Design Racing Products has announced a huge selection of option parts for the Team Durango DEX210 starting with these brass and alloy front bulkheads. There is also an alloy More...
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  Xray T3’12 Low Friction Chassis and Top Deck This new 2mm chassis from Xray for the new T3'12 was developed to provide the best possible traction for low grip conditions. The thinner chassis allows the car to flex more which generates more More...
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  Team Durango DEX410v3 RR Anti-Squat Settings Team Durango has added a new feature in their Tricks and Tips section. The DEX410V3 comes equipped with a new design of RR suspension hanger on the back of the buggy and this guide focuses on the More...
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  Avid B4 Aluminium Bellcranks for the AE 2WD Off-Road Platform Avid has released these aluminium steering bellcranks for the Team Associated 2WD buggies and trucks. They are machined from billet 6061-T6 aluminium alloy, black anodised and More...
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Race reports and news

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X Factory Success at Snow Ball Champs

Mike Aliberti Takes Two Wins at the Snow Ball Championship There were 172 entries at the seventh annual Snow Ball Championship held last weekend at the famous RC Excitement track in Fitchburg. Most of the top drivers in the New England area More...

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Team Durango's Chris Doughty Third at the Players 2012 The fourth running of the Players race took place this past weekend at the hugely popular Worksop indoor venue. The race uses a very similar format to the famous Reedy Race where every heat More...
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  Team Associated's Keven Hébert Wins Northeast Dash4Cash Keven Hébert of Team Associated provided the following report from the Northeast Dash4Cash: The 360 Raceway V2 in New Rochelle, New York hosted the first annual Dash 4Cash over the More...
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  Kyle McBride Dominates 2012 Meakin Masters with Pro-Line Scott McBride, Kyle’s Dad sent in this race report from Kyle’s awesome weekend: The annual Meakin Masters took place at the Meakin Track (The Brick Yard) in Kingston, Queensland, More...
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  Hohwart and Berger Win ROAR Region 12 Champs TQ Raceway in Chino, California hosted the 2012 ROAR Region 12 Championship the weekend of 14-15 January. The ultra-smooth and challenging carpet surface was in prime condition with perfect More...
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Team Associated's Hartson Win WCRC Supercross Series Round 3 With the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions just one week away, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP's Steven Hartson laid it down in 2WD Modified by taking the TQ and win in round More...
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Griffiths and Stiles Win at Plymouth BRCA 1:12 National Round four of the BRCA 1:12 Nationals took place in Plymouth last weekend. In the Stock class on Saturday, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP factory driver Olly Jefferies continued his dominant More...
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Serpent's Paolo Morganti TQs and Wins Novarossi Challenge Homestead RC Raceway was once again the host of the Novarossi Challenge and with sunny sky and beautiful Florida weather in the mid-70s, everything was set for a great weekend of racing. More...
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  Maifield and JConcepts Two Wins at CRCRC Winter Midwest Champs Ryan Maifield and JConcepts started off 2012 with a bang taking two wins at CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships. Each year the racing contingent gathers in Ohio for CRCRC’s More...
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BRCA 1:10 Off-Road Winter Open Championship 2012 This year's BRCA Winter Off-Road Championships will be hosted by Silverstone RCMCC and the race will take place at their indoor venue in Northampton. The format of this event will be the normal More...
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  Lucca Winter Trophy Victory for Shepherd's Daniele Ielasi Daniele Ielasi has won the classic edition of the Winter Trophy in Lucca, Toscana. It was the first race in Europe for the former World Champion with the Velox V10 for more than a More...
Features and reviews

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Insight - ECX Smash

  Insight - ECX Smash This 1:18 scale package should now be available in your local hobby shop and is a greater starter for anyone looking to get into RC cars. The packaging hides a hobby grade car, which is run purely on AA batteries, but can More...

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Insight – Tamiya Mud Blaster II Once again Tamiya are hitting the re-release bandwagon with a new version of the popular Mud Blaster monster truck. Unlike other re-releases, Tamiya has based the Mud Blaster II on the WT-02 chassis with an More...
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Insight - Axial Wraith After months of waiting, the Axial Wraith finally made an appearance in the Racer office. So why was it so anticipated? Well finally we have a machine from Axial that actual fills the void between scaler and rock crawler. A More...
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Build Report – Schumacher CAT SX3 Welcome to the latest online build from Racer Magazine, brought to you in association with Apex Models.The new CAT SX3 from Schumacher is the replacement for the SX2 sees the proven suspension remain the same More...
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Build Report – TLR 22 The rolling chassis is now complete with the body away to be painted and the electrical components waiting to be installed   Racer is very proud to have received one of the very first samples of the TLR 22 2WD buggy More...
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Losi 1:24 4x4 Trail Trekker Whilst in Nuremberg at the annual Toy Fair, I spotted a small pick-up truck on the Horizon Hobby stand and ignoring everything else, I picked it up and snapped of a couple of shots which quickly hit the scaler forums More...
Racer VIDEO GALLERY...

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JQ Products How To - Episode 6

JQ Products - How To Do Stuff in 60 Seconds - Servo Change The sixth in the series of How To videos from JQ Products sees JQ himself try to swap a throttle servo over in just 60 seconds - a tall order. Source: JQ More...

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2011 Super Cup Championship Series R3 JConcepts has produced a short music video for the 2011 Super Cup Championship Series round three that took place on Halloween weekend. More...
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RC Racing TV's EFRA 2011 Season Review For the EFRA AGM held in Brussels, RC Racing TV decided to produce a short review video of the 2011 European Championship season. More...
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Thunder Tiger KT8 1:8 Electric On-Road Kart Ahead of a full thrash test review in the magazine very soon, we shot this video of the Thunder Tiger KT8 electric kart in action at a local midweek club. More...
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RC Racing TV - Atsushi Hara and Cody King Special In the the final episode of the series, RC Racing TV gets a unique perspective on one of the greatest 1:8 buggy races of all time - the 2010 IFMAR World Championships from Thailand. Nick catches up More...
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IIC 2011 Las Vegas Finals RC Racing TV has their video from the finals at the annual IIC race in Las Vegas. This includes lots of race action, interviews and analysis as well as a cracking F1 race and a double victory for Naoto! More...
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