Team Associated have just announced the new RC10R5-Oval Factory Team Kit, due for release in June. The 10R5-Oval is built on a 2.5mm woven carbon fibre chassis that utilizes a T-plate and 3-shock setup to suspend the newly designed rear pod. Optimized for brushless, the new rear pod features a 3-point upper pod plate with an aluminium stand-off that increases stiffness and dissipates heat by transferring the heat from the motor mount to the left rear bulkhead, keeping the motor cooler throughout the run.

Imperfections in the road are managed by the Factory Team side shocks that feature a through-shaft design making for equal damping with no rebound in both directions. A VCS2 bladder style center shock provides consistent damping and easy maintenance while keeping all the power on the ground. The center shock tower has four mounting positions that split the spring rates for even finer adjustments. The RC10R5-Oval’s “Active Strut” front end has been optimized, featuring symmetric components with adjustable caster and track width, as well as in-line axles. The carbon fibre front arm mounting plate makes for a stiffer assembly. Indexed wheelbase options with an automatic 0.5mm (0.020”) trail in right front wheel improving the corner exit steering response.

Factory Team blue aluminium servo mounts position the servo flat on the chassis for a lower center of gravity and include Ackermann adjustment spacers. The foam front bumper helps protect body and chassis during impacts. The RC10R5-Oval rolls fast and smooth on a full ball-bearing drivetrain featuring a ball differential with D-rings and an IRS graphite rear axle.

RC10R5-Oval Factory Team features:
- Updated active strut front end features symmetrical components with independently adjustable caster and track width, as well as in-line front axles
- Woven carbon fibre front arm mounting plate makes for a stiffer front end assembly featuring Indexed wheelbase options and an automatic 0.5mm (0.020”) trail in right front
- Newly designed rear pod features a 3-point upper pod plate with an aluminium stand-off that increases stiffness and dissipates heat by transferring the heat from the motor mount to the left rear bulkhead
- 3-point upper pod plate is more open, allowing easier access and installation of brushless motors
- Full ball-bearing drivetrain
- Ultra-rigid one-piece 2.5mm woven carbon fibre chassis allows for both LiPo and NiMh cells, featuring indexed battery adjustments for LiPo packs
- Factory Team side shocks feature a through-shaft design making for equal damping with no rebound in both directions
- VCS2 bladder style center shock provides consistent damping and easy maintenance
- Woven carbon fibre center shock tower allows for incremental adjustments of rear spring rate
- Ball differential and IRS™ graphite rear axle
- Foam front bumper helps protect body and chassis during impact
- Servo mounts flat for a lower CG and includes Ackermann adjustment spacers
- Updated T-plate sockets and hard-anodized aluminium pivot balls give the 10R5-Oval a lower rear roll center for better rear traction

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

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The Off Road Electric Section of AECAR were in contact to tell us about the unofficial warm-up race they are holding at the 2nd round of the Spanish Nationals in Bilbao on the same track as this summer’s European Championships. The event will take place on the 29th to 31st of May and is open to all international competitors with a full schedule in place for both 2wd and 4wd classes. If you are interested you have until the 22nd of May to place your entry, forms for which can be found here. Further information, including facilities, hotels, etc, can be found on the official event page here.

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Euro EP Buggy Warm-up, Spain – Announcement

Team Orion team driver has a report on the 2nd Annual Tri State Off Road Championship was held last weekend at Hal’s Hobbies in El Paso. ‘There was a practice race on Friday night, the day before qualifying. During practice my car was not great, but I talked with my Dad on the phone, and we got it working nice on the very rough track. The track was super rough and dry and the key to winning was to be consistent. We changed the camber links a little and added negative camber for stability. I won the practice race Friday and felt confident going into Saturday. For qualifying Saturday, I TQ’d the first round by 2 seconds over Billy Fischer. In the second round, the nut on a rear outer hinge pin fell off (same thing that happened at Silver State) and ended the heat for me. In round 3, I TQ’d again, this time by 4 seconds over Casey Peck. This would make me TQ in the buggy class.’

‘The main was 30 minutes. At the start I got taken out and ended up in the back of the field. I worked my way back up to Fischer and battled with him until the 2nd pit stop. I only made one mistake basically the whole main, and put a 23 second lead (nearly a lap) on Billy. Everything was looking great, and then I flamed coming out of pit lane on my last fuel stop. By the time I got re-fired, Billy got past me, but luckily I was right behind him. Over the next 10 minutes we battled a little, then I slowly pulled away and ended up winning by about 8 seconds.’

Final results
1. Cody King – Kyosho/Team Orion
2. Billy Fischer – Losi/Novarossi
3. Ricky Gaynor – Losi/Novarossi
4. Casey Peck – Losi/Novarossi
5. Richard Saxton – AE/Reedy
6. Eric Kirts
7. Jerell Gray – Mugen/Ninja
8. Charles Hicks – Losi/GRP
9. Brian Kinwald – Trinity
10. Tanner Stees – Jammin

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

Cody King wins Tri State Buggy Champs

Xray have released this high-strength 24T pinion gear (2nd gear) for the Xray NT1, that has been made from tough 7075 T6 aluminium and specially hard coated for supreme strength, light weight, and superior durability. Created on a special gear machine, all pinions feature ultra-precise tooth shaping and ultra-true running for vibration-free operation. Fine internal threading allows easy installation on XCA clutch bells, both standard or lightweight versions. Each pinion is fine etched with the tooth number for easy & quick identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Xray NT1 XCA Alu 24T Pinion Gear

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We brought you the very first pictures of the prototype of the new G4II from Team Magic back at the toy fair in February and since then the car has evolved to something that looks like its close to being released. Dario Balestri, current European Champion, and Team Magic’s development driver, was in touch to let us know about the short video above that shows him testing at the Gubbio track in Italy, host of this summer’s European Championships. As you can see from the footage, the car handles really well and can easily cope with all that power that is coming his Novarossi engine.

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Team Magic G4II Testing video

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