Pro-Line TRF502X Bulldog, B44.1 wheels & tire bag
Seen at the Cactus Classic two months ago Pro-Line have released the Bulldog clear body for the Tamiya TRF502X buggy. Other new items from Pro-Line include a pair of Velocity 2.2” 4WD front wheels for the Associated B44.1 in white and yellow. A reversed dish design protects the nut and axle from damage during collisions and brings an awesome new look to your buggy. Pro-Line’s new tire bag features luggage quality zippers and material that displays your support with a huge P-L logo. The bag is supported by an inner corrugated plastic housing that protects your…
KO Propo EX-1 optional parts
The Shizuoka Hobby show takes place this weekend in Japan and KO Propo will be there showing off a large number of new parts for their recently released EX-1 modular transmitter . First up is the new Kyosho MiniZ specific EX-1 Master Unit for ASF 2.4GHz cars, this is in addition to all the other separate KIY parts such as the standard FHSS Master Unit, the standard steering unit, stick type unit and regular grip unit all of which will be available to buy separately in the next month. The grip unit is also available in a left handed version and for the …
Avid 1/10th off-road precision springs
April 20, 2012 Categories: RC News, Red RC, Team Associated Comment
Avid announce the release of the precision springs for 1/10th scale buggies and trucks. First seen at the recent Cactus Classic race the springs are designed for the use with big bore shock absorbers such as the ones from TLR, Kyosho, Team Durango as well as converted Team Associated units. They are made from raw, un-coated ASTM spec spring wire which ensures consistent spring rates and prevents mis-matched spring pairs. They are easily polished for a factory look, come in a labelled snap-top tube and include pre-cut coloured shrink tube for easy identification. Three different spring sets including a buggy/…
Serpent 747 1/10th 200mm chassis
Serpent releases a new development stage for the 1/10 scale gas onroad class, the 747. Shown at the Toy Fair a few months ago, it comes loaded with many improvements and new features and is much lighter too. Focus points for this development stage was to achieve a wider sweet spot, combined with lower weight and further improved performance, and keep a very strong car as before. At first glance the car may look very similar to the 733-TE, but in reality around 50% of the car is new. Italian, German, English and USA drivers in specific were very helpful supplying feedback and testing the new…
Andy Moore joins Team Hobbywing
Team Hobbywing have signed former IFMAR World Champion Andy Moore to their team. Andy will use the newest Hobbywing Xerun V3 speed controller and attend most of the highest level events around the World this year. Andy is the first top driver in Team Hobbywing and with his huge amount of racing experience is a perfect fit on the team and helpful to the development. Team Hobbywing is very excited to have Andy on board. Andy had this to say: Having worked closely with the guys at Hobbywing whilst testing the new V3 speedo over the last few weeks I’ve …
Boca Bearings TC4 Club Racer bearing kit
April 3, 2012 Categories: RC News, Red RC, Team Associated Comment
Boca Bearings has introduced their new Team Associated TC4 Club Racer bearing kit. All Team Associated TC4 kits are equipped with 24 bearings to fit your transmission, diffs and steering. The entry level kit is their Econo Power RC car and truck kit and is the most affordable of the seven kits they’ve built for this Team Associated model. Bearings in this kit have chrome steel races, chrome balls, chrome retainers and rubber seals. All Econo bearings are packed in grease and will require a short break in period. The secret weapon for any serious racer would be the orange seal …
Pro-Line BullDog body for CML Centro C4.1
Following the early sneak peek at the body, Pro-Line have officially released the BullDog body for the CML Centro C4.1 buggy conversion. Pro-Line understands how bodies affect performance, and with the C4.1 already dominating the Euro style Astro-turf, grass and indoor carpet tracks, Pro-Line has taken performance to an even higher level with this body. This specially designed body wraps perfectly around the extremely narrow and sleek chassis featured on the C4.1 and completely clears the mid-motor transmission in the rear. Great care was taken in refining the BullDog design for 2012 to create even more stability with enhanced steering …
Cav, Maifield & Neumann lift Cactus truck titles
All three truck titles at the 26th running of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic were sewn up in the second round of A-Mains after the winners of the opening A-Mains doubled up to secure the overall win. Starting from the TQ position Cavalieri claimed the first title of the event successfully defending his Mod Truck crown with ease winning ahead of Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield while Leg 1 runner-up Dustin Evans took third having briefly run in front of Maifield early in the 5-minute encounter. View our complete event coverage here
Cavalieri dominates opening Cactus A-Mains
March 25, 2012 Categories: RC News, Red RC, Team Associated Comment
It was a very successful morning for Ryan Cavalieri at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic as the Team Associated driver notched up victory in three of the four A-Mains he contested, the other winners of the opening action being Ryan Maifield and Joern Neumann. View our complete event coverage here
Maifield & Phend 4WD Top Qualifiers
Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend completed the line up of Top Qualifiers in the main classes of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic with defending champion Maifield taking the honour in 4WD Buggy and Phend in 4WD Short Course after the pair each TQ’d the final qualifier of their respective classes tonight at Scottsdale R/C Speedway. View our complete event coverage here
Tebo is Top Qualifier in 2WD Buggy
Jared Tebo repeated his turn around Q3 topping performance to take the final 2WD Buggy qualifier to become Top Qualifier of the 26th edition of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic. The former 2 time winner of America’s longest running offroad meeting, his last win being in 2008, the factory Kyosho driver topped Q4 ahead of Q1 and Q2 pace setters Ryan Cavalieri and Dustin Evans while defending champion Ryan Maifield was fourth, the position he will start tomorrow’s triple A-Mains in Arizona. After a troubled day yesterday in which he failed to break into the Top 10 in either of his heats, Tebo was delighted to…
Cavalieri wraps up Mod Truck TQ in Arizona
Ryan Cavalieri is Top Qualifier for Mod Truck at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the defending champion wrapping up pole position for tomorrow’s A-Main with a third TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Hobby Town Scottsdale R/C Speedway. The only driver who could deny Cavalieri the top spot was Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield, but switching to a different tyre for Q4 he could only manage third behind Dakotah Phend. View our complete event coverage here
Cavalieri wraps up Mod Truck TQ
Ryan Cavalieri is Top Qualifier for Mod Truck at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the defending champion wrapping up pole position for tomorrow’s A-Main with a third TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Hobby Town Scottsdale R/C Speedway. The only driver who could deny Cavalieri the top spot was Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield, but switching to a different tyre for Q4 he could only manage third behind Dakotah Phend. Cavalieri said today was the result of a lot of pre event testing with the T4.1 and this has resulted in them having the most…
Q3 4WD Update
The penultimate round of qualifying in the 4WD classes saw Ryan Cavalieri TQ Buggy while Dakotah Phend set the pace in Short Course. Taking the TQ for the opening round, Cavalieri topped the timing for a second time when he used his Pro-Line shod B44.1 to outpace the Durango of Travis Amezcua by 5 seconds with the Kyosho of Jared Tebo taking third. Fastest in Q2 defending champion Ryan Maifield was fastest on outright pace with a 23.064 lap but had to settle for fourth at the end of his 5-minute run. The US 4WD Short Course National Champion, Phend was lucky to hold on to…
Tebo bounces back in penultimate 2WD Qualifier
Having failed to make the Top 10 in either of yesterday’s 2WD Buggy Qualifiers Kyosho’s Jared Tebo bounced back today at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic to TQ Q3 and put himself right into contention for Top Qualifier honours at the Arizona event. Just missing out on a 13 lap run, Tebo set the pace ahead of defending Cactus Champion Ryan Maifield by exactly 4/10th of a second with Q1 pace setter Ryan Cavalieri completing the Top 3. Having struggled for traction on his Ultima RB5 in the opening qualifier in which he was only 13th fastest, Tebo changed tyres for Q2 which…
Maifield is 2WD Short Course Top Qualifier
Defending 2WD Short Course Champion has put himself in the best position possible to retain his title at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic in tomorrow’s finals after the factory Associated driver made it three of of three in Q3 to become the first Top Qualifier at the 26th running of the prestigious American event. View our complete event coverage here
Evans TQs second Cactus 2WD Buggy Qualifier
Reigning US National Champion Dustin Evans has TQ’d the second round of 2WD Buggy qualifying for the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the TLR driver driver setting a new overall fastest time for the largest of the classes at the 26th edition of the America’s longest running offroad event. Topping the time sheets ahead of Associated team-mates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri the Top 3 all managed to pull off 13 laps this time round. View our complete event coverage here
Evans TQs second 2WD Buggy Qualifier
Reigning US National Champion Dustin Evans has TQ’d the second round of 2WD Buggy qualifying for the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, the TLR driver driver setting a new overall fastest time for the largest of the classes at the 26th edition of the America’s longest running offroad event. Topping the time sheets ahead of Associated team-mates Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri the Top 3 all managed to pull off 13 laps this time round. Running his JConcepts equipped TLR22, Evans said conditions were very tricky for the second round of qualifying. With the right side of the track breaking up he said the…
Q2 Truck Update
The second round of qualifying for the 2WD truck classes at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic saw Associated set the pace with Cavalieri and Maifield topping Mod Truck and 2WD Short Course respectively. Having dominated the morning’s opening qualifier, Maifield was unable to repeat his morning 13-lap run, taking third for the round behind defending champion Cavalieri and TLR’s Dustin Evans both of whom knocked 4 seconds off their 12-lap Q1 runs. Although he again set the fastest lap for the round, albeit slower then that he set in Q1, Maifield said the ‘track was really hurting’ second time round. Cavalieri who is the…
Cavalieri fastest in first Cactus Buggy qualifier
Ryan Cavalieri has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying for both Buggy classes at the 26th running of the Pro-Line Cactus Classic. In 2WD the World Champion narrowly outpaced team-mate and dominator of the morning’s truck qualifying Ryan Maifield while in 4WD he had a decent advantage at the top of the time sheets over reigning US National Champion Jared Tebo. View our complete event coverage here