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June 26, 2014

RT RB One ultra lightweight wheel axle

New from the Reckwald brothers’ own Reckward Tuning brand comes this set of wheel axles for the RB One and RB E-One. Fitting both the front and rear of the buggy the CVD wheel shafts are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and offer a lower weight for reduced rotation mass and unsprung weight resulting in improved car performance on the track. The axles include grub screws for the wheel adapter cross pins and are usable on both the competition and RTR variants of the RB One and E-One.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

June 26, 2014

Swiss 1/8 off-road national championship Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of this year’s Swiss 1/8th off-road championship took place in Gland near the Lake Geneva with about 130 entries. The TQ went to Swiss champion and Top 25 Euro driver Jeremy Pittet in front of Robin Frischkopf. At the end of the lower finals the track started to become bumpy and rutted making it not easy for the main finalists, lead by pole position holder Yael Zurfluh and Robin Frischkopf. The 45 minute final was clearly led by Yael with Robin Frischkopf, Joachim Kallen and Jeremy Pittet fighting for 2nd place. Jeremy ran into problems early so the fight for the runner-up spot was on between Joachim and Robin. Both swapped positions several times while being on different fuel strategies. With leader Yael being only a couple of corners in front Robin started to attack near the end of the final but problems while lapping backmarkers cost him dearly and had him falling back to 3rd place. At the end Robin also ran out of fuel but this incident had no further influence on the result. At the end Yael Zurfluh (TLR) took the win from Joachim Kallen (Kyosho) and Robin Frischkopf (Xray).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 26, 2014

Area RC DBXL double arm steering system

Made for Losi’s DBXL large-scale buggy is this double arm aluminium steering set from Area RC. The set includes new inner aluminium steering bellcranks with the servo saver side offering a dual arm setup for the steering servo links meaning the steering assembly is actuated by two and not just one steering link, which is meant to make for a more precise and more reliable steering action. At the same time the dual links on the servo arm will lower the stress on the servo resulting in improved durability of the highly stressed part. The set is available in red, black and silver colour and also includes a reinforced servo saver spring and a ball-raced aluminium steering link.

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June 26, 2014

Team Associated B5/B5M FT ball bearing set

Team Associated introduce a new Factory Team ball bearing ses for the B5 and B5M buggy. Including ball races for the front axles, the rear hubs, and the gearbox the kit is ideal to replace worn out bearings. A blue rubber seal protection on one side makes the bearings, that are also available as separate 4-piece packs per size, more robust when the going gets tough.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 25, 2014

Carsten Keller wins at German nats qualifier in Kürten

The second of only two Western Germany 1/8th off-road regional rounds was run at the Modellfreunde Kürten track. Kyosho’s Carsten Keller was able to take the win in the 40 minute final despite being hindered by a wrong tyre choice. At the end he took the win some two laps ahead of Jan Sievert with Sven Sievert finishing another lap down. Maik Wiesweg and Chris Kammann completed the top 5 result.

Source: Spielzeugautorennfahrer [spielzeugautorennfahrer.de]

June 25, 2014

Kyosho FO-XX 1/8th basher truck

Kyosho have released first information and photos of the FO-XX 1/8th scale basher truck based on what appears to be a revamped Twin/Mad Force chassis. Featuring a lightweight vertical plate chassis with inner dirt shields and front and rear rigid axles the truck resembles a mud-slinging Formula Off-Road vehicle with its paddle-type tyres and scale bodyshell. Threaded big bore shock absorbers make for improved off-road performance while a front bumper with light buckets not only look cool but also protect the chassis from the rigours of off-road racing. The FO-XX comes ready-to-run including a 2.4GHz radio system, a waterproof high-torque steering servo and your choice .25 big block nitro motor or a high-performance brushless system.

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June 25, 2014

Rodrigues wins at Southern Portuguese regionals Rd3

The 3rd round of the Southern Portuguese 1/8th off-road regionals was held at the Evora track under changing weather conditions that put the drivers and equipment to the test. While the first semifinal could be run under dry conditions with Vasco Rodrigues taking the win, the 2nd semifinal had to be stopped and later on restarted due to rain pouring down creating some mess on the track. The main final then had Flavio Matias leading for the first 15 minutes until a bad tyre choice for the drying conditions hindered Flavio, allowing Vasco to close up. Both battled for the next 10 to 15 minutes but Flavio was not able to hold the pace and this gave Vasco the advantage he needed to win the race. Antonio Peixe grabbed the 2nd spot in front of Flavio Matias who was able to secure the 3rd and final podium spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 25, 2014

Pedro Miguel Sousa wins at Portuguese regionals Rd3

The 3rd round of the Portuguese 1/8th off-road Northern regionals was held at the Vilela track with over 40 entries. After the semifinals Francisco Ferreira put his buggy on the pole position on front of Pedro Miguel Sousa. The final had Francisco leading the majority of the race with Pedro being the only driver to keep up with his team mate’s pace. With some 3 minutes to go Pedro made a move on the leader to take the 1st position that he then kept until the end of the race to take his 3rd consecutive victory in the championship. Francisco Ferreira managed to conserve the runner up spot while Ricardo Martins grabbed the 3rd place coming from 5th on the grid.

Click here to view the top 10 result