October 15, 2013

Xray announce the XB4 2WD buggy

Xray announce XB4 2WD

Xray announce the soon release of the XB4 2WD off-road buggy. Prototypes of the buggy have been seen in the hands of Xray’s factory drivers like Martin Bayer for some time now and giving its name – XB4 – the buggy is based on Xray’s successful 4WD buggy. This means the vehicle will very likely feature a rear mounted LiPo saddle or shorty pack with a mid or even front motor configuration – ideal for the upcoming indoor carpet racing season. The kit will also see the introduction of a new cab forward body shell with a radical cabin design and a low rear end section. More information about the XB4 2WD will become available very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 15, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins Spanish Truggy nationals

Alberto Garcia wins Spanish Truggy nationals

Last weekend the Spanish 1/8th Truggy nationals tool place. After not being able to participate in the practice rounds Serpent’s Alberto Garcia made the maximum out of the limited track time and TQ’d qualifying round 1 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the 60 minute final. In the first part of the A-main Alberto was in a hard battle with Javier Pombo but a mistake of the Mugen driver made way for Alberto who was then able to cruise to the overall victory. The runner-up spot went to Javier (Mugen) with Daniel Vega (Agama) completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


October 14, 2013

Vampire Racing even turn Type AB+ V2 motors

Vampire Racing even turn Type AB+ V2 motors

Vampire Racing is proud to announce the release of the new even turn Type AB+ V2 brushless motor series. Building on the winning heritage of the conventional half turn motor the new .0 series offers a fully rebuildable EFRA-legal design with separate stator unit, duo-balanced and Titanium-Nitride coated ‘black shaft’ rotor, replaceable rubber-sealed precision sensor unit and oversized high-quality ball bearings. The motors are equipped with the recently introduced updated endbells and are available as 4.0T, 5.0T, 6.0T, 7.0T and 8.0T variant.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]


October 14, 2013

Robert Batlle wins Spanish 2WD buggy championship

Robert Batlle wins Spanish 2WD buggy championship

The Spanish 2WD Electric Buggy nationals took place at the RC Hobby Garden track in Sant Cugat. Qualifying on the challenging clay track saw Robert Battle taking the TQ honours from Juanma Lerma who TQ’s two of the five rounds. Carlos Pineda was in third position after the qualifiers and one of the few drivers who could really challenge Robert and Juanma. In the finals Robert made a clean sweep by winning A-final 1 and 2 handing him the 2013 2WD Buggy title early. Juanma Lerma only came in fifth position in A1 but recovered in A2 and A3 taking the runner-up spot in front of Carlos Pineda who completed the podium.

Image: RC Hobby Garden


October 14, 2013

Team C TM4 – Preview photos

Team C TM4 – Preview photos

German Team C Racing distributors Absima have first preview images of the forthcoming TM4 4WD electric off-road buggy available. Previously only seen on somewhat blurry teaser photos the company now released detail pictures of the buggy that made a first public appearance at the recent IFMAR World Championships in Chico, California. The buggy makes use of a design that becomes more and more popular in the 4WD class and that uses 2S shorty LiPo battery packs in favour of the 2S saddle packs that dominated the all-wheel class for decades. The buggy is based on a hard anodised aluminium chassis, features aluminium suspension mounts with plastic inserts to adjust toe and anti-squat settings and the drivetrain is equipped with CV-style driveshafts all-round. A carbon fibre upper deck, carbon shock towers and aluminium big bore shock absorbers round out the package. The chassis is topped-off by a sleek cab forward body shell.

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October 13, 2013

DHI Cup 2014 – Announcement

DHI Cup 2014 – Announcement

The 2014 DHI Cup will be held from the weekend of the 10th to 12th of January 2014 in Odense, Denmark. As in previous years there will also be an off-road race run alongside the traditional touring car race. The classes will be Touring Car Modified and “blinky” 13.5T Super Stock with LRP motors. Off-Road will be run in 2WD and 4WD. The race will be under control of Hartmut Wenzel and David Church and registration opens Monday the 14th of October on myrcm.com. More information can be found here.


October 11, 2013

Argentina loses 200mm World Championship

IFMAR Sign

Argentina will not be hosting next year’s 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship.  The decision was made this morning at the IFMAR AGM which is taking place at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan.  With only a single application from a track not too far from venue of last year’s troubled 1:8 Offroad World Championship, the Pros & Cons of hosting the race near Buenos Aires were discussed with it decided that in the best interest of the class the race be relocated.  With no FAMAR representative traveling to Japan to attend the AGM it was voted that the WC would be awarded to FEMCA. Hosts of last year’s Worlds in Thailand, where Meen Vejrak claimed the title, FEMCA accepted and will now start to gather applications from the 15 countries which they represent.  1:10 Nitro Touring Car is at a critical point with numbers struggling and moving the race should be viewed positively by the small number of manufacturers still supporting the class.

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