The organisers of the 7th annual Pro-Line International Challenge that takes place from the 25th to the 27th of August have been in touch to promote their event. Hosted by the Herts Nitro Model Club this 3 day 1/8th scale event is open to gas buggy and truggy as well as BL buggy. Run to BRCA rules there is a handout Pro-Line tire for each class, Blockade for buggy and Blockade VTR for truggy. Entry is now open here.
Last weekend the 3rd round of the Swiss championship took place in Gland at lake Geneva. About 140 drivers had registered for the event on one of the most beautiful and challenging tracks in Switzerland. The weather was fine too and for the first time the drivers could enjoy a wholly dry weekend. Robin Frischkopf managed to TQ the expert category an Saturday however on Sunday he made some mistakes in the semifinal and did not manage to get the pole. P-S-R team driver Robin Frischkopf (Swiss champion of 2010) went into the 45 minute final race as 3rd but was immediately able to put pressure on Jeremy Pittet. After a great duel and beating the track record several times he managed to pull away towards the end and win with about 20 seconds advantage.
View the podium standings here
Arrowmax have released new centre drive shafts for the Mugen MBX-6 buggy. The 78.5mm and 103mm shafts are similar in design but are made from spring steel material for increased durability.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
JQ Products have announced the release of THECar in RTR (Ready to Race) form. They wanted to create a new standard of performance for 1:8th RTR Buggies and by clever design and production arrangements have been able to keep the specification of this vehicle high, and as close to the Pro version as possible. The servos and engine have been chosen based on their performance as well as their affordability. They wanted to make sure that the servos are strong and fast enough to be able to control the car, in a similar fashion to actual race cars with top of the line servos. Many RTRs have so slow and weak servos, that they are hard to drive for even experienced racers. This is not the case with this RTR, as the Savöx servos are strong and fast enough for the task. The engine is a standard pullstart RTR unit, and it has more than enough power for this super lightweight RTR, that only weights 3300g.
View more details and images here
For the XB9, Xray have released this lightweight graphite front plate. Made from high-grade carbon graphite, ensuring strength with light weight, it includes an aluminium stand that allows the mounting of the graphite plate to the radio box plate to increase stiffness at the front of the car.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
From Serpent for the 1/8 Cobra, including GP & EP buggy, Cobra Truck and Cobra GT GP, are these hard coated aluminium pivot balls for the anti-roll bar. Lightweight, weighing only 0.8 grams each compared to 2.4 grams for the standard steel versions, you can can save 6.4 grams total weight per car.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 4 of the French 1/8th scale Nationals took place at the weekend in Noeux Les Mines in the north of the country. Qualifying would go the way of Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin with Agama driver Jerome Sartel in 2nd followed by Renaud Savoya and Yannick Aigoin. The top qualifier would also win his semi to take pole position to line up ahead of Jonathan Bacro, Jerome Sartel and JP Sartel. The 45 minute A-main would be won by Agama/Bullitt driver Sartel with an 8 second advantage over Jerome Aigoin in 2nd with Renaud Savoya bringing his RB powered Xray to 3rd spot. The runner up spot in this round would be enough to give Jerome Aigoin the 2012 French National title.
Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
Team C have announced their TR04 Pro 4wd buggy. Based of their current entry level buggy, this shaft driven composite plastic chassis accepts a regular stick pack, mounted perpendicular to the drive line as well as other performance upgrades such as aluminium shock absorbers and adjustable turnbuckles. Available at the end of June.
View another image of the buggy here
