New from Roche comes this graphite bumper support plate for the Yokomo BD7 touring car. The part is cut from 2mm carbon fibre and it replaces the original plastic bumper support with a more durable and cooler looking item. Included with the plate come two aluminium spacers for the lower plastic bumper.
Source: Roche [roche.hk]
Yeah Racing introduce three new Hackmoto XTA series brushless stock racing motors. The second generation Hackmoto motors feature a gunmetal anodised aluminium can, high-purity copper windings, high-power neodymium magnets as well as an aluminium endbell for improved heat dissipation. Venting holes further reduce the running temperatures while the Xtreme Timing Advance system allows for precise and step-less timing adjustments. The sensored motors are available as 10.5T, 13.5T and 17.5T variant.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Tuning Haus now have a precision machined aluminium version of the popular Tamiya plastic pivot available as used on various F104v2 versions, the TRF101 and RM-01. The part is designed for use with the Tamiya plastic upper pivot, cap screws, and pivot ball and it makes for improved durability in the event of hard impacts.
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After a damp start to Day 1 of the 34th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the inclement weather would affect the days final round of practice arriving just as some of the title favourites took to the track for last and extended practice round at the German event. With Darren Bloomfield having just posted the fastest time for the 9-minute run in Group 8 of 15, as group 9 headed by defending champion David Ronnefalk took to the track the rain which had been dodged all day arrived leaving the Kyosho driver to pull up after just one full lap. With the track wet no one from Group 10, which included Mugen team-mates Robert Batlle and Lee Martin, would take to the track. Also setting the fastest lap of the round albeit 2/10ths slower than his fastest lap of P3, the closest on pace to Bloomfield’s Agama was Xray’s Martin Bayer who was only 13/1000ths off.
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The 4th round of the Belgian 1/8th brushless buggy nationals was held in Enghien during the Week-end Du Modelisme show. The race was run on a purpose-built grass track and the changeable weather conditions made tyre choice critical. Some guest drivers such as Frenchman Thomas Musso (HongNor) or Belgian 1/10th champion Nicolas Risser (Team C) joined the race and after the qualifying it was Thomas Musso who made a perfect sweep for TQ by winning all 3 qualifying rounds. French ace Sebastian Wartelle (Kyosho) took the runner-up spot after the qualifiers. In the final Thomas again excelled and three wins got him the overall victory from Nicolas Risser and Sebastian Wartelle who suffered from bad tyre choices in the finals.
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Serpent introduce the Cobra-E 1/8th electric truggy kit. Based off the race-proven nitro version the electric-powered variant, previously only available as a conversion kit, features a narrow 7075-T6 aluminium chassis with carbon fibre shock towers, 3-diff drivetrain, and spring steel transmission parts. Big bore aluminium shock absorbers, rigid suspension parts and an angled steering system make for superior on-track performance while being easy to adjust at the same time. Longitudinally mounted 2S LiPo battery mounts and special chassis stiffeners round out the chassis package. Included with the kit comes an aerodynamically shaped truck bodyshell.
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Hupo Honigl topped the third round of practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany to set a new fastest time over 5-minutes at the Sand am Main track. The Team C driver was just shy of completing a 10-lap run with a very similarly paced Yannic Aigoin posting the second fastest time with his prototype Team Associated buggy. In terms of outright pace former Champion Darren Bloomfield set a new fastest lap taking his Bullitt powered Agama around the track in a time of 28.365 seconds.
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Reds Racing have a steel flywheel for the Quattro off-road clutch system available. The flywheel has been specifically developed to provide smoother acceleration out of the corner while improving handling on rough and loose conditions for more consistent lap times. Furthermore the flywheel slightly increases fuel mileage and it makes for a more consistent idle and thus easier carburettor tuning.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
