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August 23, 2013

Magnus Vässmar wins 2WD at Swedish nationals

The Swedish electric off-road nationals took place at a dirt track in Falun, Sweden. The race attracted many top drivers from all over Sweden including Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Christoffer Svensson, TLR’s Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt, Team Associated’s Niclas Månsson, Schumachers Kenneth Malkusson to name a few. Track layout was pretty small and not too that technical and it was Schumacher’s Magnus Vässmar who took TQ in front of Kenneth Malkusson. The finals had some nice battles to offer and Magnus took the win with Kenneth Malkusson in 2nd. Oskar Levin completed the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Portuguese Albufeira race

Xray’s Bruno Coelho has won the Albufeira opening race in the South of Portugal. The race for the 43 drivers started with three rounds of qualifying and no practice at all and in the end it was Bruno Coelho who took the overall TQ. The start of the main final was a bit of a disaster for the Xray driver who ended up at the rear end of the pack in the beginning but he moved his way back into the lead and brought home the win one lap ahead off S-Workz’ Antonio Peixe with Xray team mate Joao Ramos completing the podium.

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August 23, 2013

Jakub Pietrzak wins Polish off-road nats Rd6

The sixth round of the polish off-road nationals took place in Nova Gadka near Lodz. Due to heavy rain only two races took place on Saturday but Sunday had three rounds of qualifying and the finals and in the end it was Xray driver Jakub Pietrzak who took the winning honours with his XB4 buggy on the very demanding track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 23, 2013

STRC Nitro Slash & Slash 4×4 aluminium options

STRC Nitro Slash & Slash 4x4 aluminium options

ST Racing Concepts introduce new aluminium option parts for the Traxxas Nitro Slash 2WD and the Slash 4×4 as well as a colour variant of their shock shaft pliers. First up is the CNC machined Nitro Slash 2WD aluminium engine mount, a much stronger foundation for the Traxxas engine over the stock cast aluminium one. It does away with cracking issues in the screw thread area, can take more abuse and is available in anodised blue, gun metal, red and silver.

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August 23, 2013

Avid Associated 2WD aluminium standard topshaft

Avid introduce this standard aluminium topshaft for Team Associated B4.2, T4.2, SC10.2, SC10B and C4.2 vehicles. The drop-in replacement is made from 7075 aluminium, comes hard anodised and saves about 6.7g of weight compared to the kit part for more acceleration and increased punch due to a lower rotation mass.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

August 23, 2013

Wu claims first Chinese 1:8 Offroad National title

Taiwanese driver Chin Yi Wu claimed his first 1:8 Offroad Chinese National title this morning at the Fengtai Raceway in Beijing. This year’s single race Chinese Nationals was held alongside the FEMCA Championships which are being hosted for the first time in China at Beijing Model Sports Association’s all new facility. Starting from 4th on the grid a good start saw Wu take his SH engines Z-Car to the front of the field early on from where he would lead through to the end of the 30-minute encounter. It was a 1-2 result for the Z-Car and SH Engines with SH owner Lien Sheng Chang, who started third on the grid, taking second in the final minute of the race. Driving a Sirio powered Team C buggy, Top Qualifier Wei Zhan completed the podium. The Chinese driver was running second until he ran out of fuel at the 29-minute mark allowing Chang through to second.

August 22, 2013

Yokomo Racing Performer M Series motors

Yokomo Racing Performer M Series brushless motors

Yokomo introduce the Racing Performer M Series line of 540-size competition brushless motors. Coming in a black alloy can with large openings the sensored motor is designed to deliver high torque and an easy-to-drive feel at the same time. Large heavy duty solder tabs make installation easy. The motor comes in 13 variants from 3.5T up to 25.5T including 5.0T, 6.0T, 7.0T and 8.0T windings.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 22, 2013

KO Propo DSx HV servo range

KO Propo announce three new high voltage servo on their Japanese website in the form of the DSx-1511BHC, DSx-1211CHC and the DSx-809C. The DSx-1511BHC (0.11s/15.5kg-cm) and DSx-1211BHC (0.11s/12.5kg-cm) differ by the motor used with the 1511 featuring a brushless motor and the 1211 coming with a coreless variant while both are housed in an all-metal casing. The entry-level DSx-809C (0.09s/8.5kg-cm) comes with a coreless motor and a plastic case with heatsink middle section. Just like the two other servos the 809 is 6V to 7.4V compatible.

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