Round 5 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Off-road Championship was held at the Southport Model Racing Club this past weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would TQ and win the 4WD portion on Sunday in front of Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Schumacher’s Tom Yardy. The 2WD part, run on Saturday, also had Neil Cragg taking the TQ but with wins in A2 and A3 it was Lee Martin who snatched the win from Neil in 2nd and Tom Yardy 3rd.
Image: Neil Cragg
Coming from GForce is the TS50A Rev Control brushless speed controller. It offers a compact size of 35.3×32.4×19.7mm, a 6V/2A BEC system and it is usable with down to 8.5T motor in on-road classes and down to 11.5T motors for 1/10th buggy applications. Unique to the Rev Control is an RPM limiter that can be set to values between 10,000 and 20,000 RPM in 500 RPM increments using the optional Progbox device. The controller is rounded out by an aluminium heatsink case as well as a dust-protected electronic power switch.
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Avid have introduced a carbon fibre battery strap for the Team Associated B64 buggy. Machined from 3.0mm carbon fibre and offering a minimalistic design, the strap weighs in at 2.25g only and its shape allows for easy battery charging and removal as well as keeping the look of the vehicle symmetrical. The strap is available with or without a lightweight black thumbwheel.
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Round 3 of the Indonesian National Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Tangerang, West Java, Indonesia. A total of 76 drivers from Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Banjarmasin, Bali, Kendari, Makasar, Gorontalo, Kupang, Batam as well as local drivers attended the event that originally saw six 10-minute qualifiers but due to heavy rain during qualifying day the race director decided to cut qualifying to four round of which two would count. Xray/Novarossi’s Jason Nugroho made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ honours and also securing the win in the 1-hour main event some four seconds in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) in 2nd while John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) rounded out the top 3 one lap down.
Pro-Line have released the Pro-Panels body shell for the Axial Bomber rock racer kit. The Pro-Panels are a direct replacement for the stock hood, roof and side panels and feature added shape details for a more aggressive look. The back of the roof features an optional brake light mount for 4″ light bars that can simply be trimmed away along the roof line if no light bars are used. Since the Pro-Panels come clear, drivers can put their own custom paint job on the Bomber and separate their rig from the rest. The Pro-Panels are made from very thick and super durable polycarbonate for long lasting performance.
Made for most of today’s 1/10th 2WD and 4WD short course trucks is Pro-Line’s new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Desert Truck body shell. Pro-Line has included maximum scale detail into this body and sticker sheet for a highly detailed yet functional replica of the 2017 Raptor that has real Trophy Truck styling. The 2017 Raptor has a bold and tough body style and it fit trucks such as the Slash 2WD and 4×4, SC5M, 22 SCT, Ten-SCTE as well as many other kits. As usual the body comes, clear, including windowmasks, overspray film and a comprehensive decal sheet.
Pro-Line have introduced their new Positron T and Prism T 2.2″ 1/10th truck tyres. Starting with the Positron T, the tyre was designed from the ground up with a futuristic directional tread design for improved grip and corner speed on indoor clay tracks. The tread design pays homage to the Electron and ION tyre before it with the two centre pins boxed in by connected bars. From there the connected bars shoot off at angles that have been specifically designed to provide maximum forward bite combined with unmatched corner speed all while lasting longer than the competition. The Positron is directional, which adds another tuning option for the racers always looking for that extra edge since it will perform differently depending on which direction it is run. The tyre is available in M4 super soft and MC clay compounds and including blue closed cell inserts.
Coming from Pro-Line are the new Buck Shot 1/8th buggy and truggy tyres. The new tyre tread debuted at the 2017 ROAR National Championships and it has pins that are very close in size to the popular Hole Shot 2.0 but the Buck Shot pins are stacked closer together side to side, which provides significantly longer lasting performance. Unique to the Buck Shot are also the alternating elongated bars that provide tons of forward bite. Similar to the popular SwitchBlade tyre, the Buck Shot is a directional tyre with different tread on the outside compared to the inside, allowing to mount the tyres in the direction that suits the current track conditions. One side of the tyre has standard pins, which is ideal for loose or low traction conditions where drivers want the tyre to add side grip and improve steering. When mounted in the other direction, the connected side tread reduces side traction in high-bite or edgy conditions. The buggy tyre is available in M3 soft, M4 super soft, X2 medium and X3 soft compound while the truck VTR 4.0 tyre comes in M3, M4 and X3 compound.
