Coming from Hudy are two sets of carbon fibre side plates for 190mm and 200mm touring car rear wings. Machined from 0.5mm thin premium carbon fibre the side plates add cool looks and they are machined to match EFRA and IFMAR size regulations. However, prior to using the plates, please check with your track’s or series’ regulations as some rules deny the use of carbon fibre body optionals.
Coming from Yeah Racing is a carbon fibre bumper support for the Tamiya FF03 and XV01 kits. Machined from high-quality carbon fibre the support plates offer improved structural integrity of the bumper for added chassis and motor protection. The set includes two plates that are a direct fit with the above kits.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Xray have introduced new graphite composite PB steering blocks and rear uprights for the XB8’19 buggy. The lightweight yet strong parts utilise a new graphite composite material that ensures free suspension movement in dusty conditions while also offering increased stability and corner speed on high to very high bite tracks. Both parts are designed for the use with larger 8x16x5mm outer ball bearings for increased reliability and life-span with the front pivot ball steering block being usable for the XB8’19 while the rear upright also fits the GTX8 and GTXE. The parts are non-directional meaning hey are usable both on the left and right hand side of the car and they are available separately.
Last weekend’s second round of the Electric On-road Championships saw Xray’s Alexandre Laurent walking away with win in the Touring Modified class. The event was held at the Longvic track with Alexandre Duchet (Team Associated) making a near perfect sweep in the qualifiers, after taking wins in the four final rounds. Alexandre Duchet would also win the opening A-main, however with wins in A2 and A3 it was Alexandre Laurent (Xray) who would take the overall win from Awesomatix’s Loic Jasmin in 2nd and Hugo Ragaut in 3rd. TQ holder Alexandre Duchet had to settle for 6th overall after problems in the final two A-mains.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
The French Bourg en Bresse track hosted round two of the French 1/10th 200mm Championship last weekend. In the Elite class it was Xray’s Leo Arnold with the overall TQ, only some 0.23 seconds in front of Capricorn’s Brice Turco. After the 45-minute main final it was again Leo who would excel, taking the win two laps on front of Quentin Leroux (Capricorn) as Brice Turco came in 3rd, another lap down.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
The second round of the Herts Nitro Model Club Summer Series was held last weekend with almost 50 racers in attendance. In the best three from four rounds qualifying the TQs went to Dylan Saunders in Buggy, Erik Lykke in E-Buggy and Pano Vasipoulos in Truggy. The 20-minute Buggy final then saw Dylan Saunders conserving his qualifying performance, bringing home the win some 24 seconds in front of Tommy Chung as Torben Lundberg rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Over in the 12-minute E-Buggy main it was Erik Lykke with the win from Russ Brown and Holger Lykke. Finally in the Truggy class it was George Miller with the win from Pano Vasipoulos.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
RC-Project from Italy have introduced new option parts for the TLR 8ight-X 1/8th off-road buggy. First up is a set of titanium shock standoffs that are made of high-quality Grade 5 6Al4V material and that features rolled threads that guarantee a perfect coupling with the shock nuts and increase the resistance of the Titanium by 35 percent. Weighing in at 4.8g for the pair, the standoffs will lower the overall centre of gravity while adding rigidity and visual impact at the same time.
Coming from Kyosho is the new MJ aluminium motor mount set LM for the Mini-Z MR-03LM car. Precision-machined in Japan the design supports the LL 98mm wheelbase as well and it works best with the #MZW310 inner tube roll shock set. The alloy parts come black anodised for wear and looks and also included are wheel axle ride height inserts.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
