RPM have introduced their new nylon A-arms for the Team Associated B64 series of buggies. They are moulded from RPM’s renown nylon blend for exceptional durability while the overall design improves toughness and precision. In addition the arms scrub about 4g of weight per pair for reduced unsprung weight. The arms as separate pairs for the front and the rear and they are usable on both the B64 and B64D.
Last weekend saw the running of the Greek 1/8th Buggy Championship at the newly established Speed Track Ready facility in Athens. In the 35-minutes main final Tassos Paparegas (Xray) battled it out with Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) but later in the run Tassos was able to pull away for the win in front of Giannis on the runner-up spot. In 3rd, Yannis Perogiannakis (Mugen) rounded out the podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The fourth round of the Belgian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MAC Vlijmen track this past weekend. Going into this event Wesley Van Helmond knew that he only needed to finish 3rd in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes to wrap up the titles. In 2WD he took TQ and won legs 1 and 2 of the A-finals while in 4wd he qualified 2nd on the grid but again won legs 1 and 2 with some superb driving and overtakes to once again take the victory. Therefore he has wrapped up his 7th National Championship with one round still to go.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
New from Team Orion are two 4S LiPo battery packs for 1/8th competition applications. Coming as Ultimate Graphene HV 7200mAh 15.2V and Ultimate Graphene 6600mAh 14.8V battery, both are built from advanced graphene LiPo cells that offer up to 120C discharge rates and a very low internal resistance for high power output. The packs allow up to 5C charge rates, they utilise heavy duty gold-plated battery connectors and use built-in and rubber-protected balancer ports for clean wiring and maximum reliability. The packs are usable for on-road and off-road applications alike, they include the needed balance wire and they are available from now on.
Trinity have introduced their new Motorsafe motor tuning stand and rotor storage case. It holds up to four 540-class rotors that clip into place to keep them safe while the upper, 3-D-printed, motor stand holds the motor during soldering, tuning or maintenance. Included with the motor stand comes a pack or assorted rotor shims.
Leinfelden in Germany played host to the BAWÜ Cup this past weekend and it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the win in both the Nitro Buggy and Electric Truggy classes. The Mugen duo of Stefan Byesse and Luca Schmid would round out the Nitro Buggy top 3 while Udo Öhler and Andreas Rüüp (both SWorkz) completed the Electric Truggy podium. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class it was Morris Voldenauer (SWorkz) with the win from Patrick Müller (Mugen) and Victor Gabriel (Kyosho).
View the E-Truggy and E-Buggy podiums here
Former U.S. ROAR National Champion and Nitro On-road contender DJ Apolaro, has joined up with Italian manufacturer Hot Race Tires for the 2018/19 on-road racing season. DJ started off his new program by setting the TQ with a new track record and winning the 1/8th Open class at this past weekend’s KO Propo Nitro Grand Prix held at the new Steel City Raceway in Fontana, California. DJ had no test time with the tires leading up to the event, but was immediately pleased with the quality and performance once he finally was able to run.
Source: Hot Race Tires [hotracetyres.com]
Coming from Capricorn and made for the LAB C03 kit are an updated carbon fibre radio plate and a new fuel tank. The radio plate features a new layout for the tank and servos which results in an optimised weight distribution and different flex characteristics. The optional parts are available separately and they aren’t a running change to the existing parts.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
