Coming from ArndtCraft and suitable for most 30mm fan units is the Carbon X-treme series graphite fan cover. The simple yet elegant carbon fibre item offers a nice visual presence, as well as a slight increase in fan rigidity for improved durability.
Source: ArndtCraft [arndtcraft.com]
Nemo Racing have introduced the new Bullitt EFRA 2154 tuned off-road pipe set. Building on the previous B-2090, the new B-2091 set offer a mixture of bottom end grunt and blistering top end speed, making it perfect for the use with Bullitt’s B-222 engine. The set includes the EFRA2154 header pipe, a suitable muffler as well as gasket and mounting springs.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Coming from RC Concept is a new 4S balance charging lead. It was designed to be usable with most 4S brick packs on the market as it includes three adapters, doing away with he need to use additional balancing board adapters. Included are an XH female and XH male adapter for balancing as well as a 5mm female PK plug for charging. The hardness comes with protective net sleeves for looks and it is available now.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
Round four of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals took place down in Kent at the Brookland circuit in a joint meeting with the 1/10 section, around 80 drivers were competing which made for a good atmosphere. The Brookland circuit layout is made up of big straights and hairpins with a chicane in the middle meaning horsepower and good fuel consumption is very important. For this year the circuit was partly resurfaced and much better than the previous years although still quite unforgiving if you touched the high kerbs. Temperatures were high with sunshine throughout the weekend, qualifying used the round by round system for this event with Mark Green (Serpent) taking pole position having found an engine to do five minutes without a fuel stop, ahead of Alex Thurston (Serpent), Tim Wood (Shepherd), Andy Hastings (Shepherd) and John Carr (Shepherd). For the 30-minute final many of the key front runners had technical issues allowing Mark to win by three laps from John Carr and Neal King (Capricorn).
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T-Works have introduced a new lightweight aluminium main chassis plate for the Mugen MBX8 buggy. It is machined from high-quality 7075-T6 alloy material and it comes hard coated for improved durability and cool looks. The main plate utilises three front mounting holes for T-Works’ 10g and 20g weights while the original 20g block can also be installed. The same applies to the rear end where three mounting positions allow to add T-Works’ 10g, 20g or 30g blocks along with Mugen’s 20g/40g offering. Also included is a stainless steel rear chassis skid plate.
WRC Racing have introduced a new adjustable aluminium servo saver for the GTX 1/8th on-road car. It utilises a 7075-T6 aluminium servo saver body that comes hard anodised for wear while the included three carbon fibre Ackermann levers allow for a total of nine different steering Ackermann settings. The servo saver is sold as a complete kit including mounting hardware.
Coming from Tamiya and made for G6-01 chassis based kits are clear D parts and coloured gear sets. The D parts set includes the transmission and chassis halves moulded from a transparent plastic which allows to both see through the chassis while also being able to check the movement of the geartrain inside. Included in the set comes tape steps and cable ties. Also new an best used in combination with the above D parts are the orange idler gear and and yellow gear set. Both are available separately and while being a direct replacement for the stock parts, they also add some visual impact.
The Philippines-based Bacolod Ceres Speedway recently played host to round one of the Xray Racing Series South East Asia. Racers from all over the country attended the race that was held in 13.5T and 17.5T Touring classes. Rain delayed the start, however that also meant racers would avoid the hot asphalt conditions, equalling faster lap times and even closer qualifiers. In the 13.5 class, Taka Yuichiro would take commanding 1st place finishes while Paolo Rojas would take 2nd and Gabby Vargas would take 3rd. In the 3rd round, Paolo Rojas would lead the qualifier over Taka but a small error would eventually cost him the position and awarded the overall TQ to Taka, after having taking 1st in three of the four qualifiers. In the last qualifying heat, Gabby Vargas would make a few set up changes to edge out Paolo Rojas which would prove sufficient to place him in 2nd on the grid over Paolo who finished 2nd in each heat.
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