The recent Four Race was held in Italy and it saw national frontrunner, Marco Baruffolo (Xray) taking the TQ and win in the Nitro Buggy class. Three laps down Agama’s Giovanni Camamo came in 2nd from Mugen driver Andrea Di Cecco in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Austrian MORAC Ring held a club race this past weekend and in the 1/8th IC Track class it was Tomáš Lipták who came out on top after the double 20-minute A-main finals. Branislav Panák and Erich Scharler would round out the top 3. Over in the single 30-minutes 200mm main final it was Oliver Havránek with the overall win from Filip Obora and Igor Lipták.
Muchmore have introduced their all-new Hybrid Touch Duo AC/DC charger. The device sports dual 200W power circuits for simultaneously charing battery packs with up to 20A of charge current while the 4.3 inch full colour touch display allows to access the charger’s extensive menu options. An integrated power supply allows to feed optional accessories such as tyre warmers, pit lamps etc. while the USB port powers smartphones, tablets and other devices. The charger is usable with 110 to 240VAC or 10 to 30VDC and it will hit stores very soon.
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Hiro Seiko have introduced their new lightweight screw kit for the Hobbywing XeRun V10 G3 brushless motor. The set includes three M2x43mm titanium screws and a single M2.4x5mm fastener, the latter being available in a multitude of colours including orange, red, gun metal, dark blue, bright blue and purple. While adding a certain bling to the motor the set will lower the overall weight while, most importantly, it will allow the motor to rev higher and perform better as the fasteners will have no magnetic influence on the rotor which will result in a more agile behaviour.
Round 4 of the BRCA IC Track National Championship was held at the Brookline track and was held as the British Open GP together with the 1/10th 200mm GP class. The latter saw Alex Thurston taking the overall TQ honours after winning Q1 and Q2. In the final Alex had a clean start with him, Kyle Branson and Mark Green having a great race up front until a marshall put a back marker back on the track just before the straight meaning that Alex would come along and smash into him flat out. The crash crushed his car’s body, broke his bumper and damaged a front shock and the following pitstop meant that he was out of the equation for the win. Alex lost a good amount of laps, however with a borrowed shock from a retired teammate he was able to at least score a 3rd place finish to snatch valuable points as Mark Green came in 2nd and Kyle Branson took the win.
Image: Alex Thurston
Tamiya have introduced new carbon fibre option parts for the TB-05 Pro touring car. The range includes 3mm front and rear graphite shock towers that offer increased strength and also more tuning options compared to the standard composite parts. The front tower utilises a total of five different upper shock mounting positions while the rear towers offers seven different mounting holes. Both parts are available separately and they come including suitable mounting hardware. Also new are 2.5mm carbon fibre side rails to reinforce the chassis construction. The items maintain good accessibility to the chassis components yet increase pitch and roll stiffness. Includes comes an assortment of mounting hardware to make it a drop fit. All parts will become available by end of July.
Coming from Exotek and made for TLR’s 22 and 22-4 range of 1/10th scale buggies are several new option parts. First up is an ultra lightweight LiPo tab and post for the 22-4 wheeler. Usable for the 22-4 2.0 and 1.0 buggies, the carbon fibre tab holds normal height shorty packs securely but thanks to the simple design only weights 2.8g including the hardware. To remove the battery simply loosen the supplied screw and turn the carbon tab 180 degrees. Included in the set are also an alloy post, spacers and an M3 screw and to utilise low-profile shorty packs the spacer and screw can be replaced with self-sourced, shorter pieces. Due to the design, mounting of the body with hook and loop straps is required.
Round 2 of the Tyrolean Championship was hosted by the RCCÖ club and held in Umhausen. Like the previous round the race was held in four electric on-road classes and in the Touring Modified category, that attracted a total of six entries all of which were in a position to win or at least finish on the podium, it was Thomas Rinner with error-free runs that award him the overall win from Aaron Tursky 2nd and Markus Fleischmann 3rd.
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