The ORRA track in Arendonk played host to round 3 of the Belgian 1/10th Buggy Nationals last weekend. Wesley van Helmond had a bit of a troublesome 2WD qualifiers that were rain-hit but he would come out on top after the A-mains to take the day’s win from Nick Vranckx and Wouter Wynen 3rd. In 4WD Wesley would start from pole and despite scoring a DNF in A2 he was able to bring home another win with Nick Vranckx 2nd and David Dafke 3rd.
Hiro Seiko have announced the addition of two new anodising colours to their range, making it ten different colour shades in total. New and available from now on are pink and green surface coatings for their popular aluminium hex screws that allow users to further personalise their gear – be it chassis, radios, tools and more.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
RC-Mission have introduced their new bulkhead alignment tool for the Xray T4 touring car and similar kits with 19mm bulkhead spacing. The alloy jig will be inserted between the left and right bulkhead with the included steel shafts further adding support to the assembly. With the block and pins in place the owner can now loosen and retighten both the lower bulkhead mounting screws and also the upper bulkhead and shock tower fasteners for perfect alignment of all parts involved. When all parts are straightened up, the pins and block will be removed, the diff or spool installed and the bulkhead covers attached. The tool is usable for all T4 platforms.
SRT have announced the soon release of their new 1/8th off-road specific BH927R and BH922R servos. The BH927R (0.07s/27.0kg-cm) is the high-torque variant while the BH922R (0.055s/22.0kg-cm) offers higher speeds. Both standard size servos were developed with competition 1/8th off-road racing in mind, however they are also usable in on-road and 1/10th applications. They base on the popular BH9027 and BH9022 servos but utilise more durable steel and titanium gears over the aluminium and titanium geartrain found in the four-digit servos. Also part of the packages are HV brushless motors and all-metal cases for speed, torque and durability.
Coming from Twister RC and made for Tamiya’s popular T3-01 Dancing Rider trike are three new option parts. The range includes carbon fibre optionals such as the Graphite Steering Parts kit and the Graphite Support Arms set as well as an aluminium battery mount post. All sets include suitable hardware and they are direct replacements for the standard kit items.
The organisers of the Sunpadow International RC Car Grand Prix, held at the ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China, have announced that the 2018 edition of the race now has been shifted a week back from its original date, now taking place from the 9th to the 11th of November. The premier classes will be 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th Electric Touring Car with additional categories being 1/8th Electric On-road, 1/8th Electric Moto and 1/5th Electric Moto. More information about the event can be found on ARC Raceway’s official website here.
BMT have introduced a new Nickel-plated aluminium clutch bell for the 016GT on-road car. The bell weighs in at only 7.2g, sparing a more than 10g over the original part for reduced rotational mass, which equals faster acceleration and thus improved on-track performance.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Coming from Zen Racing are two specific Sanwa SRG mini servo mounts for Zen Racing’s 1/12th pan cars. The cradle holds the Sanwa SRG servo so it may be mounted directly to the chassis in a more traditional fashion. Using the brace to raise the servo off the chassis allows the servo saver to stay above the bottom of the chassis, adding servo support while the brace placed over the servo creates a floating mount to lower the servo. The mount has also been given an offset to get the servo spline in a more traditional position. The mount is available as a GT version with 9mm off-set from chassis mounting hole to servo mounting face and as LMP variant with 7.75mm off-set.
View the LMP-specific mount here
