The third round of the Quebec RC Series was held in Charlevoix on a Levi Jackson designed track. In Nitro Buggy, Eric Deschenes took the TQ in the last round, and he was able cruise to an easy win in the final in front of David Lécuyer and local Daniel Dallaire.
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Last weekend the R/C Racers of Edmonton hosted the Oil City Dash. The event had a full day of practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and main events on Sunday. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and he went on to win the 45-minute final followed by Cory Drachenberg (Mugen) and Pete Tozzer (Team Associated).
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Xtreme Racing have introduced new front and rear carbon fibre shock towers for the TLR 8ight 4.0 buggy. The front shock stay is machined from 5mm carbon fibre while the rear variant is made of slightly thinner 4mm material, the towers are direct replacements for the stock alloy parts and they are available separately.
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Team Orion have introduced their new Vortex Ultimate Modified brushless motor. Like the Ultimate Stock variant, the modified motor, that won the 4WD Buggy class at last weekend’s Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in the hands of Xray’s Ty Tessmann, will offer increased performance and efficiency thanks to a low resistance design, a new “Ultimate” sensor construction for accurate timing adjustment and control and precision-balanced rotor manufactured using a new magnetic material. The latter will also improve brake efficiency and feeling while a new stator design and material makes for optimised efficiency and cooler running temperatures. The motor is rounded out by a 4-piece can design and a new angled front plate. The Vortex Ultimate Modified motor is race legal for all major governing bodies and it is available in 4.5T to 8.5T variants with a 6.5T 1/12th scale specific version becoming available also.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX8 nitro buggy are two new brake collar sets. They are machined from high-quality aluminium, sport a knurled design for convenient handling and they are now also available in orange and black colour to add to the already existing grey ones. The parts come in sets of two, including grub screws and beside the SRX8 they also fit many other nitro vehicles.
The 1/10th Buggy Israeli League was held recently and it was Guy Rinkevich who took wins in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. Yosi Abel obtained the runner-up spot in both categories while Tom Mushkatel rounded out the podium in 2WD and Avi Yadgar completed the podium result in the 4WD class.
The third round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 42 drivers attended the event and after the three rounds of qualifying it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) with the TQ position. After the 45-minute A-main things looked a bit different with Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) taking a very narrow win only some 1.3 seconds ahead of Adrian while Chopin Yusuf (TLR/Kabuto) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Following the introduction of their new range of Ultimate Racing 4S LiPo battery packs, Spanish company Modelix Racing now also released information on their new 2S hardcase batteries. First up is the 7200mAh 110C pack. Its high capacity makes the standard size battery (139x47x25mm/320g) ideal for all power-hungry applications. Also made of 110C cells but slightly lighter is the 6000mAh offering (139x47x25mm/290g) with both packs utilising dual 4mm tube-type connectors. Designed for all applications that require a shorty battery is a 5000mAh 110C pack (96x47x25mm/200g) whose lightweight design makes it ideal for 2WD and 4WD buggies or pan cars. The hardcase battery is equipped with 5mm tube-type connectors. Last bit not least comes is a 4500mAh 60C stick pack (138x47x24mm/210g) that comes pre-wired with a T-type plug.
