Coming from Team Corally are the new Molan SS 3.0 modified brushless motors. Their specially designed can offers optimised airflow for improved cooling and thus less power fading towards the end of a run while also ensuring a very low weight. The motors come with static and dynamic balanced rotors for extra performance, heavy duty solder tabs, dual sensor ports and they are available in 3.5T to 10.5T variants.
Coming from Team Associated and made for the B6 series of 2WD buggies are slim front wheels. Designed for all popular carpet and astro turf front tyres the wheels features the same offset as AE’s popular #9691 and #9690 2WD front rims, only with an optimised profile. The wheels are textured on the gluing surface for secure tyre mounting and have a smooth polished face for a factory team look. They are lightweight, yet stiff to reduce wheel deflection under hard cornering and they come in pairs in yellow or white colour.
The recent round 1 of the Slovenian Off-road Nationals saw Dejan Cigler (HB Racing) taking the win in the 1/8th E-Buggy main final. Xray’s Peter Cej would come in 2nd while Andraz Strefe (Agama) rounded out the podium. The Mugen duo of Nejc Orazem and Eric Klanjscek would complete the top 5 result.
Hitec have expanded their range of premium-class D-series servos with three new high speed and high torque variants. The D930SW (0.07s/13.0kg-cm), D954SW (0.12s/29kg-cm) and D955TW (0.12s/20kg-cm) are powered by a 32-bit microcontroller unit with a 12-bit analog to digital converter for rapid, high resolution response. Coreless metal brush motors, long-life potentiometers as well as dual ball bearings make for high durability while nylon reinforced plastic upper and lower cases in combination with aluminium heatsink middle sections make for low weights as well as exceptional dust and splash water resistance. All servos are widely programmable, they are high-voltage compatible and the SW types feature precision-cut steel gears while the TW variant comes with a lightweight yet durable titanium gear train.
The second round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held up north close to the Czech border at the dirt track of the GMAC Litschau. Low temperatures and a strong wind on Saturday cleaned the track which resulted in good traction – something Hupo Hönigl made maximum use of to grab the overall TQs in both the 4WD and 2WD classes. On Sunday though things changed a lot as hot temperatures left the track dusty and slippery. At the end of the day Hupo was able to convert his 4WD pole position into a win while in 2WD it was Peter Pinisch who took home the win while Hupo struggled a bit with his buggy’s setup.
Turkish company MCD have introduced new 160mm Rally-Xross wheels and tyres for their line of rally cars and buggies. The tyres make for a lower centre of gravity thanks to their reduced 160mm diameter while the higher sidewalls help to get the power to the ground better especially on rough and rutted surfaces. They also increase cornering traction on gravel and dusty tarmac tracks. The tyre are available separately or on rally-style wheels in blue soft or medium compound.
Source: MCD Racing [mcdracing.com]
Coming from Xray and made for the GTX8 and XT8 kits is a rear graphite brace set. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre the braces reinforce the rear composite chassis braces which leads to an overall stiffer chassis which is beneficial especially for high-traction racing conditions. The braces come in sets of two and including mounting hardware.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
VP-Pro have introduced a new air filter foam specially designed for the Tekno RC nitro vehicles. Made from a high-tech foam the air filter will ensure maximised airflow while offering exceptional protection even against the smallest of dust particles. The 2-stage filter element is a direct fit on Tekno RC’s air filter.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
