Coming from Samix and made for the popular Element RC Enduro trail trucks is a brass rear bumper mount. Machined from high-quality material and coming with a black coating for looks and surface protection, the bumper mount adds 117g of weight to the rear end of the chassis while increasing overall chassis strength and rigidity. Gold colour machined edge details and a laser-etched Samix logo makes the part stand out.
Reflex Racing have introduced more option parts for the Serpent X20 mid motor touring car. First up is a 2.0mm upper deck cut from standard carbon fibre. The top deck offers different flex characteristics than RSD’s Quasi carbon fibre deck, as it flexes similar to the 1.5mm Quasi deck side to side, but is stiffer fore and aft, giving the car a little more forward bite. The top deck is designed to increases response, gear selection range and belt clearance while being more durable than stock version and it comes with a matte surface finish to differentiate.
The 2020 Vietnam Challenge was hosted by the Long An track in Can Giuoc, Vietnam this past weekend. The event attracted over 120 entries including some international top stars such as Atsushi Hara. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class was top qualified by HB Racing’s Atsushi Hara from Serpent’s Aaron Stringer and the latter would take the overall win in the 20-minute A-main event that was cut short due to the threat of heavy rain. HB Racing pilot Zac Ryan came in 2nd, a lap down while Takashiro Wataru (SWorkz) completed the top 3 result, some 0.7 seconds behind Zac.
Ielasi Tuned have introduced their new EFRA 2108 exhaust set for 1/8th off-road engines. The pipe was thoroughly tested by Ielasi Tuned’s Joao Figueiredo over several months and it is the ideal addition to Ielasi Tuned’s range of off-road engines, especially the Hummer Evo, as well as other Novarossi-based power plants. The exhaust system includes the EFRA 2108 exhaust and a universal manifold and it is already available.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
The fourth round of the 2019/20 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club took place over the past weekend. In Touring 13.5T Mitch Fiddling would set the initial pace in the early rounds before a fatal incident would end his day. Chris Lovely would pick up the mantle and take the further three rounds of qualifying with his Xray T4’20. Lisa Keen would find the pace with her Serpent, Alex Brocklebank would fit his Schumacher Mi7 into 3rd. Joseph Cocking debuting his new Yokomo BD10 would sit in 4th, ahead of Callum Chapman with his mid motor converted Xray, Jay Kay would show consistency with his Yokomo, Andrew Twigger would debut well with his Xray making the A-final.
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Flowood Indoor R/C Park of Flowood, Mississippi held the 2020 January Jam this past weekend with nearly 190 entries for the several nitro and electric off-road classes. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Agama pilot Brandon Rose with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 30-minute A-main event, leaving behind Kody Watson (JQ Racing) in 2nd, two laps behind. Cameron Breaux (HB Racing) would round out the top 3 result anther two laps down. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Brandon with the overall win after coming out on top in A1 and A2 while A2 winner, Cameron Breaux took the runner-up spot.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracingusa.com]
The Saint Brieuc Mini Bolides club hosted the Indoor 2020 Saint Brieuc race this past weekend. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road as well as an 1/8th electric classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was John Ermen (ARC) with the overall TQ some 0.9 seconds in front of Richard Volta (Mugen). The 30-minute saw John opening a gap from the get go and by the second fuel stop, he already was in the lead by about half a lap. However shortly after the second stop John faced some mechanical issues which reduced his lead and after two unplanned stops he lost more than one lap on the lead car. In the second half of the race Ermen was able to up his pace again and to un-lap himself, chasing down the leader. Ultimately John was able to regain the lead with Richard Volta having to settle for 2nd overall, a lap behind. Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, another lap down.
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Carten RC have announced the release of their new large foam front bumper for the M210 series of MTC chassis. The most voluminous yet, the bumper is ideal for touring car body shells with a longer front overhang, doing away with the need to use additional foam pieces to bolster up the body in order to prevent vibrations and improve the aerodynamic efficiency. The touring bumper adds to the already existing sedan medium and hatchback small front foam bumpers.
Source: Carten [carten-rc.com]
