October 19, 2016

Scotty Ernst’s Off-road Showdown Tour Rd5 – Report

Scotty Ernst's Off-road Showdown Tour Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Off-road Showdown Tour by Scotty Ernst rolled into town hosted by Superior Hobbies/Beachline Raceway this past weekend. Beachline Raceway is an amazing facility housing one of the largest 1/10th indoor scale off-road tracks, and plenty of indoor pitting. The track surface is sealed/glued orange clay making it very unique as it provides plenty of traction and is very consistent from start to finish. The track opened for official practice Friday morning and racers took full advantage as they dialed in their vehicles for the super high bite surface. Practice buttoned up around 7pm giving racers plenty of time for dinner and race day prep.

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October 19, 2016

Samix SCX10 aluminium shock body upgrade kit

Samix SCX10 aluminium shock body upgrade kit

Samix have introduced an aluminium shock body upgrade kit for the Axial SCX10 and SCX10 II. Machined from aluminium and coming with a hard-anodised or silver finish the shock bodies are of a threaded design and they come including aluminium spring pre-load nuts, aluminium lower caps and fake piggy packs in the same colour as the shock bodies. Laser etched markings round out the visual appearance. All parts are a direct fit to the needed donor Axial pieces and using the alloy bodies will make for a smoother shock action and an overall better performing shock absorber.

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October 19, 2016

Muchmore Impact HV FD2 & Max-Punch FD2 LiPo packs

Muchmore Impact HV FD2 & Max-Punch FD2 5200mAh LiPo packs

Coming from Muchmore are two new 5200mAh LiPo battery packs. First up is the Impact HV FD2 5200mAh 110C LiHV battery, made using the latest generation LiHV cells with a higher nominal voltage. Using LiHV-compatible chargers a 2S pack can be charged up to 8.7V allowing for higher output voltage. LiHV packs are also good to be charged to the standard 8.4V for sanctioned races with the flat discharge curve compared to regular packs making for more punch towards the end of a run. The pack measures a standard 138×46.5mm but the reduced height of 22.3mm makes for an overall lower centre of gravity. The hardcase battery pack is equipped with 4mm bullet-type connectors.

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October 19, 2016

Team Powers Actinium V2 brushless motors

Team Powers Actinium V2 brushless motors

Team Powers have introduced the Actinium V2 brushless motors. The version 2 features a redesigned stator with lower resistance and improved power efficiency, which reduces the motor’s running temperature. The new case design incorporates an air flow convection system to keep motor temperatures down by 10 to 15 degrees. On top of this the new neodymium rotors produce a stronger magnetic field than the previous Actinium, by almost 10 percent, and they fade less at the end of a run for more power in the decisive moments of a main. The motor is rounded out by a new endbell design that has a greater range of timing, this gives the racer the ability to tailor the motor to his gearing and also changing track conditions. The V2 will become available in a range of modified and stock windings very soon.

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October 19, 2016

Jiri Mara takes Czech Open finale

Jiri Mara takes Czech Open finale

The ninth and final round of the Czech Open series was held in Kolin after heavy rain fall made the scheduled Radotin track unusable. Jiri Mara took the TQ in the muddy conditions from Kaja Novotny and Max Gotzl. In the main final both Jiri and Kaja quickly got away from the field and they both battled for the lead but a couple of errors from Kaja meant he had to led Jiri pull away, settling for second in front of teammate Max Gotzl.

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October 18, 2016

ROAR announce 2017 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR announce 2017 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2017. 360 V2 of New Rochelle, NY will play host to the Carpet Nationals from the 9th to 12th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 22nd to the 25th of June at the Stateline RC Raceway in Fremont, IN, while the 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held at the Silver Dollar Raceway from July 20th through to the 23rd. The Track in Gaithersburg, MD will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 10th to 13th while the Nitro Paved On-road Nationals will be held at MRO in Lincoln, NE from September 28th to October 1st. Last but not least come the Electric Paved On-road Nationals from August 31st to September 3rd at Ncontrol in Dale, TX.

October 18, 2016

Serpent SRX2 MidHybrid chassis & gearbox sets

Serpent SRX2 MidHybrid chassis & gearbox sets

Coming from Serpent are the new MidHybrid aluminium chassis conversion for the SRX2 MM as well as three different optional gearbox sets for the same chassis conversion. Starting with the chassis set, included are a 2mm 7075-T6 alloy chassis with hard-coated surface, composite side rails and a rear waterfall. With a separate front kick-up plate the chassis is easily swapped for an optional carbon fibre part of conditions call for it. The chassis accepts the 3 and 4-gear standup and laydown transmissions right out of the box for the ultimate in versatility and it comes including a new bodyshell, a carbon fibre battery plate and updated gun metal anodised rear aluminium suspension mounts.

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