Trinity have introduced Modified versions of their popular Revtech 24K Stock racing motors. Available in 2.5T Drag Racing, 3.5T to 5.5T off-road and 6.5T to 9.5T off-road variants the motors feature thicker pure copper solder tabs, infinite timing adjustment, grade 5 ball bearings and a special gold-colour anodising to make them stand out.
Source: Trinity [trinityrc.net] | Image: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.jp]
Coming soon from TLR is the Laydown Transmission Conversion for the 22 3.0 buggy. A first image of the conversion shows a new aluminium main chassis plate, new laydown gearbox halves, a laydown motor plate, an aluminium idler gear, aluminium rear uprights as well as a carbon fibre battery mount, miscellaneous hardware and a new bodyshell. The conversion allows to convert the standard 3.0 transmission into the now-standard laydown configuration as it is widely used on high-bite surfaces such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Coming from Xray are composite front and rear shock towers for the XB2 Dirt Edition buggy. Available in a hard and a medium compound the parts help to adapt the suspension stiffness to various track conditions with the medium towers being ideal for very low to low-medium traction while the hard compound parts are best suited for low-medium to medium-high conditions. The front and rear towers are available separately.
View the rear shock tower here
The Extreme Carpet Initiative was held at Extreme RC raceway in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The awesome carpet track is setup a couple of times each month for racers all over the area to have a place to race. Not changing up the layout and going with a previous layout configuration the racers saw a mix of singles, doubles, corner jumps and a wall ride as jumps/obstacles for this year’s event. The track also featured different carpet areas as the main basketball court would be covered in a gray indoor/outdoor carpet with the jumps and the landing after the jumps in different type of carpet mainly to help from damaging the basketball court underneath the race track from hard landings.
JConcepts have introduced the 1989 Ford F-250 monster truck bodyshell. The must-have body of the 1980’s was featured on several of the most popular full-size monster trucks during this generation and always proved to be popular among the Ford enthusiasts and always wreaked havoc on the competition. The 1989 F-Series carries over the same body style from the previous generation, yet sports a new rounded front clip that improves vehicle aerodynamics over its predecessors. The softened body lines around the rear of the bed and large fender arches around the wheel wells provides the scale monster truck look. The body features flush-fitting grille and headlights, wrap-around parking lights, a minimalist grille and an accurate and clean-looking Ford/JConcepts decal sheet. The 10.5″ wheelbase and 7″ wide body comes clear and it fits a variety of R/C monster trucks including the iconic Tamiya Clod Buster.
German company PSM have introduced new carbon fibre shock towers for the Mugen MBX7R 1/8th off-road buggy. Cut from semi-gloss 5mm carbon material the shock towers offer refined upper shock mount positions with the rear tower also sporting an updated camber link geometry. The parts are a direct fit and they are available now.
View the rear shock tower here
Coming from Reedy is the WolfPack 7.4V Shorty LiPo battery pack. Made using 25C cells and offering a light weight of 207g the 3800mAh pack is ideal for all 2WD applications. The ROAR-approved pack utilises a protecting hardcase, 4mm power and a 2mm balancing connector and it is available now.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The opening round of the Danish 1/8th off-road nationals was held in a large horse riding indoor arena and with the participation of some swift guests from abroad. The laid out track offered medium grip and a tight, flat layout. In the qualifiers Oliver Fischer (HB) and Magnus Frandsen (TLR) battled it out for the TQ spot and ultimately with two round TQs and a second place finish Oliver would take the overall TQ. After the semi finals Peter Harder (Xray) grabbed the pole position for the finals and he would also lead the field in the opening stages of the A-main but two mistakes and also problems with traffic let him drop down the order. Peter was able to recover but it wasn’t enough to challenge leader Oliver Fischer and he also had to defend himself against a storming Pelle Culmsee in the closing stages. Up front Oliver Fischer would bring home the win from Henrik Steiner while Peter Harder had to settle for third.
