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November 3, 2016

MCD Racing RR5 aluminium option parts

Turkish large scale specialists MCD Racing have introduced a range of option parts for the RR5 1/5th scale 4WD gas off-road buggy. First up is a wheelbase extender kit that enlarges the wheelbase to 610mm. The LWB setup will help with stability in fast corners and on very bumpy tracks and the set includes the lower aluminium extender bracket, a 181mm LWB rear centre driveshaft, a rear chassis stiffener, bodyshell extender and rear wing mounts. The set targets experienced modellers as it requires to modify the existing aluminium chassis in quite a heavy way.

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November 3, 2016

Exotek D413 Pro’17 chassis & accessories

Exotek D413 Pro'17 chassis & accessories

Exotek have introduced the Pro’17 chassis kit for HB Racing’s D413 buggy as well as a range of accessories for the respective kit. Starting with the chassis, the set includes a black anodised +4mm 7075 aluminium chassis with delrin side rails that makes the buggy easier to drive on all track surfaces while also helping with easier maintenance. The machined centre chassis uses front and rear alloy back bones that bolt to the chassis and reinforces it without the need of a top plate much like other top level buggies. Raised and angled machined side rails then bolt to the chassis for improved ground clearance, debris blocking and the use of velcro for body retention. Eliminating the top plate structures makes differential access much easier and eliminates the chance of broken or cracked top plates. The added +80g of weight of the chassis lowers the centre of gravity and, while improving flex, makes the D413 faster and more consistent over a full race. The conversion includes the main chassis and side rails, alloy servo mounts, a heavy duty alloy steering crank arm, front and rear alloy centre back bones, hardware and instructions.

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November 3, 2016

Fenix Racing U-washers suspension shims

Coming from Fenix Racing are the U-washers, aluminium shims for a range of applications. Made from high-quality 7075 aluminium material and coming black anodised the washers feature a U-shaped slot that allows for easy installation and removal by simply sliding them under the suspension ball stud instead of completely undoing the ball ends as it is needed with full face shims. The washers are usable for on-road and off-road cars alike and they come in 10-piece packs of five 2mm and five 1mm shims each.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

November 3, 2016

Off-road Xray Racing Series Australia – Announcement

Xray have announced that the off-road portion of the Xray Racing Series Australia will be held on the weekend of the 11th of December at Castle Hill Off Road RC Club. Classes run are 2WD and 4WD Modified, 2WD and 4WD Stock as well as 2WD Junior Stock, SCT and Stadium Truck. Open practice will be held on Saturday with the qualifier and finals run on Sunday. More information and sign up can be found here.

November 2, 2016

Shay Brand successful at Halloween Havoc Retro Race

This past weekend Loganville RC Speedway hosted the Halloween Havoc Retro Race. Instead of IFMAR style qualifying, the organizers went back to the old school gate starts. It was really fun to experience the gate starts again, and really made for some exciting qualifiers. There were also no Pro and Sportsman classes, it was just Buggy and Truggy with the event attracting around 85 entries. In the Buggy class and after some crazy qualifying, Team Associated’s Shay Brand took the TQ. In the main, Shay was able to get a pretty good start, but got shuffled around a little after a few turns. He was able to find his way back to the front though and never looked back to take the overall win for the race.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 2, 2016

Jesper Rasmussen wins at Winter Cup opener

Jesper Rasmussen wins at Winter Cup

The opening round of the Winter Cup series was held at the David Ronnefalk owned HB Orion Racetrack. Jesper Rasmussen got off to a good start already in practice in which he came out fastest from David Ronnefalk and Malin Karlsen. In the qualifiers the battle was on between newly crowned 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, David Ronnefalk and Jesper Rasmussen. The opening qualifier saw mistakes of both drivers with David still being able to take the top spot from Jesper in second and Frederik in third. Q2 then had Jesper laying down a flawless run to take the TQ from Malin and David and Jesper was also unstoppable in Q3, taking the round TQ from Jessica and Frederik. The final qualifier again saw Jesper excel, this time in front of David and Niclas.

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November 2, 2016

Malin Karlsen takes OMK Fall Classic title

The eight and final round of the OMK Fall Classic title was recently held at the OMK astro turf track. As usual the race format was three rounds of qualifying with triple mains and much like the previous round the track was once again soaking wet and in combination with the low temperatures traction was really low. Malin Karlsen (Xray) took all qualifiers in style to grab the pole position for the A-mains. Malin was also in control of things in the opening A-main despite some bobbles due to the slippery surface but she walked away with a convincing first win of the evening. A2 then was a different affair as, after opening a small gap on the field, she got caught out by a pipe after loosing traction, causing her to loose the lead and also valuable time. Getting her head down she quickly was able to fight for the lead again but the leader would not be easy to pass, so Malin waited until what she thought was the final lap to make an attack at the table top jump leading into the last corner and she even managed to win the drag race to the finish line until both realised that they crossed the finish line tenth of a second before the time was up. With her opponent realising the fact earlier Malin had to settle for second in leg 2. For A3 Malin decided to make up for the confusion earlier so she laid down a flawless run to take the win almost a lap ahead of the field to take the win, the overall victory at round eight and with it the OMK Fall Classic title. Marius Kristensen (Serpent) would end the day on the two spot from Morten Bremsrud (Team Associated) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 2, 2016

Axon X10 precision ball bearings

Japanese company Axon have introduced their new X10 ball bearings. The ball races are built using highly precise parts including optimised-size balls to make for the highest possible efficiency. A special coating reduced heat build-up which is further helped by the used of a special bearing oil that greatly reduces drag. The bearings are available in many popular sizes including two 8x4mm and 8x5mm flanged offerings and they come in sets of two.

Source: Axon [team-axon.com]