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October 12, 2016

6th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

The 6th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl will be held on October 5th at the world-famous Silver Dollar R/C Raceway in Chico, California. The track has been redesigned to support both 1/10-scale and 1/8-scale racing; eBuggy will be offered as an alternate class at the Fall Brawl. There will be race classes for everyone including Open and Pro divisions based on skill level and also the popular “First Family of RC” title will be awarded. This year’s format will be the same as in years’ past with the finishes of kids 14 and under with their father’s finishing position will be combined to determine the overall position. The team with the best finishes will be engraved on the First Family of RC Trophy. Sign ups for the race can be found here and more information can be found on the official Facebook page here.

October 12, 2016

AKA Double Down 1/8th buggy tyre

AKA’s 2016 IFMAR World Championship winning Double Down tyre will soon become available for the public. Seen for the first time during last week’s worlds and designed to fit between the Impact and the Zipp in the AKA tyre line the tyre is best used when having a slightly dusty track and when better wear characteristics are needed. The pin size and spacing has been designed to give more room for dust to clear the tread pattern yet still have the pin density across the carcass to give it great wear characteristics. The Double Down will be available in standard soft and super soft compound as well as long wear medium and super soft variants including red inserts or as pre-mounts on white or yellow disc wheels.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

October 12, 2016

Serpent SRX2 optional A-arms & MH wing mounts

Serpent have introduced a range of new A-arms for the SRX2 buggy. First up are new hard-compound front arms. Almost flex-free yet very durable the arms are best used in very high-grip conditions such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay. Next up are updated rear arms for the SRX2 and also the SRX4. The new design allows to run the shock absorbers both in the front and the rear of the arm. The wishbones are available as standard and hard variant as well as longer variant for improved track width and the use on lower grip track, again available as standard and hard compound variant. The long wishbones need to be run with the optional longer rear driveshafts. Last but not least come the new shorter MH type SRX2 wing mounts that are usable with setups that utilise rear dampers that are mounted in front of the rear A-arm.

View the other new parts here

October 12, 2016

Kyosho MT-4WD Psycho Kruiser VE 1/8th monster truck

Kyosho have introduced the MT-4WD Psycho Kruiser VE 1/8th scale ReadySet monster truck. The vehicles is based on a low-profile 4WD 3-differential chassis comparable to the popular Inferno truggy and it is equipped with a 1500kv Team Orion Neon 7 brushless motor and a 6S LiPo-compatible brushless controller. A shock-resistant, hardened battery case protects the LiPo battery while big bore threaded aluminium shock absorbers, aluminium shock towers and front and rear anti-roll bars keep the truck on track despite the extreme power it is able to develop. The included Syncro KT-201 2.4GHz radio system offers a fail-safe function for the unlikely event of signal loss and the included KS-203 steering servo was taken over from the 1/7th scale Scorpion XXL to ensure steering authority when the going gets tough. The ready-to-run truck is rounded out by an aerodynamic bodyshell and grippy tyres on multi-spoke rims.

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October 11, 2016

Dragon-RC pre-mounted 1/8th truggy tyres

Coming from Dragon-RC is a pre-mounted set of tyres for 1/8th truggies. Offering a fine pin tread for great traction on most surfaces the tyres come as pairs, factory-assembled including white rims, foam inserts and they are ready for use.

Source: Dragon-RC [dragon-rc.com]

October 11, 2016

Utah State Championships – Announcement

Murf’s Intermountain RC Raceway will play host to the Utah State Championships November 3rd through the 6th. Home of the April Fools Classic, the famous clay racing surface will have a fresh layout for this event. The schedule includes a round of seating practice on Thursday evening, one round of qualifying on Friday, three rounds of qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday. There will be a resort of qualifying after the second round for anyone that can’t make Thursday’s seating practice round. Categories run include Modified and Stock Buggy, Truck and SCT as well as 1/8th E-Buggy. More information including the schedule and rules can be found here.

October 11, 2016

Avid release new B6-series titanium option parts

Avid have introduced a range of titanium option parts for the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggies. First up are titanium battery posts that are of a very minimalistic and lightweight design. Weighing in at only 1.2g per set the mounting hardware allows to lower the battery brace by 0.5mm for those slim packs and included in the set come two billet 6AI-4V titanium posts and a pair of 7075-T6 aluminium nuts.

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October 11, 2016

Czech 1/8th Off-road National Champs Rd4 – Report

The fourth and final round of Czech 1/8th Off-road National Championship took place last weekend in Kolin. Steady rain the week before the race questioned the condition of the track on race day but the club did an amazing job to prepare the venue for the event. The Nitro Buggy class qualifying was lead by Jiri Mara from Max Gotzl and Frantisek Kalenda while the E-Buggy category had Kaja Novotny coming out fastest despite skipping Q2 due to rain. Max Gotzl and Milan Mudra came in second and third.

Continue reading the report here