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June 6, 2016

Rasmussen & Gosvig win at Danish EP Off-road Nats Rd3

The third round of this year’s Danish 1/10th Off–road Nationals was held at the Viborg RC racing club. In the 2WD Buggy class, run on Saturday, Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard took the TQ after the qualifiers from Jesper Rasmussen. The latter than dominated the A–main events by scoring wins in A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early, allowing him to sit out A3. Mike Gosvig (Xray), who was fastest after the practice rounds, had some mixed qualifiers and finals with a fourth and third place in A1 and A2 but the win in A3 secured him the runner–up spot from Kim Nielsen (Schumacher) while TQ holder Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for fourth.

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June 6, 2016

Burak Kilic sweeps North German off-road regionals Rd2

Round two of the North German 1/8th off-road regionals was held in Kiel over the weekend. The race schedule saw practice on Saturday followed by the qualifiers and finals on Sunday and despite a very good track preparation by the club, the track was already pretty beat up after Saturday’s practice. The start of the 30-minute main final, run in pretty hot weather conditions on Sunday afternoon, saw Agama’s Berkan Kilic, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, jumping into the lead while pole position holder Burak Kilic (Agama) dropping back to fourth. But the young man would soon recover to fight for the win in a 3-horse race with his brother as well as Mugen’s Phillip Guschl. Ultimately Burak would grab the win after nice and fair battles with Phillip and Berkan who completed the podium result in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

June 6, 2016

Elliott Boots doubles at BRCA E8 & Truggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the BRCA E8 and Truggy Nationals was held at the popular Herts track over the weekend. Jack Embling would take the TQ in both classes but it was Elliott Boots who came out successful in the 12-minute E-Buggy final, leaving Darren Bloomfield behind by under a second. Jonathan Skidmore in third completed the podium result a lap down. Elsewhere in the Truggy class it was again Elliott who came out successful in the A-main final.

View the Truggy podium here

June 6, 2016

Yeah Racing SCX10 aluminium conversion kit

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Axial’s SCX10 off-road truck is the Aluminium Essential Conversion kit. It includes a multitude of CNC-machined alloy parts such as front knuckle arms, servo mounts, shock hoop mounts, motor plate, rear axle lock-outs, 11 degree C-hubs, rear chassis H-brace as well as front and rear bumper mount plates to replace the standard kit parts. The included parts both improve durability and looks and they are available in orange or blue colour.

View the blue conversion kit here

June 6, 2016

Vintage Offroad Nationaux 2016 – Announcement

Vintage OffRoad Nationaux 2016 – Announcement

The city of Nancy in France will play host to the French Vintage Offroad Nationals on the 18th and 19th of June. The Nationaux will see the running of 2WD and 4WD classes for pre-1995 buggies along a special Grasshopper category that will allow buggies such as the Tamiya Grasshopper and Hornet, Academy Road Runner, Traxxas Cat and others. Full details can be found on the event’s website here.

June 4, 2016

T-Works Optima front bulkhead brace

Coming from T-Works and made for Kyosho’s Optima 2016 re-release is an aluminium bulkhead brace. Machined from aluminium and coming black anodised and with laser-etched logos the brace makes for improved frontend stability in the event of a crash. Included is also the required mounting hardware.

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June 4, 2016

Arrowmax 5200mAh low profile LiHV battery pack

Arrowmax have introduced the first in a line of new LiHV battery packs. Made from 5200mAh 110C/55C LiHV cells the battery offers an increased nominal voltage of 7.6V compared to the 7.4V of standard LiPo packs. Using LiHV-compatible chargers a 2S pack can be charged up to 8.7V or 4.35V per cell, allowing for higher output voltage. LiHV packs are also good to be charged to the standard 8.4V for sanctioned races with the flatter discharge curve compared to regular packs making for more punch towards the end of a run. Arrowmax’ 5200mAh pack measures a standard 139x47mm while offering a low-profile height of 22.5mm. The hardcase battery pack is equipped with the now-standard 5mm through-type connector tubes.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

June 3, 2016

SWorkz S35-2E 1/8th electric off-road buggy kit

SWorkz have introduced the new S35-2E 1/8th scale electric off-road buggy kit. Based on the proven S350 BE1 Evo the vehicle features a new rear suspension design and front Ackermann steering system that was taken over from the S350 EVO II Limited nitro buggy. Also part of the package is the new centre transmission system with a long front and short rear centre driveshaft. The S35-2E also includes higher quality parts, many options from stock as well as a refined shock system with optimised suspension geometry.

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