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March 3, 2016

Yong & Chiang win at Indoor Carpet Event

Last weekend saw Singapore holding its first ever Offroad Indoor Carpet Event – aptly named ICE – at the nation’s famous Science Centre. Over 60 racers signed in for the three classes of 2WD Open, 4WD Open and a Junior under-12 race. The event was run on a custom-built carpet track and saw all racers running on the new track with a new layout on new tires for the first time. These conditions, coupled with a strict no-additive rule, made for an incredibly fair and exciting race. The 2WD Open Buggy practice and qualifying saw racers clocking faster laptimes with every round as setups were tuned and the handout Sweep Nonslip tyres started to groove in and generate more grip. Topping the table on 2 of the 3 qualifying runs, Mark Lim would take a convincing TQ position with Vincent Yong in second and Jeremy Hong qualifying third.

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March 3, 2016

Kyosho RZ6 2WD mid motor conversion kit

Coming soon from Kyosho is the much-awaited RZ6 mid motor conversion kit for the Ultima RB6 buggy. Run by Jared Tebo to secure the runner-up spot at the 2015 IFMAR World Championships in Japan, the kit will include everything needed to convert a standard RB6 2WD buggy into the RZ6 2WD hybrid buggy. Designed especially for high to very high bite surfaces such as astro turf and carpet, the vehicle builds on an aluminium main chassis that connects the standard RB6 front end with the rear end taken over from the ZX6 4WD buggy. It is understood that the conversion will include all needed drivetrain components including motor mount and the rear gearbox, gear differential and rear driveshafts as well as the rear shock tower, anti-roll bar and suspension hangers. Not part of the package are rear lower A-arms and shock absorbers but the kit includes the new RZ6 bodyshell. The conversion is set for a release this month.

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March 3, 2016

Tamiya Honda City Turbo & Racing Fighter XB kits

Tamiya’s popular Honda City Turbo and the recently introduced Racing Fighter 2WD buggy are soon also available as XB series ready-to-run kits. Both come factory assembled, with pre-painted bodyshell and including the Finespec 2.4GHz radio system, pre-installed steering servo, receiver and speed controller. It is understood that some countries also enjoy the addition of suitable battery packs and a wall charger. The Honda City Turbo will become available by end of March while the Racing Fighter is set to hit stores by end of April.

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March 3, 2016

Kyle Francis doubles at Australian KOW race

The King of Whiteman race was held at the MORBC track in Perth, Australia, on their newly refurbished clay surface track. The one day race meeting had three qualifiers and A/B/C finals with 30 minute mains. The Nitro Buggy A-main had Kyle Francis (Tekno) having a great start, as he passed the leader on the opening lap but a collision let him drop back to 7th. He then played catchup for the next 20 minutes and ultimately managed to close on the leading group of Josh Pain (SWorkz) and Steve Smith (Mugen). At the 24 minute mark Kyle was able to take the lead and at the end he took the win some 9 seconds in front of Josh. Steve would round out the podium in third. The 30 minute Truggy main again saw Kyle Francis (Tekno) running into trouble on the opening lap, that let him drop to 7th. Up front Aaron Dexter (Xray) and Fabio Silvi (SWorkz) battled for the lead but on lap 12 Kyle got into front and never looked back. Behind him Aaron and Dexter were in a fight for the runner-up spot and ultimately Aaron would come out successful when Fabio crashed his truck on the final lap. This allows Aaron to take the second place behind Kyle while Fabio had to settle for third.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

March 3, 2016

Team Associated RC8B3 alloy steering posts

Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC8B3 series of off-road vehicles are aluminium steering bellcrank posts. Cut from high-quality aluminium and sporting a blue anodised surface for looks and wear the posts also shave 9 grams off the standard steel parts. The posts come as pairs and they are usable on the RC8B3, RC8B3e, RC8T3, and RC8T3e.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 2, 2016

SWorkz introduce S12-1M option parts

SWorkz introduce S12-1 option parts

SWorkz have introduced a range of optional parts for the S12-1M 2WD off-road buggy. First up is the Pro-Composite carbon fibre front shock tower. The part replaces the standard aluminium shock tower with a part of lower weight that also offers slightly more flex which can be beneficial in certain track conditions. Included come four button head screws for easy installation.

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March 2, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the iconic Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it not only attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers but also guests from Austria and Germany. The Touring Modified class was won by Xray’s own Martin Hudy from team mate Patrick Gollner. Capricorn driver Zdeno Kunak rounded out the top 3 after the A-mains.

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March 2, 2016

Serpent SRX4 4WD buggy aluminium chassis kit

Serpent’s SRX4 1/10th scale 4WD buggy is now also available with an alloy main chassis plate. While the original kit with carbon fibre chassis is working well in low to medium grip conditions, the aluminium chassis car was designed for medium to high-grip conditions as the alloy chassis is much stiffer than the carbon fibre variant, making for less chassis flex and thus a more consistent handling and faster laptimes on carpet and astro turf tracks. Apart from the hard-anodised 7075-T6 aluminium chassis the alloy kit offers the same features and specifications as the carbon fibre kit and it is available now.

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