Exotek have announced the release of carbon fibre LiPo tabs for the Yokomo YZ-2 and YZ-2T. Designed to replace the stock plastic tab with simpler, more secure and better working large sized carbon fibre tabs, the set includes two battery hold downs cut from carbon fibre as well as hardware and an instruction sheet. To make the set work on the YZ-2 buggy, the it requires the side rails and LiPo cups from the YZ-2T truck which are a direct fit on the YZ-2.
Round 5 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tinglev this past weekend. In the Formula class, that suffered from a somewhat low turnout, it was Jesper Rasmussen with a clean sweep, taking the wins in all qualifiers and the triple A-mains to grab the victory from David Hansen in 2nd and Lasse Moller Horup in 3rd.
Image: Jesper Rasmussen
Round 3 and 4 of the Finnish 12Track Tour were held this past weekend. During Sunday’s round 4 Vesa Yli and Panu Vehniäinen would battle it out in the 1/12th Modified class with the better end for Vesa after the qualifiers as he managed to separate himself from Panu by a couple of seconds. The triple A-mains again were a super close affair with the two being separated by only tenths of a second in each leg. Ultimately it was Vesa with the win from Panu, which handed Yli the overall championship title – his third in a row. Panu would end the championship on the runner-up spot while Petri Ström and Ari-Pekka Kyykkä completed the overall top 4. Over in the GT-12 class it was Jaakko Huhmarsalo with the overall title from Juha-Matti Heikkala and Janne Valtanen in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Coming from Pro-Line and made for the Traxxas X-Maxx are the new Pro-Arms upper and lower arm kit as well as the Pro-Hubs rear uprights. Starting with the arm kit, the US-made kit includes cutting edge race-style black arms with smooth bottoms that are capped off with stone gray stiffening plates resulting in extremely durable and rigid arms. The arm plates are held on by multiple flat head screws and the stone gray colour is the exact same as Pro-Line’s Impulse Pro-Loc wheel rings so they can be dyed or painted to match the truck’s style. The Pro-Arms are direct replacements for the stock X-MAXX arms and are designed from the ground up to be nearly indestructible. Each arm kit includes a set of two upper and lower arms along with the stone gray plates and hardware. The Pro-Arms are cored out from the top to save weight and the arm plates keep dirt, mud and debris out of the arms.
Coming from SWorkz and made for their S35-3 series off-road and GT cars is an updated gearbox set. It now utilises 5x13x4mm ball bearings which is especially helpful for the GT cars as the ball races can handle higher RPM while creating less temperature all while retaining a smooth and efficient drivetrain. The gearbox fits all 35-3 series and GT cars.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The annual Florida Winternats were held in Fort Myers, Florida this past weekend. The event attracted some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road drivers as well as guests from abroad and in the premier 1/8 Open class is was a battle in qualifying with Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro. Turning similar lap times all weekend it was Paolo that got the TQ, as he made better drives with less mistakes. In the final however it was DJ Apolaro with less mistakes over the 45 minute main event. DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) would come out on top 11 seconds in front of Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) in 2nd and Lon Burling (Serpent) in 3rd some nine laps back.
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Following the signing of Tekno’s Joe Bornhorst VP PowerMaster R/C Hobby Fuels have also announced the addition of champion caliber driver Cole Ogden to the VP Racing Fuels PowerMaster national race team. Ogden is from McDonough, Georgia and finished 2nd in 1/8 Pro Buggy at the 2019 Southern Indoor Championships in his PowerMaster team debut. Using PowerMaster Pro Race 30, he will compete and represent the brand as a product spokesperson at RCGP events in the Philippines, Spain, Italy, and the United States and will help VP establish the east coast market in America. “I am extremely excited to have Joe Bornhorst and Cole Ogden on our National team,” said Tommy Porfirio, VP Racing Fuels PowerMaster Director. “Both drivers have a wealth of knowledge and will bring more experience to our nitro off-road team.” Cole added:
I would like to thank Tommy at VP for the opportunity to represent such an amazing well-known brand. Knowing they have all the tools needed to make the best fuels possible excites me the most. I’m very happy with the performance of the fuel so far, and I’m looking forward to bringing VP with me around the world.
Source: VP PowerMaster [vpracingfuels.com]
Coming for trucks such as the Traxxas Rustler 2WD or 4×4 are three new specialised 2.8” tyres from Pro-Line. Starting with the Trencher LP 2.8” all-terrain tyre, the tread is ideal when running in loose or hard-packed dirt, sand, snow, street or gravel conditions. The Trencher LP 2.8” is a direct replacement tyre and will fit on any 2.8” wheels including all of Pro-Line’s 2.8” wheel options. The Trencher tread was designed to have ultimate traction combined with long-lasting durability. Each tyre lug is shaped to dig into whatever surface modellers are running on and is ultra-thick so that it is extremely durable. Next up is the Sand Paw LP 2.8” tyre. There is nothing like the rush of ripping through the sand dunes or shredding the fresh powdery snow with a high-powered truck. Usual tyres will just slip around in the sand and snow, but the Sand Paw LP tyre will grip, rip and roost. The 2.8” tyre will fit most 2.8” wheels. Last but not least comes the Street Fighter LP 2.8” tyre that has the perfect balance of G force enhancement and style that will keep the truck turning heads. The Street Fighter LP 2.8” is a direct replacement tyre and will fit on any 2.8” wheels including all of Pro-Line’s 2.8” wheel options.
