The opening round of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held as part of the FAMA expo in Bulle near Freiburg. Almost 70 drivers signed in for the 2-day event and in Touring Modified it was Oliver Krähemann (Xray) with the win from Carl Friedrich Gössel (Infinity) on the 2 spot. Philipp Huber (Team Magic) came in 3rd and in front of Renato Isler and Marco Balmer (both Team Magic).
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Yokomo have introduced their new Racing Performer series 500mm balance charge cables. Pre-soldered with 4mm or 4mm/5mm bullet-type battery connectors the cables are 500mm long, made of 12AWG wire and thy are of an all-black appearance beside the polarity indicating shrink wrap on the positive and negative poles. The balance harnesses fit Yokomo’s own line of chargers as well as many other devices.
Zero Tribe from Japan are currently developing new carbon fibre option parts for the all-new Yokomo BD9 touring car. First up are updated front and rear shock towers whose design allows to use the shock absorbers with increased overall length, making it easier to use aftermarket shock springs and achieve proper ride height settings with these. Also under development is a narrow design top deck that carries over Zero Tribe’s T4 design for optimised chassis flex characteristics.
The 2018 edition of the annual Charity Race was held in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with a clean sweep after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Infinity’s Marc Rheinard. With wins in A1 and A2 Ronald then also secured the overall win from A3 winner Marc in 2nd as Xray’s Alessio Menicucci rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Coming from HRC Distribution are the new Roapex Trigger and Tracker pre-mounted tyres for 1/10th scale monster trucks. Mounted on 12mm hex black or chrome-black rims with 0” or 1/2” off-set, the tyres are made of a high-quality soft rubber compound, providing grip in many track conditions. The Trigger on-road and Tracker off-road tyres come as pairs and they will hit stores very soon.
Coming from SkyRC is their new Toro Beast V2 brushless speed controller for 1/5th scale applications. The 4S to 8S LiPo-compatible ESC offers a 6V/7.4V BEC system with up to 15A of output current and it is highly programmable using an optional programming box or PC interface. Other features include data logging of parameters such as voltage, amp draw, motor RPM and controller temperature. The controller is rated at 200A constant and 800A peak current, making it usable with motors of up to 1100kV.
View a list of the specifications here
The Deerdale club in the UK held a friendship race last weekend and it was Team Associated’s Neil Cragg with the win in the 15-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event. Neil’s AE teammate Lewis Jones would end the day on the 2 spot, some 26 seconds behind Cragg as Dave Bailey would round out the all-AE top 3 a lap down.
Source: Alpha Plus [alpha-rc.com]
Made for Traxxas’ popular TRX-4 trail truck is a new aluminium upgrade set from Yeah Racing. The kit includes option parts to upgrade integral chassis and suspension areas with front and rear shock mounts, a rear frame brace, servo, body and motor mount all included in the kit. The parts are machined from aluminium and come black anodised for wear and scale looks.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
