New from Serpent for the Spyder range of 1/10 offroad cars are these shorter rear springs for use on even, high grip tracks such as astro and carpet, where a lower ride height is needed. Made from high quality spring steel, each spring is matched and paired, and all feature a colour for easy identification. Available in orange 1.8lbs, red 1.9lbs, pink 2.0lbs, blue 2.1lbs, purple 2.2lbs and green 2.3lbs.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
VBC Racing have introduced some new option parts for the newly released Firebolt DM Buggy. First up are front and rear springs in medium-soft green and medium-hard orange as well as a line of TiNi coated front and rear shock shafts, suspension pins and kingpins. Finally there is a new graphite piece to replace the kit steering strut in the car.
David Ronnefalk has successfully defended his 1:8 Offroad European Championship title with a convincing victory in Sand am Main. Having set the benchmark all week at the German event, the Kyosho star took an easy win over the Xray of Martin Wollanka but a mistake on the opening lap meant the Swede didn’t have it as easy as was expected. Making a mistake on the opening lap when on the run up the hill he landed his Orion powered MP9 on the track marker this allowed Darren Bloomfield to the front of the 1-hour main which also saw the Xray’s of Martin Bayer and Renaud Savoya lead for a time the 12-car field. After an entertaining opening 15-minutes Ronnefalk got back to the front and finding the composed form he has shown all week pulled clear to resume control. With first time finalist Wollanka securing a surprise second and his team-mate Renaud Savoya retiring from 3rd with a clutch bearing failure with 5-minutes to go the race for the final podium placing would be fought out by former Champions Darren Bloomfield and Robert Batlle. In the end it was Agama’s Bloomfield who came out on top with Batlle who found himself last at the end of the opening lap having to settle for fourth.
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Just as he did last year enroute to winning his first 1:8 Offroad European Championship title, David Ronnefalk will start the Main Final in Sand am Main from pole position. Top Qualifier for the event the Kyosho driver cruised to an easy win over the man who he took the title from Darren Bloomfield but it was the second of the Semi Finals that provided the drama. On target for a repeat of Ronnefalk’s domination of the first Semi, World Champion Robert Batlle’s Mugen would in the final 30-seconds of the 20-minute encounter come to a halt coming up the hill due to a battery failure. Luckily for the Spaniard, who won the last time the championships were hosted at the German track, he had completed just enough laps to claim sixth despite not going the full distance, the last bump up position, to progress to the final.
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With the week starting out with 169 drivers only 24 now remain in contention to become the 34th 1:8 Offroad European Champion at Sand am Main with the 1/4 Finals deciding the 8 drivers who will join the 16 direct qualifiers in the Semi Finals.
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Arrowmax introduce this aluminium steering bellcrank set for the Yokomo B-Max2 buggy. The parts, machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, not only offer greater durability and stability than the stock parts, they also incorporate a relocated servo link ballstud position for increased steering travel. The blue anodised parts come including washers.
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Defending Champion David Ronnefalk is Top Qualifier at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships. The Kyosho driver claimed the honour with a third convincing TQ run in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Sand am Main event in Germany this morning. Again the only driver to run a 27-second lap time, the Swede took the round 3.1-seconds up on Mugen’s Robert Batlle with Koysho team-mate Elliott Boots backing up his Q3 performance with another Top 3 time.
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With the upcoming Winter season ahead Vampire Racing introduce a new LiPo battery pack for 1/18th scale micro cars. Coming in a protective hardcase, just like the bigger 1/10th scale counterparts, the 7.4V pack is built from high-performance 2000mAh 50C cells for improved acceleration and higher top speeds compared to other micro packs. Included with the battery comes a pair of 3.5mm bullet-type connectors and a 2mm plug for the balancer port.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
