Kyosho have announced the soon release of the SP main chassis set gold for the Mini-Z FWD series cars. The tub chassis is equipped with gold-plated battery and motor connectors that will offer a lower electric resistance than the standard parts for increased performance and lower temperatures. The chassis set is a direct replacement and just required to swap the chassis internals over.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
T-Works have introduced their new car stand for 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road vehicles. An all-metal construction the car stand is 85mm tall and it features a 80mm x 120mm platform, covered with two foam strips that prevent the chassis from sliding around. A total of eight machined sections take shock absorbers during refilling and engraved markings ensure they do not get mixed up. Machined T-Works logos on the sides both add visual impact and lower the overall weight for more convenient carrying.
Coming from R1 Wurks are their new laydown fan shrouds for Team Associated’s 6.1 series of off-road vehicles. Specifically developed the fan mounts are a drop fit foe the specific vehicle with a highly efficient 3-D-printed captured cooling body ensuring maximised cooling which is crucial especially for stock racing classes. The pre-assembled units utilise 30mm low-profile cooling fans and they weigh in at 18g. Available are a B6.1 laydown, T6.1 layback and T6.1 laydown configurations.
Monaco RC have introduced their new Diff Check device that helps to measure the hardness of gear differentials. The handy device allows to measure the diff setting, ensuring consistent hardness after building, maintenance or setup. Two adapters, a standard 7mm nut driver for 1/10th scale on-road and off-road vehicles as well as an 1/8th off-road and GT-specific 17mm adapter allow to use the diff checker with a wide range of vehicles and with the diff staying inside the car. It is understood that by leaving away the adapter diffs can also be checked directly by simply connecting one diff outdrive with the diff check hub. The device, that comes in a high-quality zipped bag, is powered using a standard 2S LiPo battery and an large LC display allows for easy recognition of the measured value.
The final round of 2018 Czech Open Series was held last weekend at the popular Horni Jeleni track. Max Gotzl showed a fast pace from the get to, taking a double TQ in the Nitro and Electric 1/8th Buggy classes. In Nitro Tomas Kapicka and Jiri Mara came in 2nd and 3rd respectively, in E-Buggy it was Vaclav Broz in 2nd and Petr Tomasek in 3rd. After a straight forward win in his semifinal Max Gotzl (Xray) would also take the pole position for the Nitro A-main and right from the start the young man opened a gap on the field that he would be able to manage until the end to take his first overall victory of the weekend. Jiri Benes (Xray) came in 2nd while Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) rounded out the top 3.
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The Argentinean National GT Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires last weekend. The race format was 30 minute qualifiers for the Pro and Master classes with the three best consecutive laps counting towards the overall qualifying order. After the A-main it was off-road ace, Nicolas Bregante with the overall win from Gianni Lupacciolu and Hernan Jardon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Middle Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Örebro last weekend. In the Touring 13.5T class it was Daniel Carlsson who set the pace in the qualifiers. Local ace Rasmus Karlsson, who showed an incredibly fast on his home track, was 2nd on the grid and lining up 3rd was Per Lindqvist. In the finals Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) took advantage of his TQ and would win all A-main legs to take the day’s win. Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher), who had bad luck in the opening final, managed to keep his head down in the the remaining legs to secure the overall runner-up spot in front of the very talented buggy ace Elias Johansson (Team Associated), who had his touring car debut this weekend.
Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the report.
The opening round of the HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Lewis Jones (Team Associated) took the overall Nitro Buggy TQ in front of Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) and Callum Niblett (Agama). The 20-minute main final then saw a change of events as it had Callum Niblett holding the upper hand who took the win a lap in front of Kevin Brundsen as Lewis Jones rounded out the podium result in 3rd.
Image: Lewis Jones
