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November 25, 2014

David Kukla takes 4WD Czech National title

The second and final round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-Road National Championship was held in Prague. Following the first round, run during the Summer on a clay outdoor track, the second round took place on a grippy carpet indoor track. After winning the season opener David Kukla was the pre-event favorite for the overall title in the 4WD class and he was able to put his buggy on the 3 spot after qualifying. In the triple A-mains David finally came in 3rd which was enough to hand him the overall title in the all-wheel class. Martin Bayer took the day’s win in front of Kaja Novotny. Marek Schiller and Milan Mudra rounded out the top 5 of the second round. In the overall championship Marcel Dostal grabbed the runner-up spot from Matej Sulc.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 25, 2014

Xray XB8 2015 – Coming soon

Xray announce the soon release of the 2015 spec XB8 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. With the 2014 version being well received within the nitro buggy community Xray had a hard time to improve the successful platform. This is what Juraj Hudy has to say on what is to expect with next year’s model:

I am very happy that during the year majority of the feedback and comments for XB8 were very positive and as such we have had a very difficult task with the 2015 improvements as there was not much to improve. The 2015 version of the XB8 will be the next evolution of the platform featuring a dozen of refinements and improvements making the car even stronger and better performing.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 25, 2014

Yuki Model Borsti 45A brushed speed controller

Yuki Model introduce the Borsti 45A brushed speed controller. Offering up to 45A constant and 340A peak current, the 2S LiPo-compatible controller measures 38x28x2mm and it weighs in at 40g. The speedo features low-voltage and over-temperate protection, a 2A/5.8V BEC system and it comes pre-wired with Tamiya-style battery and motor connectors.

Source: CN-Group [cn-group.de]

November 25, 2014

Manuel Dressler wins Paraguay National Champs

The 2nd place at the recent 4th and final round of the Paraguay National Championship held in Asuncion was enough to hand Serpent’s Manual Dressler the 2014 Nitro Buggy Championship title. Teammate Marcelo Garcete came in 2nd while Michael Mende rounded out the all-Serpent podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 25, 2014

SWorkz S350 Falcon II bodyshell

SWorkz introduce the new Falcon II bodyshell for the S350 1/8th scale buggy. Standard with the forthcoming S350 Evo II buggy kit the body will also fit older spec S350 platform buggies. Design-wise the Falcon II is a cab forward offering with a highly angled windscreen, roof-top airflow ribbing and a very contoured section around the engine head. As usual the body will come clear allowing to realise your own paint schemes.

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November 25, 2014

Tim Smith wins at Beach R/C Grand Opening Race

Beach R/C in Myrtle Beach, SC recently held their Grand Opening Race after working hard on an indoor track for the Winter. Tim Smith TQ’d Modified Truck, and he took a convincing win in the final in what seems to be a resurgence of the Mod Truck class. In 2WD Buggy, Tim qualified a strong third, proving a competitive pace before the A-main kicked off around midnight. At different stages of the race, Tim, Max Flurer, and Griffin Hanna would all lead at one point, but after the mistakes panned out, it was Tim who brought home the victory.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

November 25, 2014

Alex Kosciuszek doubles at CISC

Wolcott Hobbies and Airsoft recently hosted the Connecticut Indoor State Championship. The track was fast with a ton of bite and a nice flowing layout and with over 18 heats the days were long, but fun. In the 2WD class, Team Associated/Reedy driver Alex Kosciuszek set the pace and he took the TQ to start the 6-minute main event. From the start of the race, “Alex K” battled with Team Associated privateer, Kyle Rhodes, but a few mistakes from Rhodes saw Kosciuszek extend his lead and take the victory with Rhodes in second. In the 4WD Modified class it wasn’t even close. Kosciuszek dominated the competition by being the only driver to turn 25 laps. In the main, Alex cruised to an easy win, taking his second victory of the event.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

November 25, 2014

Arrowmax Mini Honeycomb 4-piece tool set

Coming from Arrowmax and usable for a range of mini-size vehicles including Kyosho’s Mini-Z cars is the 4-piece Mini Honeycomb tool set. Coming in a protective plastic case, the tools make use of Arrowmax’ unique Honeycomb design lightweight aluminium handles and included with the set comes a 1.5mm allen wrench, 2.0mm and 3.5mm Phillips screwdrivers and a 4.5mm nut driver.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]