Asian company Scorpion, known for their high-performance aircraft brushless motors and controllers, slowly but steadily step into the car market with the introduction of the 7.4V 6200mAh Platinum series LiPo battery pack. The hardcase battery is built from high-quality 65C cells and it sports standard dimensions of 138.4×46.6×24.9mm making it usable in a wide range of applications.
Source: Scorpion [scorpionsystem.com]
The North East Indoor Championships recently took place at the indoor clay track of Maximus RC. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Travis Amezcua took the TQ and win with his rear motor Team Durango Buggy. The 4WD class had Schumacher driver Carson Wernimont taking the TQ and win with Travis coming in 2nd.
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The 2014 Southern Indoor Championship took place at Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend. The schedule was Friday practice, Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying with qual points and triple A mains on Sunday. Qualifying went well for Martin Harrison, he was able to TQ Pro4 SCT and E-Truggy. E-Buggy was more difficult to be as consistent but as the dust settled Martin was able to secure the 2nd spot on the grid. The last of the 4 rounds was a good indication of what the track would be like for the up and coming triple A mains. The track began to break down and make your line selection important.
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This weekend was the 2014 edition of the ever popular Maritime Off Road Wars. The event has created quite a following over the years with Ian Knight and his team running a great race program and laying, as ever, an excellent track. The track was very fast paced, with plenty of well profiled jumps to keep the drivers entertained and the racing close. The format would see 2WD run on Saturday and 4WD the following day. One round of practice, four rounds of qualifying and then three leg A finals would decide the winner. Unusually it would be FTD qualifying, a novelty to most drivers now used to the round by round format currently used, but a welcome change that requires a slightly different approach to the day.
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Last weekend, A Main Hobbies would host its 2014 Fall Brawl at their indoor facility, Outback Raceway. The event would be host to over 270 entries making for close racing in all classes. Qualifying would consist of four IFMAR format rounds, taking your best two of the four. Qualifying would be a challenge on the high grip and fast layout, with slick clay tyres would be the choice throughout.
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Coming this December is Kyosho’s re-release Beetle 2WD buggy kit. The 2014 version of Kyosho’s 1983 kit externally may look like the original Beetle with its semi-trailing suspension arms, but the advanced 6061-T6 forged aluminium material delivers futuristic levels of strength, rigidity and durability to cope with the power of modern day electronics. Following the original design, the kit features a new two-piece die-cast aluminium gearbox with differential gears and in addition, the included slipper clutch protects the transmission as well as delivers efficient traction. Precision 48 pitch gears reduce traction pulsation for direct driving control characteristics while the flat under surface of the countersunk chassis has no protruding screw heads for minimal contact resistance and scraping, resulting in higher durability. Stainless shafts combine with aluminium shock bodies on the oil shocks for smooth stroke from top to bottom and running performance worthy of a true racing buggy. Like the original Beetle, the 2014 version is packaged as an unassembled kit, but nearly all tapping screws and nuts have been replaced with the improved lightweight and security of hex screws. Included with the kit also comes a replica bodyshell and period-correct wheels and tyres.
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The 2014 Indonesia National Year End Buggy Championship was held at the C-Netic track in Surabaya, East Java with drivers from Australia, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin and Medan in attendance. The race format was five rounds of 7 minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count, followed by Christmas tree finals. In the main final Zac Ryan took the win from Jason Nugroho who started from 11th on the grid. Adrian Wicaksono rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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Team HB announce that Tanner Stees has extended his contract to drive for their off-road racing team through to 2015. Arizona racer Tanner Stees has been racing off-road RC cars for over 10 years, competing in electric and nitro-powered racing classes throughout North America, from California to Canada. A regular fixture in A-Main races at major racing events, Tanner’s skills continue to improve with the help of his HB teammates, especially World Champion Ty Tessmann. This is what Tanner has to say about the deal:
I’m very excited to continue racing with HB-HPI Racing for 2015! The cars are great, my teammates are awesome and I look forward to much success next year.
Source: HB [hpiracing.com]
