The fourth round of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at Herts Model Car Club. Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) would bring home the win in the half-hour long Nitro Truggy A-main, some narrow three seconds in front of AE teammate, Lewis Jones. Agama’s John Hazlewood would round out the 40-laps club in 3rd, another 26 seconds down.
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Japanese brand Team Bomber has introduced a 400mm roll of 30mm wide heavy duty body repair tape. The tape is best used to prevent damages in delicate areas such as wheel wells but also comes in handy when repairing already damaged body shells. The transparent film is of moderate thickness, thin enough to not disturb the look but thick enough to protect the body from becoming damaged further.
Round 5 of the 2018 JBRL Electric Off-road Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California last weekend. In the premier class of 2WD Open Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo with the win from Team Associated driver, Nick Miller. Shawn Blackwell Sr. would round out the podium for TLR.
Bezerk RC have announced the release of their new carbon fibre motor spacer. The part is machined from high-quality 3.0mm carbon fibre but any other thickness is available upon request. Two holes are countersunk, 2.0mm and above thicknesses, to allow owners to attach it to the motor, making mounting of the while assembly much easier. These spacers are useful on pan cars to balance your rear pod, or on the MG Evo to allow better motor clearance.
Source: Bezerk [bezerk.com.au]
SkyRC have introduced their new eFuel 380 watt power supply that offers 24V output and up to 16A of current. The device measures a compact 165x139x59.5mm and weighs in at 1.6kg while offering a wide range of safety features such as output short circuit, over current, over temperature, overload and over voltage protection. It its 24V and 16A output the power supply is able to feed even power hungry chargers and thanks to its built-in XT60 output connector it is a direct fit for the recently introduced B6 Nano charger.
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Coming from Trinity is a range of new aluminium option parts for Tekno RC’s popular EB410 1/10th scale 4WD buggy and the new ET410 4WD truck. First up is a bulkhead camber saver plate that was designed to strengthen the front bulkhead area. The part comes including mounting hardware. Next up is an aluminium steering rack and bellcrank set that replaces the standard composite parts with sturdier parts in order to eliminate any possible steering failures and to achieve a more precise steering feeling. The set includes two steering bellcranks and the Ackermann plate. Also new and made to replace the kit’s composite parts is the aluminium centre diff bulkhead. It strengthens the centre of the chassis for increased rigidity and better drivetrain alignment. Swinging over to the suspension department, Trinity offers a set of zero degree rear hubs as a replacement for the stock items and also new is a 4-piece set of clamping-design wheel hexes. Last but not least is an aluminium wing mount kit that will greatly improve overall rigidity. All of the above parts are machined from high-quality aluminium, they come black anodised for wear and with machined silver edge details for looks. All are a drop fit on both the EB410 buggy and the new ET410 truck.
The 8th round of the Chilean National IC Track Championship attracted a good number of entries, making for some competitive racing throughout the day. After the qualifications, Tomás Ramirez (IGT8/Novarossi) took the pole position for the 30-minutes long A-main encounter while also scoring the fastest lap with a 25.110. At the start of the 3-minutes warm-up time a servo failure already ended the race of Tomás who wasn’t allowed to start in the final. This was the opportunity for his teammate, Alvaro Jara (IGT8/Novarossi), to snatch valuable points in the championship to chase Tomás in the ranking. But Felipe Lyon (Serpent/Novarossi), using the new GQ-Soft Compound tyres and after missing the 7th round of the championship, pushed so hard, that he was able to beat Alvaro Jara to take the win. An interesting battle for the 3rd step on the podium was between Raimundo Puelma (Ofna/Picco), Alvaro Jara Jr. (IGT8/Novarossi) and Benjamín Ramirez (IGT8/GO Engines). Benjamín, with solid driver skills, continued pushing until five minutes before the end of the race, allowing him to get past both drivers to take the 3rd place overall.
Pro-Line have introduced their all-new “S” rubber compound for their line of 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road tyres. Available as S2 medium and S3 soft variants, the compounds are similar to the X2 ultra-long-lasting and X3 long-lasting compound, however they are a substantial leap forward in terms of grip in dry and slick conditions. Another massive improvement with the S2 and S3 rubber is that the tyres stays stable throughout long main events and do not fade or get soft near the end of the race. The rubber is available for all popular 1/8th buggy and VTR truggy tyres and also for select 1/10th tyres. The full range can be found here.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
