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March 19, 2018

RDRP YZ-4 SF aluminium fan mount

Coming from Revolution Design Racing Products is an aluminium fan mount for Yokomo’s latest 1/10th 4WD buggy. The item is machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and attaches directly to the centre spline of the chassis by using an already existing mounting point. The mount is designed for 30mm fan units that are held in place with much greater reliability compared to just using double-sided tape while also adding visual impact and cool factory looks. The black anodised item comes laser-etched to show off the driver’s passion for everything RDRP and it only adds minimal weight.

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March 19, 2018

WBC Cup finale – Report

The final round of this Winter’s WBC Cup was held at the Netto RC Arena over the weekend. Many of Sweden’s top off-road drivers signed up to battle it out on the demanding track that offers a mix of high speed and tight corners, table top jumps, singles and many more. In 2WD Elias Johansson (Team Associated) took the TQ in front of Jessica Pålsson (Kyosho) and Hampus Berg (Team Associated).

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March 19, 2018

Ryan Lutz clean sweep at 2018 SIGP

Ryan Lutz has taken an expected win in the 1/8th nitro buggy class in Xiamen China, but he didn’t have it all his own way. Looking at the results one would think the race was a procession but at various stages of the 1 hour main there was plenty of excitement at the front of the field. Yusuke Suguira looked to have the faster car throughout the race, especially in the early part, but too many mistakes meant he couldn’t capitalise, while in their own league, behind the leading pair Kaja Novotny took home 3rd after a long and exciting battle with Wataru Takashiro who ended up just off the podium in 4th.

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March 19, 2018

Hudy touring car tweak board set

Hudy have released a tweak board set for 1/10th touring cars. The tool helps to remove any tweak from the chassis and it utilises a lightweight chassis counter plate as well as a lightweight carbon fibre rod with aluminium caps, the latter is used to hold down the chassis on its shock towers after loosing the top deck screws. With the rod pressed down the screws will be tightened again with he result being a totally flat chassis, bulkhead and topdeck assembly. The tweak board set comes in a protective carrying bag for easy storage and transportation.

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March 19, 2018

Essex Winter Series Rd5 – Report

The final round of the 2017/18 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. As the UK was affected by another freezing and snow-filled weekend, it was great to see another almost capacity entry to round out a busy year, which was also bolstered by a “guest heat” of the popular Tamiya Trucks. With the Modified title already decided, Olly Jefferies decided to sit out this round, but still was trackside to cheer on his team and help them out for the finals. It was therefore Elliott Harper, who already had one hand firmly on the championship runner-up trophy, who got proceedings underway by topping the first two rounds of qualifying for Schumacher. Alexander Hagberg, who took his first ever EWS win at the previous event, was close to Elliott but had to settle for 2nd each time. The fight for third was much closer, however, with the top five in Q1 being filled out by the Yokomo of new Maclan signing Harley Eldridge, Team Associated’s Chris Grainger, and the Schumacher of former series champion Stefan Chodzynski. The second qualifier saw Matt White take 3rd for Associated, in front of Harley and Stefan.

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March 19, 2018

VRP EB410 carbon fibre shock towers

Coming for Tekno RC’s popular EB410 1/10th scale 4WD buggy are new carbon fibre front and rear shock towers from Vision Racing Products. They are a direct replacement for the stock moulded towers and made from high quality 4mm Carbon. They are stronger yet considerably lighter than the stock towers with the front tower shape is designed to be extra durable, while the rear tower features a unique “T” design for added bling.

Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]

March 19, 2018

Xray X1 wide suspension arms

Coming from Xray and made for the X1 formula car are wide carbon fibre upper and lower suspension arms. The 2.5mm thick parts add 5mm of track width per side for a total of 10mm. Using the parts is especially recommended for high traction conditions and the arms come as separate items usable for both the left and the right hand side of the car.

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March 19, 2018

Alex García Aguilera wins Santa Perpetua Champs Rd1

The opening round of the 2018 Santa Perpetua Championship for 1/8 Electric Buggies was held this past weekend and it was Agama driver Alex García Aguilera with the TQ and win. Martí Prat (Mugen) came in 2nd from David Tonijuan (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Thanks to Alejandro García Aguilera for the report.