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March 13, 2014

JBRL Electric Series Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the 2014 JBRL Electric Series kicked off at IERC with a record entry of 415. For a single day race event this has to be some sort of world record and shows how well the Electric Off-Road Racing side of the hobby is doing. Jimmy and the JBRL crew did an amazing job of keeping a tight schedule all day and got the races done much sooner than expected considering the massive amount of entries. As for the results in the Modified classes, 4WD Modified Buggy had Brian McDuffie walking away with the win in front of Brian Sullivan and Riley Haagsma.

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March 13, 2014

WTF Windy 3416 cooling fan

Wild Turbo Fan introduce the Windy 3416 cooling fan, a purpose made unit that offers the best possible balance between power, weight and toughness. The dual ball-raced fan measures 34x16mm, it used the same mounting pattern as a standard 30mm unit and sports a special trumpet intake for smoother yet accelerated airflow resulting in improved component cooling. Good for the use with up to 8.4V input the fan consumes around 0.47A while offering around 23,000RPM. The fan weights in at 12.5g and is available very soon.

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March 13, 2014

Elangears R X2 black edition charger

Elangears introduce their Elan R X2 black edition AC/DC multi-chemistry charger. The dual output device offers the same specifications and features as the standard X2 but comes in an all-black aluminium case. It is powered by 100 to 240VAC or 11 to 16VDC, offers up to 10A charge and 7A discharge current and is usable with up to 6S LiPo and 14 cell NiMH battery packs. The charger whose measures 178x151x90mm weights in at 1250g and is available very soon.

Source: Elangears [elangears.com]

March 13, 2014

VP-Pro Crosspass 1/10 buggy tyre

Available from May are the VP-Pro Crosspass 1/10th buggy rear tyres. Making use of the horseshoe tread introduced with the Friction tyre, the Crosspass features additional connecting crosses to reduce pin flexing for more stable and predictable handling on hard packed track surfaces. This creates a continuous line pattern across the entire surface of the tyre for unsurpassed stability, grip, and tread life. For extra traction and quicker break-in, the Crosspass also has tapered pins and alternating horizontal and vertical friction bars to allow some pin flexing. This provides even more side bite and forward bite on dusty hard packed blue-groove surfaces. The tyre will be available in VP-Pro’s medium, soft, and X-super soft compounds with or without closed cell inserts.

Source: VP-Pro [vpprousa.com]

March 13, 2014

Exotek XB4 9.5mm & 12mm hex wheel adapters

New from Exotek Racing come three hex wheel adapter sets for the XB4 line of Xray buggies. First up is the 9.5mm front hex set that allows the use of B44.2 style front wheels in case you wish to use an old stock of Team Associated or Losi front rims. The machined hubs come with 2mm steel pins and set screws to lock the hex in place. Designed with the same intention is the 5.5mm wide 12mm hex hub set for the front of the XB4, that helps to mount 12mm hex wheels such as the ones from Kyosho. Last but not least are 9mm wide 12mm hex hubs for Team Associated, Losi or similar wheels. All sets are available in orange or black colour.

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March 13, 2014

Xray XB8 composite rear mud guards

Xray introduce these rear mud guards for the XB8 buggy. Made from a tough composite material the parts help to protect the rear driveshafts and shock absorbers from collecting an excessive amount of mud or grass when running on wet tracks. The parts mount directly to the wishbones and come as pair.

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March 13, 2014

Ryan Matesa wins Mod Truck at Outback Shootout

A Main Hobbies hosted their 4th annual Outback Shootout at the Outback Raceway in Chico, California. Kyosho/Team Orion’s Ryan Matesa would make the journey from Graham, Washington to compete in what turned out to be a highly competitive event. With over 280 entries, this would be A Main Hobbies biggest event to date. The event consisted of 4 rounds of heads-up qualifying and one 8 minute final. Ryan’s RT6 was on point and he would TQ 2 rounds to take the overall one spot in Modified Truck. Ryan would walk away with the win in modified truck while lapping the field. Eddie Bernal (Team Associated) came in 2nd, Terry Wickum (Team Associated) completed the podium in 3rd.

Thanks to Joe Pillars for sending the report.

March 13, 2014

Cristian Villar wins IP Galician series Rd1

The first race of the IP Galician series took place at the Villagarcia track last weekend. Xray’s Cristian Villar took the TQ position some 9 seconds ahead of Ivan Cerdeira, Victor Remiseiro completed the top 3 after qualifying. Cristian then went on to win his semifinal too handing him the first position on the final’s starting grid only to loose the 1st place in the second lap of the main. He soon recovered, regained the lead and won the 45 minute final with 2 laps over Ivan and Manuel.

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