PDX RC Underground of Portland, Oregon held their 2018 Winter Invitational this past weekend and in the 2WD Invitational class it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day with the overall win from Chris Jarosz in 2nd. Joe Pillars would round out an all-Yokomo podium with Andi DiBrino (Yokomo) coming in 4th and Kyosho’s Zack Rogers completing the top 5 results.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
Capricorn have introduced their new Pro main chassis plate for the C803 1/8th nitro on-road car. Machined from high-quality alloy material the chassis sports an updated design with a stiffer rear section while added front cut-outs make for increased torsional flex in the front which leads to improved overall balance especially when used in combination with the Dynamic Upgrade kit.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Coming from PSM and made for the Xray X12’18 pan car is a battery positioning system that allow to easily shift the battery forth and back. Constructed from carbon fibre the set is a direct fit with the multi-piece clamping design reducing chassis tweak as does the O-ring battery mount. Including all necessary hardware the system weighs in at 8g and it is a direct fit on the X12’18.
The annual Snowbird Nationals were held this past weekend in Orlando, Florida, attracting the country’s fastest electric on-road racers as well as guests from abroad. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Japan’s Yugo Nagashima (Destiny) with the TQ and he would also come out on top in the 5-minute single A-main, some 1.3 seconds in front of Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs while Team Associated’s Keven Hebert had to settle for 3rd overall, another 0.5 seconds down. Jin Sawada (Destiny) and Paul Lemieux (Xray) would round out the top 5 results.
Image: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]
The opening round of the Malaysian SBS 1/10th Off-road Major League was held this past weekend in several electric off-road classes and in the 4WD category it was Serpent’s Mizan with the TQ and win from 2nd placed Hakeem (Sworkz). Bashir, driving an Xray, would round out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Coming from RC Speed Secrets and made for the R1 Wurks V16 stock brushless motors is the Beast-Mode motor performance kit. The set includes three titanium motor can screws, three endbell screws as well as a titanium motor ring and RCSS Next-Level hybrid ceramic motor bearings. As the stock steel screws and ring interfere with magnetic fields in the motor, causing drag on the rotor and holding it back from its full potential, the included titanium screws allow the motor to rev higher and perform better, something that is further helped by the free-spinning ceramic bearings. The set is best used with the V16 13.5T and 17.5T motors and it is available with “Bada Bling” oil-slick design or stealth black screws.
MW RC Cars have introduced the new TPro Matrix tyre for 1/8th buggies. It features a specially designed tread for indoor tracks or outdoor high-traction surfaces and it provides fast steering response thanks to its honeycomb pattern and inside mini square pins. The tyre is meant to excel in both clean wet or dry track conditions while offering exceptional wear characteristics thanks to its long wearing XR compounds. The tyre comes pre-mounted on white wheels or as rubber including inserts and in yellow medium-soft, blue soft, white super-soft or green ultra-soft compound.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
European SWorkz distributor MW RC Cars has released first renderings of the carpet edition S14-3 1/10th 4WD buggy that is currently under development. Together with the S14-2, that was designed for dirt tracks, the S14-3 will complete SWorkz’s line of competition buggies with the kit being currently track tested and it is expected to hit stores soon. We bring you more information on the buggy as soon as they surface.
