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June 7, 2012

FTW Exabyte for 8ight-E 2.0

When the FTW laboratory tackled its first electric 1:8 buggy project, it solved the problem of concealing monstrous LiPos and ESCs under sleek bodywork by creating Exabyte for Tekno V4 conversions. Applying this solution to the Team Losi 8ight-E 2.0 resulted in the latest iteration of the Exabyte. Precisely tailored to fit the 8ight-E 2.0 platform, the fastback style of the Exabyte now features additional ventilation options to help keep critical components cool.

View more images of the shell here

June 7, 2012

2012 Nordic championships – Announcements

The 2012 Nordic championships for electric offroad will this year be held in Northern Finland from the 18th to 19th August, next to city of Oulu. The race is run as a 2 day event, 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday and is also round 3 of the Finnish national series which means some exceptions to rules compared to EFRA. The race format consists of 2 rounds of controlled practice, 4 rounds of qualifying (2/4 counts by points) and 3x A mains and 2x lower mains both days. Full event details can be found here.

June 7, 2012

2012 Inzeller Race of Champions – Announcement

The organisers of the 2012 IRoC, Inzeller Race of Champions, were in touch to tell us about this year’s event which is run from the 23rd to the 24th of June in Inzell, Germany. The 6th running of the event it is open to 1/0th electric offroad and more specifically 2wd & 4wd buggy and 2wd and 4wd SC classes. With a drivers party on Friday night and a qualifying heat run under floodlights, the event has already attracted entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with last year’s winner Hupo Honigl along with Martin Kreil already signed in. Find out more information here.

June 6, 2012

Novarossi .21 buggy Volksmotor

Following the release earlier this year of the Novarossi Volksmotor .21 competition based on road engine, Austrian company Hoeco are happy to introduced the .21 buggy version. This limited release motor will be available from mid June and feature a 4 port liner, square stroke, turbo plug and chromed cylinder, all for only EUR 125.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

June 6, 2012

Adam Drake triple at JBRL Rd3

Last Saturday saw the 3rd round of the JBRL Nitro Series at Hemet Competition Raceway in Hemet, California. It’s been a while since the JBRL Series visited the track formally known as “The Dirt”. The layout was very technical and got bumpy late in the day. All three mains went really smooth for TLR / Novarossi / Pro-Line driver Adam Drake. Adam was able to settle into a comfortable pace and win all three mains.

View the final results here

June 5, 2012

Dustin Evans wins Top Gun Challenge

The Top Gun Challenge in San Diego, CA, brought out many of SoCal’s best drivers including Ryan Cavalieri, Matt Castellano and Brent Thielke. Arizona driver Brian Kinwald and Denver’s own Dustin Evans were also in attendance to challenge a fast group of local drivers at SDRC Raceway. TLR / JConcepts driver Dustin Evans was on point during the late stages of qualifying. During round 2 of qualifying Dustin built some confidence after taking TQ in a round in the 2wd modified class and then taking overall TQ in the modified truck class. During a changing track condition Dustin settled on the trusty JConcepts Bar Codes in blue compound to tame the SDRC track conditions.

Continue reading the report here

June 5, 2012

Avid Satellite buggy wheels in white

Avid have announce that the white version of their Satellite buggy wheels are now available for B4.1, RB5, and TLR 22. The release was delayed a few weeks behind the yellow wheels because they wanted to get the white color perfect, and they are really pleased with the bright white color of the production wheels. The goal was to have the white wheels match the white paint on your body without looking yellowed or dull.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

June 5, 2012

PHD MBX-6 reinforced motor mount

Pure Hobby Distribution launches its new line of products with the release of this reinforced motor mount for Mugen’s MBX6 Eco & MBX6-T Eco. Made from durable F39 aluminium, it is designed with an angle of 20° to cover all usual electric motor brands without touching the car’s components, even with larger diameter electric motors. The reinforced structure guarantees lower vibration, durability and offers a better heat dissipation. The motor will be mounted with just one screw and pinions down to 12 teeth can be used without problem. The PHD motor mount fits also in Mugen´s MBX6T truggy conversion kit.

Source: PHD [purehobby.net]