Red RC

September 11, 2017

Davide Ongaro crowned double Italian champion

The final round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who walked away with the titles in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Davide would start behind Marco Baruffolo (TLR) in the Nitro A-main but he found a way past in the opening stages and never looked back. Even when rain started to some 15 minutes before the end Davide kept his cool and he would bring home a maiden Nitro national title. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Davide would take wins in the opening two A-mains to seal his third national E-Buggy title early.

View the E-Buggy podium here

September 11, 2017

24h Nitro Buggy Race Austria – Report

The annual 24h Nitro Buggy Race was held at the huge and challenging track of the WMW Fehring club. 14 teams from Austria and Germany attended the race with each team consisting of up to six drivers and only a single car. With a perfect pit strategy and scheduled maintenance stops, replacing only a single driveshaft and a bent shock shaft following a crash as well as an engine due to a broken clutch bearing, Team Hoeco took the win with 1964 or nearly 700km from Team Losi Austria (1912 laps) in 2nd and Team Xray Austria (1856 laps) in 3rd.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

September 11, 2017

Zheyi Shen wins Chinese 4WD Buggy title

The Chinese Off-road Nationals were held recently in the town of Suzhou. In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class it was 12-years old Yibo Zhang (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of two round TQs, however in the mains he suffered some bad luck and after mishaps in A1 and A2 he had to settle for 3rd overall behind Li Shen (Serpent) on the runner-up spot and new national champion Zheyi Shen (Serpent).

View the final results here

September 11, 2017

RC Maker A800X Med Flex Link

RC Maker’s Med Flex Link is a custom built, machined ball link system that provides the front or rear of the A800X touring car with a medium flex option. It allows the bulkheads to flex independently but not together, bracing the front and/or rear of the topdeck under acceleration and braking, yet still allowing it to move sideways in cornering. This provides increased forward traction and stability when used at the rear, and increased braking grip and turn in when used at the front. It also features an integrated belt tensioning system, allowing to run the belts looser for less rolling resistance, whilst still maintaining longevity and reliability. Thee links have all individually been custom machined and fitted to the car to ensure a precision fit and smooth action. They work with both the C27X standard top deck and the VTD vertical top deck. However, they will only provide a substantial handling effect when the braces on the VTD are cut, to allow the flex link to work.

View another image here

September 11, 2017

T-Works NB48.4 aluminium centre driveshafts

T-Works have introduced aluminium centre driveshaft dogbones for the Tekno NB48.4 buggy. They are machined from high-quality aluminium, come with a black surface coating and feature sturdy steel drive pins for a low wear. The 93mm and 113mm shafts are available separately or as combo set.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

September 11, 2017

Jean-Pierrick Sartel wins French E-Buggy finale

The final round of the French 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Noeux les Mines this past weekend. TLR’s Jerome Sartel HB Racing’s Thomas Musso and Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel battled for the overall TQ with all three scoring round TQs and in the end it was Jerome who held the upper hand, taking the pole position for the A-mains tie on points with Thomas Musso while Jean-Pierrick ended a somewhat troubled qualifying in 3rd. Ultimately and after the four A-main encounters it was Jean-Pierrick with a clean sweep in the finals to take the day’s win from Thomas Musso on the runner-up spot while Jerome Sartel had to settle for 3rd overall.

View the final results here

September 11, 2017

Serpent SRX8 anti-roll bar wires

Serpent have expanded their range of anti-roll bar wires for the SRX8 series nitro and electric buggies. Available are 2.2mm, 2.4mm, 2.6mm and 2.8mm front and rear swaybar wire all of which are made of high-quality steel. Engraved size markings make for easy identification of the wire size and all anti-roll bar wires are available separately.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 11, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nationals Rd6

Round 6 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were hosted by the Elektro Offroad Club Dielsdorf over the weekend. After the Saturday was pretty much washed away due to rain the organisers jumped straight into qualifying on Sunday that saw Nico Schmid (Xray) take the TQ in the 2WD class from Florian Schmid (Xray) and it was also Nico who took the pole position for the triple 4WD A-mains thanks to a clean sweep in the qualifiers. The finals then were a done deal for Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) who scored three wins to take the overall victory from the Yokomo duo Peter Forster 2nd and Adrian Müller 3rd while TQ holder Nico Schmid had to settle for 6th overall.

Continue reading here