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July 5, 2017

Kyosho 17mm serrated aluminium wheel nuts

Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai has released images of several serrated 17mm wheel nuts for 1/8th off-road and GT vehicles that are understood to hit stores soon. The machined aluminium nuts offer a serrated design that grips into the wheel’s surface for improved mounting security over the standard nyloc nuts. Red and blue anodising adds a splash of colour while the original brownish gun-metal tone is also being shown. All wheel nuts sport engraved Kyosho logos and they are usable with all standard 17mm hex wheel adapters.

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July 5, 2017

Serpent SRX8 rear skid plates & alloy coupler

Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX8 nitro buggy are new rear skid plates as well as an aluminium gear coupler. Starting with the skid plates, the optional carbon fibre or aluminium parts are designed to be an option for the standard steel plate that is part of the kit. Both the carbon and alloy part are much lighter, resulting in a changed weight distribution. The plates are available separately and they include a new diff case gasket.

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July 5, 2017

Buri Racer E1 carbon fibre motor fan mount

Coming soon from Buri Racer and made for the E1 1/8th electric on-road car is a carbon fibre motor fan mount. The part is machined from high-quality carbon fibre and its mounting pattern allows to mount two 30mm or one 40mm or 50mm fan unit to ensure improved motor cooling when running low turn/high kv motors or when racing in hot ambient temperatures. The mount attaches to the rear motor mount and it will hit stores soon.

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July 5, 2017

Mikkelsen wins Norwegian Nitro Touring Series Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring Series was hosted by the Valdres Modellbilklubb on one of the more spectacular tracks of the series with its length of 205 meters and almost 3.5 meters of elevation change. The blazing sun brought high temperatures, making it a real challenge for both drivers and cars. In the opening qualifier André Roine took the win closely followed by Anders Mikkelsen, some 0.8s behind. Mikkelsen then managed to take the TQ by 1,4 seconds in the second round but it was the final round that decided the TQ spot. At first Christian Hovden beat Mikkelsen’s time by 0,001 of a second but Mikkelsen fought back and got the TQ with a margin of 1.1 seconds while also setting the fastest lap time of the day.

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July 5, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik successful at Norwegian Buggy Nats

The third round of the Norwegian National 1/8th Nitro Buggy series was hosted by the KodalRC Club in hot weather conditions, making for a hard and dusty track. A total of 49 drivers signed in and in combination with a pretty easy track layout this would make for some close racing. During practice young Daniel Kobbevik (Xray) showed a great speed, setting the pace with the fastest run but as there was no reseeding, Daniel had some tough time in qualifying group six.

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July 4, 2017

Team EAM Graphene 6000mAh LiPo packs

Coming from Team EAM are the new Graphene 6000mAh standard and LCG LiPo battery packs. Both are built using high-performance 110C cells whose Graphene technology makes for a lower internal resistance and greater reliability. The packs perform better under load, making them ideal for both modified and stock racing and as an industry first, they sport balancer ports on both sided of the case. As for the weight, the 25mm standard battery weighs in at 308g while the 23mm LCG battery weighs in at 288g. Both make use of 5mm bullet type connectors, they sport side labels that will not be ripped off by battery tape and they are available now.

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July 4, 2017

David Ronnefalk sweeps Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Nats

Hot on the heels of securing his sixth national Nitro Buggy title, HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk also came out successful at the recent 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Held on a purpose-built track at the Boras Stadspark and in front of many spectators David took the overall TQ and also the win from Elias Johansson (Team Associated) in 2nd and David Hassel (HB Racing) 3rd.

Source: David Ronnefalk | Image: Elias Johanssen

July 4, 2017

Serpent introduce new SRX8E & Project 4X optionals

Serpent have introduced new optional parts for the SRX8E 1/8th E-buggy and the Project 4X touring car kit. Starting with the buggy related part, new are carbon fibre saddle pack battery plates for the optional saddle pack battery layout. Cut from 2mm carbon fibre the plates are an optional replacement for the standard mounts, offering improved stiffness and thus making a good alternative when more chassis rigidity is needed. The set is a direct replacement and it is available now.

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