April 28, 2017

Ronnefalk holds overnight TQ in Philippines

David Ronnefalk holds the overnight TQ at the Philippine Masters, the HB Racing driver having a perfect day to top both buggy qualifiers.  Taking the first qualifier, the World Champion would run an almost identical time at his second attempt to top the times from arch rival & former team-mate Ty Tessmann.  Behind the World Champions, Aaron Stringer would continue his strong showing to complete the Top 3 ahead of Atsushi Hara and Adam Drake.

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April 28, 2017

Black Fabrica V2 200mm nitro touring wing end plates

In addition to the V1 200mm nitro touring car wing end plates we reported about yesterday, Black Fabrica have now introduced the V2 variants featuring a 45 degree chamfer. Precision-cut to 50mm x 35mm dimensions from 0.5mm 6k twill weave carbon fibre the IFMAR-legal V2 end plates sport a 10mm 45 degree chamfer in the rear lower corner for added looks. The set includes three left and three right hand plates in either high gloss or satin finish and they fit all IFMAR-legal 200mm touring car rear wings.

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April 28, 2017

Tamiya M-07 Concept – Production kit image

Another day, another piece in the puzzle of Tamiya’s forthcoming all-new M-07 Concept M-chassis kit. Tamiyablog have released a first image of what appears to be the production ready car with the photo making it easy to spot the new exoframe design that also made the company’s TA-07 touring car famous. No news so far on an exact release date but expect the kit to hit stores about end of June.

Source: Tamyia [tamiya.com]


April 28, 2017

HB Racing D817T 1/8th nitro truggy kit – Teaser

HB Racing have released a first teaser image of their soon-to-be-released D817T 1/8th scale nitro truggy. Based off of the World Championship winning D817 buggy the truggy is expected to taking over many design ideas of its buggy sibling such as a symmetrical chassis design, improved differential access, a new rear hub design, redesigned engine mount and more. All details and images are expected to surface in time for the release.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]


April 28, 2017

LRP FlowX Stock Spec brushless speed controller

LRP have introduced their new FlowX Stock Spec speed controller. Based off of the standard FlowX speedo the Stock Spec variant features the optimised V5.1 firmware to get the most out of today’s brushless stock motors. The Initial Drive Feel Compensation function for example adapts the throttle curve throughout the run to compensate motor fade and to ensure a constant throttle feeling till the end of a run. Also new is the BDX-S brake purpose designed for on-road and off-road stock racing classes. Other features include a blue anodised all-aluminium case, a black 175mm long receiver wire, a set of lightweight fan mount screws and all-black power wires.

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April 28, 2017

RC Maker Awesomatix diff wrench & Ti turnbuckle set

Coming from RC Maker are a diff wrench and a titanium turnbuckle set for the Awesomatix A800 and A800X. Starting with the tools, the wrenches make assembling and disassembling the diff easier than ever. The kit includes two individual wrenches to hold each side, allowing to get ample leverage to ensure the diff is tight, while protecting the hands. Made from quality 3mm precision machined carbon fibre, they are durable, light and effective and they boast an additional feature – there is a 4mm hole at the end of the small spanner for installing the P16 Lock rings for the wheel hex on the car.

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April 28, 2017

Tessmann again from McBride in 2nd Truggy qualifier

Having opened the Philippine Masters with a TQ run in Truggy, Ty Tessmann repeated the feat in the second round of qualifying to hold the overnight Truggy TQ in Manila.  The Xray driver again set the fastest time from Kyle McBride, the Team Associated driver much closer to Tessmann the second time of asking.  Now running in the same heat as Tessmann & McBride after a reseeding after Q1, Aaron Stringer would complete the Top 3 followed by American Aaron Gomez, Atsushi Hara and Adam Drake, the latter 2 having some bad laps early on.

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April 28, 2017

Ronnefalk takes for Buggy first qualifier

David Ronnefalk has taken the first Buggy qualifier at the Philippine Masters.  Not competing in Truggy which got qualifying at the CV Offroad Track underway, the HB Racing driver took Q1 from Kyle McBride.  Running in the second fastest heat McBride would end up 3.6-second off the TQ pace.  Having TQ’d the first Truggy qualifier, Ty Tessman would complete the Top 3 a further 3/10ths off with the Mugen of Aaron Stringer fourth fastest followed by Atsushi Hara, Richard Saxton and Adam Drake.

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