Coming from Highest is the new DLP650 “X” orange low-profile digital servo. The high-voltage compatible servo features a black all-aluminium case with orange edge details, it utilises an all-metal geartrain, 25T servo spline and it comes including an aluminium servo arm and a 170mm all-black receiver wire.
The opening round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring National Championship was held at the ARCA track in Madrid in very tricky weather conditions. Due to rain on Saturday, the qualifying was moved to Sunday morning, just before the finals. Sergi Franch would claim the overall TQ after some flawless driving, setting the fastest time in Q3 in front of local drivers Adrian Ortiz and Victor Pelaez. Unfortunately after the qualifying it started to rain again and Victor Pelaez took the 2nd spot on the grid after winning the Superpole.
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For the second year in a row the season opening race of the popular Belgian SCT Cup was held in Zolder. The track was slightly revised, offering a greater flow and still an amazing grip level. In the Pro2 qualification, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) would dominate, taking all rounds from Nicolas Evens (TLR) and Tom Vercarre (TLR). Fabio Cumps (Team C) in 4th and Stéphane Lecomte (Team Associated) in 5th achieve their best ever starting position in the series so far.
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The first round of the 2017 UK Short Course Nationals took place at the EPR venue in South London with over 70 truck racers in attendance. The most popular class was 2WD SCT with just under 50 entries. After four rounds of qualifying it was Darren Boyle who stamped his authority on the overall TQ by taking three out of the four rounds and becoming the only 2WD driver all day to secure 12 laps – which he achieved in three of his runs.
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Coming from Arrowmax is a small body post reamer. The compact and lightweight tool allows to drill up to 8mm holes into polycarbonate body shells and its machined handle and protective cap are made from high-quality aluminium with both sporting Arrowmax’ distinctive black/golden anodising and honeycomb design.
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175RC.com have introduced new option parts and accessories for the TLR 22 4.0 4WD buggy in the form of a Ceramic diff kit, a lightweight nut set and M3 ball stud washers. Starting with the diff kit, the set targets stock racers as the set includes lightweight Ceramic diff balls and a lightweight Ceramic caged thrust bearing. The total weight of the set is 0.6g compared to the 2g of the stock carbide setup, resulting in improved punched and overall power delivery. Designed for the 22 4.0 buggy the set also fits other popular kits such as the Team Associated B6D, Kyosho RB6.6 and Yokomo YZ-2.
The next company to hit the market with an 1/8th GT kit is SWorkz. The Asian brand has released a first teaser image of their forthcoming S35-GTE electric kit and given the name the vehicle is based off of the company’s S35-series off-road buggy kit. More information will become available soon.
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Blaze Racing from Poland have introduced their new 235mm wide Longsword 235 Pro10 pan car kit. The car utilises a conventional link-type rear end design and a CRC front end in combination with a 3mm carbon fibre chassis and front suspension plate. The rear roll damper plate, designed to also protect the rear axle, as well as the centre shock plate, are cut from even thicker 3.5mm carbon fibre for outstanding rigidity. The power pod is of a sliding axle mount design for virtually step-less ride height adjustments while the rear brace also allows to mount a motor cooling fan from stock. The main chassis accepts a variety of battery configurations including dual 96mm 2S LiPo shorty packs, 2S inline, 1S and 2S shorty transversal as well as front or rear mounted 2S shorty packs to name just a few. The kit is rounded out by a wide 3mm fibre glass front bumper that protects the front suspension from heavy impacts. The kit is available from now on.
