Ruddog have introduced their new 21-compartment hardware box. Offering seven removable internal boxes with three compartments each, the box is ideal for store and transport small parts such as bolts, nuts and shims and also smaller spare and optional parts. The coloured dividers help with quick and easy parts identification and after removing the inner compartments the box is also good for the use with larger parts.
RC Pro Style have announced the signing of Robert Batlle to their team. The record Spanish National and former World Champion will use the company’s high-performance LiPo battery packs in 2017 and he has the following to say about the deal:
Rc Pro Style will be my new battery supplier for all classes that I race. I would like to thank Daniel for all the confidence he has placed in me and my team for this new year. I hope to be able to spread the word about this Spanish brand wherever we go!
Sourec: RC Pro Style [rcprostyle.com]
Following last week’s introduction of the Cougar KD, UK company Schumacher now also released information on the Cougar KC, a purpose designed buggy for high-grip astroturf and carpet tracks. The buggy is designed primarily for modern carpet and astro surfaces, offering the driver four different motor layout positions with multiple battery types and fitting options. Available are two mid motor layouts with rear mounted battery and also two mid/rear motor designs with the battery mounted in front of the motor, allowing to adapt the buggy for all types of tracks, tight and twisty or open and flowing. All the parts required for all the layouts are included as standard in the kit and it incorporates prototype features, used recently by Michal Orlowski to convincingly win the EOS in Poland and the 2017 DHI Cup. The buggy makes use of the same versatile chassis as the KD, it comes with a 3-gear opposite motor rotation transmission, a low rotating mass gear differential, new suspension geometry and a sleek, shark fin bodyshell. The Cougar KC will hit stores in February.
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The recent fourth round of the Czech Open Challenge saw Xray’s Kaja Novotny sweeping the 2WD qualifiers and he would continue to dominate the finals also, taking the day’s win from Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Jiri Benes (Xray). Matej Sulc and Jindrich Jirak would complete the top 5 result. In 4WD Buggy it was again Kaja who excelled and starting from pole position allowed him to easily take wins in the opening two A-mains to grab his second overall victory of the weekend ahead of Petr Tomasek, Frantisek Kalenda, Jindrich Jirak and Jan Vild, making it an all-Xray top 5.
After the Christmas and New Year break the GT Nationals continued last weekend for round 3 at the C.A.R.S club just outside Chesterfield. The club had chosen to change the track from Saturday to Sunday, giving the GT10 and Formula drivers a more open and flowing track and a tighter and more technical track for GT12 on Sunday. GT10 was a masterclass from Adam Catchpole, dominating qualifying. His closest competition came from his Zen Racing team mate Craig Nutting who was closely followed by Andy Murray for Schumacher.
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The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Germany was held this past weekend at the Eifelring in Leimbach. In the 13.5T Touring Stock class, run on Xray spec tyres, Majuran Tharmalingam (Serpent) took the win from Jörg Baldes (Xray) and Melvin Diekmann (Xray).
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RC Concept have announced that UK frontrunner, Lee Martin will use Thor Fuel to power his RC Concept equipped rides for 2017. Lee will attend the UK BRCA Nationals as well as all major 1/8th off-road events such as the Neo Race and the European Championships to name just a few.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
The RBR36 Arena farewell race was held this part weekend in Barcelona, Spain. The final race at Robert Batlle’s own indoor off-road facility saw his brother, Dani Batlle walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class.
Source: SOAR [soar-rc.com]
