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June 1, 2016

Muchmore Impact 7.4V flat & hump style RX LiPo packs

Muchmore have introduced two new 7.4V LiPo receiver battery packs. First up is the flat-type variant that measures 85x29x19mm. It weighs in at 90g and is made using high-capacity 2500mAh cells. It comes pre-wired with a 90mm 20AWG silicone wire with JR-style connector and XH balancer plug. Also new is the 2000mAh hump pack, measuring 54.5×31.5x32mm and weighing in at 91.5g. It comes with a 85mm receiver wire. Both packs are housed in shrink-wrapped soft cases for protection.

View the hump pack here

June 1, 2016

WRC GTX intermediate step aluminium body mounts

Coming from Italian company WRC and made for the GTX 1/8th nitro on-road car are intermediate step aluminium body mounts. Machined from aluminium and coming with a high-gloss finish the mounts offer in-between steps for the body height adjustments that are accessible by simply turning the mounts by 90 degree and using the second, lower row of body clip holes. This design makes for finer body height adjustments without the need for additional mounts or parts.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

June 1, 2016

Picco introduces new off-road & on-road mufflers

Italian company Picco has introduced two new nitro engine mufflers. First up is the EFRA 2133 off-road variant with exceptional low-RRM torque and the muffler is know to give improved bottom end power compared to its sister EFRA 2099 exhaust. Also new is the EFRA 2120 Performance on-road exhaust. Made from a special aluminium alloy that improved the overall performance the muffler comes with an engraved “Performance” to make for easy identification.

View the other new exhaust here

June 1, 2016

RC Mafia Offroad Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the RC Mafia Offroad Series took place in Nowa Gadka, Poland. The event saw both 1/8th and 1/10th off-road racing and in the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Kaja Novotny who took the TQ and the young man would also come out fastest after the qualifiers in E-Buggy as well as 1/10th 2WD, the latter following some nice battles with young and talented Jakub Luczak. Tomasz Gadnicki snatched the pole position for 1/10th 4WD A-mains while Marek Cisek took the TQ in 1/8th E-Truggy. Finally in 1/8 Nitro Truggy Tomasz Gadnicky grabbed his second TQ of the day.

Continue reading the report here

June 1, 2016

Tyler Jones wins E-Buggy class at JC Spring Nationals

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The HobbyPlex in Omaha, Nebraska held the 7th annual JConcepts 1:8 Spring Nationals over Memorial Day weekend. As the Plex has changed adding a building over the race track five years ago, the event has been a popular stop for the area Nitro racers to get their first taste of the season for a larger event. The usual suspects of the regional fast guys showed up on Friday to get some laps on the fresh layout built by Alex Sturgeon and crew. Saturday would show three rounds of qualifying using best two out of three to seed you into Sunday’s main events with bump ups from the lower mains. With all of the rounds completed Minnesota’s Seth VanDalen (Tekno) would come out fastest in Expert E-Buggy. The A-mains would be a triple affair with VanDalen taking round 1. Indiana’s Tyler Jones would get comfortable at the front with his Team Associated buggy and take the wins in A2 and A3 to get the overall followed by VanDalen and the bump up king of the weekend Hunter Holmberg and his TLR.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 31, 2016

Fast Race MBX7R & RC8B3 anti-twist bushings

Italian company Fast Race has introduced a set of anti-twist bushings for the front wishbones of the Mugen MBX7R and Team Associated RC8B3 buggies. Machined from aluminium the tubes help to keep the front suspension pins aligned with the lower front A-arms which results in a more precise steering feeling and suspension action especially on high-bite as well as bumpy tracks. The bushings come in sets of two and with a high-gloss finish.

Source: Fast Race [fastraceshop.com]

May 31, 2016

Martin Bayer doubles at Intertrack Off-road Challenge

This past weekend the Intertrack Off-road Challenge was held in Zidlochovice, Czech Republic. The 1-day fun event was run without practice on Saturday, making for equal conditions for everyone. Xray’s Martin Bayer set easy TQ runs in both 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy and he went on to come out successful in the A-mains of both classes with Xray team mate Max Götzl taking the runner-up spot in the nitro class and Mark Zilinsky (TLR) rounding out the podium. In E-Buggy Martin was sidelined by Roman Pudich and Martin Rytíř in second and third respectively.

View the E-Buggy podium here

May 31, 2016

Sloboda & Abrahamek win Czech GP On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals was held in Slavkov, Czech Republic over the weekend. In the 1/8th class, Tono Sloboda (Xray) brought the win from second placed Jiri Rybak (Xray) and third placed Miroslav Jurenka (Shepherd). The 1/10th 200mm class was won by Michal Abrahamek (Xray) who went for soft tyres and a conservative fuel strategy in the final. His efforts would pay out as he took the win some three laps ahead of Alexander Ockajak with Jiří Král completing an all-Xray podium.

View the 200mm Touring podium here