VBC Racing have introduced a range of new option parts for their 1/10th scale pan cars. First up is the brass lower arm support for the LightningFX and FXM. Machined from heavy brass material the part weighs in at 39.3g, making it 32.4g heavier than the standard composite mount. While offering a high rigidity the support also changes the car’s weight bias which can be beneficial in a range of track conditions.
Round five of the Grenland 2WD Championship was held in Skien, Norway. Despite arriving late for qualifying due to a last minute decision to participate in the race, Malin Karlsen took the pole position for the triple A-mains and she would continue to dominate as she won the opening two A-main finals and also put in the only 14-laps run of the day. In the third and final A-main Malin had to stop with a dumped battery on lap 9 while holding a 15 seconds lead but with wins in A1 and A2 she had already grabbed the overall win. Team Associated driver Mathias Fink would come in second that day while Petter Strand (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from Exotek and made for the HB Racing D216 buggy are an aluminium chassis brace and the direct spur mount. Starting with the chassis brace, the part is machined from 6061 aluminium and it comes black anodised. The lightweight battery-to-transmission brace removes one of the pivot points in order to increase chassis stiffness and it includes a long wear steel bushing.
The fifth round of the Slovakia Cup was held in Trnava in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and World GT. The weather conditions were good all weekend as chilly mornings were followed by raising temperatures over the day, making for decent traction. In the Touring Modified class, newly crowned IYRCA World Champion, Oliver Havranek came out fastest after the qualifiers and he also dominated the first two A-main legs to take the overall win in front of Jan Benetin and Daniel Zak.
Round 5 of the Alpencup was held at the RC Club Wyland in Switzerland on a pretty technical astroturf track. In the 2WD class Nico Schmid took the overall TQ after the four rounds of qualifying and he would be able to conserve his qualifying performance by taking wins in A2 and A3 to walk away with the overall victory from Philip Jeisy and Gregi Gassmann in second and third respectively.
To celebrate the forthcoming 2016 IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships in Beijing, China, Arrowmax have introduced a limited edition carbon fibre and alloy car stand. Coming in Arrowmax’ signature black and golden anodising the car stand is made up using honeycomb-design aluminium side frames and a carbon fibre upper deck, made from 2mm material and coming with anti-slip foam strips and a special print in the form of the 2016 Worlds logo. Limited to 200 pieces World-wide the car stand also sports machined holes to take four shock absorbers during building and maintenance and it is available from now on.
ST Racing Concepts have introduced new optional parts for Axial’s SCX10 II, Wraith and RR10 Bomber kits. The release includes heavy duty front and rear shock towers, servo mounts, and transmission mounts. The Front shock tower features heavy duty design that incorporates the front panhard link mount in the exact location as the stock plastic piece. The rear shock tower features the same beefy design that eliminates any flex and also keeps the body posts firmly in place.
Team Losi Racing have introduced the carbon fibre and aluminium battery strap for the 22 3.0 2WD off-road buggy. Utilising a carbon fibre brace and aluminium hinge the part replaces the standard composite plastic hold down with a more sturdy and cooler looking assembly. Included with the set come different size foam blocks that allow to shift the battery pack forth and back in order to fine-tune the weight bias.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
