Sweep Racing has announced its new Super Carbides 1:8 Buggy tyre. Designed for hard packed and blue groove or loose dusty track conditions, they get an improved V6 carcase. The new carcase design features rounded sidewall to improve corner feeling and give better wide contact with the surface. The pin size remains the same as it’s original Carbides.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]
Awesomatix’s Marc Rheinard has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the 1:12 World Championship at Beachline Raceway, the defending Champion benefitting from mistakes by Q1 winner Michal Orlowski and the rapid Kemp Anderson. While Anderson would recover to get a second for the round, albeit a lap down on his team-mate, Orlowski ended up with a 5th, a score he’ll be hoping to drop over the remaining 4 qualifiers. Running in the second fastest heat, Donny Lia made it a 1,2,3 for Awesomatix finishing ahead of Alexander Hagberg. The third place qualifier at the 2014 Worlds, which also took place in Florida, 1:12 specialist Lia had been chasing leader Hagberg in the same heat until the Xray driver crashed in the final half minute of the qualifier. The ‘stupid mistake’ cost the former World Champ a potential P3 and instead he matched his opening result of a fourth.
MIBO has added to its range of accessories with three new specially developed CA Tire Glues and two Activator Sprays. For Onroad classes with rubber tires, the onroad CA Tire glue’s low viscosity enables it to seamlessly permeate the tiniest gaps, ensuring a robust and dependable bond. The 20g bottle’s compact design ensures precise application, guaranteeing maximum control and accuracy during use. The Offroad glues medium viscosity provides a strong and reliable bond between the surfaces to be bonded, while at the same time allowing even the smallest of gaps to be penetrated without problems. Every offroad racer will also appreciate the larger, 50g pack in a compact bottle for maximum precision in glue application. Third option, the MIBO Racing Foam CA Tire Glue, is developed for classes with foam tires. The special viscosity of the glue results in a strong and reliable bond between the surfaces to be bonded. The CA Activator Spray dramatically speeds up the curing process with the Onroad spray coming in 150ml size with a bigger 200ml size for Offroad.
Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]
Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has taken the opening round of qualifying at the 1:12 World Championships in Florida. Top Qualifier at the last running of the Worlds in 2020, he would TQ the first of the 6 rounds at Beachline Raceway by 0.25 of a second from Top Seed & defending Champion Marc Rheinard. A very closely contested 8-minute qualifier, Rheinard’s Awesomatix team-mate Kemp Anderson was right in the mix. Posting the fastest lap of the round, the American was laying down the TQ pace before dropping off the top spot with a bad lap and eventually completing the Top 3. Running in the second fastest heat having nor featured in seeding yesterday, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg took a confidence boosting P4 for the round ahead of the Awesomatix of Sam Isaacs and Snowbirds podium finisher Donny Lia.
Reigning 1:8 GT World Champion manufacturer Hong Nor has released a new soft compound Adjustable GT Clutch Shoe. The newly developed ‘Black’ adjustable clutch shoe is made of soft material allowing drivers to adjust the power of the car to suit the grips levels of different tracks.
Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]
Donathen RC has announced the addition of another two WMH Racing products, the 550 (4 pole) Load Master and 550(4pole) Analyzer Test Holder. The 550 Load Master is a device to be used with a motor analyzer to measure how your motor would work in real world conditions (like when it’s on the track). The 550 Analyzer Test Holder is designed to hold your 550 brushless motor, instead of using the alligator clips that come with the units. Features & specs for the Load Master are that it plugs into any motor analyzer and has colour coded wires to identify A, B and C poles, With vented sides it is supplied complete with 9″ motor wires and 275mm sensor wire as well as a Resistor bank and coupler. Made in the USA, the Load Master is supplied in a protective carry case.
View Analyzer Test Holder here
JConcepts, together with RM2 have released a new friction and noise reducing gear grease to the range which it is calling Ghost Gear Grease. The grease is something to drop in against plastic-to-plastic gear applications making it perfect for 2WD buggy transmission assemblies with inline gears and lightweight 4WD buggies converting to plastic gear materials for lighter weight performance. Ryan Maifield, knows the importance of having a smooth running, quiet and free running gearbox and has spent considerable time searching out the combination that belongs in his race cars. While many of the gear lubes available in the RM2 line-up are for metal gears or assemblies, the Ghost is specifically designed for plastic gears found on many of the 1:10 offroad vehicles.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Collaborating with Corsatec, World Champion engine tuner Ielasi Tuned has announced it is releasing an EP combo for the 1:8 eBuggy and 1:8 GTe categories. Having worked in recent months to start 2024 with an electric offering, the 250A ESC will be the same for both categories with only the software to be used different to suit each category. For the motor they have chosen 1900Kv for the Buggy and 2650Kv for the GT category. The first batch will arrive at the end of January 2024.
