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July 28, 2016

Langowski & Salvadori win at Brazilian TC Stock Nats

The CAAR club in Curitiba played host to the recent Brazilian Touring Stock nationals. With July being a Winter month temperatures were pretty low but no wind and with the sun coming out it was a pleasant weekend. 17.5T Stock blinky was the most popular class with 23 entries and it was Otavio Langowski who took the title after some nice and clean fights in the A-mains. Pedro Thieme and Luiz Castori completed the podium result in second and third respectively.

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July 28, 2016

FX K3 DC 3-port nitro off-road engine

FX Engines have introduced their all-new K3 3.5cc nitro off-road engine. Designed to deliver a more linear power curve with higher top-end RPM compared to the K5, the engine features a 3-port design, silicone-filled and diamond-coated crankshaft, a premium Japanese front and a German-made ceramic rear bearing. The Slovakian-made engine is suitable for any race track and racing condition especially when used with the new FX 2131 muffler.

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July 28, 2016

Arrowmax Quick-Tweak Station

Arrowmax have introduced their Quick-Tweak Station for 1/8th to 1/12th scale on-road cars. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with a spring steel centre rod the tweak station helps to check left-to-right wheel loads in order to eliminate unwanted suspension tweak. The laser-etched scales make positioning the chassis a breeze and the adjustable span of the alloy paddles makes the station usable for a range of scales and classes, including touring and pan cars, while the gun-metal surface anodising reduces wear of all parts involved.

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July 27, 2016

Neil Cragg takes European 2WD Electric Off-road title

This week’s 2016 EFRA European Electric Off-road Championships are held in Valladolid, Spain. First up was the 2WD event that saw the battle between UK’s Neil Cragg, campaigning Team Associated’s new B6D buggy and Germany’s Jörn Neumann, running a prototype of the forthcoming Serpent SRX2 Mid Hybrid low-medium traction buggy. Jörn would TQ three of the five qualifying rounds but the better tie-breaker time handed Neil the overall TQ. Behind the two Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski would line up third on the grid. In the opening A-main, Jörn would follow Neil in his slipstream but never found a way past and so the top 3 would end the leg as they started. A2 then had Jörn taking the win ahead of Michal while Neil had to settle for fifth due to massive traction rolling problems. In the third and decisive A-main, Neil brought home a very narrow win, only some two tenth of a second ahead of Michal while Jörn came in fourth. Ultimately and with two wins, Neil Cragg would take the 2016 2WD title from Jörn while young Michal rounded out the podium in third.

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July 27, 2016

JConcepts 8ight-T 4.0 Finnisher truggy bodyshell

JConcepts have officially introduced the ROAR National Championship winning Finnisher bodyshell for the TLR 8ight-T 4.0 nitro off-road truggy. A drop fit on to the 4.0 variant of TLR’s successful racing truck the body incorporates pre-dimpled locations and it features a slight cab forward design with raked windshield and an aggressive stance. The body incorporates a large centre fin which begins on the roof line and finishes just past the half-way point on the bed. Extended front chin spoiler, headlight and grill protect the frontend from unwanted up-drafts during flight and the body also has a built-in air escape passage on the roof which allows the customer to fine-tune the body for maximum outdoor performance. The new body includes champion rear name plates which provide additional high-speed stability and improved positioning of the rear bed rails to strengthen the assembly. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and a decal sheet.

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July 27, 2016

Serpent SRX8 aluminium shock towers

Coming from Serpent and made for the Cobra SRX8 1/8th scale buggy are front and rear aluminium shock tower. Made from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 material and sporting a heavy-duty design the shock stays are both lightweight and durable while offering increased stiffness compared to the standard carbon fibre shock towers which leads to improved steering and traction. Both the front and rear tower come grey anodised, they are laser-etched, sport multiple shock and camber link mounting holes and they are available separately.

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July 27, 2016

Scorpion RR-3420 21.5T ROAR-spec brushless motor

Scorpion keeps releasing more winding options of their newly introduced RR-3420 competition brushless motor. Offering the same features as the previously released variants the 21.5T motor comes with a 12.5mm high-torque rotor for high braking power and performance while keeping the operation temperatures low. The motor is built to meet ROAR specifications and it is available now.

Source: Scorpion [scorpionsystem.com]

July 27, 2016

Reflex Racing RR12T2 conversion & geometry update kit

Reflex Racing have introduced the new RR12T2 conversion kit for the RR12V2 and the Team Associated 12R5.2 as well as an geometry update set for the RR12V2. Starting with the conversion, it will take the RR12V2 to new RR12T2 specifications and it includes a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis, 2mm quasi weave lower pod plate, a new rear motor mount brace as well as revise geometry motor pod and pod sliders compatible with a motor fan. Also included is a revised geometry shock mount, new stronger rear droop plate, symmetrical servo mount a well as a new 7075-T6 unimount with silver chamfered edges and a left side axle spacer. The kit will also work with the Team Associated 12R5.2 and it is available now.

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