PR Racing have a new option part for the SB401 4WD buggy available in the form of aluminium rear hubs. The lightweight CNC-machined hubs provide strength where it’s needed while offering new optional camber link holes to allow for more roll centre adjustability.
Source: Hobby Pro USA [hobbyprousa.com]
Christchurch recently played host for the recent New Zealand Buggy and Truggy National Championships. On Wednesday the track was very wet but the rain did manage to abate overnight and allowed some controlled practice until mid afternoon on Thursday when the skies opened up again and practice was done for the day. Friday there was to be four rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. It was clear from practice their were some fast local guys and a handful of fast Aussies had made the trip over. Friday dawned bright and sunny but very cold. The track was changing at an amazing rate making tire selection critical. After 3 rounds on Friday Aaron Stringer had two TQs for each class which gave him the overall TQ for both classes.
ENS podium finisher and Worlds finalist Andrea Pirani completed a clean sweep at the Fiesta Matrix race held last weekend in Valencia, Spain. Hosted by the AUTET club and with the event planned on three days, worrying weather forecasts for Sunday forced the organisers to compress the whole racing action into Saturday. Andrea took the TQ in every round to start first on the grid, followed by Serpent driver Nacho Lopez and the two locals of Signes Rubio and Revert. “Mr. Matrix” himself, Cristian Boni would start fifth on the grid, going on to take the lead in the 45 minutes final thanks to a mistake by Pirani, an then would stay in the first place until the 24 minute mark, when a bad tyre stop would send him back in fourth position. Pirani’s comeback wouldn’t find any resistance, and Andrea was able to put his WRC back on the top after the tyre stops, and went on to win the race with a two laps lead on the ARC debutant Cristiano Sartor and Cristian Boni, who would round up an all-Italian Podium.
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The sixth and final round of the Speed King Tour 2015 was held at the Crest Speedway indoor carpet track in the Gunma prefecture. Going into the final round the overall title already had been decided with TRF factory team driver Akio Sobue taking the Modified class title and privater Kengo Yabata coming out successful in the Stock class. So far Akio had TQ’ed all five rounds of the championship but this time local star and 2015 JMRCA 1/12th on-road national champion Yugo Nagashima would deny Akio another one as the Yokomo driver grabbed the pole position for the A-main. VBC driver Hayato Ishioka put his car on the 2 spot while young Yokomo driver Naoki Akiyama rounded out the Modified class qualifying in third. Akio had problem in the first qualifier and finished the qualifiers in 4th position.
LRP have introduced their new cost oriented Antix brand. First products up for grabs will be a line of high-quality LiPo hardcase battery packs built from 45C cells. Available will be two 2S packs with 4800mAh and 5000mAh capacity, two 3S packs of 4300mAh and 5600mAh as well as a 4S 5400mAh pack. All come pre-wired with US-style connectors and LRP promises a high quality standard for all products but a budget price tag to make the products attractive for average modellers without compromising performance and durability.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
On a very foggy morning Wodson Park welcomed back all racers for Rug Racers round 1 at the home of HRCC. After the recent success of Rug Racers Reloaded more changes were seen this time around that made for an even better experience and one that the organisers want to continue to build on. With a record number of people booking in and some of the best drivers in all classes on display this promises to be a very fun and exciting series. Open Modiied Q1 was a war of attrition with only two cars of the first heat finishing the run, the rest were swept up in carrier bags and handed back to their bemused owners. Once the ponies had been tamed Richard Barton pumped in 26 laps to lead the time sheets. Heat 10 Open Modified, Richard Thorpe and Aaron Rose shared two each with 3rd being contested closely. In heat 11 of Open Modified, Kyle Branson took the opening round from Elliott Harper, with Andy taking R2, Elliott R3 and Andy blasting into 28 Laps for R4.
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Italtrading have introduced the Mach 4 One competition formula pan car kit. The 1/10th scale car is based on a carbon fibre main chassis and designed for the use with in-line mounted shorty battery packs. Wings hanging off of the very narrow chassis allow to securely mount the speed controller and receiver but the controller can also be attached in-line with the battery and steering servo. The latter sits in a “floating” aluminium mount to allow for a natural flex movement of the chassis in corners. The front suspension features an aluminium bulkhead and its design allows to fine-tune the roll centre using both the lower and upper wishbones. The lower wishbones also incorporate a droop setting feature and they also cover the spring duties due to their 1-piece design. The kit is rounded out by an aluminium motor pod, a heavy duty ball differential and ETS-legal Mon-Tech front and rear wings.
Coming from T-Works and made for 1/12th pan cars such as the Xray X12 and the Serpent S120 is a set of M3 rear wheel hub screws. Made from high-quality titanium and machined to a very low weight the screws are designed to securely bolt the rear wheels to the wheel hubs, adding the lowest amount of weight possible. Included with the 6-piece set is a suitable Allen wrench.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
