The 3rd round of the French 1/8th Brushless Buggy Nationals was held at the LMA Club track in Beuvry Forest. Thomas Musso (Radiosistemi) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers and he also dominated the finals to take the win ahead of the TLR duo of Jerome Sartel and Jean Pierrick Sartel.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Roche have new option parts for the Rapide P12 1/12th scale pan car available in the form of a narrow differential hub and an aluminium front brace set. Starting with the rear hub, the set allows to reduce the rear wide by 4mm in order to run different offset rims. Included are two 0.5mm spacers for fine-tuning the overall width. The second new part is an aluminium front brace set. Equipped with a rubber O-ring and width adjustable the brace makes for more steering going into the corner. Both the diff hub and front brace are made from high-quality aluminium and the parts come red anodised for looks and durability.
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T-Works Europe have introduced two 7.4V standard size LiPo battery packs. Available as 6000mAh variant made from 70C cells and also coming as 5000mAh pack built from 65C cells, the packs are of standard dimensions, making them ideal for many on-road and off-road applications alike.
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Bryan Baldo has ended Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy, as the fastest driver around the Ongaroring but it is fellow countryman & Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle who is the top seed as the event moves into qualifying tomorrow. Baldo put in an impressive 3-consecutive-laps in the second of the day’s two timed practice rounds with a time of 1:53.059, bettering Batlle’s TP1 topping time by over a second. Behind Baldo, Italian Alex Zanchettin posted the second fastest time of day practice with a 1:53.507 in TP2. However using EFRA’s tie-break, points awarded each round, the TLR driver is ranked 4th behind Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton. An improved TP2 would see defending champion David Ronnefalk post the 6th fastest time which was good enough to seed the HB/HPI Racing driver 10th.
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JConcepts introduces the new 1/10th tyre sticks which allow a driver to neatly group sets of front and rear tyres together. With availability in blue or black colours, the tyre sticks can make an eye popping appearance in the pits or tucked away nicely in storage or racing bags. The sticks operate with two separate pieces that are designed to interlock and work together to snap and clinch into place. To use, simply slide the mounted tyres down the stick portion and position them so the last tyre has the hex facing outward. Slide the clinching retainer down the stick and align the hex into place in the wheel and pull snuggly together. As a bonus, extra stick length can be manually trimmed off for a more compact fit or finish to any clinched set of tyres.
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Tekno RC ave introduced a set of aluminium rear hubs for their line of 1/8th scale off-road vehicles. The machined hubs will add stability and strength to the vehicle and they come gun metal anodised for wear. Compatible with all EB48, NB48, ET48, and NT48 vehicles the hubs use 8x16x5mm bearings on the outside and 13x19x4mm bearings on the inside for use with CV axles. They can also utilise 8x16x5mm bearings all around for use with Tekno’s upcoming universal driveshafts. Set screws are provided to keep the hinge pin from moving inside the hub to reduce wear.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
Schumacher have introduced new wheels for 1/10th short course trucks. The 6-spoke wheels are highly detailed and they are available in black and white. With industry standard fittings they are suitable for a whole host of vehicles they have a 12mm hex and +3mm offset.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
As proceedings at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got official it was Robert Batlle who would set the pace in first timed practice in Italy. The Mugen driver topped the first of the two rounds that will be used to seed the heats for qualifying, with a three consecutive lap time of 1:54.128. Behind the 2011 Champion it was newly crowned European B Champion Riccardo Berton who was second fastest with a time of 1:55.068 with 3-time champion Renaud Savoya third quickest. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who set the fastest lap time in free practice yesterday, it was not a good first round as he failed to get in three clean laps and was classified 62nd.
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