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July 13, 2023

Gotzl crowned double Czech 1:8 Buggy Champion

Team Xray’s Max Gotzl claimed yet another national title in his native Czech Republic with a double victory in Terezin last weekend. Having won nitro and finished second in eBuggy to Martin Bayer at the season opener in Kolin at the start of June, Gotzl pulled of the perfect weekend at Round 2 claiming the TQ and win in both classes. Securing the eBuggy win over the Sworkz of Dominik Vlasek and Serpent of Jan Domansky, in nitro he took his FX Engines powered XB8 to victory over the Kyosho pairing of Jan Hujer and Jan Horacek, Hujer claiming runner-up in the final championship standings.

Image: Team Xray Czech [Facebook]

July 13, 2023

Sparko F8 Suspension Arm Inserts

Offroad market newcomer Sparko Racing has released a number of option part for its recently released F8 1:8 Buggy. The range includes carbon fibre Front Upper Arm Inserts (R/L) 2.0mm, Front Lower Arm Inserts in 1.5mm and 2.0mm options and Rear Arm inserts in 1.5mm and 2.0mm thicknesses. Offered a tuning option to adjust arm flex. The inserts attach to the arms providing extra rigidity for hot weather or high traction conditions.

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July 13, 2023

T-Works XB2 Rear Chassis Skid Protector

Adding to its range of skid plates, T-Works has introduced an option for use on Xray’s XB2 ’21, ’22, ’23 1:10 Buggy chassis. Made from stainless steel, the rear plate, which comes supplied as two plates, is designed to provide protection for the buggy’s chassis against scratches which are part of the wear & tear that comes with racing offroad.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

July 13, 2023

AGFRC SCX24 Alu Servo Horn

New from servo manufacturer AGFRC is their new HPS06B micro aluminium horn which is intended as a upgrade for Axial’s popular SCX24 1:24 Crawler. A pro version of the HPS06 horn they produce for RC planes, which has micro 25T spline, it can be widely used with AGFRC A20, A23, A24, A26, A27 and B13 series servos. Over the HPS06 model, the HPS06B is thicker and has bigger size screw mounting holes. Providing higher hardness and durability, which also can withstand more violent impact force while operation in mini crawler or buggy.

Source: AGFRC [agfrc.com]

July 13, 2023

Capricorn RC Multi Tire Additive Machine

Italy’s Capricorn RC has presented CAD images of its new Multi Tire Additive Machine. The main features are the possibility of performing the treatment on up to 4 rear and 4 front wheels at the same time. Heating is generated by 4 halogen lamps capable of bringing the rubber to about 50 °C to facilitate penetration of the liquid. The motor and lamps managed separately by a double command switch and it has interface tools dedicated to 1:10 and 1:8 wheel types with anti-bending flanges. For the front wheels it is possible to choke to 1/3 1/2 2/3 of the width. The Multi Tire Additive Machine is powered at 12V DC, and requires a minimum power supply of 50W.

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July 13, 2023

Ielasi Tuned GT manifold & Hardcoating

New from Ielasi Tuned is their V3 GT Manifold and the news that the Italian brand is now offering all pipe sets across both their onroad and offroad range with optional Hardcoated finish. The 2185 GTR, which is from their own mold, comes with the new manifold V3 giving more power and rpm for the GP5 Engine. Following testing with their team driver Toni Gruber with his GT car, it was decided the new V3 manifold was best performance match for this pipe.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

July 13, 2023

Smart Starter GT Version

Smart Workshop has released a new version of their Smart Starter intend for 1:8 GT use. The extended front tips are capable of accommodating GT models with a higher body shell height. Like the original glow plug starter, it is a high efficiency high frequency synchronous step down DC/DC regulator capable of delivering up to 6A output current. It integrates main switch and synchronous switch with very low RDS (on) to minimise the conduction loss, Internal Soft-start Limits the Inrush Current. It uses a replaceable 3.7V 1800mAh Lithium Iron Rechargeable Battery (Size 18500) with JST connector with build in protection board to prevent over charge and discharge. One touch button to show five levels of the battery capacity. Red and Green indictor to show the charging progress. Changeable Inner hexagon contactor use direct plug-in design without locking, user can insert or remove fast and smoothly during operating. In order to reduce the phenomenon of flashover and oxidation, Inner spring power contactor come with gold plated and both contactors make by 100% copper to minimise internal resistance.

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July 12, 2023

Hong Nor’s Grenenger takes QLD 1:8 GT State Title

Having only signed for Hong Nor at the end of May, Russell Grenenger got the partnership off to the best possible start by taking a debut 1:8 GT Nitro victory at the Queensland State Title championships at England Park Raceway. The former large scale World Champion, secured the overall TQ after topping 3 of the six rounds of qualifying with the similar car of Cameron Nurcombe 2nd, Serpent’s Jeff Hamon 3rd and Jason Vallely’s Hong Nor P4, each driver having posted 1 TQ run. In the 30-minute final, Grenenger, having dropped off the lead for a time, would get his Ielasi Tuned powered X3-GTS 2023 back to the front to eventually win by 8-seconds from Lachlan Pearson and Vallely. Unfortunately having just won the 1:8 Onroad title one race earlier, Hamon would DNF 2/3rd the way through the GT encounter. A big year for the 1:8 GT category, Grenenger’s State Title win will be a nice boost ahead of the 1:8 GT World Championships. Only the second running of IFMAR title for the class, New South Wales Radio Control Racing Car Club will host the Worlds from October 8-15th at the ‘The John Grant International Raceway’ in Sydney.

Image: Speedy RC [Facebook]