Serpent have released this new coated aluminium servo-saver for the Cobra buggy and truggy. CNC machined from aerospace quality aluminium with it is super-strong compared to the kit nylon version and is a direct replacement with no modifications necessary.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 3rd round of the Swiss National Championship was held at the beautiful track of Lostallo in the South of Switzerland. Already during qualifying Shepherd driver Marco Müller showed a good performance with his Velox V8 “eleven” taking the pole-position about 1 sec in front of his Shepherd teammate and World Championship finalist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd. Both drivers had no problems to win their semi-finals while Müller took the pole-position for the 45min final as he had the faster time. At the start of the final Müller defended his first position and increased the gap on the rest if the field step by step. At no time of the race he was challenged and crossed the finishing line convincing 2 laps in front of the Mugen pairing of Luca Martinelli and Silvio Hächler.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
CSO have released this new 2-speed shaft for the Capricorn LAB-C801 1/8th on road chassis. Made from hard coated steel, this 8mm shaft has been hollowed out to reduce weight and the 2-speed adapter is separate from the shaft making it simpler to replace.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
JQ Products have now released lightened outdrives for THE Car. There is a version for the centre diff and for the front/rear differentials and the full set saves 14 grams on the drivetrain which is a good amount of rotating mass. We are told that later on there will some pretty trick lightened centre dogbone outdrives released.
Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]
In a surprise move, reigning 1/8th scale offroad World Champion Cody King is trying his hands at Electric 1/10th offroad as he travels to Vaasa Finland for the IFMAR World Championships which takes place next week. Focusing on 1/8th offroad for the past number of years he has been putting in some intensive testing recently and was feeling really comfortable with both his Kyosho cars. Cody has been running electric exclusively since last Thursday and was running through the weekend, and just yesterday shook down his Worlds cars prior to his flight to Finland, where he will also receive his race bodies. You can follow his progress along with that of all the competitors live on Red RC next week with our coverage beginning in full on Monday.
This past weekend was the Georgia Champion Series Race and TLR posted more excellent results with team drivers Ryan Lopez, Shane Ogden and Cole Ogden. Taking the overall series win in the 1/8th Buggy class with his TLR 8ight 2.0 was Ryan Lopez who chose Losi Red Ultra Digits to last the long one hour main event. Rounding out the podium was Shane Ogden in 2nd and Cole Ogden in 3rd.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Serpent have released this V2 one-piece aluminium motor mount bracket set for their S411 chassis. Precision machined from 7075 T6, it combines the motor mount and middle bracket and compared to the standard two piece setup, this will reduce flex and offer a different feeling of grip.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
New from Matrix Racing tires, the Flex rim, has been developed with the help of some of the best drivers in the world. It allows a more event flexibility which greatly improves grip and traction. Tested at the Italian Nationals held last week in Bologna, the wheel proved successful with Lamberto Collari, Alberto Picco and Michele Romagnoli taking 1-2-3 using the new design.
Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]
