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August 5, 2010

STRC Slash 2WD LCG conversion kit

ST Racing Concepts have given us a sneak preview of their new simple, economical and easy to bolt on Slash 2WD LCG conversion kit utilizing the existing Traxxas Rustler chassis. The kit helps improve performance by dropping the battery by more than 2 inches vs. stock chassis, using a lay down servo position, a slightly shorter wheelbase for more nimble response and more stability in high speed cornering. Expect the kit to be released in 3 weeks.

Source: STRC [stracingconcepts.com]

August 4, 2010

Campbell & Steele win Rd4 in Ireland

Shepherd Ireland has continued their winning streak at the 4th round of the Irish Championship held two weekends ago. Velox V8 driver Ian Campbell and Velox V10 driver Chris Steel both again had a perfect weekend taking TQ, winning the A-final and setting the best laptime. At the beginning of the 1/8th final Campbell battled with Mugen driver Clive Connolly, who started from 2nd on the grid. Both held the top two positions until Campbell pitted for tyres at the half-way mark and dropped to 3rd. Connolly retired a few laps later which moved Campbell up to second, before passing Eoin Doran 13 laps before the end to take the win.

Continue reading the report here

August 4, 2010

HongNor BT-119 buggy tire & closed cell insert

HongNor have released their new BT-119 buggy tire with closed cell insert. The tire has been made with a special Butyl rubber compound and features a small top pin for light to heavy loose dirt, while the base pin is great on hard-packed surfaces. The Internal carcass ribbing helps reduce tire expansion under acceleration. The included closed cell insert offers low rebound, with no air gaps in between tires. Extremely durable and lightweight, they claim to be perfectly balanced.

Source: HongNor [hongnor.com.tw]

August 4, 2010

Capricorn RC LAB-E01-BC .12 engine

Used by their team drivers at last week’s World Championships in Houston, Texas Capricorn RC have announced that their new LAB-E01-BC .12 engine, that we wrote about back in June, is available from next week. It sports a lightened, balanced and tuned crankshaft as well as a hand tuned piston and liner set. Other updates include the use of a ceramic main bearing and of course updated cooling head graphics.

View the engine internals here

August 4, 2010

Futaba 1/8 Electric challenge – Announcement

The organisers of the 2010 Futaba 1/8 Electric challenge were in touch to tell us about this exciting two day competition will take place on August 28 at RJD Hobbies in Lincoln, Illinois and on August 29 at JTec Raceway in Tilton Illinois. The event lasts for two days but only one entry fee is required. The best will win the cash and merchandise but all pre registered drivers will take home a free event t-shirt and goody bag. Open for 4 classes of 1/8th scale competition that include Pro 1/8th electric buggy and truggy and Sportsman 1/8th electric buggy and truggy.

More information can be found here.

August 4, 2010

Jörn Neumann wins German 2wd title

This years German 2WD Nationals were hosted by the AMC Langenfeld club last weekend and attracted a total of 93 drivers. Saturday saw three practice runs for everyone as well as three qualifiers. On Sunday there two more qualification runs and the best two out of five would count. Jörn Neumann TQ’d all five rounds with his LRP powered Associated B4 while in 2nd was Benni Gröschel and 3rd Marc Pitsch. A1 was held under sunshine and Jörn took the win followed by Benni and Marc. For A2 the weather changed completely to very heavy rain and Jörn´s car stopped after 1 Lap. Benni took the win in front of Marcus Lübke and Christoper Krapp in 3rd. For the final leg the weather was much better and Jörn could take the win followed by Benni and Marc and that’s how it would end in the overall results too with Neumann taking the overall title ahead of Gröschel in 2nd and Pitsch in 3rd.

Thanks to Jörn Neumann for the report.

August 4, 2010

Team Titan S811 Cobra Blitz body

Team Titan have introduced a new Blitz shell for the Serpent S811 Cobra buggy. The body provides more space for the pipe and manifold compared to the original as well as more room around the engines to help with cooling. Available in standard 1mm as well as super strong 1.5mm versions.

View more images of the new shell here

August 3, 2010

Nacho López wins Valladolid 1/8th National

The 1/8th scale Spanish national championship moved to Valladolid last weekend and front running Serpent driver Nacho López sent us the following report. We arrived to Valladolid on Friday before lunch, with many new things to test such as W2 Rear uprights, link set for the radio-tray, and other setup changes in order to adapt the car to the sinuous track of Valladolid. Another important issue of this track was the tyre wear! With new tyres, if we pushed hard the life of the tyres were from 15 to 18 minutes. Anyway, after the two firsts fuel tanks I had good sensations and the car worked very well. The rest of the Friday we were testing minor changes in the car and different engines. We changed from Zytec V1 to Zytec V2 with a big improvement in my laptimes! So we ended the free practice day happy with the setup and also with the engine.

Continue reading the report here