SWorkz have announced the release of a locking servo saver nut for their S35-3, S350, Apollo and Zeus based 1/8th kits. Specially designed with a locking screw the nut allows to securely fix the servo saver nut and thus the servo saver pre-load spring, ensuring consistent adjustments even when the going gets tough. The nut is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes anodised and including the needed locking screw.
The 2019 XRS Poland Procircuit race will be held on the weekend of the 14th of July at the Wlodawa track in Poland. Classes run will be Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Truggy as well as an open class with Procircuit Sprinter soft compound tyres being the control tyre for the buggy classes. The race will be held on a smooth clay surface “US style” track and full information as well as sign-up can be found on social media here.
Performa Racing have announced the release of their new P1 Radical 540 Qualified stock motors. The motors build on the standard Performa Radical Stock motors that were designed to deliver improved throttle response, higher efficiency, and more speed with the Qualified series variants being custom-built and hand-assembled as well as fully dyno-tested for improved performance. Other features include selected and shimmed rotors as well as adjusted sensor boards. Each motor include individual dyno print outs as quality insurance and the Qualified series is available from 10.5T to 21.5T variants.
View lists of the features and more images here
Coming from Xray are their new zero rebound shock absorbers for the XB8 series of buggies. The dampers can be set to allow less rebound than standard shock absorbers, decreasing responsiveness and improving bump absorption on bumpy tracks. The design of the shock body and upper cap allows the installation of a ribbed shock membrane on the top of the shock body instead of the traditional installation into the upper cap. The installation of the ribbed membrane on the shock body allows excess oil to leak out, and along with a shock cap vent hole and adjusting screw allows the adjustment of the amount of air until the desired zero rebound is achieved. The lower shock assembly ensures that the shock rod will move very freely inside the shock body, while minimising oil leakage and keeping dirt out. Other features include double O-ring sealing, 3.5mm shock shafts as well as lower rubber boots to keep dust, dirt and moisture away from the shock shaft and seals. Available separately for the front and rear, the shocks include a complete set of pistons but not springs.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The fourth round of the Madrid 1/8th Buggy Regionals was held at the Automodelismo Tarancon track last weekend with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Oscar Navarro and Juanma Guillen battled it out for the TQ with the better end for Oscar who also brought home the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Some 21 seconds behind it was Dani Vega on the runner-up spot while Miguel Reyes completed the top 3 podium result some four laps down on Oscar and Dani.
Image: Dani Vega
The Turkish Buyukcekmece track held their track opening race last weekend with some of the countries fastest 1/8th off-road drivers making for some tight racing. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Xray’s Alain Sarafyan with the TQ and also the overall victory as Mugen’s Ilker Alarcin and TLR’s Kadir Kahramaner came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 4th round of the Lap Paradise Off-Road League was held at the Lap Paradise RC Raceway in Malaysia last weekend. Danial Miswan was in control of things all weekend, taking the overall Nitro Buggy TQ after the qualifiers and also bringing home the win in the 60-minute A-main event a lap in front of Adam Fikri on the runner-up spot. Kent Sung came in 3rd to round out the podium another two laps as as Terrence Lim and Faris Amir completed the top 5 results.
Source: SRT [srt-rc.com]
Coming from Yokomo are additional 1/10th scale buggy and truck springs as part of their Racing Performer range of option parts. Available very soon are three new front and two new rear springs with the front items being 1mm longer than the previous springs for improved vehicle control during cornering. They come in soft (high grip dirt), medium (astro/carpet) and hard (4WD carpet) variants while the rear springs will offer additional setup possibilities especially on high-grip surfaces with hard (astro/carpet) and soft (high grip dirt) variants being available.
View the other new springs here
