The third round of the Central Greece Championships took place in Athens last weekend. The race was held in a track with lots of high-speed corners and good grip, making for quite a competition. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Tasos Paparegas with the win, some two laps in front of Thanos Makropoulos. Ioannis Papanikolaiu would round out the top 3.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the HNMC 1/10th Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Held in ever changing, slippery conditions the 2WD Buggy class was won by Karl Jackson from Paul Timberlake. Nigel Buck came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of 4th placed Darren Windsor and 5th placed Alex Carter.
Image: Paul Timberlake
The Vierzon astro turf track played host to the 2018 French Cup for 1/10th electric off-road this past weekend. Xray’s Armand Lantheaume double TQ’d the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes, however in the 2WD A-mains it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the win, leaving behind Young Clement Boda (Team Associated) on the runner-up spot. Armand Lantheaume would round out the top 3 podium result. Over in the 4WD class Armand was able to defend his top spot, taking the A-main win from Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and Mathieu Briere in 3rd.
Hobbywing have introduced two new titanium-bonded rotors for the V10 G3 series of brushless motors. The characteristic of the rotors will provide a smoother pickup acceleration without sacrificing top speed. This will help to tune motors especially to lower grip asphalt and carpet conditions as it aids car control out of tight corners. Available variants are a 5-12.5 and 5-12.3 that come individually marked for easy identification.
View the 5-12.3 rotor rotor here
Round 1 of the 2018/19 Winter Points Series was held at P&T Hobbies in Indiana. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was JP Richards with the TQ and win from Galen McCreary on the 2 spot. The podium was rounded out by RC legend Brian Dunbar who recently came back out of retirement.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The TSAR track near Toulouse played host to last weekend’s final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship. The race for the overall TQ was a very entertaining one with three different top qualifiers in four rounds. Ultimately it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the overall and he would also start from pole position into the 45-minute A-main event. In the opening lap however Renaud made a mistake, leaving Team Associated’s Tom Robin as well as Xray’s Yannick and Jerome Aigoin battling for the lead. Savoya eventually recovered to take the top spot again only to run in mechanical issues in the later stages of the race that cost him a lap. From there he suffered with pace which allowed Tom Robin to take the lead in the closing stages and to take the win from Jerome and Yannick. Renaud ended the race on the 4 spot which was enough for him to take the overall championship title.
Source: Circus RC [circusrc.com]
Coming from Kyosho and made for the Ultimate RB7 2WD buggy is a new lightweight body shell. Offering the same design as the standard kit shell, the lightweight variant is pulled from 0.6mm thin high-quality polycarbonate, making it 8g lighter than standard. Using the body will lower the overall centre of gravity which comes in handy especially on high grip surfaces where more crisp cornering can be achieved.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
Xray have introduced the 2019 variant of their IFMAR World Championship winning XB4 1/10th 4WD buggy platform. The buggy underwent a couple of updates especially in the rear suspension and drivetrain department to further improve drivability and durability. New for 2019 are the multifunction rear uprights that help to generate more traction and increase stability while new longer rear driveshafts with 2.5mm pins ensure smoother operation. The rear wheel axles now feature safety collars and Xray’s unique multi-position driveshafts length adjustment in order to fine-tune traction and side bite available for various track conditions. Also new are longer rear camber links that help to access the new roll centre settings the rear hubs offer while larger rear hub ball bearings increase durability. Next up are updated rear suspension arms that were redesigned to accommodate the multi-adjustable rear hubs while new, longer rear arm pivot pins match with the new geometry. In the drivetrain department the 2019 variant sports new diff outdrives that match with the 2.5mm drive pins for smoother operation. All-new bevel drive gears machined from special gear steel material reduce the weight and significantly improves reliability while the central shaft universal joints were redesigned to accommodate the new steel pinion gears. Last but not least comes a new graphite reinforcement plate between the servo saver for increased traction and improved cornering speed, a newly-shaped body makes the car more stable and improves the rotation in corners and the included new rear wheels sport a deeper recess for the wheel nuts. The kit is available from now on.
View a list of the new key features here
