BSRC has introduced the new Iron Cross design wing buttons for 1/8th scale vehicles. They are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come black anodised and sport machined, natural colour details as well as white logos. The buttons are available in sets of two now and they are usable for 1/8th scale buggies and truggies.
Coming from T-Works and made for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 and TKI3 buggies is a 1-piece engine mount plate. The part is designed to replace the standard 2-piece mount for a sturdier and cooler looking item. The plate improves precision while adding a bit of reinforcement to the engine area which can be useful on smooth high-bite tracks. The black anodised 7075-T6 alloy plate sports machined silver edge details and it comes with a set of gold-colour steel screws.
Avid have announced the immediate release of their new carbon fibre electronics tray for the TLR 22 4.0 2WD buggy. The item is machined from 1.0mm carbon material and allows to remove the electronics easily and conveniently for cleaning or maintaining purposes. The tray including hardware weighs in at only 4.4g and it comes including two flathead screws and two black alloy nuts.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Coming soon from MCD Racing is their new X-Snap 2-speed gearbox for the company’s line of large scale on-road and off-road vehicles. The gearbox allows to reach higher speeds without compromising low speed torque while an adjustable shift point ensures the gear box can be tuned to different track sizes and layouts. The 2-speed gear box is available separately for on-road and off-road kits and it consists of a total of three order packs. First is the Transmission Kit which is factory assembled, the second is the Gear Pack which consists of the respective on-road or off-road set and the third pack is the Clutch Bell Pack where owners choose either the standard or the Pro-Bite clutch bell. The gear box set, that requires some DIY to parts such as the radio tray, will become available from September.
The Longvic track played host to the fifth round of the French recently and it was Cyril Baldini who walked away with the overall win after the five A-main finals. Kevin Michaudet made a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking all five rounds for the overall TQ with Cyril coming in 2nd. However with three wins, a 2nd and a 3rd place finish it was Cyril who lead the way in the finals with Kevin having to settle for 2nd. In 3rd Arthur Brule rounded out the podium results.
Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.fr]
The opening round of the 2018 Buggy Masters was held at the STR track in Athens, Greece. In the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho driver Papanikolaou with the win in the main final from Xray’s Bornovas who showed a very stable performance in the main. Takas (Xray) had a moment at the start of the A-main, however the was able to recover from the huge marshal mistake and eventually finished on the 3 spot to round out the podium.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The recent Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals saw Juan Jose Serna making the double in the Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy classes. Juan would take the double TQ in both categories and right from the start of the Truggy A-main he would open a gap on the field to bring home the win with a lap margin on Sebastian Beltran and Eduardo Jaramillo who rounded out an all-Xray podium. In the Buggy class things weren’t so clear at first as Juan Jose Serna (Xray) was in a battle with the 2nd place driver for the first eight minutes, however Juan’s pace got better and he was able to win this race also with a lap margin on the runner-up, Sebastian Beltran (Xray) as Mugen driver, Juan Pablo Torres rounded out the top 3.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from Kyosho and made for the EP and GP Mad Series monster truck kits are welded steel roll bar sets. The parts add cool looks and a bit of protection to the chassis and body area with the sets, that are available separately for the electric and gas-powered vehicles, include a roll bar each for the Mad Crusher and Mad Force Kruiser. Also included are side roll bar mounts and suitable hardware but none of the additional lights visible in some of the images.
