Following the release of Samix’s front shock plates the Asian company also has respective rear plates available for Traxxas’s TRX-4 trail truck. The items are machined from high-quality aluminium and sport six different shock mounting locations, ensuring that even complex suspension setups are accessible. The shock plates are available with a silver, gun metal or black anodised finish and they are a direct fit.
Highest have introduced their all-new CR900 standard-size servo for monster truck and rock crawler applications. The high-voltage compatible servo pulls up to 23kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.12s. It features a soft start function for smooth steering response, full metal gears for durability and a middle heatsink section for low operation temperatures. The power is developed by a coreless motor and dual ball bearings ensure efficiency and precision.
Source: Highest [highestrc.com]
Mills Pond RC Speedway of Fort Lauderdale, Florida held their Independence Day club race yesterday. In the 1/8th scale E-Buggy class it was Daniel Chavez who set the pace in qualifying to take the overall TQ for the class. At the start of the A-main Daniel got the holeshot while P2 after the qualifiers, Mike Bellotti got cleaned out pretty good, although luck was on his side and still allowed him to get through un-marshaled. Mike was in P2 behind Daniel and Mike buckled down and turned clean laps waiting in the strike zone to make a move. Dan had a bobble allowing Mike to get around him and basically go unchallenged to the end of the main. Daniel would come in 2nd a lap down after the 10-minute main as Alex Maclellan rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Last weekend was the first leg of the Border Wars series, an U.S. Southwest 5-race series which hosts races in Colorado, West Texas, and New Mexico. The race was held in several nitro and electric classes and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Sean Guthrie with the TQ from Braxton Morgan on P2. The 30-minute main final then saw Jimmy Deprez, who got a bit beat up at the beginning of the race, taking the win. After qualifying on the 8th spot, Jimmy kept his head down and had some really good middle stints, making up time to bring home the victory with a 1-lap margin from Roman Gastelum 2nd and Scott Brewer 3rd.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
The third round of the middle Swedish Cup was held at the Skövde track last weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson made a clean sweep in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by bringing home the TQ, win and best junior title. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson came in 2nd some eight seconds back as Per Carlsson (Serpent) completed the top 3 results.
Image: Jessica Palsson
Answer-RC have introduced their new V2 lightweight locking wheel nuts for 1/8th off-road and GT kits. The revised wheel nuts are lighter, offer a lower profile and now match Answer-RC’s Spokes wing washers in terms of design. The fasteners are CNC machined and drilled for low weight yet still serrated on the rear for a solid lockdown of the wheel. Coming in set of four in red or black colour they are suitable for pretty much every 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy and GT car.
View the black colour wheel nuts here
Coming from Samix and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck is a new front shock plate set. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming in silver, gun metal or black anodising the items will greatly improve overall suspension rigidity while offering six different shock mounting locations and machined silver edge details for looks. Included with the two shock stays are also a panhard link mount and all needed hardware.
Tekin have introduced their new T8 G3 electric brushless motor for 1/8th scale applications. The third generation of the company’s popular sensored motor utilises a stronger rotor, new stack features and a lower resistance for overall improved power output. The 40mm diameter motor is available in various configurations including 2650kV, 2050kV, 1900kV, 1700kV and 1400kV 4030-size motors for buggy and on-road applications and also as 2250kV, 2000kV, 1700kV, 1550kV and 1350kV 4038-size long can motor for truggy racing.
View a list of the specifications here
