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January 9, 2018

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup Rd4

The fourth round of the Czech Lestr Cup was held in Prague on a technical track laid out with the popular EOS high grip carpet. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny TQ’d Q1 and Q2, however in the third and final qualifier he had some mishaps that meant Max Götzl would snatch the final qualifier. Overall it was still Kaja on pole position with Max 2nd and Milan Mudra rounding out the top 3. Over in the 4WD Buggy class Kaja made a clean sweep, TQing all qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Max and Milan.

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January 9, 2018

RDRP EB410 carbon fibre option parts

Revolution Design Racing Products from Germany have introduced a range of carbon fibre option parts for the Tekno RC EB410 buggy. First up are a total of three front and rear shock towers. The direct replacement shock stays are coming as standard geometry front and rear tower as well as -2mm rear variant, all three are designed to replace the standard composite plastic shock stays with sleeker and cooler looking variants. While the standard geometry front and rear towers are machined to kit specification features the rear -2mm variant an updated geometry that bring the droop settings back to standard when running up to 2mm rear gearbox risers. The shock towers are machined from high-quality 4mm glossy finish carbon fibre and they are available separately.

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January 9, 2018

Xray XB8E 2018 1/8th E-Buggy kit – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of the XB8E 2018 specification 1/8th E-Buggy kit. As usual no official information is available prior to the release but it is expected that the buggy will see a similar treatment as the XB8 2018 nitro kit.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 9, 2018

Baldo brothers join Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Bryan and Oscar Baldo to their official team for the 2018 season. The Spanish 1/8th buggy frontrunners will participate at all major races such as the Neo Race, the EFRA European and IFMAR World Championship. Bryan says:

We are happy to announce that Oscar and I will be racing for Hot Race next year. After testing the tires in several circuits, we were able to confirm that their potential is awesome. Have a lot of traction and the steering is super good. I want to thank Nicola and the entire Hot Race team for the opportunity that they have given us this year.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

January 9, 2018

The Neo Race 2018 – Announcement

The 2018 edition of the prestigious Neo Race will be held over the four days of Easter from the 29th of March to the 1st of April. For the 2018 edition the organisers announce a new location – the spectacular RC Redovan track near Alicante in Southern Spain, expected by some to be the next European host of the IFMAR Worlds. After a hugely successful twelve years at Harper Adams University in the UK, the event which started out life originally in a warehouse on the docks in Antwerp will be heading south. RC Redovan hosted the 2016 European Championships and boasts a track size of 105m x 85m and is 585m long, offering a new challenge to all racers. The event will be entry limited, offer nitro & E-Buggy classes, covered pitting. Further details including sign up information, website updates, sponsorship and travel and accommodation advice will be posted in due course. In the meantime feel free to contact the organisers at info@theneorace.com for further queries.

January 9, 2018

Team Magic E6 Raptor 1/8th brushless monster truck

Team Magic’s E6 Raptor 1/8th brushless ready-to-run monster truck is now also available in a special yellow edition. The truck features an updated 4WD drivetrain with CNC-machined bevel gears, a metal centre gear diff, four hardened steel universal driveshafts and large aluminium splined wheel hubs. The chassis comes factory-assembled with a new 6S LiPo-compatible 2250kV brushless motor, a Hobbywing 150A speed controller and a Savöx metal gear steering servo. The kit is rounded out by a black and white body shell with yellow details and the wheels use yellow beadlock rings for the multi-terrain tyres.

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January 9, 2018

Avid CPD 1/10th buggy slipper pads

Coming from Avid are the CPD Consistent Power Delivery slipper pads for many of today’s electric off-road buggies. The slipper pads are of a new material designed with the focus of providing a larger tuning window while also being able to handle higher temps. This allows for less slipper fade during a run and drivers don’t have to adjust their buggy’s slipper setting nearly as often to maintain the same track feel. The pads are available for the standard Team Associated and Yokomo slippers and also for Avid’s own Triad Evo units.

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January 9, 2018

Exotek Rock Rey HD gearbox set & servo arm

Exotek have introduced a heavy duty front aluminium gearbox set and a heavy duty clamping servo arm for the Losi Baja and Rock Rey trucks. Starting with the gearbox set, the all-machined alloy gearbox delivers extra durability and precision gear mesh and alignment – the alloy construction insures the drive shaft gear maintains 100 percent teeth engagement against the diff gear to eliminate the problem of worn gear teeth and poor gear mesh. Additionally, a larger 11mm bearing is included to better withstand the forces of high powered motors on the input shaft to reduce bearing failures there. The gearbox comes with a polished and anodised finish and it fits the 1/10th Losi Baja and Rock Rey kits.

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