Coming from Agama are new emulsion shock caps and carbon fibre A-arm stiffeners for the A215 SV buggy. Starting with the shock caps, they allow to run the shocks in a non-vented, vented or emulsion-style setup, the latter being a hot ticket on tracks with big jumps and heavy landings, in addition to tracks with looser surfaces. The set includes four shock caps, seals and sealing screws and it is usable with all Agama buggies and trucks.
Picco have announced the signing of German off-road frontrunner, Micha Widmaier to their racing team. The reigning German and European B Champion will use Picco’s V1 Team DLC engines in his 2018 campaign. Picco are happy to welcome Micha and his mechanic to the team and are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.
Source: Picco [teampicco.com]
Available now from HB Racing is the D817 V2 1/8th nitro off-road buggy kit. The V2 includes a new moulded nylon rear wing that is both lightweight and durable and HB Racing also added their latest narrow rear shock tower that has been a favourite among their team drivers for its more useful range of adjustment. Also included is a new machined aluminium centre chassis brace that strengthens the centre section of the car, and an updated chassis with countersunk mounting holes for the new brace. The machined aluminium 17.5 degree front caster blocks have been strengthened for improved durability. New aluminium steering linkage spacers replace the plastic spacers for improved bumpsteer geometry, more precise adjustment, less flex, and HB Racing also revised the screw lengths to accommodate the new spacers. Other updates include a new flywheel that allows fitment of the latest generation of nitro engines, and the brake linkage now uses O-rings for improved reliability and more adjustability than springs. Lastly the V2 kit is topped with a clear JConcepts Silencer buggy body, just like the one that David Ronnefalk used to win the IFMAR World Championship.
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Italian company Bittydesign has released several sets of coloured body shell clips for 1/10th vehicles. They are of a directed design with the sets including four left hand and four right hand clips to make for a symmetrical appearance once attached to the body or wing. The clips are available in several colours including red, blue, green, gold, dark grey, orange and purple.
Trinity have announced the return of RC icon, Brian “The Dirtinator” Kinwald to their team. The 1993 and 1997 IFMAR 1/10th 2WD Buggy World Champion had his own series of Kinwald-branded high-performance motors “back in the days” and the cooperation may indicate the return of such. The move is linked to a possible switch from chassis sponsors Team Associated, with whom he achieved his first worlds title back in 1993, to TLR, the squad he achieved his second Worlds title with.
Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
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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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.
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]
