This past weekend the 2017 Korea TLR Masters for 1/8th Nitro Buggies and Trucks was held at the Unique Circuit in Busan, Korea. Over 100 entries made for good competition and in the end Dani Choi (Kyosho) would take the win in the Nitro Buggy class while Jeff Joo (TLR) took the overall victory in the Nitro Truggy A-main. Finally in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Jeff Joo who tool the win from Jeongbin Han 2nd and Gapdong Lee 3rd.
The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Electric Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend and it was Rene Kargl (SWorkz, Hobbywing, Pro-Line) who walked away with the win. Winner of round 1 of the nitro off-road nationals, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz, Nosram, TPRO) came in 2nd while Andreas Mayr (Mugen, Tekin, Pro-Line) would round out the podium in 3rd.
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Austrian Picco distributors MW RC Cars have announced the addition of multiple Austrian national champion, Dominic Bauer to their team. Dominic will use the Italian engines in his 1/8th nitro off-road campaign and he has the following to say:
Reliability and Power and driveability, made my decision easy, to trust in Picco engines.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Coming soon from Schelle Racing Innovations are aluminium rear hubs for the Team Associated B64 1/10th scale buggies. The 2-piece design with replaceable caps increases adjustment and durability as the hubs fit the kit axle height inserts for 0, +1, +2, and +3 adjustability. The standard location “inside, +1mm shim” matches the kit standard upper row middle “B” hole. The upper cap design can space away from the main hub with ballstud shims, allowing racers fine in-between adjustments for the rear upper link. True to the kit geometry, the Schelle aluminium hubs are 0 degree toe-in when using the Associated inserts. The SCH1095 aluminium upper caps carry over from the B6 design, and are shared the same part left and right. The upper cap design reduces leverage on the outer ballstud, and is much easier to use when needing to remove a broken ballstud. Lastly, these hubs are zero slop, with plastic bearing inserts and 2 set screws for the hinge pin. The hubs will become available from end of May in blue or black colour.
Traxxas makes tackling sand and snow, or even hydroplaning on water easy with the introduction of a range of pre-glued paddle tyres. The all-new lineup features strong scoops combined with strengthening ribs and TSM-rated glue joints to provide a whole new dimension in traction and off road fun. All tyres are sold in pairs and are pre-glued on genuine Traxxas wheels to make it fast and easy to get going. They are available for X-Maxx, Revo and Maxx trucks, Slash, Rustler, and Stampede models.
Coming from Avid are aluminium rear hub spacers for the Mugen MBX7 and Team Associated RC8B3 as well as domed droop screws for 1/8th scale vehicles. Starting with the rear hub spacers, the parts are machined from 6061-T6 aluminium and they are specially designed to remove all the slop from the rear hubs while providing strength. The spacers are available in grey colour for the Mugen MBX7 series of buggies, trucks and cars and in black colour for Team Associated’s 3rd generation RC8 kits.
Round 2 of the Victorian Drivers Series saw over 100 entries race at the Knox club in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The club had recently laid down a new clay surface – which received over 80mm of rain just before the event. Thanks to hard work from the club, the track was fantastic for the event, providing a low-wear, consistent race surface akin to an indoor track. The Modified 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes were dominated by Team Associated/Reedy drivers, with factory driver Ray Munday taking TQ and winning all three mains of each class for a perfect score for the weekend. Andrew Selvaggi (Team Associated/Hobbywing) and Matt Kellett (Team Associated/Reedy) were close behind for a Team Associated podium sweep in both 2WD and 4WD Modified. The Modified Truck class was taken out by 12-year-old gun Jordan Isergin.
AMain have introduced the new ProTek R/C 321B Samurai V2 off-load 3-port competition buggy engine. It features a short-stroke design, turbo head, rear ceramic bearing and easy-to-tune LRT carburettor. The V2 has been updated to provide better fuel mileage and smoother acceleration with the power plant benefiting from a new, efficient composite carburettor that when race-tuned will yield fuel mileage up to 14 minutes per tank of fuel. The new carburettor also helps smooth out throttle response for more precise control. The Japanese-made, limited production run engine is available now.
