This is Pro-Line’s new Desert Militia body for SC trucks. Bold unlimited off road styling ready to convert your Short Course (SC) truck into a high performance ‘open class assault vehicle’. Its unique design represents an unlimited racer that would be threat at any event, it has been made with Crystal Clear Genuine GE Lexan. Suitable for Slash, Slash 4×4, Ultima SC, SC10 (with trimming) and Blitz (with trimming).
Having teased their new short course truck a while back, Durango have released the first official images of the DESC410R. Central weight distribution and low centre of gravity, even more important with the high bodies of SC trucks, it features a super stiff chassis assembly, big bore shocks, captive CVD’s, optimised gear ratio, 550 motor compatible. Expect it to hit the shops mid December.
A1 Racing club in Gonerby Moor in Lincolnshire are running their Short Course Carnage event on Sunday the 26th of September. This fun event is open to electric 1/10th scale SC trucks only and the race format will consist of 4 or 5 rounds of qualifying followed by 2 leg finals. The race will be run on a shortened version of their 1/8th Astroturf nitro track, with a lap length of 180m, including table tops, double jumps and multi-surface sections. For more information visit the event site here.
New from Team Losi for their 1/8th tire balancer is this Short Course wheel balancer adapter set which converts it into a 1/10th SC wheel balancer. Designed to balance all manufactures wheels it can be mounted quickly and comes supplied with everything needed to make the conversion.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
The Venom Gambler 1/10 Short Course Brushless RTR Truck was designed for the popular 2WD short course racing class modeled after the full-scale Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series racing trucks. Designed from the ground up, the Gambler represents the latest in race truck design plus a new feature unique to the Venom Gambler, the MORdrive system. Now you can adjust the center of gravity on the fly in the pits by changing the rear transmission position from mid-motor to rear motor. This system allows you to fine tune the weight balance and tailor the Gambler to the track conditions.
Jeremy Kortz has won the 2010 Short Course Nationals hosted RC Madness. Powered by Losi / Xcelorin Jeremy took home the victory in both 4wd nitro and 4wd electric Short Course classes. Jeremy powered his nitro Hyper SC with the Losi 3.4 engine which is also used in the Losi Ten T while in electric, Jeremy powered his Hyper 10 SC with Xcelorin motor and speedo and Losi LiPo battery.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
X Factory have announced that they will soon release the SCX-60 Conversion Kits. Two Kits will convert either the AE T4 or the SC10 to a mid-motor SCX-60. The new S.C. is based on the successful X Factory X-60 mid motor truck. These Kits will be limited production items because the chassis’ will be hand made one-at-a-time by Speedy Dad in Phoenix, Arizona. X Factory ships two X-60 chassis’ to Speedy Dad; he cuts each into two parts using a special jig. One has a long front end and the other a long rear end. Dad then mixes special graphite glue and glues the two long parts together to make an SCX-60 chassis. Another jig is used to insure the result is straight and true. After the chassis’ are together and dry, Dad uses his CNC mill to accurately cut three pieces of carbon fiber which are glued into the floor of the chassis and two more small pieces which go on the side rail. The Kits also come with a CNC machined rear bumper mount from the X Factory mill. The T4 Conversion Kit will contain a J Concepts “Truth” short course body and the SC bumpers and nerf bars, so it will be priced more than the SC10 Conversion Kit. The SC10 Kit will contain no body because the customer can re-use his existing SC10 body and the customer already has the bumpers and nerf bars.
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
CRC factory driver Brian Wynn took his CRC/Losi XXX-T Short Course conversion kit to an A-main victory at the recent Short Course Nationals hosted by R/C Madness in Enfield, CT. Competing in national competition for the first time, Brian’s Losi XXX-T truck, converted to Short Course with the CRC conversion kit, easily dominated the A-main with a 5 second gap to second place. With over 230 entries, the Short Course Nationals in Connecticut proved to be a tough test of handling, power and driving. This event would mark the debut of the CRC Short Course Conversion for the Losi XXX-T. The CRC Losi XXX-T SC truck handled extremely well on the tricky dry offroad circuit at RC Madness. Brian led every lap and won by 5 seconds, even though he stopped twice on the last lap to avoid any contact with a back marker.
View images of the winning truck here
