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August 9, 2012

Renato Tradardi Jr. wins AAPARTT Cup

The AAPARTT Cup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the 2012 Off-Road World’s Track called Speed Paradise. The track is almost like on-road, with long straights and fast corners making it a high speed type, requiring a car with good steering in mid and high speed corners. Friday was practice day but the open rounds have been washed away by the weather. On Saturday the track started to become very dry so the organisers watered the surface to avoid the build up of dust. A round of 20 minutes of free practice was held just before the qualifying rounds started meaning only little track time before the qualifiers. In the finals Renato Tradardi Jr. starting from 10th in the grid worked his way up trough the field and swiftly closed the gab to the top four drivers. He then shifted into second gear and took the first place and the win with his JConcepts shoed Team Associated RC8.2 thanks to a fast and clean driving style.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 9, 2012

Serpent Cobra GT-e kit

Serpent introduce the electric version of the World Championship winning Cobra GT 1/8th nitro chassis. The car makes use of a 7075-T6 3mm aluminium chassis, oversized lower suspension arms, aluminium suspension mounts with plastic inserts, 4.5mm carbon fibre shock towers, 16mm big bore shock absorbers, CVD-type driveshafts, front and rear anti-roll bars and the light and compact radio tray with vertically mounted steering servo that was introduced with the Cobra-e buggy. Not included in the kit are electronics, body, and wheels.

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August 9, 2012

Boots fastest in Q2

Having thrown away any chance of a TQ at the first corner in the opening round of qualifying Team Kyosho’s Elliot Boots bounced back in style in Q2 to set a new fastest time by 2 seconds over Durango’s Joern Neumann with Kyosho’s other hot shot teenager David Ronnefalk, who also messed up his Q1 run, setting the third fastest time a further 8/10ths adrift. Just as the second round of qualifying came to an end it started to rain at the Fehring track but it would appear that it was just a passing shower although the skies remain very overcast.

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August 9, 2012

Euro Qualifying starts with TLR 1-2

Team Losi Racing, who despite being one of the main players in the 1:8 Offroad market have never before won the European Championship, got their 2012 campaign off to a strong start this morning in Austria as their drivers Darren Bloomfield and Miguel Matias topped the time sheets for the opening round of qualifying ahead of Mugen’s defending Champion Robert Batlle.

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August 9, 2012

Shepherd Velox V10 chassis stiffener set

Shepherd introduce the chassis stiffener set for the Velox V10 Twelve 200mm nitro on-road car. Designed to give the chassis more longitudinal stiffness the parts prevent gear damage on bumpy tracks. Included in the set are a high-quality carbon brace, a special gearbox bulkhead machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and all needed fasteners. All parts are also available separately.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 9, 2012

T-Work’s S350 BK1/BE1 aluminium options

T-Work’s introduce these lightweight aluminium option parts for the S-Workz S350 BK1 and BE1 buggy kits. Available are front and rear wheel axles shafts, joint cups, upper shock mounts and several shock mount and anti-roll bar pivot balls. All parts are made from 7075-T6 aluminium and come hard anodised in a dark olive colour.

Source: T-Work’s [rc-tworks.com]

August 9, 2012

Exotek TD 210 series option parts

Exotek introduce more option parts for the Team Durango 210 series of vehicles such as the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. Usable for all 210 vehicles are the alloy rear pro hubs, the front brass weight, alloy idler shaft and the carbon battery strap. The rear pro hubs feature the stock 0 degree geometry, vertical ball stud positions and they work with the kit’s plastic toe inserts.

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August 8, 2012

Bullitt tuned off-road pipe

Hobby Pro USA introduce the all-new Bullitt tuned pipe for .21 off-road nitro engines. Produced for the use with Bullitt and Arrow engines the pipe provides consistent results and offers an extremely smooth and efficient power band. Coming including manifold, gaskets and mounting springs.

Source: Hobby Pro USA [hobbyprousa.com]