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April 28, 2023

Batlle sets pace at Philippine Masters

Robert Batlle is the top seed for the Philippine Masters, the factory Mayako driver topping the single round of controlled practice from Davide Ongaro on the challenging Manila track. With Race Director Scotty Ernst making the call to reduce the counting consecutive laps from the traditional 3 to 2 given the challenge of putting together 3 clean laps, Batlle’s best effort was 1:57.225 compared to the 1:58.176 of the race’s former Champion Ongaro. Sworkz Micha Widmaier made it an all European Top 3 followed by local driver Daniel Miranda with Australian Jackson Beale completing the Top 5 from fellow countryman Jak Parsey.

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April 28, 2023

Philippine Masters – Track Focus

The Philippine Masters is back and is live in Manila today with a track best described as ‘challenging’. Located in the capital city, the very 3D looking track is the creation of top Philippines driver Edward Sio, one of the people behind the Philippine Masters since its inception in 2015. Having to move the track location a few hundred metres from its previous home, one of the stand out features of the move is the massive three story driver stand. With the new track built during Covid restrictions, the reason for the massive structure was to meet the then guidelines on the spacing of people so each floor was used as pit area to ensure everyone was spaced apart. Made from the same dirt of the original track, the build took 45-days. Building the track to how Edward wanted it and rolling it to a flat surface, they then dug up around a foot into the top layer to allow for the all important bonding of final race surface. Giving the 30 degree plus temperatures in Manila, just spraying the top layer would not last as the top layer would eventually break and reveal a dusty dry dirt. Instead they soaked the loose 1-foot deep top layer with a mixture of molasses and glue before rolling to the finish they wanted.

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April 28, 2023

Sworkz S12-2C EVO 1:10 2WD Buggy

Sworkz has released their new Carpet Edition S12-2C EVO 1:10 2WD Buggy. An evolution from their successful S12-2C platform, the new geometry of the car provides optimised corner speeds and easy handling on carpet and very high grip tracks. The S12-2C EVO features a new carpet version gear box system on a T7075 hard anodised and lightened aluminium chassis. It has a layout that allows up to 6 different battery positions. The flex of the chassis can be changed by adjusting the sideguards. The EVO comes with Sworkz brand new designed 1:10 Pro-Shock System (Short version). The shocks come with new Emulsion Precision Plastic Shock Caps, Shock Pistons with Seal Parts. The kit comes standard with a 4mm carbon carpet version front shock tower and newly designed front C-Hubs. The Teflon coated shock shafts provides smooth shock reactions. Black Line springs which are newly designed with rotation fixed spring holders comes standard in the kit.

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April 28, 2023

Kobbevik makes it 3 in a row in Spring Cup

Schumacher driver Daniel Kobbevik made it 3 in a row at the fourth round of the indoor 2WD Buggy ‘Spring Cup’ hosted by Grimstad RC Klubb in Arendal, Norway. The 18-year-old missed the opening round of the series, but the latest result moves him up to second in the overall standings behind the Team Associated of Halvor Gran who will have to drop a round once 5 of the 7 rounds have been completed. At Round 4, Kobbevik took the TQ with his LRP powered Cougar LD2 in front of Gran and Bastian Andreassen in third. Securing the win in the opening two Mains it was an early win for Kobbevik with his rivals going to A3 to decide the rest of the podium. Halvor had two second places and Bastian had two third places, and Jorgen Sohagen had two four places, so it was all about the win for all those guys. Unfortunately Bastian was unlucky and broke his car with Halvor taking the win while Jorgen Sohagen came second to put his Schumacher on the podium.

Source: Magne Kobbevik

April 28, 2023

JConcepts Ford Bronco & Corvair Lakewood bodies

Two more RC crawler body releases from JConcepts with the Florida based company presenting their 2021 Ford Bronco 4-door and 1961 Corvair Lakewood. The JConcepts team started in 2020 with Ford licensing to build and model an official RC version which would certainly be a highly sought-after vehicle in the market. In the case of the Ford Bronco by JConcepts, the hands of time moved very slowly to form a product worthy of such a nameplate. The multi-piece mold delivers increased detail to the front and rear-end of the Bronco to give increased street and off-road appeal. The chiseled look of the body style in the 4 door variant sizes up well to the popular 12.3” wheelbase vehicles on the market. For the 1961 Corvair Lakewood, the crew from the JConcepts Speed and Adventure Shop worked to finely detail the window treatments, hard top look, and hardened structure of the Bronco. The unique figure of the base structure is kindly shaped front to rear, the upper and lower sections tuck in slightly and with included body lines for doors and recessed windows has the item looking on-point. The rear “hatch” door is detailed with body lines, high visibility rear window and the taillights protrude to give additional definition. Both bodies fit Traxxas TRX-4 Sport, Enduro, Axial, Vanquish 12.3″ wheelbase.

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April 26, 2023

Philippine Masters returns & kicks off all new Asian Buggy Championships

The excitement is building in Manila ahead of this weekend’s Philippine Masters which returns following a forced Covid break of more than 2-years. Asia’s premiere 1:8 Offroad race, a capacity entry will battle it out in both nitro Buggy and Truggy to become the latest champion of the established event. Adding to the excitement of the weekend is that the Philippine Masters will kick off the brand new Asian Buggy Championships that has been created by Scotty Ernst, a figure who was instrumental in helping take the Philippines Masters from a local race to one which has brought some of the worlds best drivers to the capital city. This year is no exception with back to back World Champion Davide Ongaro leading the entry for Team Associated. While the Italian will be here to embrace the country’s tagline, ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’, he is also here to win but will have to work for it as he will be joined by former World Champion Robert Batlle.

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April 26, 2023

Infinity Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun

Creation Model has released this Infinity Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun which features a faster fuel release than any of its predecessors. Two options of the fuel gun are available, the traditional gun type and a side-trigger type with intuitive, straight-forward access to the fuel tank. Several mechanics used this Ultra High Speed Fuel Gun at the 2022 1:10 Nitro Touring World Championships in Bangkok, helping Naoto Matsukura get the TQ and Tadahiko Sahashi the overall World Championship.

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April 26, 2023

X-Partz BHC-1 wing button & battery retainer set

In their final release of option parts for the LC Racing BHC-1 1:14 Buggy, X-Factory UK under its X-Partz brand has added a one piece wing button and an adjustable battery retainer set. The Carbon Fibre DUO Wing Bonez offer a secure wing mounting option. Some people prefer to use aluminium wings buttons, mainly for aesthetics while others prefer the hi-tech approach of carbon fibre for the rigid and lightweight option that it can provide. A carbon fibre one piece solid button machined to accept your preferred brand, colour or design of alloy button that sits neatly in the milled recess it works with most popular alloy wing buttons with 16mm diameter, such as those from 1Up Racing, Avid RC, Exotek Racing. The carbon fibre fully adjustable battery retainer set is designed to accommodate all sizes of LIPO battery and is fully adjustable to allow them to be positioned in the car where you want them. It uses black nitrile O-rings to securely hold the battery in place and uses all standard kit mounting hardware.

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