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September 30, 2008

Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters Rd1

Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters Rd 1

oOple have a report from the first round of the 2008/9 Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters event held in Worksop last weekend. 137 drivers turned up to race over the course of the day, 57 in 2WD and 80 in 4WD, making this one of the most popular electric off-road series around. Tom Yardy destroyed the opposition in 2WD running the Associated B4, Tom won three of the four qualifiers and pulled away from the field in the A final, while Simon Moss gave the Schumacher Cat a good outing and its first major ‘Lipo chassis’ victory in the 4WD class in a close fought battle to the line.

View the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

September 29, 2008

LRP S18 BX 1/18 Nitro Buggy

LRP continues to expand its line of 1/18 scale cars with the S18 BX Nitro buggy. This 1/18th scale model combines some great features such as top off road performance and full nitro power into a compact ready to run package. Suitable for use on every surface, either on rough ground, parking lots or on race-tracks, it is supplied with a robust LRP Z1.2S pull start Nitro Engine and comes complete with low friction ball bearings throughout for a smooth and durable 4wd drivetrain.

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September 25, 2008

Team Losi unveil the 8ight 2.0

Losi unveil 8ight 2.0

It TQ’d the Worlds in the US last week and today Losi officially unveiled the latest version of their highly successful 1:8 buggy, the 8ight 2.0 Race Roller. The car features a new 2.0 chassis, a revised radio tray, improved steering geometry, a new fuel tank, shock towers that are 25% lighter shock, heavy duty dogbones/outdrives and updated suspension geometry.

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September 24, 2008

HPI Brama 10B RTR Buggy

HPI Brama 5B RTR Buggy

Details of the HPI Brama 10B have been floating around for a while, but HPI Europe have only released the official details today. Based on the E10 chassis, the car has full-time 4WD for maximum traction, longer arms and bigger shocks for top handling, plus a racing buggy body shell and massive rear wing for custom looks and race-style handling. With a sealed shaft drive train and pinion/spur combo, you won’t have to deal with rocks or anything else getting stuck and slowing you down, you can keep the hammer down and power out of any trouble you might get yourself into. The spiked tires and coil-over shocks front and rear will just keep going and going, biting and clawing through dirt, grass or mud Completely pre-built and painted, the Brama 10B is already fitted with reliable HPI radio gear, servo, electronic speed control and a powerful motor to get you up to speed in a hurry. Just add your own stick pack battery for the juice, pop some AA’s in the transmitter and you’ll be getting airborne and dirty in no time.

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September 23, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd7

We received an extensive report from the final race of the electric off road Nationals that was held by Odense RC Mini Race. The club had created the perfect setting for the end of a season which had been exciting and intense in all classes and last but not least, was also helped by great late summer weather, which is actually quite incredible that there has been no rain for the races this year despite it being a rainy summer. Friday arrival most of the drivers and took part in the free practice which continued until Saturday noon when the first heat of five round of qualification was kicked off.

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September 22, 2008

Atsushi Hara is Buggy World Champion

Our partners Neo Buggy are reporting that after a long hard week in Charlotte, North Carolina, that Atsushi Hara has been victorious and claimed his 2nd World title. Racing the all new Hot Bodies D8, the Japanese driver, who is more famous for his touring car racing, upset the expected US domination by moving to the front pack from halfway distance in the hour long and then slowly picking off the competition one by one to take the lead. Despite some hard battles with Mike Truhe, the American couldn’t regain the lead and Hara would win by just over a second, with Losi driver Truhe in 2nd and European Champion Renaud Savoya from France taking 3rd, some 15 seconds further back.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

September 22, 2008

Xray XB808 12° Alu Caster blocks

Xray have released these 12° alu caster blocks for the XB808 which are CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminum and hard coated for extra durability and long life. Lightweight block features ‘zero kingpin’ suspension geometry. The preset 10° caster block is integrated and non-adjustable. Combined with the XB808 front kick-up of 12° this block gives a total caster angle of 22° for increased steering and precision. Includes Xray composite bushings for super-precise and smooth steering action.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2008

VP Pro Associated RC8 upgrade parts

New from VP Pro is this range of aftermarket parts for the popular Associated RC8 1/8th scale buggy. You can now upgrade your chassis with some CNC precision machined aluminum shock towers, for both the front and rear of the car, as well as chassis braces and 2 different steering racks. Also available are some high performance clutch shoes and 3 different coil springs to fine tune the performance of your clutch.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]