During this week’s 2016 Beijing Hobby Show Serpent is displaying two forthcoming, electric-powered 1/8th scale RTR vehicles. Adding to the company’s impressive +30 cars line-up soon are the Cobra RTR E-Truggy and the Cobra RTR electric monster truck. More information on the 6S LiPo-compatible vehicles will become available in time for the release.
View the Cobra E-based monster truck here
Xtreme Racing have released a range of carbon fibre option parts for the Kyosho Optima re-release buggy in the form of a radio tray as well as front and rear shock towers. The radio tray is cut from 2mm carbon material and it replaces the standard fibreglass part with a better looking and more rigid solution. The plate matches the stock dimensions and it is a direct replacement. The front and rear shock towers are cut from 3mm material to replace the kit’s aluminium parts. The towers match the stock suspension geometry and they are available separately.
Round five of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Pan Car and Formula. In the Touring Modified category the qualifiers were dominated by the battle between Batas and Georgiadis (both Xray) with the better end for Georgiadis who took the overall TQ from Batas with Diamadis rounding out an Xray top3 lock-out.
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The wait for the highly anticipated start to the third season of the Euro Nitro Series is over as the world’s best onroad drivers travel to Bologna, Italy, this weekend for the first of four stops on the 2016 calendar. New to the championship last season when it also hosted the opening round, the L.Collari RC Raceway circuit owned by RC legend Lamberto Collari has attracted over 150 entries with the biggest news of the new season being the arrival of the new Infinity team. Making their ENS debut with a small presence at the 2015 season finale in Fiorano, 1:8’s newest manufacturer has over the winter recruited an impressive driver line-up in it’s quest to win the prestigious ENS title.
The opening round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MRC Oberaich track, attracting a record entry of drivers. The track is unique in a way that it can be run with both 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles without appearing to big or too small for each of them and in recent years it also offered loads of traction but this year the sugaring did not work out, leaving the track glazed and polished yet still very abrasive. Xray’s Hupo Hönigl was able to TQ both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes and at the end of the day he went home with a double victory although it took him some time in each final to find his rhythm and pace. Behind Hupo, Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch would grab the runner-up spots in 2WD and 4WD with Marcel Rekettye (Yokomo) coming in third in 2WD while Team Associated factory driver Stefan Pfeifhofer rounded out the 4WD podium.
In addition to the Mini Pin 2 rear tyre, Schumacher now have also introduced the Mini Pin 2 4WD front variant. The version 2 front tyre was designed to match the super high grip Mini Pin 2 rear tyre which is popular on lower traction multi surface venues. The tyre offers maximum steering response and it is available as tyre only or pre-glued on Schumacher’s 12mm hex Flexlight wheel.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Team Titan have introduced the new Blitz GT2 body shell for 1/8th GT chassis using a wheelbase between 323mm to 328mm. The GT2 body is designed to provide more steering than the previous GT shell, utilising a redesigned rear boot lid that increases air flow to the wing for more stability without losing top end speed from excess drag. The rear of the body features three wing support towers, with included large diameter plastic wing screws, to ensure a lightweight yet durable wing mounting. The body comes clear, with window mask, wing mounting hardware, sticker sheet and two wings to help tailor the required down force.
View more images of the GT2 here
Muchmore have introduced a lightweight aluminium motor cooling fan mount for 40mm units. Cut from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-etched the mount features an inner cut out to route the fan connection wire to in order to make for neat and clean wiring. The mount simply attaches to the motor by clipping it on and it is designed exclusively for the use with 40mm fans.
