Round four of the RCE 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the Dirt Paradise track in Nicosia, Cyprus. Hot weather conditions made for a lower number of entries than expected and in the final of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Nicholas Zachariades took the day’s win from Rafael Panayi. Savvas Savva completed the podium in 3rd.
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The latest in the line of Team Associated RTR vehicles that received the LiPo Combo treatment are the Apex Scion Racing FR-S and tC 1/10th touring cars. Both build on the all-wheel-drive Apex chassis, and they come fully assembled and ready-to-run with factory installed Reedy brushless motor and controller. Additional features include the XP water-resistant speed control and XP 2.4GHz radio system. The front and rear sealed metal gear differentials are connected together with a tough aluminium drive shaft that handles all of the Reedy brushless power. Imperfections in the road are managed by four adjustable fluid-filled coil-over tuned shocks. Both the FR-S and the tC are available in “road going” standard versions with high-grip racing tyres and also as drift variant with hard plastic drift-style wheels. As usual with the LiPo Combo offerings a Reedy 423-S 35W balance charger and WolfPack 3300mAh 30 LiPo battery pack round out the package.
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New from MIP and made for the Team Associated B5 and T5 series of vehicles is the Eco All-in-1 topshaft. The shaft is designed to work with the original 3-gear rear motor, 4-gear mid motor, 4-gear V2 mid motor, 3 gear mid motor, and the MIP Box gearbox which was made possible by some clever engineering that allows to run all necessary bearing sizes on one top shaft. Along with the 5-in-1 capability the contact surface is 30 percent narrower than normal, equating to less overall contact patch and drag on the idler gear. The shaft also weighs in at a feather light 3.8 grams, making it ideal especially for 17.5 stock class needs.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
New from Italian company WRC comes a reinforced lightweight gear differential for the STX electric touring car. The set comes with all needed parts to build a complete diff, including composite internals such as the gears and cross pin. The diff makes use of anodised aluminium outdrives and it is a direct replacement for the kit’s standard item.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC8B3 is the Factory Team upper titanium screw set. Included are a total of 92 3mm and 4mm button, flathead and socket head screws to replace the standard steel fasteners on various locations on the upper part of the vehicle. Included is also a location guide to ensure the correct screws are replaced.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
FX have introduced their Team Rucksack, a high-quality backpack for work and travel. The compact and lightweight rucksack has abundant storage compartments and pouches for quick access to any items, it is well padded to withstand the rigours of travel, and the spacious interior of the rucksack is easily accessed via large easy-to-use zippers with draw loops. On top of that the backpack sports a fully adjustable harness, zipped inner pockets and a small zipped pocket for the mobile phone. Manufactured in Europe from premium high-quality materials and combined with expert workmanship the backpack ensures durability and long life and for a unique and stylish look the rucksack features full-colored FX graphics.
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Schumacher have a new lightweight and more durable front spool for the Mi5evo touring car available. One of the main features is that the spool has steel outputs rather than the slider type interface included in the original kit. These will provide a longer life platform with less expense replacing sliders while also offering a lower weight.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The La Nurcia track in Italy, host of the The Italian Job race in August, will hold the “A race for Guillen” event at the 25th and 26th of July. The charity race for young Spaniard Juan Guillermo Carrasco, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, was set up to raise the awareness and to collect money for a Spanish organisation that does research on this rare disease. The race will take place in nitro and electric classes and more information (in Spanish language) can be found here.
