Capricorn release a new special clutch bell and black clutch shoe for the LAC-C01 on-road chassis. The clutch bell is inspired by Capricorn’s 1/8 scale design and machined form Ergal, giving more bottom end power in combination with the new black clutch shoe. The new material also offers better durability for real long life characteristics.
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Arrowmax have released this shock spring retainers for Xray RX8. Made from aluminium they are strategically milled out to make for light weight. Designed as a direct replacement the retainers are meant to be stronger and offer an even more precise spring support.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Ricardo Nogueira and Bruno Coelho won the recent fourth round of the Portuguese on-road nationals in 1/8 scale and 1/10 scale 200mm respectively. Bruno TQ’ed both classes but it was Ricardo Nogueira (Serpent/Novarossi) who won 1/8 scale after Mugen driver Bruno hit engine problems with 10 minutes to go. This helped Ricardo Costa (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi) to claim the second place with Coelho in third place.
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The 4th round of the Hungarian off-road Championships took place in Bokor last weekend at great weather conditions. The track raced on is about 370m long and made from a mix of soil and sand with many different artificial surfaces like carpet, stones and more at different places. The track owners, the Szebelledi family, did a great job again to make it a superb event. In the Buggy class it was Cseko Gergely who grabbed the TQ by winning 4 out of the 6 qualification rounds. All the usual frontrunners bumped up into the main from the semis except young Palla Balazs who forced to retire. The main final started without Bruzsa Richard who looked to be the main contender for the win showing great pace in the semi but was hit by throttle servo problems during the 3min warm-up and had to retire. After the start Gergely opened the gap ahead of the trio of Gabnai Gergo, Toth Bence and Szebelledi Laszlo. Laszlo looked to be the fastest among them but an inconsistent engine and several cut-offs prevented him to finish any of the top places. Gabnai Gergo and Toth Bence continued to battle with mainly Gergo being in front. However at the closing stage of the race Bence remained in front of Gergo and finished 2nd.
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The 4th round of the Hungarian off-road Championships took place in Bokor last weekend. Beside the usual 1/8 scale Buggy and Truggy classes also a 1/10 scale Short Course truck class was run which was won by Daniel Varga (HongNor) in front of Tamas Gyurics (Traxxas) and Gyorgy Fally (Traxxas).
Short Course results
1. Varga Daniel – HongNor SCRT10/Castle/Pro-Line
2. Gyurics Tamas – Traxxas Slash/Velineon/Pro-Line
3. Fally Gyorgy – Traxxas Slash/Velineon/Pro-Line
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Team C Racing release a dedicated bag for differential and shock oil bottles. Made from black fabric material and sporting red edges, the bag can hold up to 12 standard size oil bottles which are secured by elastic bands inside the 25 x 14 x 9cm measuring bag.
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TQ Racing got in touch to tell us about their split from the World-wide partnership with Ansmann Racing and Team C Racing. In the past all three companies sold the same type of chassis under different brands with TQ Racing had taken care of the US, Ansmann Racing of the European and Team C Racing of the Asian market. This partnership is no longer and TQ Racing have started to develop their own range of 2WD and 4WD Buggies and Short Course trucks.
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Capricorn introduce a new super light 1/8 scale on-road wheel. The rims show a 30 percent stiffer structure compared to other wheels on the market and very low weight with the carbon rear wheels weight 28g and the front wheels weight 13.2g. The light versions weight only 23g/11.2g with both are usable with 23.8mm pins to ensure the best possible contact surface and self alignment.
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