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May 26, 2019

Coelho wins 2WD at 1/10th Off-road Worlds Warm-up

The warm-up race for the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Off-road World Championships was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Held on the facility’s tricky dirt indoor track the race saw the running of the 2WD Buggy class first, with practice, timed practice and the qualifiers scheduled for Friday. Xray’s Martin Bayer took the timed practice, however in the qualifiers it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who was able to take the overall TQ in front of Martin Bayer and Daniel Kobbevik (Xray). Team Associated’s young gun, Joona Haatanen was showing a good pace during qualifications and was able to take Q3. Going into the finals on Saturday, Bruno was the man to beat but Bruno held his starting position and after taking A1 and A2 he secured the overall win early. Martin Bayer finished 2nd and Joona Haatanen came in 3rd. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin and Dustin Evens were able to move up a bit and finished 4th and 5th respectively.

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May 25, 2019

SWorkz S14-3 aluminium steering knuckles & C-hubs

SWorkz have announced the release of new aluminium steering knuckles and C-hubs for their S14-3 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. Starting with the wheel hubs, the parts offer a perfect fit for the ball races and driveshafts and thus improved drivetrain efficiency while also prolonging bearing life. The parts also add about 3.5g of weight and they offer improved durability. The hub comes separately and it is usable on the left or the right. Also new are 9 or 11 degree caster C-hubs made of aluminium. They are usable with the standard or alloy steering knuckles and their alloy construction adds a certain weight and durability. The hubs comes as 9 degrees variant for improved corner entry and as 11 degrees variant for improved corner exit steering.

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May 25, 2019

PSM S35-3 modular hub weight set

Available now from PSM is their modular hub weight set for the SWorkz S35-3 series of off-road kits. This balance weight system will be attached to the front hub and can be equipped with up to six 4.5g weights per side. A pair per side is already included in the set with additional weight being available separately. The additional weight added to the hub creates more pressure on the wheel, which can be a traction advantage in many cases without affecting the suspension setup. Installation is simple with only two screws, making it easy to detach the parts for maintenance or setup reasons. PSM recommend using the system especially on tracks whose racing line is dry and dust free.

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May 24, 2019

Kasekamp & Lainemae win at Estonian Off-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Estonian Off-road Nationals was held at the Tartu RC track recently featuring all sorts of scales, ranging from 1/10th scale up to 1/5th Large Scale, making for ever changing conditions on the astroturf and red clay track. In qualifying it would be Hendrik Lainemae setting the pace in both E-Buggy and Nitro Buggy. The trend would continue in the finals. Nitro Buggy would see a lot of interesting situations for the top drivers. Hendrik would lead the field for the start of the 30-minute final but flamed out on the in-lap for the first round of pit-stops. Karl Kasekamp would take the lead, closely followed by Robin Ilus. Some 14 minutes into the race, Karl would pit after mishearing someone else being called in. Robin Ilus would suffer a flame-out and a shaky last pit stop for Hendrik would give Karl a safe gap to pit an extra time before the end. On the last laps Hendrik would pass Rainer Ressar, who had a mostly clean recovery drive after his 1st lap which dropped him to last, for 2nd position.

Continue reading the report here

May 24, 2019

SWorkz S14-3 aluminium rear hubs

SWorkz have announced the release of new rear aluminium hub carriers for the S14-3 1/10th scale 4WD buggy. Machined from high-quality alloy material and sporting a symmetrical design, allowing to use them both on the left and the right hand side, the sturdy hubs will improve bearing life and overall durability. Three upper camber link options give plenty of roll centre and camber gain possibilities while the black anodised surface makes for factory looks.

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May 24, 2019

Vision Racing Products XV3-ST shock pistons

After a year of testing at Thornhill Raceway, Vision Racing Products have introduced the Smooth Track version of their popular 1/8th XV3 Piston, the XV3-ST. This piston design features a slightly slower rebound stroke matched with an improved “connected” compression stroke, resulting in better handling on smooth surfaces. Just like the XV3 and XV3-HT, this is another option for racers to fine tune their car’s suspension from track to track. The ST piston was designed specifically for tracks that don’t break up and remain smooth, and range from low to high grip. Featuring a Patented Design, the new ST piston is simple and easy to use. The VRP XV3-ST line of pistons are available for all the popular 1/8th vehicles in 5, 6, and 8-hole variants.

Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]

May 24, 2019

LiPo Factory 3S 5000mAh TRX battery pack

Trinity have introduced the new LiPo Factory 11.1V 3S 5000mAh LiPo battery pack for Traxxas vehicles. Built using high-power 55C/110C cells for exceptional performance and durability the soft case pack measures 142x45x25mm and it weighs in at 330g. It comes pre-wired with a Traxxas-compatible plug, making it usable in Traxxas kits such as the TRX-4 Series of crawlers, the Slash VXL 2WD and 4WD; as well as the UDR Desert Racer and the E-Revo VXL.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

May 24, 2019

Yeah Racing introduce new 1.9” crawler wheels

Yeah Racing have announced the release of their new BXC and BXN 6-spoke aluminium crawler wheels. The rims are machined from high-quality aluminium, making them strong, durable and cool looking with a mock-up brake disk adding additional visual impact and scale looks. The multi-piece beadlock wheels are available in black and red colour, they come as pairs and they fit most 1.9” crawler tyres.

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