The fourth and final round of the Oder Pomerania Cup was recently held in Germany. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class and after three challenging and exciting finals it was Steven Nortdorf (Agama) with the win from Bartosz Zalewski (Xray) and Thilo Schittko (Agama) on the 3 spot. With his 2nd place finish at round 4 it was Bartosz Zalewski who took the overall title from Steven and Thilo.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The seventh and final round of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Morning rain meant a delayed start but also high traction. In the 4WD Buggy class Roman Pavlus took the overall TQ and he also walked away with tone-to-tone wins in the opening two A-mains to take the day’s win from Lacko Toth and Milos Svihran.
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Trinity have introduced their all-new X-Factor spec class brushless motor. Of a new design the motor weighs in at only 144g to 148g on average which was achieved by using only six short screws to mount the timing ring and locking end plate systems. X-Flow cooling openings further reduce the overall weight while adding a lot of airflow through the motor. Other features include a new composite sensor board, a 2-piece CNC-machined aluminium can, and 2mm ultra-low resistance solder tabs. A new stator design provides more efficient power and virtually no fade during a run. Available variants upon release will be a 10.5T, built with a TEP1119 12.5×25.5mm high torque rotor while the 25.5T motor uses a TEP1117 12.3×25.5mm rotor. In-between variants for other stock classes will become available at a later date.
Xray have announced the 2018/19 Xray Series Slovakia that will start with round 1 held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trenchin on the 13th of October. The following five rounds will also be held at the iconic place with the finale being scheduled for the 16th of March 2019. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car, 1/12th Pan car and 1/12th GT as well as 1/10th 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. More information can be found here.
Schumacher Racing have announced the launch of their all-new Honeycomb 1/10th off-road tyre. Designed especially for low grip surfaces, in particular the hugely popular Schumacher Worksop series in the UK where they race on an indoor sports hall surface. The tyre offers exceptional traction straight out of the packet, hard wearing for fair competition from run to run, throughout the race meeting duration. The tyre is available in yellow compound as 2WD front, 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear variant both as tyre only and pre-mounts. For the pre-glued versions, these will come on white wheels with a specific blue closed cell foam insert, providing great support to the carcass of the tyre to prevent folding. These inserts will again provide consistent performance from run to run.
View the 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear tyre here
Team Associated have introduced their new Factory Team cross pin set for the RC8B3.1 and RC8T3.1 kits. Designed for the V3 differentials to increase consistency, performance, and lifespan of the diff, the steel cross pin inserts reduce diff case deformation by increasing the contact area with the diff case, improving the internal gear mesh. The hard anodised aluminium cross pins are light and durable and they fit the RC8B3.1, RC8B3.1e, RC8T3.1 and RC8T3.1e.
Coming from Ultimate Racing are new engine and exhaust combos using the M3X and M3R engines. Both come including the Ultimate Racing 2141 pipe and manifold exhaust, the Compak clutch system with aluminium shoes and 1mm springs as well as 13T vented clutch bells and Ultimate Racing bearings. Also included is a suitable air filter with pre-oiled foams.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Coming from Helix Designs is their new chassis scraper tool that helps to clean chassis from caked carpet fuzz. Instead of cleaning a chassis off with expensive break cleaner and lots of scrubbing, the chassis scraper allows to clean off most of the carpet gunk quickly while saving time, making the process much less tedious. In addition the tool will be save to aluminium chassis, preventing unsightly scratches.
Source: Helix Designs [helixdesigns.net]
