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Traxxas have announced the release of new body reinforcement sets for the X-Maxx and E-Revo trucks. These tough ballistic nylon body reinforcements strengthen critical areas for increased protection during rollovers and hard landings. They install in just minutes and help prevent screws from pulling through the body under extreme conditions. The multi-piece sets are available separately for the X-Maxx and E-Revo body shells.

Source: Traxxas [traxxas.com]

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During this week’s IFMAR 1/10th Off-road World Championships in Trencin, Slovakia Yokomo are campaigning a prototype 4WD buggy. The shaft-driven vehicle is using the 2017 World Championship YZ-4 SF as a base, however it utilises a new motor mount and centre drivetrain layout with the motor sitting behind the servo while the shorty battery is placed on the left front side of the chassis, opposite the steering servo. The speed controller and receiver will find a new home in the rear part of the chassis that features long front and a short rear centre driveshafts. The suspension components are taken over from the previous YZ-4 SF, meaning the prototype features basically a weight bias and possibly chassis flex update. We bring you more details on the car as they become available.

Images: Racewayone [facebook.com] | JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

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The Racing Club Roeselare played host for the final round of the Belgian Electric On-road nationals last weekend. The RCR track recently opened their new track and it is considered to be one of the best facilities in Europe. The flowing high speed track with technical parts was highly welcomed by all the racers who attended the season finale. In order to prepare the 2020 season, two new demo classes, 13.5 blinky Touring and 17.5 blinky FWD, were added to the normal classes of 17.5 Fun, 13.5 ETS, Modified and Formula. Thanks to these classes – and a great raffle – there was a record entry of 45 drivers. Due to the illness of his mechanic, newly crowned Belgian champion Florian Joos decided not to take part in this race and Olivier Bultynck, the current 1/10 European 13.5 champion, decided to give the new 13.5 class a go. So everyone expected Mitchell van Ess to dominate the Modified class, but while his pace on Saturday was blistering, Sunday went horribly wrong for the young Dutchman. In qualifying, Mitchell had two DNFs. Young ARC driver Liam Van de Wouwer had the fastest single lap time, but it was multi Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts running an Xray who took the TQ in front of Liam, Dimitri De Baeker (Xray) and Mitchell.

At the start of opening A-final saw some very close racing. On lap 6, Dimitri and Liam had some door to door contact in the long left hand corner following the main straight. Liam waited for Dimitri to recover and Mitchell pipped into 2nd while Steve convincingly led. After a slight mistake from Mitchell, Dimitri took over P2 with Liam and Mitchell finishing in P3 and P4 respectively.

A2 was a carbon copy of A1 with Steve leading the field around. Willing to increase his lead, Steve pushed a bit too hard and spun out, handing the lead to Liam with Steve in hot pursuit. Liam was now leading a Modified class final for the first time and he maintained the gap to Steve. Unfortunately, on the penultimate lap, Liam spun out on exactly the same spot as Steve did and gave the lead back to Steve, who won in front of Liam, Dimitri and Mitchell.

In A3, Steve took the holeshot and never looked back. Liam decided to focus his race on Dimitri as the faster of these two drivers would seal the P2 spot on the podium. Liam finished in P2 and recorded his highest ever finish in a modified Belgian national while Steve took his first victory since 2006. So the final ranking was Steve Lambrechts (Xray) 1st, Liam Van de Wouwer (ARC) 2nd, Dimitri de Baker (Xray) 3rd, Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix) 4th.

Florian Joos (Xray) was crowned Belgian Modified champion. The overall 2nd place went to Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) with Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix) rounding out the overall top 3.

In 13.5 ETS newly crowned champion Vincent Van Gansen has been the fastest driver of the season. His closest competitor, Giovanni Moguez really likes the RCR track and was keen to prove that he is a force to be reckoned with. Giovanni dominated the qualifiers and Vincent had no answer to the outgoing champ’s speed. Normally Gio and Vincent are quite evenly matched, but in this race, Gio clearly had the upper hand. The 3rd place was occupied by the Yokomo of Stefan Rommens while Peter Degrande (Awesomatix) and the Xray of Xavier Debroye.

In the finals however, Vincent found some extra speed and was able to challenge Giovanni a bit more. The two protagonists punched similar fastest lap times, but as Giovanni kept his cool, he took the overall victory in front of Vincent. Stefan Rommens withstood the pressure from behind and kept his 3rd starting position, which handed his not only 3rd place overall, but also 3rd in the championship. Peter Degrande and Xavier Debroye rounded off the top 5. The overall ranking was Giovanni Moguez (Awesomatix), Vincent Van Gansen (Awesomatix), Stefan Rommens (Yokomo), Peter Degrande (Awesomatix) and Xavier Debroye (Xray).

Vincent Van Gansen (Awesomatix/Xray) was crowned Belgian 13.5 ETS class champion. P2 went to Giovanni Moguez (Awesomatix/Xray) and P3 to Stefan Rommens (Yokomo). Jeremy Deram (Xray) and Peter Degrande (Awesomatix) rounded off the top 5.

The opening qualifier of the Formula class went to the Roche of Niels Meurs, who finished in front of the Xrays of Kris Vanbleu and Liam Van de Wouwer. In Q2 and Q3 Liam was clearly the fastest driver of the pack and took the TQ in front of Niels Meurs, Kris Vanbleu and Ludo Van Hoeydonck. The opening A-main then ended in the same order as the starting order, with Liam clearly dominating. Niels was able to punch the same fastest laptime, but had to concede on consistency. In A2 Liam punched hard from the start and created a gap between him and the remainder of the field. Kris was able to pass Niels for P2 and they finished in the same order while Ludo had to retire his car.

In A3 Liam once again took the holeshot. This time, a massive pileup after him, promoted Ludo into P2. Kris drove flat out and passed Ludo for P2 while Niels had to retire his car following the earlier crash. The overall ranking was Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray), Kris Vanbleu (Xray), Niels Meurs (Roche) and Ludo Van Hoeydonck (Xray).

Olivier Bultynck (Roche) was crowned Belgian Formula champion. P2 went to Liam Van de Wouwer (Xray) and P3 to Kris Vanbleu (Xray). Niels Meurs (Roche) and Ludo Van Hoeydonck (Xray) rounded off the top 5.

Krist Bultynck (Awesomatix) once again crowned himself king of the Fun class qualifiers by taking all three rounds of qualifying. Jannick Rommens (Yokomo), Herman Van Gansen (Yokomo), Luc Wauters (Xray) and Thierry Baekeland (Xray) rounded off the top 5. Jannick however managed to revert his P2 starting position into a P1 overall victory. He won the Fun class in front of Krist Bultynck (Awesomatix), Luc Wauters (Xray), Herman Van Gansen (Yokomo) and Thierry Baekeland (Xray).

The overall ranking was Jannick Rommens, Krist Bultynck, Luc Wauters, Herman Van Gansen and Thierry Baekeland.

In the FWD demo class Peter Roeygens (Raceopt) won the race in front of Krist Bultynck (Awesomatix), Kris Vanbleu (Xray) and Christophe Samyn (Tamiya). In 13.5 Blinky and as everyone expected, OIivier Bultynck dominated the event. He put his Awesomatix in front of the Xray of Giovanni Moguez and Tom Adams (WRC). Peter Roeygens (Raceopt) and Niels Meurs (Awesomatix) rounded off the top 5.

Thanks to David Joos for the report.

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Steel City R/C Speedway of Fontana, California played host to the Ron Paris Memorial Race last weekend. In 1/8th Open it was Chris Velez with the overall TQ from Jeff Hamon in 2nd. In the 30-minute A-main final TQ Chris ran into problems while up from Walter Diaz took the win with a 3-laps margin from Jeff in 2nd while Brandon Cho came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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Kyosho have announced the release of new option parts for their Fazer series of on-road and off-road kits. First up is an aluminium servo saver kit that replaces the standard plastic parts for a more sturdy and precise construction. This results in a more accurate steering feeling and improved durability. The servo saver is usable for all Fazer Mk2 and FZ02 kits.

Also new is an aluminium motor mount for the Fazer Mk2 vehicles. The red anodised part offers greater rigidity, more precise gear mesh adjustment and improved heat dissipation, allowing to run more powerful motors. White laser-etched markings help to find the correct gear mesh setting easier. Included with the motor plate comes an isolator plate. Last but not least is a CNC-machined aluminium 75T spur gear for the Fazer Mk2 and Rage 2.0 kits. Designed for the use with high-power motors the main gear offers much greater durability especially when used with the Rage 2.0 off-road trucks. Included comes a ball bearing for reduced friction and smooth operation.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

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GForce have introduced their new Drift Special ACG super shorty LiPo battery pack specially designed for drift cars. The battery measures only 69×46.5×24.5mm, making it about 30mm shorter than a standard shorty battery, allowing to shift the pack forth and back in a wider range, helping to adjust the car’s weight bias more easily. The hardcase battery weighs in at 142g and it utilises 4mm connector tubes.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

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T-Works have introduced two new aluminium upper shock caps sets, coming for the Kyosho MP10 and MP9 range of cars as well as the Mugen MBX8 and MBX7 kits. Both are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come with a black colour hard-coated surface for improved durability. The sets include shock bushings as well as two types of volume compensators in soft and hard specification, allowing to adjust the shock action under compression. The Kyosho set is usable with the MP10, MP9 TKI 3 and TKI4 as well as the MP9E and MP9E Evo. The Mugen caps are usable with all MBX8 and MBX7 kits.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

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Coming from Rebellion-RC and made for the Serpent SF3 and SF4 formula cars is the Exotek swingarm adapter. The carbon fibre plate was designed for the use with the Exotek Team Associated F6 upper swingarm set #1823 and it allows to use these popular parts on Serpent’s SF3 and SF4 series formula kit. The adapter plate is machined from high-quality carbon fibre and it is available in twelve different weave colours.

Source: RC-Carbonstore [rc-carbonstore.com]

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