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Traxxas’ new 4-Tec 2.0 1/10th scale 4WD car is soon also available in two additional variants without body shell. Coming as brushless-powered VXL and brushed standard variant, both make use of the same modular chassis, strong suspension and drivetrain components and they also include a 2.4GHz TQ radio system. Included with the VXL set is a Velineon VXL-3s electronic speed control, a Velineon 3500 brushless motor as well as Traxxas’s TSM stability management. A one-piece steel driveshaft and adjustable steel turnbuckles and steering links round out the upgraded package. The standard brushed variant comes with the XL-5 speedo, a Titan 12-Turn 550-class motor, alloy centre driveshaft and rigid composite steering links and turnbuckles. The cars can accommodate most of today’s 200mm touring car and GT body shells and they will hit stores very soon.

Source: Traxxas [traxxas.com]

T-Works have released a full line of option parts for Team Associated’s B64 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. First up is a carbon fibre battery strap. Machined from high-quality graphite material the part is of an adjustable design that allows to shift the shorty battery pack forth and back in order to fine-tune the buggy’s weight bias. Included with the strap comes suitable hardware.

Also new are 17mm, 18mm and 19mm bellcrank arms. The parts allow to adjust the steering feeling and while being available separately they also come as a full set. Also available is a carbon fibre input arm including all three available steering link locations. Next up are four carbon fibre steering block arms with different Ackermann settings. Available as pairs and in -1, 0, +1 and +2 configurations the parts help to fine-tune the buggy’s steering characteristics and they are also available as a complete 4-pair set. Usable for the B64 and B6 buggies are 7075-T6 aluminium caster hat bushings in several configurations. Available are a 2-piece each 0 degree and 3 degree set, a 2-piece each 1 degree and 2 degree set, a 4-piece 1.5 degree set as well as a full kit containing all of the above. Last but not least is a 5-piece set of hard-coated 7075-T6 aluminium 6mm pivot balls for the B6 series of buggies.

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

Round 5 and 6 of the Swiss McBest Cup were recently held in Herblingen. Run with “hand-out” engines and fuel the qualification format is also special as the 7-minute qualifiers have a mandatory pit stop. Round 5, run on Saturday saw Xray’s Martin Wenger coming out on top in the 1/8th class from Shepherd racer Stefan Graber 2nd and Nick Zünd 3rd.

1/8th final results:
1. Martin Wenger – Xray
2. Stefan Graber – Shepherd
3. Nick Zünd – n/a
4. Daniel Braunschweiler – ARC
5. Hansjürg Baracchi – Serpent
6. Michele Cona – Xray
7. Beat Heiniger – Xray
8. Daniel Schwendimann – Shepherd
9. Heinz Huber – Xray
10.Stefan Kohler – Serpent

In the 200mm Touring class it was Xray driver Michael Schäfer with the win from Mugen’s Dominik Denoth and Shepherd pilot Marco Schwab.

200mm Touring final results:
1. Michael Schäfer – Xray
2. Dominik Denoth – Mugen
3. Marco Schwab – Shepherd
4. Stefan Wüthrich – Xray
5. Jakob Bühler – Xray
6. Luca Moscioni – n/a
7. Nico Prisciantelli – n/a
8. Philipp Bühler – Xray
9. Peter Koller – Xray
10.Nuno Huber – Xray

Round 6 on Sunday started off pretty cold but things would heat up over the day. In the 1/8th class Serpent’s Raphael Wicki would be successful in the A-main with Xray’s Martin Wenger and Shepherd’s Daniel Schwendimann coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

1/8th final results:
1. Raphael Wicki – Serpent
2. Martin Wenger – Xray
3. Daniel Schwendimann – Shepherd
4. Beat Heiniger – Xray
5. Mauro Licchelli – ARC
6. Andrej Bostjancic – Mugen
7. Iso Huonder – Mugen
8. Nick Zünd – n/a
9. Theo Giannakos – Shepherd
10.Daniel Braunschweiler – ARC

In the 200mm Touring class Michael Schäfer (Xray) was able to conserve Saturday’s performance to take another win in front of Xray teammates Nuno Huber and Stefan Wüthrich.

200mm Touring final results:
1. Michael Schäfer – Xray
2. Nuno Huber – Xray
3. Stefan Wüthrich – Xray
4. Ruben Straub – Xray
5. Jakob Bühler – Xray
6. Marco Schwab – Shepherd
7. Luca Moscioni – n/a
8. Dominik Denoth – Mugen
9. Philipp Bühler – Xray
10.Manfred Ebener – Shepherd

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

New from RC Maker are graphite Ackermann plates for the LS1 and LS2 steering racks. Coming in a set of three and including 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm plates, they make adjusting the steering Ackermann a lot easier and faster. Drivers only need to undo the ball-studs on the steering plate enough to slide the shims in, then re-tighten. The plates are ultra-lightweight and durable, and allow 1mm to 4.5mm of Ackermann adjustment overall.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

Duratrax have introduced their new Punch and Six Pack 1/8th buggy tyres. The Punch is ideal for loose, hard-packed wet and damp clay tracks while the Six Pack tread works on pavement, grass and hard-packed dry tracks. All are available unmounted or mounted on white dish, black spoke or black chrome spoke wheels in soft C2 compound and including suitable foam inserts.

Source: Duratrax [duratrax.com]

Coming from Arrowmax is their new -3mm to 10mm droop gauge for 1/8th and 1/10th vehicles. Designed for the use in combination with 20mm chassis blocks the CNC-machined alloy gauge comes black anodised and with the company’s signature golden anodised details.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

The Panik Raceway in Troisdorf played host to the first race of the Xray Racing Series Offroad in Germany. Over 30 drivers fought for the victory in the two buggy, single truck and single fun classes. Saturday was pretty much washed away but the sun would come out on Sunday, making for good racing conditions on the wet and challenging 250 metre astro turf track. In 2WD Buggy, Luxembourg’s Tom Maquel took the TQ and he also came out fastest in the opening two A-mains to take the overall win from A3 winner, Marcel Schneider and 3rd placed Jens Becker. Paul Siebers and Lukas Ritz would round out the top 5 result.

In 4WD Buggy it was Jens Becker with the win after scoring 1st place finishes in all three A-mains. Tom Maquel, coming from 4th on the grid, took 2nd overall from Lukas Ritz in 3rd. 4th place went to Marcel Schneider, Vanessa Wende came in 5th.

The 2WD Truck class was the domain of local matador, Guido Kraft. He scored three round TQs in the qualifiers and two wins in the main for a clean sweep despite some troubles in the final A-main. Fellow club members Ralf Weyl and Paul Siebers accompanied Guido on the podium while Walter Hornung and Thomas Schwarz finished 4th and 5th respectively.

In the Fun class two teenagers competed against two seniors. Young Nathanael Zarth came in 1st, Marcus Steinbüchel and Michael Sumann, the two seniors, took places two and three while Max Ehrenstein came in 4th.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Round four of the BRCA Truggy & E-Buggy Nationals was held in South Wales at the Pembrey Racing Circuit. The day’s racing was interesting to say the least. There was heavy rain during the night so the track was wet to start with. The numbers for this meeting as a little disappointing with only 36 drivers turning up. During the booking-in process the sun had come out, but as luck would have it during the drivers briefing it started to rain. The first few rounds of qualifying was wet but the track did dry out very quickly. Once the track had dried out the lap times were getting lower, and true to South Wales Fashion the rain came down again for the last round in qualifying.

After the three rounds of qualifying we saw Darren Bloomfield TQ Electric Buggy, Team Associated driver Jamie Clancy was 2nd overall and Simon Reeves was 3rd overall. Michael Lewis took TQ with his TLR Truggy, another TLR driver, Simon Willetts qualified 2nd overall and Darren Hayden-Ball was 3rd overall. With the weather turning during the lunch break there were a fair amount of drivers dropping out of their final. So the race had only had three finals. Second after the Truggy B-final was the E-Buggy A-final. It was a 14-car race that lasted twelve minutes. After a great race to watch Agama’s Darren Bloomfield took the win from his TQ spot on the grid. Another Agama driver, Jonathan Skidmore took 2nd place. Team Associated driver Jamie Clancy came in 3rd place. Finally TLR Driver Jack Willetts came in 4th place.

The final race of the day was the 30-minute Truggy A-final, a good long race which saw some very close racing with the top 4 drivers moving around during the race. However after 30 minutes of racing Michael Lewis took the win, Simon Willetts took 2nd place, 3rd was Darren Hayden-Ball. Another Assocatied driver, Jon Howells took 4th place.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

Coming from IGT8 is a new 4-shoe clutch set. The clutch provides a wide range of tuning options, including a very aggressive setting for high traction GT racing. Looking similar to other designs, its unique initial spring preload ensures a more consistent engagement during extended runs where a good clutch is critical. The clutch fits the IGT8 GT and most GT cars.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]