German brand Kaemtech Racing Products has released this Alloy Link Mount for the Schumacher LD2 / LD3 2WD Buggy. Precision CNC machined and black anodised, the new link front mount eliminates a problem with upper link mounting with its integrated threads allowing the ball joint to be screwed directly in place. With no lock nut required, this significantly simplifies setup changes while all setup options from the original part remain available.
Hong Nor has released this new Short Lightweight Chassis Set for their X5B 1:8 Nitro Buggy. Launching the all new X5B in 2025 to mark the 35th anniversary of the Taiwanese company’s first buggy offering, the standard kit comes with a 401mm chassis. Made from 3mm 7075-T6 aluminium the new optional Short Chassis is 396mm with this reduced length providing better cornering speed on smaller tracks or tight turns. The chassis set comes with a shorter 116mm centre shaft.
Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]
JConcepts are bringing a little of the 2000 back to 1:10 offroad buggy racing with the Dragonator body shell for the Team Associated’s latest 2WD and 4WD buggies. Offered for both the RC10B7.1 and the RC10B84, the new body is heavily inspired by the early 2000’s dynamo. The 1:10th buggy class is ruled primary by JConcepts performance bodies such as the S2, F2, P2, and S15 and for the new season of offroad racing Jason Ruona and his Florida company has got a bit more creative and sculpted and notched up to another level with this angular beauty stating the ‘Cab forward, cab rearward, the debate lives on, but the Dragonator is something different’. Starting from another clean slate, the designers threw all existing JConcepts models out the window. A good portion of the new shell is all cab, the narrow front develops width as it reaches the rear, up to a specialty fin where it picks up stability. The long swooping side windows provide an aggressive stance that all converges to the front like an arrow. Plenty of room for window borders, painters, and hobbyists can have a blast detailing, painting, and adding their signature scheme to this new bullet. The power pods are raised in advanced territory directing and channeling flow over the centre of the chassis and through to the rear. The heavy inner edge of the power pods is a hard stop but ultimately the defining concept of the new item. The decreasing radius portion of the back of the cab is unique, created to ride low-profile on the track surface and equalize the front to rear bias of the all-cab concept. Stepped rear “doghouse” serves as the termination point of the windows and positions it just before the rear tower.
New from Florida’s JConcepts comes this Aluminium Steering Bellcrank for the Team Associated RC10 4WD Buggy and Truck. One of the best hop-ups that can be made to the RC10 and RC10T 4WD is to update the steering bellcranks with a more durable design. JConcepts has evaluated the options and built an all-aluminium design bringing the driving bell-crank into a one-piece design eliminating the servo saver, increasing steering response and feel. The idler bell-crank sports a beefy and similar design giving the vehicle a symmetrical feel. The parts are available in blue or black anodising and feature silver chamfered edged highlighting and laser-etched JC logo for brand authenticity. Available in JConcepts signature blue or black finishes, the bellcranks are bearing supported with heavy-duty flanged bearings and include threaded aluminium steering posts with etched JC logo for an ultra-snug fit and finish. JConcepts has also went the extra mile and included 8/32 x 5/16” FHCS screws in titanium which thread into the bottom of the chassis and ultimately the steering posts for a complete design. Keep in mind the RC10 and RC10T 4WD uses 3mm x 5.5 ball-studs in each area of the steering assembly except for the high post to connect the steering servo tie-rod which uses a 4-40 ball-end.
T-Works has released new coated Shock Bodies for Xray X4 XLP2 Shocks using its own proprietary ‘Tribzero’ coating. Precision-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium alloy they are then coated with Tribzero for superior lubricity over conventional coatings. This ensure extra smooth operation, greater wear resistance and high strength.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Team Associated’s Lachlan Donnelly claimed a double at the ACT State titles in Australia over the weekend. The reigning National 2WD Champion won the Canberra Off Road Model Car Club hosted titles race after first securing the 2WD TQ ahead of Matthew Couper, Ari Bakla and Lachlan Munday. Completing Saturday’s action he would go on to win all three A-mains to secure the title ahead of Xray’s Couper with Munday getting ahead of Bakla to complete the podium with his Associated. Switching to 4WD action for Sunday, Donnelly again took the TQ topping all four rounds with Xray’s Bakla second ahead of Munday and Couper. Another clean sweep of the finals completed the perfect weekend for Donnelly with a podium line-up the same as they qualified. In Stock, Samuel Muffett took the TQ and win repeating his 2WD feat.
Image: Lachlan Donnelly [Facebook]
World Champion Marcus Kaerup took the wins at the annual Savox 1:8 Offroad Grand Prix which was staged at the RC66 track in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The servo manufacturer invited a number of their international team drivers to the event with Kaerup also joined by Korean Team Associated team-mate Jung Hyunkyu, Infinity’s Kouki Kato, and Xray’s Max Gotzl. With a total of 121 entries, racing on the unique track which is located under a highway bridge and was host of the 2023 FEMCA Championships, it was Kaerup who took the TQ in both Nitro and Electric ahead of recent Sunpadow Grand Prix winner Kato and the Chinese race’s runner up Hyunkyu. In the 50-minute final, Kaerup would hand the lead to Kato after a big error early on. The Asian Buggy Championships Champion would stay out front until lap 70 with the Japanese driver eventually having to settle for second 8-seconds back on the Dane. With Hyunkyu having a tough final suffering a broken rear shock after early contact he ran last of the 14 starters for a time before eventually finishing P9, it was the Wang Hao who completed the podium. In eBuggy, while Kato won A1, Kaerup took A2 & 3 for the overall ahead of Kato with Gotzl on the final step of the podium.
Image: Marcus Kaerup [Facebook]
Schumacher has released two new optional parts for its Cougar LD3 which last October team driver Broc Champlin used to take the buggy to the IFMAR 1:10 2WD World Championship title in Australia. First of the new options is the Worlds Alloy Lower Plate that offers the ability to lower the centre of gravity of the front end by moving the servo down into a flat (horizontal) position, as well as further back. This results in more stability through the corners and calms down the steering aggression. Also offering increased stiffness, it can only be used with the flat (horizontal) servo position, and the new Worlds centre track rod. The Worlds centre track rod features optional steering geometry to adjust the aggression of the steering through the corner. This new inner hole position will help more with mid to exit steering.
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