New in the Pits – Pro-Line, Futaba, LRP & Sweep
Pro-Line have a completely new as yet unreleased tire here called the Fugitive. Developed some months ago and given to team driver Joern Neumann to try while in Sand am Main after the warm-up race, the German said they worked well and so the US company put them into production. Making the car very smooth to drive the tire is very durable and works well on hard pack surfaces with no dust as well as the paving slabs used here in Germany. Team drivers here have the option of X2 and X3 compound with a lot of them also going between these and the recently released LockDown tire.
LRP have shown off their completely new S8NXR buggy here in Sand with team driver Marcel Guske giving the car its big race debut. Carrying over no parts from its predecessor it returns to a more conventional design, the brake now in the centre of the car and the rear lower wishbones no longer sporting an angled inside pivot point. Well specced it comes with carbon parts throughout as well as aluminium front C-hub and steering knuckles as well as rear uprights and front chassis brace, the rear brace made of plastic as it helps to make it less aggressive on acceleration. Also on display is the company’s new ZZ.21C Spec2 motor which has different timing and a longer needle on the carb to make the power delivery less aggressive. The engine is now available and the car will become available in mid August.
Sweep Racing driver Renaud Savoya has a limited number of the all new Revolt tires here in Germany. Only being completed prior to the race its V-shape offers plenty of forward traction while the tapered pins are used to improve the tire’s durability with the thread designed to be used on clean hard packed conditions while it may also work on slightly dusty conditions thanks to the spaces between the pins. Finally the pins around the outside of the tire have also been tapered to make the tire less edgy.
Released only last week Futaba have one example of their all new 4PX pistol grip transmitter here on display. A very smart radio compared to the 4PKS-R the transmitter is 30 percent faster and around 15g lighter for ultimate response and comfort. A full-color TFT display with intuitive menus makes operation hassle-free and the synthesised voice for telemetry data option allows drivers to hear updates via the built-in speaker or headphones. An assignable button on the bottom lets users activate key features instantly by touching it with their body with it set to activate the transmitter’s built-in stopwatch by default.
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