February 7, 2024
…in a double edge or single edge jaw design. The Slim Double Edge cutter has two sharp cutting blades with the slim, thin & sharp jaw blades enabling easier removal of smaller parts with less clearance around the sprue. It is best for use on plastic parts with a diameter of less than 3mm. For hard plastics cutting diameter is limited to 1.5mm. It has an adjustable screw to protect the precision blades from damage. The Extra Slim Single Edge cutter has a single edge with one sharp blade with a strong focus on plastic gate cutting. Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]…
November 16, 2023
The team at The Dirt Racing has announced the 2024 Silver State Indoor Championship will take place from May 1st to 5th at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. With the annual event having attracted a massive 1100 entires in 2023, Marco Barufollo taking the big win, legendary track builder Joey Christensen has announced that the 2024 edition will be capped at 900 entires. The Dirt will be offering a limited number of early entries at a $40 discount starting today (Nov 16th) with entries available via www.THEDIRT.us . Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]…
November 16, 2023
…since the first months of activity (www.nova-engines.com). In short, the origin starts with the decision of Novarossi’s owners to permanently close the micromotor production activity, a decision made when the liquidation phase began two years ago. That decision effectively resulted in the dismissal of all workers, the sale of all machinery and the closure of the company. At that point, a group of former workers and collaborators decided to start an ambitious and courageous project: the establishment of a new production reality in the field of micromotors and precision mechanics. It is now two years since the first steps were…
September 5, 2023
It sparked lots of interest when it was initially revealed as part of the new start-ups announcement of former 1:10 European Offroad Champion Martin Bayer joining its team, and today Czech company Elceram has announced that their Nitride 1:10 ESC is due for October release. The Nitride is a new generation electronic speed controller for BLDC motors. Using Advanced Cooling Technology based on Aluminium Nitride Ceramic cooler, Nitride is characterised by excellent thermal conductivity and at the same time it is the first ESC with TFT LCD color display ever. These properties provide it with revolutionary features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaTLuh490SQ Source: Elceram…
April 19, 2023
…overall first place on the podium, second position for Alberto Riboni (Rally Legend) and third for Giulio Borini (Rally Legend). For the MASTER Dayong Turato (Carten T410) wins over Marco Ferrarini (Yokomo SD Sport) and Marco Belloni (Rally Legend). Tight races and thrilling overtakings, all without excesses and without performance anxiety. Furthermore, numerous drivers have begun to appear in the races with this category, a real nursery of model makers, we will not go extinct! You can do RC at an excellent level even in winter and even outdoors, now there are no more doubts. Source: Nuova GAMES Segrate [www.nuovagamesegrate.com]…
March 10, 2023
The RC Racing community is being warned about fake online stores posing as legitimate retailers of reputable RC manufacturers. Both Yokomo and Awesomatix have today issued warnings on their social media after fake websites ( Yokomo-shop. com / rcawesomatix . com ) offering heavily discounted prices on products came to their attention. www.Yokomo-shop.com As they say ‘if it is too good to be true it probably is’. Such sites are common in mainstream consumer brands but it appears the scammer have taken an interest in RC market so double check the source and if you are ever in doubt check…
February 7, 2023
Following the release of their Moto EP1 1:5 RC bike in December, Japanese company Beat1Lab has announced details of an upcoming release of an actual leather race suit for their Proto Hang on rider. It is a genuine leather specification, and is aimed at those in pursuit of more realism towards replicating a real MOTOGP rider. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SW4EsmhyF4A Source: BEAT1LAB [beat1-lab.com]…
December 30, 2022
…in the heat of battle. Most notable of these are his 2009 European winning Protoform Speed 6 and his 2012 World Championship winning Protoform LTC-R. Interestingly, the factory Infinity driver concludes the video on the topic of how the so called ‘Touring Car bodyshell’ no longer has any resemblance to an actual touring car and adds he hopes the rules will be adapted to try bring them back to resembling the real thing in the future. Another interesting point is how the bodyshell is now almost half the weight of that of two decades ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqN6yRltOS0 Source: Jilles Groskamp [Youtube]…
