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April 5, 2012

Xray RX8 2012 spec conversion kit

Xray have released a conversion kit to bring the RX8 up to 2012 spec. The set includes the new 5mm aluminium chassis, front upper and lower suspension arms, front lower graphite extension for suspensions arms, composite steering blocks for graphite extension, graphite extension for steering block, rear lower composite suspension arm for graphite extension and the extension. Other parts include new 8mm 2-speed shaft, graphite radio plate, XCA universal clutchbell, aluminium flywheel and clutch disk and the necessary screws.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 5, 2012

Andy Moore joins Team Hobbywing

Team Hobbywing have signed former IFMAR World Champion Andy Moore to their team. Andy will use the newest Hobbywing Xerun V3 speed controller and attend most of the highest level events around the World this year. Andy is the first top driver in Team Hobbywing and with his huge amount of racing experience is a perfect fit on the team and helpful to the development. Team Hobbywing is very excited to have Andy on board. Andy had this to say:

Having worked closely with the guys at Hobbywing whilst testing the new V3 speedo over the last few weeks I’ve been really impressed by their professionalism and the outstanding performance of the speedo with both stock and modified motors. I’d really like to thank Jack, Michael and Salton for this opportunity and look forward to the rest of this years racing with them.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

April 4, 2012

Mark Green wins BRCA 200mm Rd1

The first round of the 2012 BRCA 1/10th National Championship was held at the Mendip circuit, near Weston-super-Mare, UK. Despite the cold weather, around 50 drivers made the trip, all hoping for a good start to the season. Over the winter there have been several changes between drivers and manufacturers. Team Serpent of course have Mark Green again for 2012, who was driving a prototype of the new Serpent 747 at this race. Alongside Mark is defending champion Joe Kerry who has switched engine brands and now drives for O.S. Last year’s runner up Adam Catchpole has decided to switch from team Shepherd and has now joined Capricorn for the upcoming season. At the moment, Adam remains the only driver for the team in the UK.

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April 3, 2012

Boca Bearings TC4 Club Racer bearing kit

Boca Bearings has introduced their new Team Associated TC4 Club Racer bearing kit. All Team Associated TC4 kits are equipped with 24 bearings to fit your transmission, diffs and steering. The entry level kit is their Econo Power RC car and truck kit and is the most affordable of the seven kits they’ve built for this Team Associated model. Bearings in this kit have chrome steel races, chrome balls, chrome retainers and rubber seals. All Econo bearings are packed in grease and will require a short break in period. The secret weapon for any serious racer would be the orange seal ceramic bearings kit. These ceramic hybrid bearings have stainless steel 440C races and ceramic balls and are rated ABEC7 and all bearings in the kit have two rubber seals that can be removed. The enclosure is non contact which allows for 50% faster spin without any drag and this kit comes with AF2 oil.

Source: Boca Bearings [bocabearings.com]

April 3, 2012

Victor Christensen dominates Danish Stock series

Twelve year old Victor Christensen rounded off his winning streak in the Danish indoor TC series at the final event held in Skive recently. With a 3 heat win in the Stock class (17.5T, blinking), Victor took a total of 4 wins out of the 5 rounds and could also claim the title as overall winner of the Stock Class with a maximum score. In the first 3 rounds competition was close and Victor was racing his MI4CX and was battling some skilled (and sometimes older) drivers. For the last two rounds Victor had received the new MI4CXL which improved his lap times considerably and resulted in something close to shear dominance. In round 4 his new MI4CXL was assembled the night before the race and despite the lack of testing, things was going so well for Victor that he actually lapped all other competitors in the mains.

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April 3, 2012

Hobbywing Xerun V3 competition ESC

Hobbywing has released their new Xerun V3 competition ESC. The new controller can store up to ten profiles in the memory and can be imported or exported easily. Factory pre-set profiles include Blinky mode, Modify Mode, Stock mode, Practice mode, Offroad mode, Drift mode and Crawler mode. It features a a high reliable built-in electronic switch which also saves space on the chassis. A one piece aluminium upper case in red, blue or black, gives great heat dissipation while allowing higher current. An external programming port (EPP) doubles as a power port for an additional fan. Other features include Advanced Dynamic Timing technology, that provides more customization possibilities, an integrated data logger, recording the maximum temperature of ESC and motor as well as the maximum RPM, all data being easy to check in the pits using the LCD Programming box.

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April 3, 2012

Rinati & Bracci win Trofeo Novarossi

The 1st of April saw the Trofeo Novarossi for 1/8 and 1/10 classes held at the Riccione track. The 1/10 category was dominated in qualifying and in the final by Alex Rinati who would win ahead of Alessio Rinaldi in 2nd and Giammaria Antonelli in 3rd. In the 1/8 category Alessandro Bracci made the pole position, set a new track record and took the victory ahead of Sandro Sammarini in 2nd and Manuel Tordi in third place, who was driving a ‘Classic’ chassis. A final draw saw 6 Novarossi engines, provided by the company, were given to lucky winners.

View the 1/8th podium here

April 3, 2012

Kyosho steel differential gears

Kyosho have announced the release of these steel differential gears for use in a range of their models. Made from hardened high quality steel the quality gears offer great durability under the highest loads in racing. Suitable for Kyosho’s On Road flagships V-One R4 and TF6 SP, the gears also fit the gear differential in the Ultima line of Offroad cars too. Available as a set.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]