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July 30, 2026

Repetti Top Qualifier at Large Scale World Championship

Mecatech driver Edoardo Repetti is the Top Qualifier at the IFMAR Large Scale World Championship in Switzerland, qualifying resulting in an Italian 1-2 as Emanuele D’amico booked the only other direct starting spot in Saturday’s title deciding race. With 97 drivers competing in the ‘Open’ category, of the 4 rounds of qualifying it was Q2 that proved the fastest with 2022 European Champion Repetti 1.5-seconds faster than 2024 European Champion D’amico, the pairing the only drivers to manage 26-lap runs. Fastest of those with 25-lap runs, it was reigning World Champion Markus Feldmann who completed the all Mecatech Top 3. The German was 7/10ths of second quicker than Genius Racing’s Bernard Alain Arnaldi, the Frenchman setting his best time in Q3. Top Qualifier at the last Worlds, Dane Marius Hetland completed the Top 5. The third time the MRTM Lostallo track has hosted the Large Scale Worlds it was Feldmann who won the first of his 2-titles on the last visit in 2013. This year will see the crowning of the 12th World Champion of the category, the cancellation of the 2024 WC in Australia meaning it has been 4-years that Feldmann has held his current title which he won in the USA in 2022.

Image: AMSCI [Facebook]

July 30, 2026

Xray X4F’27 1.5mm Alu Flex Chassis

New for its recently released X4F’27 1:10 Front Wheel Drive Touring Car, Xray has introduced this optional 1.5mm aluminium chassis developed for high traction conditions. The unique flex characteristics improve steering response, cornering speed, and overall handling, making the chassis particularly effective on high-traction carpet and asphalt tracks. The narrow chassis design features specially tapered bottom edges that reduce chassis contact with the track surface during cornering, helping maintain corner speed and improving overall performance. Manufactured from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and precision CNC-machined for maximum consistency, strength, and durability, special Hudy Spring Steel countersunk M3x5 screws must be used together with shims #303118-C and 4 pcs of shims #301119-C for proper installation.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 30, 2026

Reflex Racing RX28 World’s Edition Conversion Kit

Reflex Racing has released this World’s Edition Conversion Kit for its 1:28 RX28 competition car, the much awaited conversion kit working with both D or SE Gen 3 car kits. Features of the new WE Chassis are a narrower design and lower CG so as to provide faster corner speeds, direction changes and less chassis dragging/rubbing. The Chassis Rear Roll Center is more adjustable, with the reverse mounted side links, you can now lower the Roll Center Lower for less traction rolling. The Center Shock can be mounted further forward to allow for smoother, more forgiving cornering under most conditions. The lighter weight chassis with deeper pocketing for servo and battery lowers the CG while cutting weight so as to get as close to 160 grams in Plastic Body classes. Optional Tungsten plate for under the servo as well as under battery plate are available to bring the CG down and weight up for Lexan Classes. The kit also includes 2 pc tweak brace for easier side spring changes and a 1 pc braced motor mount for more durability.

View more images including kit components here

July 30, 2026

RC Maker SP2 Electric Touring Car

Two years on from top Australian international touring car racer Ryan Maker realising a life long dream to create his own electric touring car with the release of the SP1, RC Maker has just unveiled their new SP2 platform. The Melbourne manufacturer say the SP2 is ‘Built on a relentless pursuit of designing a unique, innovative and highly competitive touring car platform for professional to novice racers, and everyone in between!’ In development for the past 18 months, while they learnt from the SP1, despite the predecessor claiming numerous wins on different tracks all around the world, Maker identified several areas for improvement, as well as realising what made that car great. This built the foundations for the SP2… keeping it’s DNA the same, but re-engineering the design from the ground up. RC Maker will offer the SP2 in 3 chassis options, 2.2mm carbon, 1.5mm aluminium and 1.2mm spring steel.

View SP2 Specifications & more images here

July 30, 2026

Serpent SRX8 | SRX8GT Double Cardan Joint Driveshafts

Serpent has released new Double Cardan Joint front driveshafts for its SRX8 and SRX8GT platforms that are specifically enginnered for high steering-angle applications. Traditional universal-joint drive shafts begin to bind as steering angle increases, creating additional friction, inconsistent wheel speed, and unnecessary drivetrain load. 98mm for the buggy and 94mm for GT, the Double Cardan Joint design virtually eliminates these effects, maintaining a much smoother transfer of power even beyond 30 degrees of steering angle. Designed for modern high-angle GT steering geometry, the benefits of the new shafts is lower stress on drive cups, joints, and bearings, and a more predictable steering feel under acceleration.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 30, 2026

MXLR Mobile Soldering Station

New from Germany’s MXLR comes this Mobile Soldering Station, a full soldering setup that fits neatly into your pit bag. This is a next-generation, ultra-high frequency portable soldering system, specifically intended for professional RC model applications. Compared to conventional soldering irons it delivers higher power, faster heat-up and a significantly more compact and lightweight design. Ideal for maintenance work in the pit area during racing events and also capable for all your general soldering tasks at home. A Plug & Play set up, there are no settings to dial in, no menus to work through on the display with everything coming factory pre-set and ready to go. The station runs on standard 2S LiPo batteries or any 5 – 12V DC source, heats up in approx. 10 seconds and delivers the power equivalent of a traditional 150W soldering iron. The base unit carries integrated solder jigs for 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6mm bullets, so you always have a clean and safe fixture for your connectors. Detachable power and PD cables keep the whole package tidy for transport. Built from aluminium and carbon fibre for a premium lightweight construction, the complete set comes in a premium hardcase bag in carbon optics with MXLR Logo.

View Features & Station conent image here

July 29, 2026

Kaerup claims 2nd European 2WD title in Austria

Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has retaken the EFRA 1:10 2WD Offroad European Championship title, the reigning 4WD World Champion putting in a pretty dominant performance in Austria. In qualifying at the ERT-Steyregg astro track, it was 2023 Champion Kaerup who secured the overall TQ honours with 3 TQ runs from the 5 rounds. Having held the overnight TQ after going fastest in Q2, Sworkz’s Micha Widmaier secured second ahead of Team Associated Joona Hataanen who opened qualifying at the 36th running of the championships with the fastest run. 2024 Champion Michal Orlowski would line P4 with Schumacher team-mate Daniel Kobbevik completing the top half of the grid. With defending champion Martin Bayer finding himself in the D Final, the final would decide a new champion. In A1, Kaerup cruised to a massive 9-second win over Kobbevik, a number of early pile-ups behind the leader giving him an easy passage to the win. In A2, Kaerup again took control of the race but a mistake just coming up on the final minute allowed Widmaier back into the battle as the two drivers got jammed as Kaerup came back onto the track. While Widmaier pushed, he couldn’t find a way passed with the win securing Kaerup his 3rd 1:10 Offroad title. Winning A3, Hataanen made it a championship 1-2 for Associated with Kobbevik completing the podium. The attention now switches to 4WD for the rest of the week with the new Champion targeting the double and trying to reclaim the 4WD title which he previously held in 2022.

Image: Team Associated [Facebook]

July 29, 2026

Schumacher CAT 2000 Pro Slipper & FAB Conversion

Schumacher has released this Pro Slipper and FAB Conversion for its CAT 2000 Classic 1:10 4WD buggy. The Pro Slipper and FAB conversion allows you to have adjustable front wheel braking over the kit one way clicker (FAB) whilst retaining the modern Pro Slipper for smoothing power application. The British manufacturer claim this is a must have tuning option for vintage racing

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]