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June 14, 2013

Rheinard TQs opening qualifier at ETS Austria

Marc Rheinard TQ’d Round 1 of qualifying at the Austrian round of the Euro Touring Series, the Tamiya driver setting the opening pace ahead of fellow former World Champion Andy Moore’s HB with last year’s Traiskirchen winner Yannic Prumper completing the top three. Having set the pace in practice earlier in the day, Prumper’s Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker looked to be on target to end Day 1 of the event perfectly as he sat top of the timing screens until his BD7 suffered a roll on lap 15 which cost him 5-seconds. Eventually the defending champion, who set the fastest lap of Q1, would end up 6th, a result he will be hoping is one of his throw out rounds.

View our complete event coverage here.

June 14, 2013

Much More Cell Master Double Accel charger

Much More Racing introduce their latest high performance charger in the form of the Cell Master Double Accel. The device offers two fully independent 100W outputs for up to 10A charging rates with 1S to 6S LiPo and 1 to 17 cell NiMH battery packs and it comes with a black backlit display, multi-button menu operation and internal balancers. Temperature controlled fans keep the charger cool during charging and discharging and the compatibility with Much More’s CTX Link system allows firmware updates when needed. The charger can be coupled to the Power Master World Edition 2 Evo using optional parts and is available soon.

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June 14, 2013

Advantage Volker in Austrian practice

Ronald Volker laid down his intentions for this weekend’s penultimate round of the Euro Touring Series, the German ace setting the fastest time over 3 consecutive laps to top practice in Austria by a healthy margin over Serpent’s Marc Fischer and title rival Marc Rheinard while Xray’s Alexander Hagberg made it four different manufacturers in the Top 4. Last year’s Traiskirchen winner Yannic Prumper, who is one of the four drivers still in contention for the title, would set the fifth fastest time but for Round 3 winner Viktor Wilck it was not a good start to this crucial weekend as he was only 11th fastest meaning he will run his five qualifiers in the second fastest heat group.

View our complete event coverage here.

June 14, 2013

Team Durango DEX408T electric truggy kit

Team Durango introduce their latest off-road kit in the form of the DEX408T electric truggy. The vehicle combines the design elements of the DNX408T truck and DEX408 buggy to create a purpose build competition truck that comes with a tough aluminium chassis, aluminium bulkheads and new heavy duty suspension hangers for the maximum in durability. The heavy duty drivetrain features driveshafts with circlips retained cross pins, machined spiral machine-cut gears, and protective rubber boots for the outer driveshafts. The thick aluminium shock towers sport multiple mounting positions for the alloy big bore shocks and the upper camber links while the chassis is designed to take stick and saddle pack batteries of up to 35mm height. All that is topped off by a sleek truck body shell and Team Durango’s distinctive looking rear wing. The DEX408 will hit the stores very soon.

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June 14, 2013

Peter Jovanovic doubles at Canberra State Titles

Peter Jovanovic doubles at Canbarra State Titles

The recent KM Racing sponsored Canberra State Titles for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road saw Capricorn driver Peter Jovanovic taking TQ in both classes followed by Steven Jovanovic and Michael Stone in 1/10th scale and Kane Alderton and Tim Westwood in 1/8th. The small and technical track was very aggressive on the tyres but the sedans made their final without a tyre change and it was TQ setter Peter Jovanovic who came in first some two laps ahead of Steven Jovanovic and Nick Morris. Chris Hamilton rounded out the top 4 positions. The 1/8th class tyre changes were unavoidable and by only changing the left front tyre Peter again was unstoppable bringing home the win two laps in front of Kane Alderton and Michael Turner. The top four was completed by Tim Westwood.

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June 14, 2013

Sanwa ERS-971 digital low-profile servo

Sanwa have a new low-profile servo available in the form of the ERS-971. Offering a toque of 9.2kg-cm and a speed of 0.06s the servo is waterproof and ideal for 1/10th touring car and off-road applications. It features a coreless motor, metal gears, dual ball bearings and a blue anodised middle heatsink case.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

June 14, 2013

Perry Hu wins 13.5T TC at PMTC 2013

The PMTC 2013 race was held at the newly build NSR Speedway that is located within the Shenzhen Sports Stadium in the heart of Shenzhen city. The race saw over 100 entries in F1, touring car 13.5T and touring car modified. The 13.5T class, that only allowed non-sponsored drivers, was dominated by Perry Hu (Serpent) and his Jet-powered S411. He TQ’d two out of the four qualifiers and also brought home all three A finals handing him the overall win in front of Mr. Seven (Team Magic) and Mr. Joey (Team Associated).

Source: Team Jet [team-jet.com]

June 14, 2013

Pirani RC shock & exhaust springs

Pirani RC introduce their new set of shock springs for both 1/10 and 1/8 on-road cars as well as exhaust springs for the manifold and muffler. Starting with the shock springs, these are made from high quality steel, come colour coded and are resistant against fuel and acids. The springs come as pairs in short and long configuration and are selected and matched to ensure equal damping characteristics left to right. Also new are manifold and pipe springs. They are made from a special steel and received a hard coat treatment to ensure a long life. They come in two variants for 1/8th engine and manifold connections and for 1/8th and and 1/10th manifold and pipe couplings.

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