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October 4, 2014

ORRCA Queensland Electric Onroad Titles – Report

The 2014 ORRCA Queensland Electric Onroad Titles where run at the regional holiday resort town of Hervey Bay in Queensland, at the last weekend of September. The date for the event is fixed to coincide with Australian school holidays in order to encourage juniors to participate, and it was great to see a number of young drivers racing in the event. Most drivers had travelled from Brisbane to take part, and there also were quite a few drivers from regional Queensland. Classes that are at the titles run are Modified, 13.5T and 21.5T electric all running on Sorex tires. The Modified class was won by a familiar winner of this event; Hot Bodies driver Jason Dorn (TQ), from Corey Broadstock (Xray) and Brad McDonald (Yokomo).

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October 4, 2014

TORCH Dash For Cash GP – Announcement

The TORCH 1/10th Electric Offroad Dash for Cash GP will take place on Sunday 19th October. The format will be one round of timed practice, 4 rounds of qualifying and one 7 minute final for all. Prizes for top three in all finals plus, and this is the different bit, £50 cash top prize for the top finisher in each BRCA formula grade F1 through to F5. Formula grades will be based on current 2014 grading used in this year’s regionals and nationals. Places will limited to first 100 entries for 2WD and 4WD Buggy. More information about the event can be found here.

October 3, 2014

Spanish EP on-road national federations Rd2 – Report

Spanish electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd and final round of the Spanish national federations series was held under changing weather conditions which caused some headache for the pilots of the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock and Formula 1. In the Modified class Gonzalo Garcia (Yokomo) took the day’s win from CSO driver Sergio Gomez in 2nd and David Bustos (TOP) in 3rd place. In the overall championship Gonzalo Garcia grabbed the title from runner-up David Bustos (TOP) and David Lara (TOP) in 3rd place.

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October 3, 2014

Xray XB4 2015 Spec 4WD buggy – Coming soon

Coming soon from Xray and just in time for the indoor season is the XB4 2015 Spec 4WD buggy kit. No details are known yet about the features of the latest version of Xray’s European Championships winning car but expect more details to surface very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2014

Hudy 8-compartment tiny hardware box

Hudy introduce an 8-compartment tiny hardware box for the storage of small hardware such as screws, nuts and shims. Measuring 97x69mm the box offers four separate double compartments, and a modular design that allows to attach or detach compartments to create boxes of various sizes.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

October 3, 2014

Replay XD Prime X HD camera system

Replay distributors Team Associated introduce the Prime X “action” camera system. Building on the XD1080 the latest model offers a 145 degree angle T2.8 lens with anti-glare coating, an all-new 1/2.3 in, 16MP CMOS sensor for even sharper HD video and still images, and a higher capacity 1700mAh battery for 3.5 hour battery life per charge. A new charger fills the battery up to two times faster. Also new are redesigned power level and record LED indicators and new wider operation buttons. The camera is configurable from both the Replay XD iOS or Android app thanks to WiFi and the advanced settings file written to the SD card. This allows to enable more pro features to fine-tune the image and extra features. The camera comes with a fully loaded package of different mounts, SD card, USB wire and transportation bag.

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October 3, 2014

Alexander Naumov wins Russian 200mm nationals

This year’s Russian nitro on-road championships took place at the Zarechny track near Penza. Alexander Naumov took the TQ in the 200mm class after the qualifiers and in the final at first it was Vladislav Glebov who took the lead but a few laps later Alexander was able to overtake Vladislav to get into 1st place. Around halftime Alexander had extended his lead to 3 laps and with 10 minutes to go he slowed his pace to save on tyres on the very abrasive track. Despite running out of rubber in the closing stages Alexander Naumov took the win and the championship some 2 laps in front of Vladislav Glebov. Sergei Piskunov completed the podium in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2014

Xpert WR series waterproof servos

Xpert RC’s new WR series of waterproof servos is designed to work with everything from a 1/10th scale crawler to a 1/5th scale monster and they have been designed to function completely submerged in water. Available are three servos, the standard voltage WR-4401-LV (0.077s/280oz-in) and two high voltage compatible offerings, the WR6601-HV (0.118s/360oz-in) and the WR-7701-HV (0.126s/485oz-in). All offer IP67 rated protection, specially hardened metal gears, advanced firmware for no buzzing sound and high ampere and high temperature protection features.

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