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September 25, 2013

Carsten Keller wins German E-Buggy nationals

The 2013 German 1/8th electric buggy nationals took place in Duisburg in the North-West of Germany under mixed weather conditions. 75 drivers fought for the title and it was Mugen’s Chris Kammann who was able to put his Hacker-powered MBX-7 Eco in front of Carsten Keller (Kyosho) and Stefan Scheuenpflug (SWorkz) for the main final. The final itself had Carsten taking the win from Maik Wiesweg (RB) and Christian Hahlen (Mugen). Stefan Scheuenpflug ended in fourth position, Luca Rau (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

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September 25, 2013

Yokomo announce new brushless controllers

Yokomo introduce three new brushless speed controllers in the form of the BL-SP3, BL-RS3 +Turbo and the BL-Pro3 +Turbo. While the SP3 with its 8.5T motor limit is more of an intermediate level offering both the RS3 +Turbo and the Pro3 +Turbo are pure competition speedos. The latter two offer an aluminium heatsink case, they are widely adjustable using Yokomo’s optional programming box and it is understood that they offer both a zero timing and a turbo mode making them ideal for blinky, boosted and modified racing alike. All three speed controllers will become available in October and details on specifications and features will be available shortly.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

September 25, 2013

Atomic RC AMZ 4WD Mini-Z-sized kit

Atomic RC have released a first rendering of their AMZ 4WD Mini-Z-sized car kit. The car builds on a carbon fibre main chassis with an upper deck made from the same material. The double wishbone suspension allows for droop, toe and camber adjustment and the shocks come grease-filled to achieve the maximum in traction and side bite. Included with the kit, that is designed for the use with 7.4V LiPo battery packs, comes a 2.4GHz FHSS radio system and a micro brushless speed controller made by Hobbywing. The car is set for a release this Winter.

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September 25, 2013

KM H-K1 Evo 3 hardened steel hollow middle shaft

KM Racing have a new option part for the H-K1 200mm nitro chassis available in the form of a hardened steel middle shaft. The part is hollowed to reduce weight while retaining exceptional stability and it is suitable for the use with all pulleys that use pins and set screws for fastening.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

September 25, 2013

Bernd Hasselbring wins 200mm at 40+ Euros

The EFRA Nitro On-Road 40+ European Championship took place at the famous La Turbie track in Monaco with its fast and flowing layout and the challenging bumps in the Parabolica corner. The practice sessions of the 1/10th 200mm class had Germany’s Hartmut Rose, Daniel Grosso (Monaco), Alexander Naumov (Russia) and Bernd Hasselbring (Germany) pulling the fastest laps and it was obvious that these drivers would be hot candidates to battle for the 40+ title. Come qualifying things looked a bit different as one or the other driver struggled to convert a single fast lap into consistent 5 minute runs.

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September 25, 2013

Team Associated Retro T-shirt

Team Associated introduce this retro T-shirt to relive the early days of the Team Associated/Reedy partnership. Patterned after the 1988 design the short-sleeve shirt is available in blue, black and white colour and in sizes from S to 5XL.

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September 24, 2013

Stuiver wins at Dutch champs, Rombouts champion

The AMCA Apledoorn track saw the final round of the Dutch 1/10th nitro on-road championship. This time no Kyosho World Cup driver attended due to the KWC International Race but a couple of guests filled up the NK clas field nicely. Daan Stuiver finally got it together having a perfect weekend, just beating Pedro Rombouts to the pole in front of Julius Kolff. Sander Borghoff completed the top 4. In the final Daan took the gamble and selected a car that was good in the beginning of the race. Julius gambled as well but it did not work out for him. At the end Daan took the win one lap ahead of Pedro with Ruud Schuitemaker completing the podium. Milan Holthuis came in fourth, Julius Kolff completed the top 5. In the championship, it was between Roy Bakker and Pedro Rombouts. Pedro missed one race and had to end up in front of Roy Bakker while Roy had to finish five places in front of Pedro. Unfortunately Roy did not have the speed this weekend to challenge Pedro so the latter took the championship again.

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September 24, 2013

Pro-Line Pin Point tyres & F-11 wheels

Pro-Line have new tyres and wheels available in the form of the Pin Point 4WD front and SC carpet tyres and F-11 truck and short course wheels. Starting with the tyres, the Pin Point is a dedicated tyre for carpet, astro turf and multi surface tracks. Following the release of the 1/10th buggy rear tyre Pro-Line now have a 4WD front and a 2.2/3.0″ SC variant available. Both come in the grippy Z3 carpet compound and fit all standard 1/10 buggy and SC wheels respectively.

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