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March 15, 2013

Capricorn optional chassis & nitro fuel

Capricorn introduce new option parts for LAB C801 1/8th nitro on-road and LAB TE01 1/10th electric chassis as well as a new EFRA-legal 16% race fuel. Starting with the chassis parts, the Italian company introduce a modular alloy chassis plate for the C801 with a special weight system to adjust front and rear balance as well as the overall weight of the car. The chassis is machined from high quality aluminium, sports a 1mm lower engine position and accommodates a rear brass weight and your choice of a front lightweight carbon fibre or heavy brass insert. Also new is an optional 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis plate for the LAB TE01 4WD electric touring car kit. Last but not least comes a new nitro fuel that complies with the latest EFRA rules for 16% fuel. It comes in a newly designed can, extracts the maximum performance from the engine and reduces internal parts wear to a minimum.

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March 15, 2013

Team Associated at Silverstone Winter Series

The Silverstone Radio Control Model Car Club were hosts to a fabulous six round winter series that has proved extremely popular with the racers, each event being over-subscribed despite being held on a rather untraditional Saturday. A different track layout was used each time and the designs were enjoyable to drive and testing for the drivers, laid out on very high bite astro-turf with some additional slippery surfaces thrown in along with a variety of jumps and ripples. 2WD was the most popular class with a multitude of national A finalists on show and it was CML/Associated/Centro driver Tom Yardy that showed the way – taking the championship with a perfect score using his Centro C4.1. The 4WD class was taken by Chris Bowater (Team Associated B44.2). There was also a full compliment of 2WD Short Course trucks racing at each meeting and it was a strong showing by the Team Associated SC10 FT with the truck taking all the pole positions and all the wins in the hands of Liam Galvin and Simon Chambers. With all the points tallied up Liam Galvin’s Reedy powered SC10FT took a convincing win to complete the Team Associated title white-wash.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.com]

March 15, 2013

Novak Vulcan Spec & Outlaw brushless motors

Novak introduce the new Vulcan Spec and Outlaw brushless motors. Based on the proven Ballistic platform the new motors feature a redesigned stator, new endbells, and updated options to make for the highest possible performance. Coming in two variants for sanctioned and outlaw races the Vulcan Spec is build using the largest wire permitted for spec racing classes while the Outlaw sports Novak’s new ULR ultra-low-resistance stator for maximum copper fill and power in ‘outlaw’ racing. Both motors are available as 10.5T, 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variant.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

March 15, 2013

ORC 12V 32A & 47A power supplies

ORC have two new high-power switched power supplies available. Coming as 12V 32A and 47A variant the unique switch mode design allows greater reliability than traditional mosfet designs, and each unit is equipped with overload, overheat and low voltage protection. Each supply features female Corally-style outlets, and comes with the required kettle lead. They even have a carry handle for easy transportation.

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March 15, 2013

Team C shock & differential fluids

Team C Racing announce new shock and differentials oils as an extension of their existing line of silicone fluids. In addition to the existing range of shock oils now also 100cps and 150cps as well as 900cps variants are available. Specially made for on-road and off-road gear differentials are the high viscosity 15,000wt, 20,000wt and 100,000wt oils. All come in large bottles with easy portioning tips.

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March 14, 2013

Portuguese TT national indoor series report

The last round of the Portuguese electric off-road indoor race series took place at the RC Fun Zone track located in Pamela, just minutes outside of Lisbon. Around 40 drivers attended the race, with 26 drivers in Buggy 2WD, 22 in buggy 4WD, 7 in SC 2WD and 7 on SC 4WD. Saturday saw free practice and the first qualifiers which resumed on Sunday followed by the finals. Miguel Matias won the 4WD class followed by Ricardo Monteiro and Nuno Durães. The third place secured Team Durango driver Nuno the overall win of the championship followed by Ricardo Monteiro (Team Durango). A sixth place in the race handed Team Xray driver Nuno Rebelo a third place overall on his first outing with the XB4 buggy.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 14, 2013

Keven Hebert doubles at Canadian on-road nats

This past weekend saw one of the largest RC car races ever held in Canada, the Canadian On-Road Nationals, in Welland, Ontario. Over 280 entries raced on a temporary carpet track set-up in the Centre Court of the Seaway Mall, providing a very unique atmosphere. The format for the race saw three days with practice all day Friday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Saturday, and one last round and the mains on Sunday. The practice went very well with it being open for the first 4 hours until it got busy and controlled practice was on. In Modified and Super Stock touring Team Associated’s Keven Hebert was in control of things as he was able to TQ all three rounds of Super Stock and the last two rounds in Modified. In Sundays final qualifier, Andrew Hardman and Keven both reset TQ in Super Stock, improving it by about 2 seconds on his previous time and keeping TQ by less than a second over Andrew. In Modified, it was another great battle with both drivers on TQ pace. Both ran a good race with only 1 bobble for each and ended up resetting TQ. Keven would still grab the pole by about 1 second over Andrew.

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March 14, 2013

Raceberry TRF417 conversion kit

German company Raceberry introduce a conversion kit for the Tamiya TRF417 touring car. Included in the kit comes a new lower chassis and top deck, CNC-machined motor mount and updated bulkhead parts, new CNC-machined belt pulleys as well as new front and rear belts. The kit will become available in April and is exclusively sold by Tonisport.

Source: Raceberry [raceberry@web.de]