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July 24, 2023

Surpass Hobby GECKO Mini 18 brushless power system

Surpass Hobby has released the GECKO Mini 18 brushless power system which it has developed specially for the TRX-4M 1:18 rock crawler from Traxxas. Equipped with intelligent closed-loop control, it is especially suitable for low-speed climbing. Performance inertia brush and sensory force give better linearity and easy control and maintain a fixed motor signal under different loads and give excellent start-up, acceleration and linear output. The built-in sensor brushless motor of GECKO Mini 18 has strong current resistance and excellent CNC enclosure. The compatible ESC has a variety of protection functions, including: LIPO or NIMH battery power-off protection/ESC overheat protection/motor overheat protection/throttle signal loss protection/motor stall protection, built-in switch mode BEC 5V/500mA, compatible with high wiring and high voltage relays. All these and can be programmed using the Surpass Program card .

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July 22, 2023

Volker heads Mugen 1-2 in ETS Austria qualifying

Mugen Seiki enjoyed a one-two in qualifying for ETS Austria with Ronald Volker the Top Qualifier in Aigen ahead of team-mate Eric Dankel. Volker would secure the TQ after topping the opening two of the four rounds of qualifying. Round 1 podium finisher Dankel would also top the times, doing so in Q4 to make it a Mugen lock out at the front of the grid at the second round of the championship. The only other driver to post a TQ run, Marc Rheinard took his Awesomatix to the fastest time in Q3 ahead of Dankel as Volker had a bad run. Overall Jan Ratheisky’s Xray will start fourth ahead of the Yokomo of Christopher Krapp with Oliver Havranek completing the Top 6 on the grid. In Pro Stock, Adam Izay is the Top Qualifier from Louis Kretschmer having posted 3 TQ runs with his Xray.

Image: Mugen Seiki Europe [Facebook]

July 21, 2023

Fenix Racing G56.2 Pro10 chassis

Italy’s Fenix Racing has released its latest Pro10 chassis, the G56.2. With the original G56 born in 2018 and still going strong in the Pro10 arena, drivers were asking for a new chassis to drive so taking on all the suggestions and driver feedback it lead to the evolution of the G56.2. Overall lighter, the latest kit get a new wheelbase, SWB and SSWB (compared with G56), a lower centre of gravity thanks new V-link suspension, a new redesigned front end, and a new chassis stiffening system. Three battery positions are possible for shorty lipo with it still possible to use touring style lipo in the SWB version. There are also 2 position options for the cooling fan in the motor pod. Also at the rear of the car is a new sphere differential. Up front the car gets a new body support.

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July 20, 2023

Arena RC Racing Carbon Front Body Enforcer Series

Arena RC Racing has released their Carbon Front Body Enforcer Series intended for 1:10 Electric Touring Car use. The carbon bumper upper plate features a post support front bonnet to maintain body aerodynamics thereby reducing downforce loss. The set includes 2 different angle post for supporting different bodies and adjustability. The Carbon Front Body Enforcer is available for the Xray X4’23/22 and T4, Mugen’s MTC2R and MTC2, Yokomo’s BD12 & BD11 and the Awesomatix A800R.

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July 19, 2023

MXLR A800R Front Body Support

MXLR has released this Front Body Support for the Awesomatix A800R to prevent deflection of the bodyshell under higher speeds. With the trend of feather light bodyshells and even higher top speeds, deflection of bodyshells has became an issue with top racers. The support also reduces the risk of cracking the front wheel arches of the bodyshell. The result is an extended lifetime of your bodyshells combined with better performance on the track as the shell will stay in its original shape and produce more downforce. The support is made of PA12 Nylon which is very durable and offers excellent tensile, abrasion and impact resistance. In the design process MXLR took special care about the A800R front bulkhead design and the importance of “flex” in this area with the support designed to have the least flex influence possible.

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July 18, 2023

Neumann holds overnight 2WD TQ at European C/Ship

Sworkz’ Joern Neumann holds the overnight TQ at the EFRA 1:10 2WD Offroad European Championship after a dominant first day of qualifying in the Netherlands. The German, who is a two time champion in 2WD, topped all three rounds of qualifying at the RACO2000 track in Utrecht but with 2 more rounds of qualifying tomorrow and the best two to count he will have to wait to see if he will be the overall Top Qualifier. Neumann’s closest challengers today were Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowki, the latter having set the pace in seeding practice. In Q1, Neumann set the pace by 6 seconds from reigning 4WD Champion Kaerup, the Dane getting that gap down to 2-seconds in Q2. Chasing his first ever 2WD European title, Orlowski would get to within half a second of the TQ in Q3 giving the Polish ace a major boost going into the final two rounds. If he or Kaerup are to deny Neumann from being the Top Qualifier they will need to top both rounds tomorrow and in a faster. Defending Champion & newly crowned British 4WD Champion Tommy Hall finds himself down in P12 at the end of Day 1 of qualifying.

Image: EFRA [Facebook]

July 17, 2023

Serpent SRX8GTE ‘23 1:8 EP GT

Serpent has released their latest 1:8 GTE chassis, the SRX8GTE ’23. The electric GT shares many new features from their recently released and highly evolved SRX8GT ’23 nitro version that took the TQ spot and third place at the recent European Championships in Croatia. The SRX8GTE ’23 shares design details, components from every evolution of SRX8 whether be on-road or off-road version, along with new ones not seen before on any previous model. On the new SRX8GTE ‘23 Serpent has extended the chassis an additional 2mm for improved handling. The chassis is also equipped with holes pre drilled for optional weights. The kit also gets all new ‘hybrid’ bulkheads, an all new Split Center Diff, and a lighter Motor Mount and Slide. Other new parts include a new Light weight Rear Bodymount, new Front/Rear Pivot blocks, all new Adjustable Caster Blocks, and new Steering Blocks.

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July 17, 2023

Branson retains British title with Halifax win

Xray’s Kyle Branson has successfully defended his British Electric Touring Car Championship title with victory in tricky conditions at the third round in Halifax. Kicking off his title defence with victory the opening round of 5 in May, Branson made it three in a row although this time he would not start from the TQ. Some mistakes in qualifying meant he lined up P2 behind Xray team-mate Harley Eldridge. In the finals however Branson would win A1 and 2 to wrap up the overall win ahead of Yokomo’s Alex Thurston and Schumacher’s Zak Smith, the result putting the title beyond reach of Branson’s rivals. The newly crowned back to back BRCA Champion will travel to the Cotswold track for the penultimate round next month.

Image: Kyle Branson [facebook.com]