Xray are reporting on their site about the recent Kyosho Masters held at the Banwol Park Raceway in Korea which was the final big race before this years Korean Nationals. The event saw the TQ spot go to Xray XT8 driver Jung Ho Hong who converted this top qualifying pace into great race pace by going on to win the main final by 1 lap ahead of 2nd place Joong Suk Oh and 3rd place Wook Taek Lee.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the Schumacher BTCC took place over the weekend for the final time at the Ashby track in the Midlands ,which unfortunately is set to become developed into a housing area. Modified Championship leader Elliot Harper had already wrapped up the series at the penultimate round but showed all the mod boys the way home with a victory at this round followed by fellow HB driver Stu Noble in 2nd and Schumacher’s David Hall in 3rd. Elliot took home the coveted Cecil Schumacher Trophy for the year followed up by the hard charging Colin Price and Sam Smith both with their Mi3 rides. Jonathan Dronfield dominated the 19T class taking TQ and 1st position in front of fellow Schumacher drivers Dewi Jones and Liam Brooks. Once again Jimmy Maddision had already wrapped up the 19T Championship and decided not to run at this event so left Jimmy in 1st, Jonny 2nd and Welsh Wizard Dewi 3rd after a season long battle for the Championship. In the 27t class Rob ‘Bobby’ West took victory at the race and also secured a fine Championship win with his Mi3 closely followed by Andrew Twigger and Lee Price also with Mi3’s.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Italian after market parts maker Fioroni has announced the release of two new 3.5cc buggy engines. Sold under the Option Power brand, these new motors look to be made by Picco, feature 3 port liners, ABC construction and come included with a previously released optional buggy cooling head as standard. The 2 versions differ in that the blue headed version bolts straight into a competition buggy and would utilize a starter box while the black headed version comes complete with a pull start attachment. Available now.
Source: Fioroni [fioroni.com]
We showed you early pre release shots a while back of the new speed controller from Much More, called the Fleta Competition 2. The final release pictures have now been released and we also have the specifications of this controller, which is made by KO Propo. This controller only works with brushed motors and can handle a max continuous current of 780A, while the max instantaneous current is 3120A, all this has been packaged in a small and lightweight (18.8g) carbon fibre effect package.
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Much More have released their latest state of the art digital discharger system for Sub-C size rechargeable batteries, called the Dr.4K. With technology developed by the R&D team at Much More, the Dr.4K is free from insertion direction, or polarity, of battery packs due to the use of a new free bi-polar system technology. The Dr.4K can discharge 1 to 6 cells and even packs.
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We spotted this news on our partner site Kimihiko Yano, it is the WWS Pro 4wd, set to offer a whole new level of performance to the 1/18th 4wd on-road scene. With features such as a mid-mounted belt system, oil shocks and adjustability usually only found on larger scales; this platform will be sure to impress any dedicated racer. The WWS Pro 4wd was developed by WWS Racing, which is renowned in the European micro and large scale racing circuit for high quality competitive kits.
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HPI Racing in Japan have announced that they have started shipping this new 500cc fuel bottle for nitro car users. Made using a soft squeezable material the bottle sports a HPI skull logo printed in black while the off set fuel pipe ensures that all fuel is reached when fueling your car. The grey anodised pipe comes with a lid to stop fuel contamination and this is attached to the bottle using the attached plastic cable.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.co.jp]
3Racing have announced the release of this battery box for 7.2V Sub C cells that contains 5 boxes to store 5 packs of batteries respectively. The boxes fit stick packs as well as saddle packs, as well as other arrangements, and have been made from corrugated plastic making them light water repellent and dust free. The large main box sizes up at 340mm x 180mm x 30mm while the small internal boxes are 175mm x 60mm x 30mm and all feature the printed 3Racing logo.
Source: 3Racing [3racing.com.hk]
