British 1:10 offroad specialist manufacturer Willspeed has released a new 31g brass one piece under lipo weight for its RF3 1:10 2WD Conversion kits. With their machined conversation kits available for both the Team Associated B6.4 and TLR 22 5.0, they also offer a removable 37g Brass Radio Tray giving racers the option to further lower the centre of gravity of the buggy.
Italy’s Star RC under its B-Power brand which specialises in options for Serpent cars has release its own gearbox kit for Serpent’s 989 and 990 1:8 Onroad chassis. The kit can be installed without the need to make any modifications and allows you to use the original Serpent 2-speed gears. With this gearbox kit, B-Power claim you will always have a perfect gearbox operation, with changes that are always equal and precise. Star RC are currently working on a similar kit release for the Serpent SRX8 GT kit.
Source: Star RC [starrc.it]
Surpass Hobby has released the latest 1:10 touring car competition motor, the Rocket-RC 540 V6 sensored brushless motor. Complying ROAR, BRCA, EFRA & IFMAR certification, the motor range includes Stock 10.5T/13.5T/17.5T/21.5T variants and in Modified 3.5T~9.5T. Features of the motor are a new unique stator mold design, to provide strong torque and high speed and a CNC machining 7075 aluminium cooling case. To maximise conductivity it uses 1EI /AIW(H) grade American MWS brand copper wire and has a precision adjustable mechanical inlet, Angle 0~60°, double sensor standard port.
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Continuing a busy few weeks of driver announcements, Team Yokomo has added Stock Touring Car Specialist Kenichi Shimizu to its factory team. The Japanese driver is a leading competitor in the class and as well as racing the brands cars he has been recruit by team in a technical role given his well-known for his technical knowledge. In this role, Shimizu will be assisting and providing customer support in Japan.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Ielasi Tuned has released a new 1:8 GT engine, the GP5GTR’23. An O.S. based engine, Daniele Ielasi has extensively worked the engine components for GT making it totally different from the OS version. The key features are a new carburettor (21J), new underhead with OR, on-road crankshaft with tungsten weights, new engine backplate, new coupling and new LCG head with 2023 graphics, make the new GP5GTR’23 no longer a tuned version of the basic version OS, but rather an Ielasi Tuned exclusive engine for the cardan GT category.
Specialists in parts for vintage RC racing, Moto-Obscura has released a brand new aluminium front bulkhead for the iconic Losi XX4 4wd buggy. Adding to their collection of other vintage racing parts, this piece provides a much more rigid attachment to the chassis than the stock plastic part, and ties the front of the buggy together to form a solid platform for the front suspension. It also does away with the flimsy plastic bumper, while adding some much needed weight to the front of the vehicle. The bulkhead is machined from super sturdy 7075-T6 Aluminium alloy, and finished in a beautiful matte black anodising.
The 6th running of the US Buggy Championships took place at Trackside Hobbies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, over the weekend with Chase Lemieux completing the buggy double. A track famed for once being owned by the ‘Voice of RC’ Scotty Ernst, this year’s event attracted 220 entries. In qualifying Lemieux, the son of former international onroad ace Paul, would take the TQ honours with Tyler Whitt his closest rival in both 2WD and 4WD. Decided over single A-Mains, the Xray driver would fully capitalise on pole position winning 2WD by 2-seconds from the Xray of Whitt with Casey Blasczyk completing the podium. In 4WD, again Lemieux led home Whitt over the 8-minute main with Matt Sunderlage finishing third.
Image: Trackside Hobbies [Facebook]
Yokomo has announced that top Asian racer Charlee Phutiyotin is back as part of its international touring car team. The Thai driver joins fellow countryman Meen Vejrak at the Japanese manufacturer after the pair both briefly raced for Serpent before returning to Yokomo. Commenting on the announcement Phutiyotin said, “It feels good to be coming back “home”. I’m thankful for the opportunity and more motivated than ever. See you guys at the track.”
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
