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November 20, 2024

Gruber catches World by surprise with opening TQ run

Toni Gruber caught the world by surprise this morning after the Capricorn driver TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the 1:10 Nitro World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. Having struggled in yesterday’s seeding, ending up only 18th and in the second fastest heat, a very deflated Gruber surprised even himself with his 7-minute effort in the first of the six scheduled rounds of qualifier. Having been so far off the pace in seeding, Gruber’s performance would also catch out Jilles Groskamp. Topping the fastest heat from Infinity team-mate Francesco Tironi, Groskamp admitted afterwards he thought he had TQ’s the round and it wasn’t until he looked up the times afterwards he realised Gruber’s impressive turn around in form. As the Top Seed for qualifying reigning World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi was running the Top 3 but his car came to a stop after running out of fuel. 1:8 World Champion Dario Balestri also had a rough start to Day 1 of qualifying traction rolling and then suffering a flame out. Topping the final seeding round yesterday, Teemu Leino also had a flame out.

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November 18, 2024

Destiny DTY10 1:10 Electric Touring Car

Destiny, the electric touring car brand now solely owned by Roche RC, has released its latest competition 1:10 kit the DTY10. The car features an all new transmission design that includes new lightweight aluminium front spool centre holder and spring steel spool cup. There is also a new design aluminium lightweight rear gear differential set. The DTY10 has also received a new centre pulley and spur gear holder. Other improvements in the latest design include all new aluminium upper and lower bulkheads and aluminium motor mount. Lowering a number of parts on the car, it has been given all new low position front and rear anti-roll bar design and a new design lower arm and upper arm suspension geometry with low position aluminium steering block helping to further reduce the centre of gravity.

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November 18, 2024

Wild Turbo Fan MILF30 lightweight full metal fan

Wild Turbo Fan has released a new 30mm version of its MILF (Metallic Intelligent Luxury Fan) fans. The MILF30 is a lightweight full metal fan and is the result of their learnings from the first 2 full metal fans they developed. They have created this fan with all the features but not the weight with it weighing only 14.5 gram compared to the MILF35 at 28 grams. WTF also claim that is they have roughly measured static thrust at 10g plus.

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November 18, 2024

Mikimodel MS1.0 ‘Special Parts’ Spring Stabiliser Rings

Mikimodel, the Italian Yokomo distributor, has released these Spring Stabiliser Rings intended for the Japanese manufacturer’s MS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Part of the ‘Mikimodel Special Parts’ line, they have developed this new simple but very important accessory to stabilise the spring on the shocks of the MS1.0. The rings that are placed at the base of the shock absorber and preventing small movements and make the spring more stable as the shock works.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

November 15, 2024

Klinik RC Hot Pink Folding RC Car Stand

It might not be to everyone’s taste but US company Klinik RC has announced it is adding Hot Pink to the colour options of its Folding RC Car Stand intended for 1:16-1:10 use. Elevating your car during the build, for maintenance between heats at the track or at home while prepping for the next race their innovative folding car stand is precision CNC laser cut from 4.4mm acrylic and with the attidion of hot Pink is now available in 8 colours to match your livery. With laser engraved Klinik Racing checkers logo on both side panels, Folding RC Car Stand folds to a compact size for easy transportation and the very lightweight stand folds out ready for action in about 2 seconds.

Source: Klinik RC [klinikrc.com]

November 15, 2024

Landen joins Power HD team

Leading servo manufacturer Power HD has announced the signing of Offroad European Championship Finalist, 3 time Swedish National Champion and 2 time Nordic Champion Alexander Landén to their team. The Team Associated racer will use Power HD’s popular low profile servo GTS-3 in his 1:10 buggies and their high torque 4-pole brushless GTS-6 servo in 1:8 racing. On joining Power HD the 19-year-old Swede said, “I have tried many servo brands throughout the years, and I was happy to get the opportunity to evaluate the Power HD servos. Immediately when I tested them I really felt “in touch” with the steering in my cars. I also felt that the servo was very precise and was able to hold position even through the most loaded corners, the car just felt calm throughout the entire turn, exactly what you are looking for in a servo. I am very happy and proud to be joining the PowerHD program and I am certain it will give me what I need in servos for the coming years.”

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

November 15, 2024

Team Shepherd | Zen-Racing Pit Mats

Nitro onroad manufacturer Shepherd and its new owner Zen Racing has introduced two new pit mat designs to show your allegiance to the respective brands. Measuring 600mm by 1200mm, they are made from hard wearing easy wipe material making it easy to keep your pit working area clean after a day at the track or after preparing your car at home ahead of testing or racing.

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November 14, 2024

Xray XB4 ’25 1:10 4WD Buggy

After the release of their 1:10 2WD Buggy at the start of the month, Xray has now unveiled details of its European Championship title holding 4WD challenger the XB4’25. The Slovakian manufacturer’s latest creation headed up by Martin Bayer, features a new chassis and aligned front bumper improve ground clearance. It also gets 3mm wider front suspension arm holders (A and B) for increased stability & cornering speed. Wide rear suspension arm holders (C and D) also increase stability & cornering speed. Longer front 84mm drive shafts accommodate wider geometry from the new arm holders. Available as a Dirt or Carpet edition kit, the XB4C comes with Graphite front lower suspension arms to improve high traction performance. The XB4D kit includes hard front lower suspension arms to create increase traction. Graphite C-hubs improve response & consistency. Also new on the 25 model are the front steering blocks with external adjustable carbon steering plates for extended tuning options. Elsewhere the buggy get redesigned front and rear anti-roll bar geometry with super easy adjustment from top. Shorter 113mm rear central dogbone drive shaft in the XB4D kit are for short wheelbase configuration suggested for lower traction conditions

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