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February 26, 2024

Ryan Maker – ‘Using this World stage as a test ground is both the most exciting and nervous thing I have done.’

Growing up I was a huge fan of Formula 1 and always tended to supported the underdogs. Pre-qualifying was my favourite part of the Grand Prix weekend and my favourite team was Zakspeed. That interest in the German team stemmed from an article in an F1 Magazine that compared the Zakspeed team and its budget to that of the all conquering McLaren. In the article it covered how the high cost of wind tunnel testing meant Zakspeed’s small budget forced them to come up with an alternative and they used a water tunnel that was used by boat manufacturers to test hull designs. Racing 1:8 Onroad nitro at the time, in the form of a very basic Team Associated RC250, I was inspired by the Zakspeed story I wanted to build my own R/C car and become a ‘Constructor’.

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February 22, 2024

RC Maker announces its own 1:10 Electric Touring Car

RC Maker, the brand of one of Australia’s leading international touring car racers Ryan Maker, has just official broke the news that it will be producing its own complete 1:10 Electric Touring Car kit. Known worldwide for its carbon fibre and 3D printed option parts for various car brands, the company will now become a bonafide chassis manufacturer with the release of the SP1 Touring Car and SP1-F FWD kits. The car is due for official release in the middle of the year. A multiple Australian National Champion, Maker will debut the car at one of the toughest and most important races after the World Championships, when he races at the legendary TITC in Bangkok next week (Feb 29-Mar 3rd). As part of the build up to our coverage of the TITC, which is presented by Hobbywing, we have an feature coming with Ryan about the race and the journey to becoming racing’s newest touring car manufacturer. On his own personal Facebook page Maker also posted about the announcement.

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November 30, 2023

RC Maker 3d Pro Hand Sander Sets for body prep

New from RC Maker are their 3d Pro Hand Straight and 3d Pro Hand Wheel Arch Sander Sets for final prep of your racing body shells. Handy little tools for all racers to keep in their pit bag they features a stylish and durable 3d printed design, with quickly changeable sandpaper bases. The Straight Sander is ideal for sanding skirts of bodies, to remove any jagged edges from cutting, or simply to remove some material while the Wheel Arch Sander is ideal for cleaning up those jagged wheel arches to prevent cracks. The arch sander diameter is 64mm, which fits perfectly into all 1:10 Touring Car Wheel Arches with a little breathing room to spare. It can be also used on front and rear 1:8 Onroad Lola & GT Wheel Arches. With easy sandpaper changing, each includes a strip of 120 and 240 grit sandpaper. Replacement sandpaper can be bought at your local hardware store, and should be cut to appropriated sized strips.

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November 29, 2023

RC Maker X4’24 front bulkhead brace sets

RC Maker, the brand of top Australian racer Ryan Maker, has released two different front bulkhead brace set options for the recently launched Xray X4’24 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The X4’24 by design incorporates a lot of front bulkhead flex. The bulkheads flex together under compression of the suspension, or apart under cornering causing inconsistency in the handling and the inability to tune to different tracks, which can now be minimised with these brand new braces/dampeners. Offered is a rigid flex brace set and a flex dampener set, each features two different thickness of 1mm and 2mm for tuning. They attach to underneath the front caster pills directly and the flex dampener set provide consistent dampening (restriction) in both inwards and outwards directions of the flex either on the bulkheads at the very front while the rigid flex brace removes bulkhead flex in both inwards and outwards directions on the front.

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November 10, 2023

RC Maker A800R SlimFlex Carbon Chassis

As part of its latest product releases RC Maker has added two new SlimFlex Carbon Chassis for the Awesomatix A800R Electric Touring Car. The new A800R features a uniquely shaped chassis which provides a lot of ground clearance and roll. It is also very symmetrical front and rear. From their testing, RC Maker have found a wider rear profile than front to provide a front bias flex point, which provides great response with very confidence inspiring stability. The sides of the new SlimFlex chassis are narrow but straight, with a nice conventional, yet narrow profile front and rear. This has proven an improvement over the standard chassis, resulting in a more nimble front end initially, with great corner speed and predictability from the rear end. As well as the standard option, the SlimFlex Chassis is available in a hard version which features a significantly stiffer weave of carbon, which reduces the flex greatly. The flex of this carbon chassis fills a large void between a standard carbon chassis and an aluminium chassis, making it the optimum choice for med-high traction asphalt, and low-med traction carpet. Often track conditions can cause the need for an “in between” option, where an aluminium chassis is too stiff and makes the car too easy to drive and slower, and a carbon chassis is too aggressive or difficult to drive to be consistent. The hard carbon chassis is the perfect middle ground.

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November 9, 2023

RC Maker X4’24 Geocarbon parts

Australia’s RC Maker has released a number of its GeoCarbon parts for the recently launched Xray X4’24 1:10 Electric Touring Car. First up is their brand new GeoCarbon Bumper Plate with Stopper that sports their ever stylish, stealth and innovative design. The Plastic X4 Bumper and Stopper whilst effective, in RC Maker’s eyes doesn’t provide the most stylish solution to keeping your chassis safe in the event of a crash. The design integrates the stopper under the main bumper plate, lining up with a lower flat section on the front bulkheads. In the event of a crash, the force will be transferred through this lower section of the bulkheads and keep the chassis in tact, with minimal effect on the bulkheads. The 4mm thick heavy duty brace recesses over the small bumper posts enabling it to get low enough to align with the bulkhead. When tightening the upper plate, it clamps the whole assembly down tightly. The Carbon Front Bumper Mount Stopper is also available separately

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September 7, 2023

RC Maker A800R Brass LCG Weights

RC Maker has released a new range of brass LCG Weights for the popular Awesomatix A800R 1:10 Electric Touring car. A total of 5 different weights are offered starting with the LCG Front Chassis Weights which have been designed to fit seamlessly into the fron of the A800R. Adding 8.5g each side, they are an excellent way to fine tune the weight balance. LCG Rear Chassis Weights add 6.7g each side. With the ultimate place to add weight to your car the centre of the chassis, there is also a Front and a Rear Centre Stiffener Weight. The rear weight locates behind the motor mount, extending to the rear arms. It is the perfect way of adding 15.5g, in the centre and nice and low on your chassis! This can be used to adjust your car to a more rearward weight bias for more steering and rotation! It features 3 holes for flex adjustment to stiffen the rear when required, as well as a 0.5mm Black Aluminium shim for spacing the weight up for minimum flex interference. The front weight locates in-front of the motor mount, extending to under the steering rack and add 11.5g. Finally they have added new Brass Roll Centre Shim Plates which are available in 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0mm thicknesses. The 1.5mm Set adds 4.6g of weight at the lowest point of the car.

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June 23, 2023

RC Maker Geocarbon Matte Setup Board V2

RC Maker has release the successor to their popular GeoCarbon Setup Board. The new V2 setup board features gorgeous 5mm Thick 6K Twill Matte Carbon Finish, which looks amazing in your pit are. It’s precision CNC machining with chamfered edges makes it very safe for handling and transport, the design making it less susceptible to being damaged in transit whilst maximising working space to set up your car. It features a precision CNC machined logo, which contrasts great with the setup board, giving it a clear but raw look. A massive feature of this board is the optional levelling with are available separately. The board comes with a recessed shape on the underside for inserting the optional levelling feet. These feet screw straight in, and allow the board to be levelled from above! For those wanting to get their board nice and flat for maximum setup accuracy, this is the ultimate. There’s also no need to disassemble them unless flying, and when the board could be under high stress, in which case it is recommend removing the threaded feet which is only a 1 minute job. They have also increased the size from the previous version, the new V2 features a 320mm width and 395mm length, which allows plenty of room for 1:12 and 1:10 Onroad & Offroad. It comes in a black bubble packaging bag which can be re-used.

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