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May 23, 2025

Xray RX8E’26 1:8 Electric Onroad car

Following the presentation of their latest 1:8 Nitro Onroad kit earlier this month, Xray has now unveiled the 2026 edition of the electric option – the RX8E’26. Sharing many of the updates and improved made to the nitro version, key changes for the electric power include a new motor mount that is redesigned for improved stability using M4 screws and supports a top-mounted 40mm cooling fan. A larger gear carrier minimises gear protrusion from the motor mount for better protection and integration. The extended rear layshaft offsets the center belt for medium-size batteries and is lightened to lower rotating mass. The extended front layshaft also offsets the center belt and suits medium-size battery setups

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May 23, 2025

Kee to lead FEMCA as Reid calls time on 20-year contribution to racing in Asia

FEMCA, the governing body that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia, has announced that Leonard Kee will now head up the federation as Trevor Reid officially calls time on his 20-year contribution to RC racing in the region and around the world. Having held the post of Vice-President, Malaysian Kee has been very active over the last few years with FEMCA events as well as shaping the future of FEMCA including the recently announced rebranding of its title races to Asian Championships. From New Zealand, Reid made the official announcement of his replacement in a letter titled ‘Changing of the guard’. Having got to know Trevor over our many years of covering IFMAR World Championships, and had the pleasure of catching up with him again recently at the opening round of the Asian Buggy Championships in his home country, one thing that always stood out to use was his commitment to the role and his willingness to fight for what was best for the racing and the racers, battles unfortunately he didn’t always win. As the new FEMCA President Kee’s first big event in the role will be the highly anticipated 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Sydney, Australia, later this year. Adding to the official announcement, Kee expressed his appreciation of Reid’s work with a statement in which he said the Kiwi was always “Tirelessly working with the various associations and manufacturers in the goal of bringing the Hobby from recreation to a sport”.

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May 22, 2025

Hudy 1:8 GT Car Bag

Adding to its range of storage & carry bags, Hudy has introduced this bag intended for transporting around and storing a 1:8 GT car. Made in Europe using high-quality European materials, the bag features padded walls. With your R/C car being one of the single most important pieces of your racing equipment, the bag will protected it when traveling to & from races such as the IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championships which take place in Chile later this year.

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May 21, 2025

Awesomatix A800 Optional Parts

Awesomatix has released a number of new option parts for their A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car platforms. A number of new 3.0mm optional carbon parts include the AM14-RC Steering Arm which matches the most used AM14LS hole pattern (outside hole) but offers an additional new inside hole position for bigger ackermann. This is recommended at high traction conditions on small tracks with tight turns. The main benefits of the new part are less weight and lower CG. There is also new Upper Arm Holder which weighs only 2.3grams. It has a new hole pattern to provide a bit more flex for the top links. The longer leg of AM19-RC should be directed to the centre of the car. A Rear Carbon Steering Arm also offers further weigh reduction. C45RR Damper Brace Rear gets an updated shape for better clearance with the rear toe links and replaces the previous part offering. Suitable for A800FX / A800FX Evo and A800FXR, the latest parts release includes a carbon Front Top Deck. Away from new carbon parts Awesomatix has added an optional Heavy Duty 351mm high-performance drive belt for high power applications. Specially suited for Modified class racing or OBL class racing with 13,5T Boosted. Finally the D4 Damper set has been added to the range. The set includes all parts to build two D4 Dampers. One left and one right damper.

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May 20, 2025

Yokomo RD/SD Option Parts | Spring case

Yokomo has released new option parts for their 1:10 drift cars that includes an aluminium Rear Hub Carrier for RD2.0/SD3.0, an Aluminium Upper Arm Mount for RD/SD series, and a Universal 30mm Fan Shroud plus a Yokomo Multi Spring Carry Case. The alu rear hub carrier is more rigid than the standard plastic one, and improves rer traction and slide control. Featuring five upper arm fixing positions, it allows for more precise adjustment of camber change due to suspension stroke. The lower suspension arm pins can also be selected from three diﬀerent positions, allowing the roll balance to be adjusted by changing the roll center, and the degree of traction to be controlled. It is available in black, blue, purple, and red to match the SD series. The new alu upper arm mount increases upper arm mounting rigidity and front tyre tracing. It’s anodised aluminium colour makes it suitable for SD3.0 blue version. Universal 30mm fan shroud increases cooling eﬃciency through the channel eﬀect. It is mounted on an adjustable angle bracket and can be installed on a variety of machines. It is particularly suitable for drift cars that require motor cooling and can be attached to the upper deck or bulkhead with double-sided tape. Finally the Yokomo Racing Factory branded Multi spring case allows you to neatly store shock springs, which tend to be cumbersome. The lower section is designed to hold springs for a variety of spring types, from speed to oﬀ-road, and the upper section can hold springs in their bagged state.

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May 20, 2025

Schumacher Mi9 Option Parts

Schumacher has released four new option parts for their Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car that includes a brass front weigh, a new stiff carbon fibre chassis, Split Top Decks, and a Lock Stop Steering Arms Set. With fine tuning of chassis balance gets more and more critical in Touring Car Performance, the 20g Brass Front Weight for the Mi9 is a great option which keeps the centre of gravity super low, and positions centrally in between the servo and LiPo. Made from brass and nicely coated in stealth black, itits with either the standard kit servo mount or the popular Aerox LP1s direct fit servo. A new 2mm ‘Stiff Weave’ carbon fibre chassis is ideally suited for medium to higher grip conditions and has similar feeling to that of an alloy chassis yet is lighter. The 2mm thickness gives that all important lower centre of gravity increasing corner speed. Also crucial for Touring Car Performance is chassis flex so Schumacher has also introduced a new Split Top Deck made from 1.6mm carbon fibre which enables a greater set up window to be obtained with the options available. Finally an option for improved reliability in a crash is the new Lock Stop Steering Arms Set. The gives a hard steering arm stop on lock and in unusual crashes this can protect the front roll bar from becoming bent.

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May 20, 2025

Harper wins BRCA Round 2 at Stafford – Report

Schumacher’s reigning British Electric Touring National Champion Elliott Harper took the first win of his title defence with a dominant win at Round 2 of the BRCA Championship held at the Stafford track over the weekend. With the Awesomatix of Round 1 winner Olly Jefferies not making the trip to the Midlands track, Harper would dominate qualifying topping four of the five rounds to secure the TQ. Xray’s Harley Eldridge was his closest challenger counting her three Top 2 times to line up second ahead of multiple champion Chris Grainger while the privately enter Awesomatix of Stefan Chodzynski completed the second row. In the triple A-Mains, Harper continued his dominance by taking all three legs for the overall win, Eldridge took second via her two second place finishes with Grainger completing the podium with a second and a third.

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May 18, 2025

Stanley wins NSW 1:8 Onroad State Title

ARC factory driver Brayden Stanley has given the Taiwanese manufacturer the RCRA NSW State Title in 1:8 Onroad after taking the win at John Grant International Raceway in Sydney. Racing at the former IFMAR 1:8 Onroad (2001) and 1:8 GT (2023) World Championship host track, the young Australian took the TQ after topping three of the five qualifiers at the rain effected weekend. Team-mate Jeffrey Mackie made it a 1-2 for the ARC 8.4LCG on the starting grid with the Mugen Seiki of Tim Moylan completing the Top 3. Despite a ‘super chaotic’ but dry 30-minute final, Stanley, who is part of ARC’s international electric touring car team, would take the win by half a lap from long time leader Mackie. Coming through from 8th on the grid, Johnny La Sprina completed the podium with his Xray. In 1:10 Nitro Touring the NSW title went to Andrew Bardetta ahead of Xray team-mate Michael Stone while in 1:8 GT the winner was Rick Seymonsbergen driving a Hong Nor.

Image: Penrith District Nitro Racing [Facebook]