WRC Racing from Italy have introduced a new hard-anodised aluminium chassis for the NTX 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car. The main plate comes machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and it sports a dark hard-coated surface for wear and looks.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
Coming from Hudy is their new ball joint wrench that will ease and speed up camber and steering link building. The small and lightweight tool offers two slots of 10x4mm and 9x5mm respectively, one on the left side and one on the right side, that hold open-design ball cups while inserting the turnbuckle. As the tool does away with the need to use pliers or fingers it ensures both the ball cups and fingers stay free from harm.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Capricorn have introduced their new ONE foam tyre range for 1/10th and 1/12th pan cars. No detailed information has been given yet but it is understood that beside standard pan car tyres also formula and – in the future – also 1/10th touring car variants will become available.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Round 1 of the 2018 Urban F1 League saw a smaller than usual turnout, but the on-track action was just as intense, if not more so than in the previous rounds. When the dust had settled, it was several new faces that grabbed the headlines. Taking pole position after the 10-minute qualifier was newcomer, Tapana V, who laid down his best three laps in the last minute of action to dislodge Charles Lim into P2, with Andy Tan in P3. In A1, Tapana could not hold on for the win, as Andy Tan ran a mistake-free race to take the win. Tapana bounced back with a tone-to-tone victory in A2 to set up a showdown in the final leg. At the start of A3, Tapana suffered a setback as a multiple-car collision at turn 1 dropped him to the back of the pack. Andy Tan came through unscathed and managed to hang on for the win from a hard-charging Patrick Ong.
Coming from Speedzone is their new 6000mAh 4S LiHV battery pack for 1/8th scale applications. Made from high-performance 100C cells the back measures 138.5×46.5x49mm and it weighs in at 556g. The hardcase battery comes pre-wired with an industry-standard balance and T-plug power connector and it is available now.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
Made for the C803 on-road car are Capricorn’s new shorter rear driveshafts. 1.5mm shorter in length than the standard items, the driveshafts allow to run the car with a more narrow rear track width which can be beneficial on tight and technical tracks or even necessary when running large off-set wheels.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
1up Racing have introduced their all-new on-road pit board that offers an oversized 300mm x 450mm matte black work area with enough space to mark 1/10th touring car bodies for accurate cutting. Each pit board includes a QuikChek decal for quick reference of wheelbase, popular bearing and screw sizes, and a 300mm ruler. A gloss black band surrounds the work area completing the clean look. The QuikChek is available with Blue, Red, Orange, Pink, Green or Gray accents to match any pit space and the QuikCheck decal can also be personalised with a custom name.
View the QuikCheck feature here
Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
