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March 6, 2017

Ulti 01A & G5 traction compounds

Coming from Ulti are two traction compounds for rubber and foam tyres. First up is 01A, a mild tyre sauce that only moderately softens the tyre while keeping the front-to-rear balance and being gently on the rubber, preventing excessive tyre wear. The second new tyre compound is G5 that, from what is understood, is about two to four times as strong as 01A. Both oil-based traction compounds are made in Japan and they come in metal cans for convenient and secure transportation and storage.

View the G5 compound here

March 6, 2017

Yokomo YD-2TC RWD touring car kit

Yokomo have introduced their new YD-2TC rear wheel drive touring car kit. The vehicle is based on a composite main chassis with composite top deck with the flexible design improving traction and side bite while the sealed 4-gear transmission with gear differential ensures a smooth power supply. Other features include a newly designed H-shaped steering system with aluminium centre link for a nimble handling, the kit includes threaded high-performance shock absorbers, an aluminium motor plate and an adjustable battery mount that can accommodate standard and shorty LiPo battery packs. Also included is a newly designed Yokomo touring car bodyshell and grippy slick tyres. The kit will become available by end of March.

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March 6, 2017

Minicar Fiorano Trophy – Report

The Minicar Trophy was held yesterday at the beautiful Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano, Italy. The race featured both national and international top driver entries, and is widely seen as the opening race of the outdoor season in mid-northern Italy. In the highly competitive 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Massari to take the TQ honour, followed by Solaroli and Mazzeo. The final would see a completely different story though, with Mattia Collavo outclassing the whole field also thanks to his risky tyre strategy that paid dividends towards the end of the race. Changing tyres mid-race, this allowed him to have a much faster pace in the closing minutes, and to recover from a costly fuel strategy to edge Luca Conte and take a convincing victory on his debut with the new ARC R8.1. Luca Conte closed in second with his Shepherd while the podium was completed by the Xray of Alessio Mazzeo.

Continue reading the report here

March 6, 2017

MRC Vianen Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 6-race MRC Vianen Cup was held this past Sunday in Vianen, The Netherlands. The purpose-built indoor carpet track was only built on Sunday morning but with the help of the drivers the task was carried out in only 30 minutes. Classes offered were Touring 17.5T blinky with Turnigy 17.5T motors and open tyres, a Tamiya TT category for TT-01 and TT-02 chassis, a Tamiya M-Chassis class as well as a Formula category run with Hobbywing 21.5T motors and Ride tyres. The race format would be double 6-minute qualifiers and triple 6-minute mains.

Continue reading the report here

March 6, 2017

Regalado & Apolaro win at Forgass State Series

The Forgass State Series was hosted by Full Throttle Raceway this past weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro Open class it was top qualifier, Roniel Regaldo who walked away with the win in the 30-minute main final from Joe Sumansky in second and Chuck Moon third. 1/10th 200mm Touring had DJ Apolaro taking the TQ and win with Chay Blount coming in second, some three laps down. Another three laps short of Chay, Frank Vega would round out the top 3 result.

View the 200mm podium here

March 6, 2017

Muchmore Impact 1800mAh LiFe TX & RX battery pack

Muchmore have introduced the Impact 1800mAh 6.6V LiFe battery pack for transmitter and receiver applications. The flat-type pack measures 85x27x18mm and fits most 1/8th and 1/10th nitro vehicles that utilise flat-type receiver batteries and it is also usable with transmitters that accept 6V input. The battery is made from robust 1800mAh cells, it comes pre-wired with a JR-style universal plug and a XH balance connector and is it usable with standard voltage compatible receivers and servos.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

March 6, 2017

Viktor Wilck takes Swedish Indoor Nationals title

This past weekend the Swedish Indoor Nationals were held at the new Hässleholm track with a total of 70 drivers competing in the three classes of Touring Car, 1/12th scale and Formula. The entry list saw names such as local star Daniel Carlsson and national aces like Marcus Hellqvist, Fabian Vernersson, Jonas Andersson and Viktor Wilck. In the Touring class qualifying Wilck would TQ all rounds to line up in 1st for the finals followed by Hellqvist and Carlsson. Wilck would then also dominate the finals but a miss fortune with a lapped car in A2 kept tension high until the last final. Wilck would then cruise to a solid victory in front of Hellqvist who took the vice championship title, while Daniel Carlsson would take 3rd to complete the podium.

View the final results here

March 6, 2017

Hitec D9 series 32-bit metal case servos

Coming from Hitec are three new D9 series 32-bit metal case servos. The D941TW (0.07s/16.5kg-cm), D946TW (0.10s/23.0kg-cm) and D951TW (0.14s/35.0kg-cm) all feature 32-bit micro controller units and 12-bit analog to digital converters to maximises the servos’ performance for optimised response and feel. The wide voltage compatible standard-size units can be powered by 4.8V to 7.4V input, they feature highly durable titanium gears, full-metal servo cases and they are fully programmable to fine-tune functions such as end point adjustments, direction, fail save, dead band, speed (slower), soft start rate, and overload protection.

View the specifications here