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September 2, 2017

Marc Fischer Scorpion-powered through to 2020

Scorpion Power System have announced the signing of Germany’s Marc Fischer to their factory team. The former Trion driver signed a long-term contract through to 2020 and he will not only race Scorpion’s brushless motors and speed controllers but he will also assist with research and development. Marc says:

Since my contract was done on 01.08.2017 with Trion, I really want to thank Koba for the great and good Time in the Team. I test multiple system for a couple of weeks and I decided Scorpion Power System is the way to go for me. As George van Gansen offer me to work in the RD and testing/developments. So I am really happy that from 01.09.2017 until 31.08.2020 I sign with Scorpion Power System and want to thank George van Gansen and the whole Scorpion Team for the opportunity for their team. First official Race will be ETS Round 1 in October, so I am really looking forward for the first Indoor event and for sure with the new system. Thank you very much George.

Source: Scorpion Power System [scorpionsystem.com]

September 1, 2017

Morganti & Apolaro win at Great Lakes Challenge

The Great Lakes Challenge was held recently with this year was the most competition for a few years, providing very tight racing in all classes. In the 1/8th class the fight for the TQ was very close. DJ Apolaro TQ’d three of the five rounds beating out Joaquin Desoto Jr by only 4 tenths. He also set the new track record with 18 laps in 5:05.561 and the top 5 after qualifying would be DJ Apolaro, Joaquin Desoto Jr., Paolo Morganti, Paul Lemieux and Ralph Burch.

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September 1, 2017

Schumacher Mi6evo carbon fibre chassis & top deck

Coming from Schumacher are a new chassis and updated top decks for the Mi6 and Mi6evo touring cars. The new 2.25mm soft weave chassis will increase the flex of the Mi6-series cars compared to the kit 2.5mm chassis, improving performance especially in lower grip conditions. It will also lower the centre of gravity, improving corner speed.

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September 1, 2017

Hiro Seiko introduce new lightweight screw kits

Coming from Hiro Seiko are new lightweight screw kits for the Xray X10 and X12 series of pan cars as well as the new Xpress XQ1 and the Awesomatix A800X. The X10’18 related kits come as mixed aluminium and titanium or full titanium sets that save 15.5g or 12.6g of weight respectively. The X12’18 kits also come as mixed or full titanium sets, scrubbing 15.5g or 12.2g respectively with the mixed sets including orange anodised aluminium and natural finish titanium fasteners. Swinging over to the touring car sets, the fastener kit for the XQ1 saves about 29g for the mixed and 21g for the all-titanium set while the A800X assortments scrub 23g with the mixed and 18.5g with the all-titanium kit. The mixed sets use red alloy screws for the XQ1 and gold-anodised fasteners in the mixed Awesomatix set.

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September 1, 2017

3DRC Formula Aero Wings for 1/10th formula cars

3DRC have introduced their all-new Formula Aero Wings suitable for most 1/10th formula pan cars. They mimic the now wider and lower wings used in Formula 1 and they are available with the industry-standard Tamiya-style mounting pattern or as dedicated variant for the Team Associated F6 – the latter requiring the F6’s lower wing mount. Both come with DRS mock-ups for looks and the universal wing also sports a monkey seat for even greater scale appearance. The wings are tough and durable as all of 3DRC’s 3-D-printed parts, however they are not as sturdy as moulded plastic wings and may crack as the result of very hard impacts. As usual the parts are available through 3DRC’s Shapeways store or at select model shops.

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September 1, 2017

MR33 aluminium on-road shock stand

Coming from MR33 is the new aluminium on-road shock stand. Made from black anodised 7075 aluminium and sporting machined silver edge details the shock stand features 14.2mm holes to accommodate all comming touring car big bore shock absorbers and the outer diameter of 56mm allows to place the whole assembly in the popular Ride air remover tool during bleeding, storage or transportation. The shock stand is also easy to disassemble and it sports an integrated container to house small parts such as shafts, pistons, E-clips and more. Last but not least does the base also act as a mini parts tray.

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September 1, 2017

West Coast R/C Works X12 servo & upper pod plates

The newest addition to West Coast R/C Works’ Black Carpet Edition line of parts are the servo mounting plates and short upper pod plate for the Xray X12 pan car. Starting with the servo mounting plates, these are designed to replaces the original parts and the bolt pattern of the plates ensure that the servo is mounted correctly on the chassis. The BCE plates are an addition to the already existing line of X12 servo mounting plates and the difference between the existing and the BCE version is that the new version has eleven shock mounting positions instead of only four on the original part. The additional shock mounting positions allow the shock to be moved further back on the chassis and it also allows use shocks from other manufacturers. The servo mounting plate is available with bold patterns to directly mount the Futaba 9650/9670, Futaba BLS671SV/ BLS671SVi or Sanwa SRG-HR/HS servos.

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September 1, 2017

Tony Esposito teams up with ARC

ARC Nitro Italy have announced the signing of Italy’s Tony Esposito to their team. Tony will use the remainder of the season to adapt to the new car in preparation for the 2018 European Championship that will be held on his home track in Cassino. Tony says:

I am very happy to be part of the ARC team and the commission, also I will use this end of season to prepare the best in 2018 where I will have the European championship at home, in Cassino.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]