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October 28, 2016

ARC R11 2017 electric touring car kit

ARC have introduced the latest incarnation of their R11 electric touring car kit. The 2017 variant is an evolution of the R11 platform with the refinements made targeting improved consistency in a variety of grip conditions and also upped overall performance. First up comes the new main chassis that is made of specially sourced carbon fibre for higher strength and stiffness while the redesigned shape makes for more balanced flex characteristics. This is further backed by a reshaped upper deck that increases overall chassis stiffness for an improved handling.

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October 28, 2016

Xray Racing Series Australia – Announcement

Mooreback Raceway will hold a round of the Xray Racing Series Australia on the weekend of the 6th of November. Classes run are 1/8th on-road, 1/10th on-road and 1/8th GT and the schedule sees free practice on Saturday and official racing on Sunday. More infos and sign-up can be found here.

October 27, 2016

Shepherd Velox F1 high rear wing mount

Shepherd have announced the latest option part for the Velox F1 in the form of the high rear wing mount. This new option part is especially developed for low grip conditions and allows for a much higher mounting position of the rear wing compared to the standard part. The result is improved downforce and rear stability. The mount is made from high-quality carbon fibre material and it is available from now on.

View a comparison of the two mounts here

October 27, 2016

Atomic AMZ BZ 98mm wheelbase alloy chassis

Atomic have introduced a 98mm wheelbase aluminium main chassis plate for the AMZ BZ micro RC car. Replacing the standard carbon fibre chassis with a less flexible aluminium part will result in improved car control especially in very high-bite conditions. The chassis is machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium, it features extensive machining for optimised flex characteristics and a lower weight and it comes with a black finish and silver chamfered edges for looks and better ground clearance during hard cornering.

Source: Atomic [rcatomic.com]

October 27, 2016

RC-Cox T4’17 & Rapide P12 2016 screw sets

RC-Cox T4'17 & Rapide P12 2016 screw sets

RC-Cox have introduced a range of screw kits for the Xray T4’17 and Roche Rapide P12 2016 cars. Available for Xray’s latest electric touring car are a mixed 64-grade titanium and 7075-T6 orange anodised aluminium screw kit as well as an all 7075-T6 kit, an all 64-grade titanium set as well as a gold-plated steel screw kit. Coming for the Rapide P12 2016 are a mixed titanium and alloy fastener kit containing red anodised aluminium screws, a red anodised all-alloy set, an all-titanium set and of course the odd gold-plated steel fasteners.

View some of the other sets here

October 27, 2016

Danish DRCMU Nationals Rd1 – Report

First opening round of the Danish DRCMU Nationals was hosted by the Randers RC club on a technical track laid out using grey ETS carpet. In the Superstock class the opening qualifier was won by Patrick Folman from Mike Gosvig, the latter suffering from strangely feeling tyres. Round two then had Mike coming out fastest from Frederik Broløs and also the third qualifier went to Mike from Frederik.

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October 27, 2016

Diamadis wins at Xray Racing Series Greece Rd2

Round two of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Summer weather made for nice racing conditions and a friendly atmosphere. The race was held in several nitro and electric on-road classes and in Nitro Stock it was Diamadis who walked away with the day’s win from his Xray teammates Katsikis and Tsatsamis in second and third respectively.

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October 27, 2016

Polish National On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of Polish National Championship was held in Poznan during the Poznan International Fair. The event was run in several electric on-road classes with Touring ProStock attracting the most entries. The class uses ETS spec Muchmore 13.5T motors and Volante V5 28CP tyres and from the very first round of qualifying it was a very tight competition among three drivers; Michal Wojcik, Arkadiusz Smyk and Pawel Staszewski. After the qualifying rounds, which saw some incidents with slower drivers, the grid was set with Michal on the TQ followed by Arkadiusz and Pawel.

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