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September 28, 2019

Campionato Costruttori EP Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Italian Campionato Costruttori EP series was held at the Giardini Naxos track in Sicily, home of the 2015 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship with the vacility being converted into an asphalt on-road track in the meantime. The series is supported by the Italian ACI automobile club and will in the end award official Italian National titles – one of the reasons the championship already drew a huge number of racers to take part in the opening two rounds. As for the racing, in the Touring Modified category it was Xray driver, Alessio Menicucci who took the win at round 2 ahead of his Xray teammates, Alessio Mazzeo and Francesco Martini.

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September 27, 2019

JConcepts RC10T2 1995 Ford F-150 truck body

To honour of the golden age of stadium truck racing, JConcepts unveils a 1995 Ford F-150 stadium truck body for the Team Associated RC10T2 vintage 2WD truck. The RC10T2 has very little body options available and JConcepts took on a passion project to deliver a body to a vintage community thirsty for a fresh reboot. The JC body is narrow and sits close against the chassis to give racers the team look popular in the 1990’s. The styling is completely modelled after the most popular full-size truck of that era, the 1995 Ford F-150. The entire body shape has been chiseled, incorporating styling cues from the full-scale truck including wheel well shapes, door lines, window outlines and rear tailgate. The front-end sits just behind the front bumper while the headlight and grille area look strikingly stock and with included decal sheet, looks like its street truck counterpart. The RC10T2 body is moulded in a durable gauge material and includes rear spoiler, mounting hardware and decal sheet to completely outfit a vintage ride.

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September 27, 2019

Serpent Cobra SRX8 GTE 1/8th electric on-road kit

Serpent have announced the release of their new Cobra SRX8 GT 1/8th electric on-road kit for the growing 1/8th scale GT class. The car is based off of the SRX8-GT and was optimised to offer the lowest possible centre of gravity while allowing for lots of ground clearance for cornering, ensuring smooth driving characteristics and the highest possible cornering speed. The core of the car is a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis that utilises the minimum possible kick-up angle to comply with ROAR and IFMAR rules while aluminium suspension mounts ensure very wide caster angle, toe and anti-squat adjustments. Additional roll centre shims further increase the setting range while black and silver all-aluminium bulkheads, centre diff mounts, motor mount and motor plate create a very sturdy chassis backbone. The overall design enables the racer to extract the front and rear differentials as well as the centre spool in a matter of seconds while allowing for four different differential height positions.

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September 27, 2019

Wallie Builds carbon fibre chassis side guards

Wallie Builds have announced the release of new carbon fibre chassis side guards for HB Racing, TLR and Xray 1/8th off-road kits. Moulded from high-quality carbon fibre the side guards will both looking good while protecting the chassis in long mains. The side guards are available for the HB Racing D819, E819 and D817T as well as the TLR 8ight-X and the Xray XB8’19, XB8E’19 and XT8.

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September 27, 2019

Yokomo SP-03DPC servo programming card

Yokomo have announced the release of a dedicated programming card for their SP-03D drift car servos. The compact programming card allows to adjust several parameters such as the servo’s speed and torque, the torque holding force, the anti-shake hunting suppression value, neutral width and the servo reverse. The device is powered externally by a BEC or USB power source and usable exclusively with the SP-03D servos.

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September 27, 2019

ABC Hobby Nissan Leaf Nismo RC body – Coming soon

ABC Hobby from Japan have their new Nissan Leaf Nismo RC body shell on show during this week’s All Japan Model & Hobby Show. Resembling Nissan’s fascinating electric-powered project racing car, the highly detailed body is a nice addition for outlaw GT or FWD classes and it comes with an add-on rear wing and large decal sheet.

Source: RCmagazine [yaesu-net.co.jp/rcm]

September 27, 2019

All Japan Model & Hobby Show – Futaba 7PXR

Coming soon from Futaba is their new 7PXR high-end radio system. It builds on the popular 7PX but will feature a redesigned menu button area, lightweight option parts and carbon fibre design decals. Also coming is an updated receiver from what is understood. The release is scheduled for November and more details and images should be available by then.

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September 27, 2019

O.S. Speed B21 Adam Drake Edition 2 nitro engine

On show during this week’s All Japan Hobby Show in Japan is the forthcoming new O.S. Speed B21 Adam Drake Edition 2 nitro engine for 1/8th off-road buggies and trucks. The Edition 2 is understood to build on the previous engine, however it features further improvement and refinements. Full details will become available soon.

Source: RCmagazine [yaesu-net.co.jp/rcm]