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February 6, 2017

Andreas Johansson wins at MSEC Indoor Cup Rd5

The fifth round of the MSEC Indoor Cup was held in Örebro and hosted by the Bofors MRK club on a quite technical track. 67 drivers signed in for the four classes offered and in Touring Modified practice Marcus von Elling set the fastest three consecutive laps from Andreas Johansson and young Lukas Knutsson. The qualifying result was based on the best single result out of three rounds in total. After three rounds Andreas Johansson placed himself on the top spot, 3 seconds ahead of Lukas Knutsson, and 6 seconds ahead of Kristoffer Axelsson. The finals then saw some really close racing between the top three drivers. A1 was won by Andreas Johansson while A2 was won by Lukas Knutsson. In A3 Andreas, coming from pole, made no mistakes to take the overall win from Lukas and Kristoffer.

View the final results here

February 5, 2017

Advantage Coelho as Xray locked out front of grid in Slovakia

Bruno Coelho is the Top Qualifier at the third round of the Euro Offroad Series in Slovakia, Xray locking out the Top 3 places on the grid at the Hudy Racing Arena. With the fourth & final qualifier set to decide between Coelho and Martin Bayer who would start on pole, the decision was made on the first laps as Bayer got the tabletop jump wrong needing to be marshalled but even with a better start it may have came to nothing as later in the run he would retire with radio issues. While pushed by team-mate Martin Wollanka, who was to set the fastest lap of all four rounds of qualifying, Coelho could cruise to his third TQ knowing that Bayer’s error had secured him the overall TQ irrespective of his own result in Q4. Despite his DNF, Bayer will start second ahead of Wollanka with Joern Neumann a surprise 4th after a strong P3 run in the final qualifier. Another key retirement of the final qualifier was Lee Martin popped a drive shaft after a big off, the lack of a result dropping him to fifth on the grid.

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February 4, 2017

T-Works MTX-5/6 hard-coated aluminium pivot balls

T-Works have introduced several sets of aluminium pivot balls for Mugen’s MTX-6 and MTX-5 series of cars. Available are 6mm anti-roll bar pivot balls, as well as flanged 5mm, 6mm and 7mm variants with internal hexes for easy assembly. The ball ends are available as pairs and also as a complete 26-piece set, fitting the MTX-6R, MTX-6 and MTX-5. All parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come hard-anodised for wear.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

February 3, 2017

Bittydesign M410 190mm touring car bodyshell

Italian company Bittydesign have introduced their all-new M410 bodyshell for 190mm electric touring cars. Developed in cooperation with Bittydesign’s world-wide team of drivers the body is meant to excel in virtually every track condition, be it indoor or outdoor, carpet or asphalt. The lightweight body only weighs in at about 85g, thanks to a new 0.75mm thick material and a refined moulding process, but without compromising strength and aerodynamic efficiency. A specially-shaped front end ensures fast corner entry and consistent steering throughout the corner while the rear end makes for good stability and traction. The EFRA and IFMAR homologated body comes clear, including window masks, decal sheet and lightweight wing mounting hardware.

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February 3, 2017

Rocket RC F1 aluminium chassis & lower pod plate

Coming from Rocket RC and made for their recently introduced Rocket F1 car is an aluminium main chassis and lower pod plate. Made in Italy and machined from high-quality 3mm 7075 aluminium the parts help to create a stiffer car which is helpful in very high-bite conditions. Both the chassis and pod plate are available in a natural silver or a black anodised finish.

Source: Rocket RC [facebook.com]

February 3, 2017

LRP 2017 P5-HV Competition Car Line LiPo battery range

LRP have revamped their Competition Car Line range of high-performance LiPo batteries for 2017, adding several 7.6V LiHV packs. The P5-HV technology Graphene cells will offer improved durability when charged to the standard 4.2V per cell but they are good for the use with up to 4.35V charge end voltage, allowing to use them in outlaw racing classes. The new cell technology makes for improved average voltage, lower heat built-up and an increased voltage level towards the end of a run. The range starts with four standard length 2S packs, the 8000mAh TC Stock Spec (25.1mm height/332g), the 6400mAh TC LCG Stock Spec (22.5mm/274g), the 5500mAh TC Ultra LCG (20.0mm/230g) and the 5600mAh TC LCG (22.5mm/268g.

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February 3, 2017

Maverick iON alloy shocks, steering arms & motor mount

HPI Racing have introduced three new Maverick aluminium option parts for the iON line of mini-size vehicles. First up is an aluminium shock absorber set. Machined from high-quality material and featuring an all-alloy construction with the bodies, upper and lower caps all made from the lightweight material, the dampers come in a matte amber gold colour to match with the remainder of the company’s option parts. Also new are the aluminium steering arms for the iON line of vehicles. The amber gold anodised parts are direct replacements and they improve durability and looks. Last but not least comes an aluminium motor mount. It improved heat dissipation and durability while also making for a more precise gear mesh setting. The above parts fit all iON-series vehicles.

View the other new parts here

February 3, 2017

Nosram P5-HV 2017 LiHV battery packs

UK Nosram distributors Schumacher have introduced three new P5-HV Lithium-Polymer high-voltage battery packs. Made utilising high-performance cells the 7.6V packs offer a low resistance, less heat build-up under load and thus maximised power until the end of the run. Although of high-voltage specifications the soon BRCA-legal packs offer more power than Nosram’s 2016 packs when charged to the currently legal 8.4V. Available are a 22.3mm tall LCG 6400mAh standard size pack, a 19.5mm high Ultra LCG 5500mAh standard size battery and also a 4200mAh shorty pack that is of “real shorty” dimensions. All use red translucent hardcases with 5mm tube-style connectors and they comply with EFRA, IFMAR, ROAR, JMRCA, BRCA and DMC rules.

View the Ultra LCG pack here