April 27, 2016

Tamiya TA07 Pro 1/10th 4WD touring car kit

Tamiya TA07 Pro 1/10th 4WD touring car kit

Following a first unofficial image of Tamiya’s TA07 Pro club-level touring car the Japanese manufacturer now officially revealed the all-new on-road platform. The kit makes use the lower TRF419 suspension with the chassis being a totally new design featuring a composite chassis plate to which an outer frame connects. The goal is to achieve optimised flex characteristics, compared to the class-standard tub chassis, while offering an easy to build and maintain platform. The transmission of the TA07 Pro is of a 1-belt design that allows to shift the motor and layshaft mount forth and back in order to alter the car’s overall weight distribution with the kit offering three different positions with a mid, mid-rear and rear motor position being possible. Other features of the Pro kit include high-performance TRF shock absorbers, TRF driveshafts as well as a range of blue anodised option parts such as ball studs, turnbuckles, and motor mount. More information and images will become available in time for the release.

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April 27, 2016

Yaiba Racing composite driveshaft blades

Yaiba Racing composite driveshafts blades

Coming from Yaiba Racing are three sets of composite driveshaft blades for a range of 1/10th electric touring cars. Made to protect both the drive pins of the driveshafts as well as the differential outdrives, the blades offer high durability and low friction characteristics with the colour-coded 10-piece sets being available for Tamiya TRF418 and TRF419 kits, for the Yokomo BD5 and BD7 as well as the Xray T4 and VBC D07 and D08 kits.

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April 26, 2016

Xray RX8 2016 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Xray RX8 2016 1/8th nitro on-road kit

To sum up our exclusive series of stories on Xray’s all-new RX8 2016 1/8th nitro on-road kit, including the making off part 1 and part 2 as well as the exclusive interview with designer Martin Hudy, we now have all details and images of the company’s all-new top-of-the-foodchain 1/8th kit available. The 2016 specification car received a massive make-over that starts with the all-new aluminium backbone in the form of full aluminium bulkheads, layshaft and radio plate mounts to ensure a strong yet lightweight framework while still allowing maximum flex characteristics for increased traction. Beside the bulkheads also the suspension mounts are made up using aluminium for maximised precision and durability.

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April 26, 2016

Rob Jansen successful at Dutch electric on-road opener

Rob Jansen successful at Dutch electric on-road opener

Round one of the Dutch Electric On-road National Championship was held at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn. The weather played havoc all weekend, heavily affecting the action on track and in the Touring Car Stock category, the Modified class wasn’t run unfortunately, Rob Jansen (Team Magic) would walk away with the win after coming out successful in the wet A1 and dry A2 to grab the overall win early. Sybrand De Boer (Kyosho) took the runner-up spot from third placed Tim Streefkerk (Xray).

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April 26, 2016

Muchmore 40mm 3D cooling fan guard

Muchmore 40mm 3D cooling fan guard

Muchmore have introduced a 3D cooling fan guard for 40mm fans. Machined from high-quality aluminium and weighing in at only 3.3g the part sports a black anodised surface and machined silver chamfered edges. The guard was made to keep debris, wires and other parts away from the rotating fan blades and it fits most 40mm units.

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April 26, 2016

Dan Jacobs wins Dutch 200mm Nationals opener

Dan Jacobs wins Dutch 200mm Nationals opener

The season opener of the Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Heemstede track over the weekend. With a new spec tyre selected for the season all racers were eager to make maximum use of the practice session on Saturday although all conclusions made were pretty much useless on Sunday when the weather turned to the worst with rain, wet snow, hail, and sunshine showing up in differing combinations. In the end only the wet qualifiers would count as not all drivers had been able to run on a completely dry track. Ultimately it would be Daan Jacobs that claimed the TQ while Julius Kolff almost missed the final in 9th place.

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April 26, 2016

2016 Norwegian Outdoor Cup Rd1 – Report

2016 Norwegian Cup Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Norwegian Outdoor Cup was held at the Stavanger Forum Raceway in the city of Stavanger located on the south-west coast of Norway. The asphalt track is located inside a rubber clad storage warehouse and and it thankfully features a roof as it started to snow during the weekend. The event saw the running of four different classes including Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T blinky, Touring 21.5T blinky and M-Chassis. The Touring Modified qualifiers were dominated by newly crowned Norwegian indoor champion Nikolai who took the TQ with Helge in second and Svein third.

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April 26, 2016

Speed King Tour Rd3 – Report

Speed King Tour Rd3 – Report

The third round of this year’s Speed King Tour was held at the TM circuit in Wakayama. It was the first time the series visited the outdoor tarmac track in the Kansai area and the event saw the running of Modified and Stock Touring classes. Young Yokomo driver Naoki Akiyama took the TQ in the Modified class while the series’ points leader Akio Sobue (Tamiya) came in second second. Yusuke Goto would line up in third for the single A-main with his ARC.

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