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October 18, 2016

Serpent GT Cup Rd5 – Report

The popular Serpent GT Cup series saw the running of round five this past weekend. As the racers get more and more used to the control class equipment, the lap times are getting faster every time and racing is getting even more exciting with the top racers being very close together in terms lap times and performance. In the ever growing Cobra GT Modified class, round five saw a new TQ holder. Hui China Ho was able to secure the top spot in front of series points leader Nelson Woo. With the fastest lap time only 0.1s apart, Hui managed to hold off a strong charge from Nelson, eventually winning the 40-minutes A-main while Nelson Woo had to settle for second. After qualifying sixth overall, veteran racer Quai Lo had a very strong race to finish third and to take the final podium spot.

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October 18, 2016

2016 Model Mountain Camp – Report

For the second year running the Model Mountain Camp event was held at Storefjell Hotell and Resort. A unique event for Norway the weekend sees both the Storefjell Sprint Touring race and a round of the “King of Nations” drift cup. This year the event had 114 entries from six countries including two foreign guests in the form of Yokomo’s development driver Matsuzaki Hayato and sales manager Aso Minoru. In the Spring Modified class Matsuzaki showed his world class skills and so he took an easy win with the fight being on for the remaining podium spots. Both Lars A. Andersen and André Roine really wanted those spots on the podium, but in the end it was Lars who took the runner-up spot behind Hayato. André, who had a serious crash in the second leg had to let his team mate Anders Mikkelsen by with the latter taking the final podium spot.

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October 17, 2016

Essex Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Another packed entry descended on the EWS venue in the south-east of England, to be greeted by a completely re-vamped track. Brand new ETS-style carpet was in use this year, expanding the track size to a massive 34×24 metres, and Sweep Racing were now on board as the presenting partner, with all drivers using the EWS-spec Sweep carpet tyre, and hand-out additive. This new combination, combined with an improved level of branding and presentation, impressed the drivers and left everyone keen to get their winter season off to a good start.

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October 17, 2016

Urban Touring Series Rd10 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series reached its season finale this past weekend, with round 10 attracting one of the largest entries so far as it was once again a concurrent national championship points scoring round. The premier Touring Open class would once more be run on a Reedy race format over the best three of five legs. With Nicholas Lee participating in his first local event since making the A-main at the IFMAR Worlds in Beijing, the rest of the grid would have to step up their game to keep pace.

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October 17, 2016

Hobbywing XeRun XR8 SCT brushless speed controller

Hobbywing have introduced their new XeRun XR8 SCT brushless speed controller for 1/10th scale short course and monster trucks as well as 1/8th scale buggies and on-road cars. At 54.1×37.2×36.1mm the controller is of a more compact design and about 36.5g lighter than the XR8 Plus for easier positioning even in crowded environments. The controller features a built-in high-voltage BEC system with adjustable 6V to 7.4V output to securely power even power hungry high-torque and high-speed servos and it is usable with up to 4S LiPo battery packs. A special firmware makes for ultra-smooth throttle response and off-throttle coasting and the ESC is widely programmable using Hobbywing’s LCD programming box or WiFi module. The speedo is rounded out by a rubber-protected electronic switch.

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October 17, 2016

Takaaki Shimo wins JMRCA 1/8th Nationals

The Japanese JMRCA 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals were held this past weekend at the Hokusei Circuit. 2015 IFMAR vice world champion, Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo came out fastest after the qualifiers thanks to scoring three round TQs and he would also take the win in the 45-minute main final to become 2016 champion, some three laps in front of teammate Takehiro Terauchi in second.

Image: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]

October 17, 2016

T-Works RGT8 titanium, carbon & alloy option parts

T-Works have introduced a range of titanium, carbon and aluminium option parts for the HB Racing RGT8 on-road car. Available are a titanium turnbuckle set for a lower overall weight, carbon fibre A-arm inserts to reinforce the suspension arms, and also hard-coated aluminium or machined titanium lower suspension pins, again to further lower the unsprung masses for improved on-track performance. The range is rounded out by a titanium and a gold-plated steel screw set. All parts are direct replacements and they become available soon.

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October 17, 2016

RC-Mission 43mm TRF419X rear aluminium dogbones

RC-Mission have released a first preview image of their forthcoming 43mm aluminium driveshaft dogbone for the TRF419X touring car. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075 aluminium and coming with a hard-coated surface the dogbones are meant to offer exceptional durability and they are a direct replacement for the stock parts. Coming soon are also suitable hard-coated 7075 rear axle shafts for the TRF419X for an ever lighter drivetrain.

Source: RC-Mission [rc-mission.com]