The Border have introduced the new 1.5mm V2 FRP T-bar for the Tamiya TRF102 formula pan car. Designed especially for indoor carpet tracks the part offers a good balance between flexibility and stiffness, making it ideal for mid to high-grip conditions. Stronger than the original Tamiya T-bar and being a direct replacement the part, made from 1.5mm high-quality FRP, simply drops into place.
Source: The Border [the-border.com]
Capricorn have introduced their new 540-size brushless motors for 1/10th and 1/12th scale applications. Coming with a lightweight can that sports cooling ribs and large vent openings, the hand-built motors feature a balanced rotor and ceramic ball bearings for maximum efficiency and performance. The motor is available as 3.5T to 8.5T modified, 4.0T and 13.5T modified as well as 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T stock variant. As for the two 13.5T offerings, the modified motor is making use of a 12.3x5mm rotor while the stock variant comes with a 12.5×7.2mm rotor.
The German MC Ettlingen club hosted its first ever electric race in 40 years of club history this past weekend. The event attracted a good amount of racers from France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to race in the four classes of Pro10 Modified and Stock, as part of the RC Lemans South series, as well as 1/8th Electric On-road Modified and Stock. In 1/8th Modified it was nitro specialist Patrick Nähr who secured TQs in all three qualifiers while also setting an unofficial new track record of 12.5s during Saturday’s practice. Oliver Mühlhauser and Adrian Burren completed the top 3 result.
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The fast open layout of the Halifax track hosted round three of this season’s BRCA Touring Car national series and after three rounds the Modified class has now seen three different winners. This weekend it was Xray’s Olly Jefferies who took the spoils taking TQ and the overall victory in tricky constantly changing weather conditions. Right up to the last final drivers had to be on their toes, two minutes in to the last Modified A-final the rain came and with all drivers on slicks it was one of the slowest finals held at Halifax for a long time, but Jefferies kept it on the tarmac to take the win over the Team Associated of Chris Grainger and Schumacher’s Elliott Harper, with each of these drivers taking a round win so far the series now really opens up with two rounds still to go.
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Japanese company Xenon have announced the release of a new optional front end kit for all 1/12th pan cars that use a Team Associated R5 compatible front suspension. The kit is of a damped design and it includes the VSS front shock stay, front shocks, upper arm links with eyelets and front end castor blocks. It is of the proven Xenon design and quality and all parts are also available separately. Also available are 65m VSS side links compatible for Associated R5, Roche Rapide P12, Kyosho Plaza and Morotech kits.
The fifth round of the BRCA National series took place at the Cotswold Model Car Club, returning to this track for the second time this season. Run alongside the Nitro classes, the race would see nice weather and as the 1/8 electric drivers are now figuring out their electronics packages, they’re edging closer and closer to the ultimate pace of the .21 engine nitro cars, all though it is clear to see that the electric cars have huge amounts of torque, the 4S battery limit is making the cars a little slower down the main straight. New comer Alex Thurston was setting the pace and it was looking somewhat ominous for the drivers behind him as he had such a pace advantage. Sunday morning headed into the qualifying which was dry and most drivers managed to get good clean runs in every round. After four rounds of qualifying the Electric A-final would line up as follows:
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Ielasi Tuned have introduced their all-new .12 nitro on-road engine. The World Championship Edition was created with the forthcoming 1/10th 200mm World Championship in Gubbio, Italy in mind and it features a special, lightweight conrod, a lightweight piston and lightweight crankshaft, all hand-modified by Daniele Ielasi himself. The Novarossi-based 2.11cc engine will hit the stores in the coming days.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
Coming from Team Associated is the limited edition Apex 1/10th 4WD touring car kit. Available for the North American market only the kit, that is the base for AE’s popular Apex RTR vehicles, features a shaft-driven 4WD drivetrain, large volume shock absorbers, realistic brake discs and callipers and it is the ideal base to get started into VTA, touring on-road or drift racing. The rolling kit needs and RC system, electrics, a body and wheels for completion.
