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March 14, 2019

Hiro Seiko introduce new on-road lightweight screw sets

Hiro Seiko have announced the release of new lightweight screw sets for a range of on-road kits, such as the Awesomatix A800X Evo, Serpent F110 SF4, Xray T4F, and the Yokomo YRX12’19. The screw kits are available as full titanium or mixed titanium and aluminium sets, with the latter including titanium for the lower and alloy screws for the upper areas of the chassis. The Awesomatix, Serpent and Yokomo specific mixed sets include natural titan and silver anodised alloy screws while the Xray set utilises orange anodised alloy fasteners to match the car’s alloy parts. Using the screws will lower the vehicle’s overall weight while offering higher corrosion resistance and cooler looks than the standard steel fasteners.

View the other screw sets here

March 14, 2019

Azarashi Type-Q11 210mm M-chassis body shell

Coming soon from Azarashi is the Type-Q11 body shell for 210mm M-class on-road cars, such as the Tamiya M-chassis kits. The comical recreation of a certain German sports car is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and it will fit most 210mm M-class chassis. Included with the clear body shell comes a detailed decal sheet that contains head and tail lights, grills and window frames.

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March 14, 2019

Essex Carpet Clash Rd4 – Report

The latest meeting and round 4 of the new Essex Carpet Clash took place this past weekend. With a decent turn out, all drivers entered in the early hours to another great track, that was flowing, fast and fun to drive. Qualifying saw a mix of different drivers taking the top spots in both four and two wheel drive, showing that the track was fast, but small errors made for lost points in the round scores. Four wheel drive saw Ed Kerry take three of the four rounds and lined up ahead of Luke Mills. Two wheel drive ended with Kyle Moon taking pole having taken the 1st two rounds. The remaining grid positions to 5th saw best time coming in to play with drivers split on points.

Continue reading the report here

March 14, 2019

Rebels Race Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Rebels Race series was held in Prague with total of 75 entries for the five classes. The track utilised ETS carpet and a really fast layout. In Modified, it was Matej Sulc, who TQed three rounds of qualifiers ahead of Petr Grof and Karel Kratochvil. The final standings then stayed pretty much the same as Matej won the opening two finals for the overall with Petr and Karel completing the podium.

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March 13, 2019

Reedy Radon 2 5-slot brushed crawler motor

Team Associated have introduced crawler specific variants of their Rado 2 brushed motors. The Radon 2 Crawler motor’s 5-slot design delivers a smooth powerband for precision control while traversing steep, uneven, or rocky terrain. Dual ball-bearings improve performance and reliability while adjustable timing allows for adjustments to compensate for different drivetrain configurations that require reverse motor rotation. These features together result in a powerful, reliable, economical, and versatile choice for those who prefer brushed motor power. The Radon 2 Crawler motor is available in 12T, 16T, and 20T versions to suit a variety of applications and speed requirements.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 13, 2019

Borja Gutarra wins at Catalonian GT Champs Rd2

The second round of the Catalonian GT Championship was held at the Santa Oliva club last weekend. In the Nitro GT category it was Borja Gutarra with the TQ from Alberto Ibanez on the runner-up spot. Alberto however would start into the 30-minute A-main event from pole and he would retain the lead until about the 22-minute mark when Borja Guterra took over the lead that he would onto until the checkered flag to bring home the win in front of Xavier De La Orden Muniz on the runner-up spot. Miguel Castro came in 3rd and in front of Alberto Ibanez who had to settle for 4th overall-

Image: Borja Gutarra

March 13, 2019

FX Engines K501 engine – Coming soon

FX Engines have announced the soon release of their new K501 3.5cc nitro off-road engine. No other details beside a teaser image are available yet but full information are expected to surface in time for the release.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

March 13, 2019

Marco Baruffolo wins at Buggy Winter Cup

The Italian NitroBuggy Genzone track played host to the Buggy Winter Cup last weekend. The event kicked off with practice on Friday with the drivers having to adapt to a somewhat difficult track due to its high traction. Come Sunday things had settled and in the end it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Mugen’s Robert Batlle. Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]