AKA Europe have announced the signing of Germany’s Burak and Berkan Kilic to their team. The two youngsters can already look back on some very impressive national and international results and they will be using AKA rubber on their Agama rides starting immediately.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Coming from JConcepts are the Golden Years and JConcepts Tire, two new thread for solid axle monster trucks. Starting with the Golden Years tyres, the full-cleat tyre just looks so vintage, and JConcepts explored new heights and lug creation techniques to ensure the new tyre had the depth of a champion. The chevron pattern might look run of the mill, however, a lot of work has been placed into the tyre to allow the trucks to grip surfaces ranging from carpet, Astroturf and, of course, dirt. The size of the tyre has been altered to have a 1/10th scale large appearance that make vintage monsters, monsters. The round profile is there too, with included foam inserts and the design built into the carcass, the truck can have the bubbly look of the 1980’s. Sidewall lettering is very detailed on the Golden Years, allowing drivers to travel back in time, shine them up and display for the fans. The Golden Years are available in soft, blue compound and indoor racing, gold compound. The items are supplied with open cell, large profile inserts to cushion those hard landings and fill-up the carcass.
Coming soon from Team Bomber is the YR12XX conversion kit for the Yokomo YRX12 1/12th scale pan car kit. The set includes a new aluminium main chassis and rear lower pod plate with the design doing away with the standard bellcrank steering in favour of a conventional direct steering setup. The angled side links can be attached in two different positions to fine-tune steering and rear grip levels and also included are a new front body mount, new aluminium front suspension bulkheads as well as a floating steering servo mount. The kit is rounded out by a new upper damper plate that allows to run a more forward-mounted and shorter shock, a new rear chassis brace and new side tube dampers.
The Dutch Electric On-road Indoor Nationals were held at the Racing Arena Limburg track in Sittard last weekend. The weekend saw practice on Saturday and racing on Sunday, the latter being divided into free practice, triple qualifiers and double finals. The Touring Modified class suffered from a shockingly low turnout on drivers, however ETS A-main finisher Patrick Gassauer, current Dutch modified champion Rick Van den Akker, former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts, as well as “Party Animal” Florian Joos would still make for a very high level of driving.
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After the huge success of the first round at the end of December the Essex Carpet Clash returned to Hornchurch, Essex, for round 2 of what’s proving to be a very popular new off road series, with yet again a full entry for 4WD and 2WD. After listening to the drivers feed back from the previous round, a few small changes were made to both the pitting and more importantly the track. Additional jumps were added for this round and strategically positioned to give a fun and more driver-friendly track. The addition of a cross over jump proved a real favourite with the racers and looked great for the spectators. There was a slight change in the race format for this round giving the drivers even more value for money. Practice, four round by round qualifying runs and three finals for all.
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Following various teasers on social media Team Magic have finally unveiled their new Seth 1/8th ready-to-run desert truck. The 4-wheel drive truck is powered by a 150A waterproof electronic speed controller combined with a 6S LiPo-compatible 2200kV high-speed brushless motor. A 15kg Savöx steering servo supplies strong steering control and all electronic components are splash waterproof. The chassis is made of 4mm strong ultra lightweight aluminium and three differentials equipped with CNC-machined bevel gears supply the power to every wheel. Aluminium shock towers and rear stiffener reduce the chassis tweak as included anti-roll bars make for less chassis roll and adjustable rods for an easy setup. Flexible front and rear bumpers as well as a durable high performance rear wing help to absorb shocks and offer optimised aerodynamics for better traction. The truck is rounded out by realistic high performance tyres and a buggy body shell with durable roll cage.
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Infinity has released an optional high flex top deck for their IF14 electric touring car. Narrower than the standard top deck, it has been designed to keep high rigidity during pitching while still maximising chassis flexibility. The deck becomes more flexible during the latter half of cornering making it also suited to low-grip tracks. The new top deck is machined from high-quality 2.0mm-thick carbon.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
LRP have introduced their new 2019 Competition Car Line Graphene 3 LiHV battery packs, including an all-new 17.5mm tall Hyper LCG variant. Available as high-capacity Modified and ultra low internal resistance Stock packs, the batteries are available in the most popular configurations for on-road and off-road classes. The Modified range starts with three standard-footprint packs, a 6400mAh HV LCG Modified pack (274g/22.5mm height), the 5500mAh HV Ultra LGG Modified pack (230g/20.0mm) and the all-new 5000mAh HV Hyper LCG Modified pack (215g/17.5mm). Also available are two Modified-specific shorty packs, the 97mm long 4500mAh HV LCG Modified Shorty (182g/22.5mm height) and the 93mm long 3900mAh HV Ultra LCG Modified Shorty (155g/18.5mm).
