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August 4, 2018

RCLabHK TB Evo7 chassis conversion kit

RCLabHK have released full information on their new chassis conversion kit for the Tamiya TB Evo7 touring car. The kit’s main item is the 86mm wide 2.2mm carbon fibre chassis that weighs in at about 75g and that was designed to replace the standard alloy chassis of around 117g of weight. Also part of the package are two 3mm carbon fibre vertical top decks and two black anodised 7075 aluminium mounts. The chassis does away with any sort of tweak issues, it offers three different flex settings and it is usable with all three motor mount configurations.

Source: RCLabHK [facebook.com]

August 4, 2018

Xray X12 2019 EU & US edition 1/12th scale kits

Xray have introduced the 2019 versions of their European Championship winning X12 1/12th scale pan car that like the 2018 cars comes as specific EU or US specification kit. The EU kit, coming with a carbon fibre chassis and composite front suspension part was designed for very low to high track conditions while the alloy chassis’d X12 comes with a carbon and graphite composite front end, suitable for medium to very high “black carpet” tracks. New for the 2019 kits are updated chassis with added grooves for the battery backstops and updated rear axle height adjustment inserts whose asymmetric design allows to shorten or lengthen the wheelbase by ±1mm in order to fine-tune weight distribution, traction and cornering behaviour. New for the rear axle clamps are also composite inserts that will extend bearing life.

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August 3, 2018

Dynamite Passport P1 Mini AC balance charger

Coming from Horizon Hobby is the new Dynamite Passport P1 Mini AC-input balance charger and discharger. The affordable, durable and full-powered AC charger can be utilised for surface, air and marine RC charging purposes and features a wide range of selectable charge currents to fit any batteries’ needs. With 60W of charge power the device is capable of up to 6A of charge current and it features an internal balancer, banana-type output connectors and a back-lit display. Included with the charger comes a selection of adapters to fit a wide range of batteries.

View lists of the features and specifications and more images here

August 3, 2018

WRC GTX 1.4 moulded spur gears

WRC Racing have introduced a new series of injection-moulded spur gears for the GTX 1.4 1/8th on-road car. The gears are precision moulded from a special composite material that ensures exceptional durability, minimal wear and improved strength, minimising the chances of stripping a gear. In addition the lightened design greatly reduces the overall weight for reduced rotational mass. A refined moulded process ensures that the gears run as true as possible. They are available as 56T to 62T 1st and 2nd gears.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

August 3, 2018

Rebellion-RC roll out new S35-3 carbon fibre options

Coming from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand are new carbon fibre optionals for the SWorkz S35-3 1/8th scale buggy. Made especially for SWorkz’s Factory team and in use at this week’s EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships in Portugal are a -5mm low-profile front shock tower, a -3mm low-profile rear shock tower as well as the Wollanka Edition carbon fibre steering arms. The shock towers optimise the suspension geometry while offering an overall lower centre of gravity, and the carbon fibre steering arms are a replacement for the kit’s aluminium items, also offering an optimised steering geometry. The items are precision-cut from highest grade resin transfer moulding process carbon fibre and they available in a total of twelve different colours including two different black carbon weaves.

View the other new parts here

August 3, 2018

Dutch 1/8th IC Track Nationals Rd5 – Report

The Model Race Genk club played host to round 5 of the Dutch 1/8th scale IC Track Nationals last weekend. In the premier NK class it was Robbin Hertong with the win from Roy Bakker and Arie Manten. With the win of Robbin and a bad weekend for Jeffrey, the title decision will likely go down to the wire at the very last race of the championship.

Continue reading the report here

August 3, 2018

Leonardo Varga crowned Austrian 200mm Champion

Last weekend the third round of the Austrian IC Championship took place at the MAC Amstetten club in hot summer temperatures of around 35°C. In the 1/10 Nitro class everything went according to plan for Gerhard Kandelhart, taking TQ honours followed by Leonardo Varga, Christoph Rohrmoser and Franz Engel in 4th place (all Shepherd). The final saw a clean start with everyone trying to avoid contact and the first four drivers were able to break away from the field quite quickly. At the first stop for fuel, Leonardo pitted a lap later and could take over the lead with Gerhard loosing time coming in and out of the pits with some traffic finally ended in a crash and an engine flame-out. Gerhard fought his way back to 2nd place through, but eventually risked too much and went out of fuel two laps before the end. Thus Leonardo Varga took the lead and the race wing and secured himself a maiden Austrian Championship title. The other podium spots were taken by Franz Engel and Gerhard Kandelhart.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 3, 2018

Roche P10W Evo Pro10 kit – Coming soon

Roche have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming Rapide P10W Evo 235mm Pro10 kit. The car uses the already available P10 Evo 200mm pan car as a base but was widened using a new front suspension plate as well as a wider rear axle. Other features will include a new 3.0mm carbon fibre main chassis, a new graphite front bumper, new aluminium upper damper plate, new big bore main shock absorber as well as many other subtle changes. Full information and images should become available in time for the release that is expected for some time in August.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]