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October 19, 2015

Alpe Adria Masters 2015 – Report

The Alpe Adria Masters 2015 recently concluded with the third and final round held at the LAMAC track in Austria. The very technical but smooth track layout attracted some 60 drivers despite a less-than-pleasant weather forecast for Saturday. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class local driver Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) took the win from Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) and Jernej Vuga Stendler (Xray/Reds Racing). As for the overall result, the third place at the final round of the three race series handed Jernej the win from Nejc on the runner-up spot. Roland Riegler (Capricorn/Picco) would round out the top 3 result.

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October 19, 2015

Capricorn TE03 Active Toe System

The latest company to introduce a (re)active rear toe system for their electric touring cars is Capricorn from Italy. Coming as a set for the LAB TE02 Evo and the TE03 the system allows to adjust the toe angle change of the rear suspension in different parts of the corner to allow for better rear stability or improved rotation and less understeer. The amount of toe change is adjustable using different amounts of shims under the inner and outer ball studs and the set included a redesigned motor and layshaft mount, new rear A-arms, alloy C-hubs and delrin bushings as well as a complete arrangement of mounting hardware. All parts are also available separately.

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October 19, 2015

Azri Amri TQs & wins at MNC Rd5

Round five of the Malaysia National Championship was held at a semi-permanent indoor track in Ipoh State Bt Gajah, Malaysia. The unknown track made for a level playing field and attracted a total of 75 racers to attend in several electric on-road classes including Touring Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 13.5T Blinky. Finally in the Modified class Azri Amri (Xray) took the TQ and win from Shanrin (Yokomo) and Wong Kok Wai (Awesomatix). Azahr and Michael Lim would round out the top 5 result.

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October 19, 2015

RSD Roche P12 floating servo conversion chassis

Reflex Racing have introduced the floating servo conversion chassis for the Roche P12 1/12th scale pan car. The conversion kit maintains the stock geometry of the P12, while adding optional holes to install longer Xray side links as well as Reflex Racing’s popular floating servo mount. On top of that the chassis is made from 2.5mm quasi isotropic carbon fibre, so it is more rigid than the kit version for more consistency in high-bite conditions.

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October 19, 2015

RC Lemans Series Rd7 – Report

The 2015 RC Lemans Series concluded this past weekend with the 7th and and final round hosted by the EVMC Velp club. Following the cancellation of the previous round 6 the title decision in the Stock class would take place at the final event. Due to the predicted weather and some entry cancellations the driver field unfortunately was pretty small with only one group each for the Modified and Stock classes. The qualifying then started out dry but with the day progressing things got more and more wet and unpleasant and with the FTD counting the opening qualifier was the fastest for most of the drivers. In the Modified class newly crowned German champion Tim Altmann would grab the TQ spot in front of Reinder Wilms and Sven Stoffels. The top 5 was completed by Peter Plümacher and Christian Fischer.

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October 16, 2015

Thomas Desmaries wins at French On-road Cup

The French 1/8th On-road Cup was recently held at the Limoges track with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. The main final at first saw the battle for the lead between Adrien Bertin and class rookie Leo Arnold but the latter would make some mistakes in the opening stages, allowing Adrien to open a gap on the field. Around the 20 minute mark, with Adrien out in front by around 9 seconds, Leo ran into tyre problems, allowing Thomas Desmaries to first close the gap and then also to pass Leo. With some five minutes to go Adrien had to pull out of the race with problems on his car and this promoted Thomas into the lead that he would keep until the checkered flag. Leo finished the main just two seconds short on Thomas with Stephane Riccobono rounding out the top 3 result.

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October 16, 2015

Kyosho V-One R4 Evo 200mm nitro on-road kit

Seen for the first time at the recent All Japan Hobby Show Kyosho now officially introduce the V-One R4 Evo 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. The latest incarnation of successful R4 platform features several improvements and refinements to better cope with today’s powerful engines and so the newly shaped main chassis and upper deck are the foundation of improved mechanical grip and optimal performance in a wide variety of racing conditions. The new aerodynamic front bumper delivers improved turning stability while the front knuckles and rear hubs can be installed with optional carbon discs to provide increased high-speed stability and chassis setting variation.

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October 16, 2015

Blitz VSR 200mm touring car bodyshell

Coming from Team Titan and made for 200mm touring cars is the VSR bodyshell. Designed with an emphasis on front end grip the body will still offer a stable and balanced feel that can be tweaked using the supplied rear wing that offers two different trim lines to make for easy aerodynamic tuning. The body is available in a regular weight 1.0mm and a lightweight 0.8mm variant and it includes window masks and a decal sheet.

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