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September 9, 2015

Tekin Redline Gen3 brushless motors

Available soon are Tekin’s all-new Redline Gen3 540-size electric brushless motors. The third generation Redlines are re-engineered from the ground up resulting in a smaller, lighter and faster sensored motor that also delivers smooth power across the whole RPM range. The Gen3 21.5T, 17.5T and 13.5T are available in an RPM version as well as the standard versions. Designed for applications where higher RPM is more beneficial than torque, these motors are ideal for 1/12th and touring car racing classes. The Gen3 modified group of motors are custom tuned with rotor sizes to give you the performance needed for your application. The 21.5T down to 8.5T group come standard with 12.5mm performance rotors and the 7.5T to 2.5T group are equipped with a 13mm rotor for that extra torque needed in modified racing.

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September 9, 2015

Schelle B5M aluminium C suspension mount

Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations and made for the Team Associated B5M, T5M and SC5M is an aluminium C suspension mount. Weighing in at only 5 gram the CNC-machined part is available in black or blue anodising and while adding security and durability it also allows to change the toe-in and anti-squat inserts without removing the mount from the chassis.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

September 9, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 – Report

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 - Report

The MBV Kampenhout played host for the fifth round of the Belgian SCT Cup on their fun yet selective astro turf track. The day started off wet and slippery and the track would stay like this until the fourth qualifying round. In the Pro2 class, Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) would take three of the four qualifiers to grab the overall TQ with the only 12 laps run. Runner-up Nicolas Evens (TLR) scored one round TQ and two second places to obtain the 2 spot on the grid in front of Tom Pierard (TLR) who completed the top 3 result.

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September 8, 2015

Tom Yardy joins Schumacher

Schumacher Racing welcome top UK Off Road racer Tom Yardy to the team. Tom is an extremely accomplished racer finishing and excellent 4th in both 2WD and 4WD BRCA Championships last year with one race win at EPR. He has signed a multi-year deal and will also use Schumacher distributed brands, Hobbywing speed controls and motors, Intellect Batteries and Highest servos. Tom had this to say about the deal:

I’m delighted to be a part of the Schumacher team for 2016/17 – in my opinion they currently have the best cars on the market for European racing and I can’t wait to get them out on track. I’d like to thank Robin Schumacher, Mark Musgrove and Trish Neal for helping to make this move possible and I will do all I can to re-pay their faith in me.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 8, 2015

GForce TS90+ sensored brushless speed controller

Japanese company GForce have introduced the TS90+ brushless speed controller. Rated at 90A content current the speedo is good for the use with motors down to 5.5T at 2S LiPo battery packs. The controller is usable with or without an additional fan unit, it measures 39x38x20mm and it offers 6V/3A BEC output as well as several turbo and timing functions which are accessible using an optional programming box or GForce’s WiFi Link. The ESC comes pre-wired with 14AWG silicone wires, a power capacitor and it will become available with a black or orange heatsink.

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September 8, 2015

Nico Schmid takes Swiss 4WD Buggy title

Round four of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Obernau track this past weekend. In the 4WD A-mains Nico Schmid grabbed the win from Team Associated teammate Patrick Hofer to take the national title. Third in the 4WD class was Fabian Luca Widmer (Yokomo). With a fine sixth place Nico’s brother Florian took the 4WD Swiss Junior title.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

September 8, 2015

Vision Racing TLR 22-4 carbon fibre front shock tower

New from Vision Racing and made for the TLR 22-4 is a 5mm carbon fibre front shock tower. It incorporates micro tune shock positioning by adding two in between holes to the three stock positions. The smaller centre section allows more undisturbed air to the body and for all the weight conscious stock racers out there the part is 1.4 grams lighter than the stock tower.

Source: Vision Racing [vision-racing.net]

September 8, 2015

Ryan Lutz sweeps Labor Day Shootout

The Labour Day Shootout was held at A-Main’s Silver Dollar Raceway with a good turnout of drivers from the West Coast in attendance. The track sported some sections left over from the ROAR Nationals and yet a few changes to make it feel completely different. The traction was a bit higher than at the Nationals with no real glossy slick areas. Saturday was qualifying proceedings and in E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy it was Ryan Lutz who would take the overall TQs early by taking round TQs in the first and second qualifier. Nitro Buggy was a different affair though and it would come down to the third qualifier between Curtis Door and Ryan. Curtis had a bad first lap and Ryan just got caught in traffic and made a mistake which allowed Atondo to take the round. Overall though based on the tie-breaker Ryan would TQ over Door.

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