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November 19, 2015

Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit gets a renewal

Tamiya’s iconic Kakegawa Circuit is celebrating its 20 anniversary next year and while the original circuit, that once was the largest permanent track in the world, is still in pretty good shape the track will get a major make-over to turn it from an outdoor track into an all-weather indoor facility. Two huge tents will keep the elements away from both the track and the pits and beside the waterproofing the track itself will also see a revision with a new layout and more. The completion of the construction work is planned for May 2016 and we really look forward seeing the result.

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November 18, 2015

Kyosho Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale kit

Coming this November is Kyosho’s Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale pan car kit. Building on the 2011 Plazma Ra kit the 2.0 variant features some subtle design revisions to make it easier to adapt the car to a range of track conditions from slippery up to high-grip thanks to a widely adjustable centre shock and the ability to run both a crank-type or direct steering assembly. A new king-pin strut system of the front suspension allows for easier and more precise camber, caster and track width adjustments and also simplified maintenance. Grooves in the chassis allow to run the 1S LiPo back in a forward or rear position and the centred motor position delivers optimal left-to-right balance. The kit is rounded out by a high-torque ball differential with thrust bearing and 4mm adjustment nut.

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November 18, 2015

Marc Valero wins Spanish Campeonato Pro10 title

The Spanish Campeonato Pro10 Series recently concluded with the seventh and final race of the season. The growing series is run all over the north-east of Spain in cities such as Barcelona, Rubi, Cerdanyola and Santa Oliva and finally it was Marc Valero who took a deserved title by winning all seven rounds to take the 2015 title from runner-up Sergio Lacuesta. Jaume Creus in third would round out the championship podium.

Source: Coches RC [cochesrc.com]

November 17, 2015

Danish Electric On-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals were held in Faxe on a purpose-built track. In the Touring Car class Mike Gosvig (Xray) dominated the qualifiers by winning all three rounds with a margin of four to eight seconds on the second place driver. Behind Mike, Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) and Soren Boy (VBC) had a good battle for the runner-up spot with Frederik taking three second place finishes while Soren ended the qualifiers in third. Young Xray driver Patrick Danielsen grabbed the 4 spot on the grid.

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November 16, 2015

Team Orion Ultra chemistry shorty LiPo battery

Team Orion have introduced their Ultra chemistry shorty LiPo battery pack. Suitable for a range of applications the pack is built from high-performance 450mmAh 100C cells with a special chemistry and construction making for improved punch and extreme power output. This allows to use the battery in power-hungry classes such as 4WD Modified off-road and it comes housed in a carbon-look hardcase, utilising standard 4mm gold-plated connectors.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

November 16, 2015

Awesomatix A800 belt-driven touring car kit

Some weeks ago Awesomatix have introduced their forthcoming A800 electric touring car kit and following first renderings now official images of the production car are available. As mentioned before the A800 is the company’s first belt-driven car and while doing away with the shaft drivetrain of the A700 the A800 still relies on the tried and tested suspension components although kit will utilise aluminium lower A-arms over the previously used carbon fibre offerings. Part of the suspension package are the rebuildable D2.1 rotation dampers that allow to maintain and tune shock absorbers if needed.

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November 16, 2015

Essex Winter Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the popular Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend in the south-east of the UK. The event was once again almost at capacity and, as well as all the usual top UK drivers, current EFRA Touring Car Champion Alexander Hagberg joined the race after completing his move to live in the UK. In the Zen Racing Modified class, the battle for top qualifier was between EWS round one winner, Olly Jefferies, and current BRCA champion Elliott Harper. Elliott took his Schumacher to the fastest time in the first qualifying round, with Olly second ahead of Kyle Branson, Andy Moore and Alexander Hagberg. Elliott again set the pace in round two, with Olly again placing his Xray second quickest in front of Kyle, Andy and Alexander once again. Elliott secured the pole position with the fastest time in round three, as Capricorn’s Kyle Branson took second in front of Olly and his Xray team-mate Alexander, with defending EWS champion Stefan Chodzynski rounding out the top five for Capricorn. Elliott made it a clean sweep by taking the fourth qualifier. Alexander was getting to grips with the EWS track and surface to take second in the round, ahead of Olly, Andy and Kyle.

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November 15, 2015

BMT 601 electric touring car kit

Italian brand BMT, know especially for their successful nitro on-road cars, have joined the 1/10th electric touring car game with the introduction of the BMT 601 4WD touring car. The vehicle is based on a symmetrical 2.3mm carbon fibre chassis for equal left-to-right flex characteristics and topped off by a 2mm carbon upper deck that allows for various flex settings. Compact and lightweight aluminium bulkheads take the front spool and rear gear differential with the spool featuring steel outdrives while the rear diff is equipped with composite internals and double O-rings. The centre pulleys are made from aluminium and the belts supplied in the kit are low-friction Bando belts for high drivetrain efficiency. On the suspension side of things the 601 features aluminium suspension mounts with hard composite inserts, the front and rear anti-roll bars use ball races for maximum precision and the bulkhead covers are a one-piece affair with the shock towers attaching using three bolts instead of the usual four. The kit is rounded out by mirror-polished and hard-coated aluminium shock absorbers with TiNi-coated shock shafts and all suspension parts are made from hard-compound plastic composite material.

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