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July 15, 2015

Georgiadis wins at GTS Rd5

The fifth round of Greek Touring Series was held at the FRT race track with a good number of entries. Different from other rounds of the GTS this race was held under 17.5T Blinky rules inspired by the Xray Challenge held at the Hudy Arena. The qualifying was very close and after three rounds Georgiadis (Xray) put his car on the 1 spot follow by fellow Xray racer Zogogiannis and Katsikis (HB) in 3rd place. The finals then were again a very close affair with all drivers being in the same lap and at the end Georgiadis was able to keep the momentum to take the overall win from Zogogiannis and Papachristos (Xray).

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July 15, 2015

Serpent Viper 977 Evo 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Following a recent teaser Serpent have now released more information and images of the forthcoming Viper 977 Evo 1/8th scale nitro on-road kit. The latest incarnation of Serpent’s World Championship winning 977 platform will feature the SL8 XLi super-low inertia 2-speed gearbox, new 0.8 pitch composite gears, hardened 0.8 pitch clutch gears as well as an optimised 7075-T6 aluminium chassis with improved flex characteristics and weight slide system. Also included in the Evo kit is a new 2.5mm carbon fibre radio plate with ball-raced central flex system, a new front bumper with inserts and an improved rear body mount. The kit will ship in the third week of July.

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July 15, 2015

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship Rd3 - Report

Round three of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the track of the Model Racing Genk club. During the last heat of the opening qualifier rain started to fall and due to the declaration as a wet race many drivers were forced to run also the second and third round in order to qualify for the finals. In the main final of the Top class it was Gunther Van Staey (Serpent) who was able to pull away right from the start of the race, setting some very fast laps and showing again his good form this year. Gunther was able to dominate the race and he finished 1 lap in front of reigning EC 40+ champion Frank Baggen (ARC) who is currently in a strong position for the title of the Dutch National Champion. Frank was followed by ARC team mate Ad Vissenberg, who confirmed his good result of the Groningen round and who now bumped up to second place in the overall ranking. In the second category of the weekend, the Nomac Cup class, it was local veteran racer Ad Moelands who took the win in the partly wet final. He was followed by Addie Van de Ven and Stephan van Rooijen in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 14, 2015

Cyril N’Diaye wins at French Electric On-road Nats Rd4

Cyril N'Diaye wins at French Electric On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the French Electric On-road Nationals was recently held in Tour in the centre of France. In the 21.5T Formula class Jeremy Limoges top seeded the practice rounds in front of Georges Saux and Cyril N’Diaye. Come qualifying Cyril upped his game as he won two round to be tie on points with Jeremy and the fast tie-breaker handed Cyril the pole position for the triple A-mains of which he won the first and second leg to take the overall win early. Jeremy took the win in the third A-main to grab the runner-up spot from Georges Saux.

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July 14, 2015

Xray NT1 rear graphite chassis insert

New from Xray and made for the NT1 2015 1/10th nitro on-road car is a rear graphite chassis insert. The CNC machined from thick carbon fibre the part is extra rigid and designed to improve the aerodynamics by eliminating the airflow into the rear bulkhead. The part is a direct fit but must be used with the #331280 plastic brackets.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 13, 2015

Team Associated FT titanium screws with new sizes

Team Associated have expanded their range of Factory Team brand titanium screws by seven sizes. Adding to the already existing range are 10mm M3 socket head and 6mm M3 flat head screws as well as 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 16mm and 20mm M4 flat head screws. All are available in 4-piece packages.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

July 13, 2015

RC Lemans Rd4 – Report

Round four of this year’s RC Lemans Series was held this past weekend at the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, the Netherlands. Partly damp conditions made things interesting, nevertheless most of the qualifiers and finals could be run in dry conditions. With the qualifiers not being counted by points and following a dry and a slightly damp qualifier the final round would be the rocket round to qualify for the A-mains in both the Modified and Stock classes. In the Modified class it was Reinder Wilms who was able to score the only 23 laps qualifying run to take a maiden TQ in the RC Lemans Series. Behind the Dutchman Tobias Weist, Sven Stoffels, Tim Altmann and Marc Lorenz completed the top 5 with all four being covered by only a couple of seconds.

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July 13, 2015

Brilliant RC Belt Silicone lubricant

Brilliant RC’s new Belt Silicone is an innovative lubricant which improves the performance and efficiency of every belt-driven RC car by reducing the friction of the belts and pulleys. Furthermore it ensures that less dirt adheres on the pulleys and on the belts which results in less wear and an extended life of the drivetrain. The lube comes in a bottle with a small applicator brush for convenient and save application as even the smallest amounts of silicone-based lubricants can cause considerable damages in nitro engines.

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