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December 11, 2018

2018/19 BRCA 1/12th Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2018/19 BRCA 1/12th nationals took place in Tamworth last weekend. The Tamworth club laid a fantastic looking track on their new Primafelt carpet and with a capacity entry of 80 drivers everyone was treated to a fantastic weekend of highly competitive 12th circuit racing. On Saturday racers competed in the 13.5 blinky stock championship with the field split into F1, F2 and F3 grades. In the F1 class Andy Murray broke the dominance of David Spashett and Ollie Payne with their Roche cars by putting his Schumacher onto pole position. Ollie lined up second with David, a very close third, seven tenths of a second behind. Mark Stiles and Ben Vincent were also on the same lap and with the top five covered by five seconds it was sure to be a close fought race.

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December 11, 2018

Scorpion after run & air filter oils

Available from Toni Gruber’s Scorpion brand are competition-grade after run and air filter oils. Both were developed in cooperation with the Pepe Group with the after run oil ensuring maximised engine life as it keeps the engine internals in best possible shape when the engine is not in use for a longer time, for example over the winter season. The chemical neutralises corrosive residue, preventing harming rust build-up. As for the air filter oil, the sticky sauce prevents dust from entering the engine, ensuring prolonged engine life while ensuring best possible airflow at the same time. Both oils are available in 50ml bottles.

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December 11, 2018

HRC Racing 4000mAh round hardcase LiPo pack

HRC Distribution have introduced the new HRC Racing 4000mAh round hardcase LiPo battery pack. Designed to fit any kit that requires NiCD or NiMH racing-pack-style batteries, such as many Tamiya and older Kyosho cars, buggies and trucks, the pack is also ideal to power nitro starter boxes. Housed in a hardcase for protection the oval diameter battery is built from quality 40C cells, making it ideal for stock and mild modified motors. The pack comes pre-wired with an industry-standard balancer port and either and T-type or Tamiya-style plug.

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December 11, 2018

Hiro Seiko M17 screen protector set

Made for Sanwa’s M17 high-end transmitter is a new screen protector set from Hiro Seiko. It is made of a newly developed material to support the transmitter’s touch screen ability while also protecting it from fingerprints, scratches, as well as water and oils. The set includes two pre-cut sheets and it is available now.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

December 11, 2018

T-Works T4 & BD9 graphite spur gear plate

Coming from T-Works and made for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD9 touring cars is a carbon fibre spur gear plate. The item is a direct replacement for the standard composite part and it adds stability to the centre layshaft, pulley and main gear area. It is a direct fit for the above cars and available now.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

December 11, 2018

Yeah Racing TRX-4 door & bonnet hinges

Yeah Racing have introduced their new silicone door and bonnet hinges for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck. They are made of high-quality silicone material and are the perfect scale addition to the Defender or D90/D110 bodies. They come as 2-piece sets and can be fastened by either a screw or suitable adhesives.

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December 11, 2018

Rebellion-RC X1 carbon & aluminium optionals

Coming from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand are several new option parts for the Xray X1 formula car kit. First up is a full chassis set for the current X1’19 car that contains items such as the main chassis plate, front arms, camber plates, battery mounts, the lower pod plate, wing plate and many more. The chassis plate offers Rebellion-RC’s signature silicone bumpers for the battery, chamfered edges, and the side tube brace offers three positions for the tube dampers to make for an adjustable tube angle. Also available is an X1’15-18 conversion kit that allows to run all ’19 features. The chassis sets are available in twelve different carbon weave colours.

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December 10, 2018

Yannic Prümper wins at EWS International

The 2018 EWS International, held this past weekend in Thundersley near London, concluded with a victory for Infinity’s Yannic Prümper. After sitting atop the standings after Saturday’s qualifying rounds, the German driver secured pole position in a very tense final qualifier on Sunday morning. With Elliott Harper looking like his strongest challenger for the overall TQ, it was the British driver who led the final round initially with his Xray. However, in the final minute of the run, a small mistake from Elliott allowed Yannic to close within a tenth of a second, before Pole Position was decided on the very final lap as Elliott ran a little too much kerb coming onto the back straight for the final time, giving Yannic the win and the overall TQ by just two hundredths of a second. The close racing out front allowed Yokomo’s Ronald Völker to also move into the mix, taking third in the round just one and a half tenths behind the leading pair, which in urn secured him fourth on the grid behind Marc Rheinard.

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