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April 10, 2015

Volker from Coelho in opening Italian ETS qualifier

Ronald Volker kicked off qualifying at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Italy with a TQ run however the defending champion’s anticipated domination wasn’t to be by a much as expected. Leading off the World class 11 car top qualifying group the Yokomo driver would find himself trailing Bruno Coelho before the Xray driver overheated his tyres. In the end just half a second separated the Top 2, Coelho posting the fastest time, while somewhat off the lead pace Yannic Prumper completed the Top 3 as the only other driver to run 19-laps of the Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

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April 10, 2015

Volker throws down the gauntlet in Italy

Ronald Volker has thrown down the gauntlet to his rivals on the Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ to Italy by convincingly topping timed practice. Describing the Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli track as one of his all time favourite tracks, the Yokomo driver was almost 7/10ths faster than his closest rival Bruno Coehlo over three laps. Joint leader of the standings with Volker coming into the first outdoor race of Season #8 of the ETS, Marc Rheinard struggled over the 2-timed practice runs with the Round 2 race winner ending up only 11th fastest behind new Tamiya team-mates Naoto Matsukura and Christopher Krapp who ended up 6th and 10th fastest respectively. Making his race debut for HB, Jilles Groskamp kicked off his new contract with an encouraging pace that will see him seeded 5th for qualifying.

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April 10, 2015

Xray NT1’15 200mm nitro on-road kit

Xray NT1'15 200mm nitro on-road kit

Xray officially introduce the all-new NT1 2015 Spec 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road kit. As explained by Martin Hudy in our exclusive interview and making-off feature, the car builds on a redesigned backbone in the form of aluminium front and rear bulkheads and a new main chassis plate. The 2015 Spec car makes use of 7075-T6 aluminium bulkheads, layshaft holders and suspension mounts to adapt to the latest set of rules that see harder and larger diameter “hand out” tyres used at many races.

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April 10, 2015

WRC 1/10th touring car rubber tyres

Italian company WRC have new 1/10th touring car tyres available for carpet and asphalt applications. While the carpet tyres come in a single compound the asphalt-specific tyres come in a soft and hard rubber mixture to adapt the car to different track conditions. All tyres come pre-glued on a white disc rim and in a handy storage and transportation box.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

April 10, 2015

Muchmore Fleta ZX Sting Outlaw BL stock motors

Muchmore introduce their new line of Fleta ZX Sting “Outlaw” brushless stock motors. Offering a patented sintered Neodymium rotor design and short stack stators the motors are meant to offer up to 30 percent more power compared to a legal motor. Available as 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variant all motors are built using the Flow-Max II all-aluminium can for improved airflow and cooling and they sport a distinctive red anodized aluminium timing plate for even better heat dissipation. The motors also feature Grade 5 bearings, silver-plated heavy duty solder tabs and sensor connector protective guards. The outlaw variants are designed for “open” stock racing as they do not comply with the current IFMAR, ROAR, BRCA or JMRCA rules.

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April 10, 2015

VBC D07 aluminium spool & 1.6mm upper deck

VBC Racing have two new option parts for the Wildfire D07 touring car available in the form of a lightweight aluminium spool and a 1.6mm carbon fibre upper deck. Starting with the spool, the CNC-machined part is made from lightweight yet durable 7075 material and it weighs in at only 3.8g. The red anodised part replaces the standard composite housing and it fits all Wildfire and Ghost series cars. The second new part is the 1.6mm carbon fibre upper deck especially made for the Wildfire D07. The top deck is cut from a thinner material for increased torsional flex which can be helpful especially on low-grip tracks.

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April 10, 2015

Birinyi & Bajusz win at RCProf Challenge Rd6

Round 6 of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge saw Janos Birinyi taking the TQ in the Touring Car Stock class from teammate Zsolt Kalnay. In the first final Janos brought home an easy win only to have a mixed second leg meaning the overall win would be decided in the third and final A-main. In the third leg Janos got everything together and he finished in 1st place to take the overall win from Mate Toth and Zsolt Kalnay. In the 13.5T Stock Buggy class Zsolt Ifj. Bajusz took the win from Dani Sagi and Bence Erdödi.

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April 10, 2015

KO Propo carbon servo horn & black servo lead

KO Propo America introduce the new carbon fibre servo horn for 1/12th scale cars and an all-black servo lead. Starting with the servo horn, made for 1/12th scale cars the 3-piece part made from carbon fibre and gun metal anodized aluminium offers higher rigidity and a more direct feeling than a conventional servo saver. The carbon lever sports five mounting points for the steering linkages and the assembly fits all servos with KO Propo compatible output gear spline. Also new is a black servo lead with gold connector for those who are after that cool all-black wire setup in their cars.

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