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October 17, 2018

Juan Carlos Canas wins at Andalusian Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Andalusian Championships was hosted by the San Jose de la Rinconda club and held at the Fernando Robles track last weekend. Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas was on a high all weekend long, taking the overall TQ and win in the 45-minute A-main event. Francisco Hidalgo came in 2nd from Zacarias Villalba, who had a troubled A-main, starting from the 2 spot on the grid, but rewarded himself with the final podium spot.

Image: Attack RC [facebook.com]

October 17, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins at Indonesian EP Off-road Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Indonesian Electric Off-road Series as held at the SDC track in Tangerang, West Java recently. The race format saw two rounds of 5-minute qualifiers followed by triple 5-minute A-mains. Jason Nugroho took the overall 4WD Modified Buggy TQ but in A1 he got a bad start any only finished in 2nd place. With wins in A2 and A3 however he locked the overall win from teammate Rizki Pradana 2nd and Yuri in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 17, 2018

Tamiya Dynahead 6×6 G6-01TR truck

Coming soon from Tamiya is the Dynahead 6×6 G6-01TR 6-wheeler off-road trail truck. Based on the popular G6-01 chassis the TR version features portal hub reduction axles that up the final drive ratio to 37.35:1 for improving climbing performance, 15mm greater ground clearance and cool looks. The martially looking body shell was designed by Takayuki Yamazaki of PDC Design-works and the truck comes with 5-spoke wheels and V-tread block tyres for astonishing looks. The 453mm long truck is 4WS capable using a capable transmitter and optional rear axle parts. Included with the kit comes a 540-size brushless motor and the kit is set for a release this Winter.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

October 17, 2018

Bakla & Stone win at NWS Pro-Line Challenge

The Australian ACT track recently played host to the NSW Pro-Line Challenge with the largest entry for the 2018 season. The event was held in several classes and using 10-minutes qualifiers and 45-minutes A-mains. Nitro Buggy was a 2-horse race, as Ari Bakla picked up TQ after winning all three Qualifiers, while local fast guy Shane Kelly had some super fast lap speed and was 2nd with Craig Laughton in 3rd. In the main Ari pulled a little gap but would be closed after the first pit stop, for the next 25 minutes Ari and Shane were never more than 2 to 3 seconds apart, switching the lead until Shane had a huge crash in one of the worst areas of the track for a marshal to get to. This gave Ari a large lead which he would protect and cross the line with the win from Shane Kelly 2nd and Craig Laughton 3rd.

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October 17, 2018

Sunday Race Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of this year’s Sunday Race Cup was held at the HSH race tracks in Dintikon, Switzerland. 22 drivers in three categories signed in, making for good racing in perfect weather conditions. In Race Truck it was a clear win for Tobias Kunz in front of veteran racer, Luigi Manzo and Micha Kühne. Tobias had a perfect day with the TQ and wins in all three A-mains. Micha Kühne looked like he would wrap up the runner-up spot, however a crash in the final A-main meant that Luigi hold the upper hand to finish 2nd overall.

Continue reading the report here

October 17, 2018

Power HD M9 high-voltage mid-size servo

Coming from Power HD is their new M9 mid-size high-voltage servo for 1/12th scale applications. It features an all-aluminium heatsink case, coreless motor, copper and titanium gears and it is capable of up to 9kg-cm of torque and a speed of down to 0.07s. The servo measures 35×15.1×29.5mm, weighs in at 35g and it will hit stores soon.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

October 17, 2018

T-Works T4’19 ball ends & lightweight screw sets

T-Works have introduced a range of ball end and screw sets for Xray’s new T4’19 touring car. The 22-piece sets are available as titanium-nitride coated, hard-coated aluminium or polished titanium set to achieve either a lower weight or improved wear resistance while also adding some visual impact. Also new are several screw kits including 109-piece UFO head titanium, 104-piece orange aluminium, 109-piece UFO head orange aluminium, 109-piece aluminium and titanium as well as 109-piece UFO head aluminium and titanium sets. All reduce the car’s overall weight compared to using the stock steel screws with the alloy and mixed alloy sets achieving the greatest weight savings.

View the other new parts here

October 17, 2018

Kyosho Mini-Z MR-03Evo chassis sets

Kyosho have announced the soon release of their new Mini-Z MR-03Evo chassis sets. The Evo kits base on the proven MR-03VE Pro chassis, however the biggest news is the use of a separate receiver unit that allows to utilise a multitude of different brand transmitters such as KO Propo’s EX-2 and EX-RR, Futaba’s 7PX and 7XC as well as Kyosho’s own KT-18, EX-6 or KT-531P to name just a few. The receiver unit is easily interchangeable, sitting on top of the chassis. Other new features include an 11.2-times faster CPU unit for increased steering feeling and a 100-times faster responding ESC unit for best possible throttle control. The ESC is now also adjustable using the I.C.S. manager in order to allow the use of brushed motors with the same speed controller. The Evo chassis are available as wide track W-MM set including a 12000kV brushless motor and also as narrow track N-MM2 variant with a 5600kV brushless motor. Both come equipped with ball bearings and the ball diff set II.

View the N-MM2 chassis here