The 2015 Florida Winternats were held this past weekend in Ft. Myers, Florida with the usual mix of national drivers and international guests. Held in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road categories the premier class of 1/8th Open was won by Ralph Burch, who took the win from Mike Swauger and Simon Kurzbuch. Kyle Branson and Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 5 result.
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RCLandia in Scandiano, Italy hosted the Automodelli.it Race in several electric on-road classes including Touring Car Modified and Stock, Formula and Mini with more than 90 drivers in attendance. In the Touring Car Modified class Manuel Busoli made a perfect race to take the win in front of Federico Milanesi and Fabrizio Manicardi.
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The 2015 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Almost 100 entries from all over Europe split into the two classes of Modified and Stock. Practice and the first round of qualifiers were on schedule for Friday with 2014 European Champion Alexander Hagberg (Xray) being on rails from the early beginning as set the early pace in the Modified class while Hupo Hönigl (Serpent) placed himself on top of the timing sheets in the Stock class.
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New from KM and made for the H-K1 200mm nitro car is a shorter rear shock tower. Designed for the use with short springs the shock stay, made from 4mm carbon fibre, will allow for a more aggressive driving style and to turn tighter.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Reedy’s new 8000mAh 70C 3.7V competition LiPo battery is designed for 1/12th scale, World GT, and GT12 racers. The hardcase houses a high-capacity 8000mAh 70C cell while low-resistance 4mm socket connectors deliver power freely. The pack measures 93x47x18.5mm, it weighs in at 159g and it is available now.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
New from WRC come carbon fibre discs for the front steering knuckles and rear hubs of the GTX 1/8th on-road car. The machined parts are meant to improve both low and high speed steering, they make for more traction and increased stability in high-speed corners due to less aerodynamic drag and turbulences created inside the rims.
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Coming this April is Radtec’s aluminium main chassis plate for the Tamiya TRF419 touring car. Cut from 7075 material and sporting a black anodised finish with silver chamfered edges the chassis is a replacement for the standard carbon fibre part and made for the use on high-bite surfaces.
Source: Radtec [radtec-rc.com]
Shepherd have released a new option part for the Velox V8 EC on-road kit in the form of a carbon fibre front body mount stiffener. Made from high-quality carbon material the stiffener fits the Velox V8 EC as well as at the Velox E8 and it is held in place with the screws of the front body mounts. The stiffener plate comes as a set with two button head hex screws to additionally attach the plate to the front bulkheads. Using the part increases the stiffness of the body mounts and the bumper and it is available from now on.
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