The fourth and final round of the Oder Pomerania Cup was recently held in Germany. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class and after three challenging and exciting finals it was Steven Nortdorf (Agama) with the win from Bartosz Zalewski (Xray) and Thilo Schittko (Agama) on the 3 spot. With his 2nd place finish at round 4 it was Bartosz Zalewski who took the overall title from Steven and Thilo.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Monaco RC have announced the release of their new T-shirt to celebrates their World Champion Team. The shirt is dedicated to the victory of the Monaco RC team with its ambassador’s multiple wins in Welkom, South Africa. Bruno Coelho, Alexander Hagberg, and Jan Ratheisky won their respective classes at the Worlds in the Touring, 1/12th scale and Formula categories.
The Vaterra 1972 Camaro SS is a faithful recreation of the full-size muscle car designed for true auto enthusiasts as well as beginner consumers. Classic car fans will love the incredible scale details, while RC enthusiasts won’t be able to get enough of the AWD shaft driven drivetrain and proven V100-S chassis. It features an officially licensed body, 2.4GHz radio system and waterproof components. Plus, the ’72 Camaro has LED headlights and taillights for nighttime RC fun. The chassis comes fully equipped with a 15T brushed motor, waterproof electronics and all that is needed to get this bad boy running is a 2S LiPo or 6-cell NiMH battery with EC3 connector as well as an appropriate battery charger.
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Coming from Schumacher is the new Eclipse 2 LMP12 kit for 1/12th scale pan car classes. After the successful reintroduction into LMP12 Racing with the Eclipse after a 35-year break, Schumacher offer the latest incarnation, the Eclipse 2. The car has been refined over two seasons of hard racing to provide drivers with a faster, more durable, easier to work on platform. The vehicle uses full carbon fibre chassis components, with high quality engineering polymer mouldings throughout, all refined for the upcoming carpet season.
The seventh and final round of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Morning rain meant a delayed start but also high traction. In the 4WD Buggy class Roman Pavlus took the overall TQ and he also walked away with tone-to-tone wins in the opening two A-mains to take the day’s win from Lacko Toth and Milos Svihran.
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Trinity have introduced their all-new X-Factor spec class brushless motor. Of a new design the motor weighs in at only 144g to 148g on average which was achieved by using only six short screws to mount the timing ring and locking end plate systems. X-Flow cooling openings further reduce the overall weight while adding a lot of airflow through the motor. Other features include a new composite sensor board, a 2-piece CNC-machined aluminium can, and 2mm ultra-low resistance solder tabs. A new stator design provides more efficient power and virtually no fade during a run. Available variants upon release will be a 10.5T, built with a TEP1119 12.5×25.5mm high torque rotor while the 25.5T motor uses a TEP1117 12.3×25.5mm rotor. In-between variants for other stock classes will become available at a later date.
The final round of the French Electric On-road Championship was held at the Angoulême track last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Lucas Urbain who took the day’s win while Alexander Duchet had to settle for 2nd overall with P2 and P1 scores in the A-mains. The runner-up spot however was enough to win Duchet the overall Touring Modified championship title. Behind the two, Hugo Ragaut would end the day on the 3 spot, rounding out the podium.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Xray have announced the 2018/19 Xray Series Slovakia that will start with round 1 held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trenchin on the 13th of October. The following five rounds will also be held at the iconic place with the finale being scheduled for the 16th of March 2019. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car, 1/12th Pan car and 1/12th GT as well as 1/10th 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. More information can be found here.
