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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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April 9, 2015

Georgiadis & Dimitriou win at Greek On-Road series

The 2nd round of Greek Touring Series and the 3rd round of Greek Nitro Series was held at the Fanatix racing track in cold, medium grip conditions. The day started with the GTS’ electric touring car class and right from the start Georgiadis made his intentions clear to end the day on the top spot. He won all qualification rounds and nobody was able to match the times he set. At the end he took the TQ in front of Isaakides and teammate Papachristos.

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April 9, 2015

Novarossi BK15SL nitro bike engine

Novarossi have a new 2.5cc engine for nitro bikes available. The BK15SL is based on the previous BK15 and offers a 5-port design for a linear power output and low fuel consumption. The crankshaft sports a larger diameter intake for increased mixture flow and a special shape optimised the gas flow within the crankcase. The big bore engine used Turbo-style glow plugs, it comes with a 6.5mm slide carburettor, steel ball bearings and a starter adapter backplate.

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April 9, 2015

Mustafa Alp joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of multi-time Turkish Champion Mustafa Alp to their team. Mustafa is focused on nitro and electric touring car racing in which he won many national races and now he aims for international success as well. The former ETS A-main finalist will participate at regional, national and international races this year including the Legend 4 Ever race, the European Championships and the ENS. Mustafa says:

Xray cars have always amazed me with highest quality and performance in the racing market and the dedication of the team is second to none. Xray team is very friendly and bulletproof for customers. With the European Championship 2015 that will be for first time held in my home country in Turkey I wanted to race only the best car which is nothing else than the World Championship winning NT1. I would like to thanks to Umut from NCRC and Hudy family for their belief in me and supporting me for what I love to do: Racing RC cars.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 9, 2015

International Dutch F1 Masters 2015 – Report

Last weekend the International Dutch F1 Masters was held for the first time at the track of the MACH in Heemstede, near Amsterdam. The organisers, Edwin Nijenhoff, Peter and Jeffrey Jongeling, had hoped for around 50 drivers to join the race but at the end nearly 70 drivers from all over Europe including the Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France and the Netherlands made their entry. Free practise on the freshened up track started on Friday with heat practice from mid day on. After four rounds John Bruins lead the field in front of Jitse Miedema and Rik Prins.

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