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February 27, 2015

Absima Thrust BL 1/10th sensorless brushless combo

German company Absima introduce the Thrust BL 1/10th brushless speed controller and motor combo set for the use with RTR or entry to intermediate level kits. Starting with the speed controller, the 45A rated ESC is housed in a compact plastic case and it features a large heatsink and an integrated fan unit to reduce the temperature during operation. The 2S-compatible controller offers 8 degree fixed timing, a 6V/2A BEC system and automatic battery detection for NiMH and LiPo packs. The controller comes pre-wired with a T-plug connector and includes a 4-pole 3421kv brushless motor with aluminium heatsink can and pre-wired gold-plated bullet-type connectors.

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February 27, 2015

Jernej Vuga wins 1/12th Open class at WES

The 2014/15 Winter Electric Series was held as a 3-race series with all three rounds counting towards the overall championship. In the 1/12th Open class former 1/8th scale European Champion Jernej Vuga took the title by TQ-ing and winning all three rounds of the series. Denis Fink came in 2nd while Luka Skolaris rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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February 27, 2015

Jeppe Svendsen wins at DRCMU Rd4

The fourth round of the Danish DRCMU series was hosted by the Ti-Mo club in Tinglev with 73 drivers from Denmark and Germany in attendance. The 17.5T blinky class attracted a good turnout of drivers and young Jeppe Svendsen took the TQ after the qualifiers but come the finals he started to become nervous and so the first two mains did not went perfect for the Xray driver. In the final and decisive A-main though he got everything together to take the win and with it the overall victory in front of his team mates Bjarke Nyskov and Jens Otto Frederiksen.

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February 26, 2015

WRC 1/8th on-road quick release wheel mounts

Italian company WRC introduce new quick release wheel mounts for 1/8th on-road cars. The design minimises possible imbalance as associated with conventional lever-type mounts as the WRC system uses a simple aluminium button that sits in-line with the wheel axle when to remove or mount the wheel and once the rim is in place the red alloy disc is pushed to the outside to lock the wheel in place. The system works with all rims brands and is used on WRC’s recently introduced GTX 1/8th on-road car.

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February 25, 2015

2015 Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions announce that the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 21-24, 2015. Entries open February 25th at Noon PST exclusively here. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, total entries are capped for the Open classes. Due to high demand, a 17.5 class will also be offered this year in addition to the traditional 13.5 and Modified classes. Open class entries are limited to 160 (110 combined 13.5 and 17.5, 50 Modified) with each driver limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2015 edition race, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 23rd, with those chosen securing a place in the event. More information and updates including (entry) rules, spec tires, hotels, and more will be posted soon on the dedicated event page here.

February 25, 2015

EX Lab servo mount grommets

EX Lab soon have special servo mount grommets available for the use with 1/10th and 1/8th scale servos. The washers are designed to interlock with the servo mounting lugs and they eliminate any possible movement of the servo’s case in the event of a crash or when running on very high bite surfaces. The grommets are expected to be available by the end of March.

Source: EX Lab [excelllab.com]

February 25, 2015

Marco Kaufmann continues with Xray

Xray has announced that Marco Kaufmann has re-signed with the Slovakian team to race the company’s T4 and NT1 in the 2015 season. Marco is a young and talented driver and he has been a main driving force of the Xray team in Germany. Marco will participate at all major national and international races and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to re-sign with Xray. I have been racing with Xray since I have started to drive RC cars and I am very proud to represent this finest company and to be part of the Xray R&D team. In 2015 I plane to start nitro racing and will race with the NT1 at as many races as possible. I am sure with the World Championship winning model and the experience and help from Hartmut Rose, Bertram Kessler and my father we can achieve great results. Looking forward to a great and successful future.

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February 25, 2015

Flavio Elias joins Team Shepherd

Team Shepherd has announces that multiple Brazilian National and South American champion Flavio Elias joins company’s factory racing team for the 2015 season. With the 2015 1/8th World Championship being held at his home track he was in search of the best performing 1/8th car and he finally choose the Velox V8 EC after various practise sessions. His focus for 2015 is on the 1/8th Worlds but he also plans to attend all nationals, the South American Championship, the Winternats and also selected 1/10th scale national event using Shepherd’s Velox V10 Pro. Flavio had the following to say:

I am very happy with Shepherd and for this world championship year at Brazil I had to choose what is the best for me. Nowadays I know that Shepherd has everything I need to be competitive in 1/8th and 1/10 scale. Thanks for the trust and we are going to do everything to have good races during the year.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]