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February 3, 2015

MKS X6 HBL575 & HBL599 brushless servos

Asian company MKS, known for their range of airplane and helicopter specific servos, introduce the X6 HBL575 and HBL599 servos for RC car applications. The HBL575 (0.06s/42kg-cm) and HBL599 (0.09s/24kg-cm) both feature an all aluminium heatsink case, chrome-titanium gears, dual ball bearings and brushless motors. The standard size servos are usable in a voltage range of 6.0V up to 8.2V with their robust metal construction making them ideal especially for 1/8th on-road and off-road applications. Both servos should be available soon.

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February 3, 2015

Mark Green wins British F1 Nationals Rd2

Last weekend was the 2nd round of a 4-meeting series for the British 1/10 F1 Nationals held at Broxtowe. Mark Green with his Serpent F110 managed TQ in 3 of the 4 qualifying rounds and lead the A-final for most of the race he have a close race with David Underwood for the first half of the final before winning the final by a full lap. Round 3 will be at the Swift Raceway near Sheffield on Sunday 8th March.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 3, 2015

2015 Snowbird Nationals – Report

The annual Snowbird Nationals held at the Park Inn by Radisson, in Orlando, Florida, is one of the biggest RC events in the US, if not the World. With a total of 290 entries in on-road only, it can really be considered as the “Superbowl of RC”. The 2015 track layout was a mirrored version of the one used at the previous IFMAR 1/12th Worlds and traction levels became very high only after the first day of practice. In the Modified TC class Alexander Hagberg managed to take a convincing TQ position in front of team mate Paul Lemieux. In the single main Alexander lead from tone to tone with Paul Lemieux loosing a place to finish in 3rd while Andrew Hardman moved up to 2nd spot.

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February 3, 2015

Roche Rapide P12 1/12th scale pan car

Roche, long known for their wide range of electric on-road option parts, soon have their first ever full car kit available. The Rapide P12 is a dedicated 1/12th scale competition car based on a 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis and coming with a fully adjustable front end and an aluminium/carbon fibre rear pod with alloy axle height and wheelbase adjusters. The car is usable with both mini and micro size servos and allows for longitudinal and transversal battery mount. More information and images will become available in time for the release in March.

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February 2, 2015

HPI Racing WR8 3.0 Ken Block Ford Fiesta ST RX43

HPI’s latest Ken Block car is the Gymkhana GRiD Ford Fiesta ST RX43, featuring the jaw-dropping “Digital Zebra” look, and it’s available first with HPI nitro power. The kit is based on the WR8 3.0 1/8th scale rally chassis and powered by a 3.0cc nitro engine for awesome speeds and a sound to match. The WR8 3.0 is also fitted with a 2.4GHz radio system, waterproof servo and enclosed receiver case for all-terrain fun. No information on availability yet but we keep you posted.

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February 2, 2015

WRC universal rear wing for formula cars

Italian company WRC soon have a new universal rear wing for Tamiya and Xray formula pan cars available. The wing is of a wide yet relatively low height design and features an adjustable upper flap to fine-tune the downforce characteristics.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

February 2, 2015

2015 Masters of Foam race – Report

This past weekend the 2015 Masters of Foam race was held at the RC Nuclea Club Mol in Belgium with drivers from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Estonia, Great Britain and Luxembourg in attendance. The 75 entries limit for the 1/12th and World GT classes was quickly reached with the 1/12th 10.5T Stock class being the most popular category with 55 entries.

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February 2, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish DMSU nationals Rd4

The 4th round of the Danish DMSU nationals was held at the Broendy Racing Club near Copenhagen, on a technical yet flowing track. Following a strong performance in practice Mike Gosvig took TQ’s in every of the three qualifiers and he was the only driver to manage 29 lap runs in the Touring Car class. Up and coming talent Patrick Danielsen put himself on the 2nd spot on the grid thanks to two 2nd place finishes in qualifying.

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