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December 17, 2018

Kato & Orlowski win at North Gwangju RC Champs

The North Gwangju RC Raceway held a championship race this past weekend, attracting both racers from Europe and hosting South Korea. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Kouki Kato with the overall win, courtesy of winning A1 and A3 while A2 winner, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski, came in 2nd overall. The two left behind Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 3rd as Kyosho’s Kotah Akimoto had to settle for 4th overall. Yokomo’s Paul Crompton rounded out the top 5.

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December 17, 2018

RC-Project TC7.2/1 aluminium spool outdrives

Coming from RC-Project and made for the Team Associated TC7.2 and 7.1 touring cars are aluminium spool outdrives. Precision-machined from 7075-T6 Ergal material the outdrives weigh in at only 3.5g for the part, making for greatly reduced rotational mass compared to the standard steel items while allowing to use CVA blades in order to improve durability of both the CVA shafts and outdrives. The parts come hard-anodised in black and sport a laser-etched RC-Project logo.

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December 17, 2018

Serpent F110 SF4 1/10th formula car

Serpent have officially announced the release of their new F110 SF4 1/10th formula pan car kit. Around in prototype stages for some time now the kit will finally hit stores in December. The SF4 variant is based on the ETS-winning SF3, however the biggest update is the new bearing-supported rear pod design that does away with traditional side links, ensuring a linear roll movement during cornering which ensures independent cornering from braking or acceleration. While this doesn’t change much in terms of mid corner handling, the construction gives an unprecedented consistency and stability at corner entry under braking and when applying steering input and also at corner exit when the throttle is hit before the steering is completely straight. This allows to brake and accelerate harder into and out of the corner.

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December 17, 2018

Vigor TC7.2 CF 3mm shock towers & centre link

Coming from Vigor and made for the Team Associated TC7.2 touring car are 3mm carbon fibre shock towers and a carbon fibre centre link. Starting with the shock stays, the parts are machined from high-quality carbon fibre and at 3mm they are 1mm thinner than the original parts, providing increased steering and rear traction in lower grip track conditions. The shock towers are available as separate front and rear variants. Also new is a carbon fibre centre link to connect the floating servo mount and motor mount. Using the part allows to fine-tune the chassis tweak to suit different track conditions from medium to high-bite.

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December 16, 2018

Trinity Monster Horsepower even turn mod motors

Coming from Trinity are their new Monster Horsepower even turn modified brushless motors. Designed for all-out power and speed the motors feature an aluminium-based sensor board for true sensor alignment, infinity timing adjustment and 2mm copper taps and thicker pure-copper collectors. Other features include thermal stator coating for best possible heat dissipation, a turbine-style vented nose, additional cooling vents and new 220°C wire coating. A short stack stator sign, new stator material and Grade 5 bearings round out the package. The motors are available in 3.0T to 7.0T windings.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

December 16, 2018

Scorpion Champions nitro fuel

Gruber Racing’s Scorpion Champions fuel is a specially formulated high-performance fuel for nitro on-road engines. Developed by Germany’s Toni Gruber in cooperation with the Italian Pepe Group, the fuel uses only highest quality castor and synthetic oils, methanol and nitromethane to extract maximum engine performance without sacrificing durability. The 16 percent nitro fuel comes in 5L cans.

Source: Gruber Racing [gruber-racing.de]

December 15, 2018

Maclan Racing MRR V2m modified brushless motor

Maclan Racing have introduced their all-new MRR V2m modified class motor, based on their popular MRR Team Edition V2 stock class platform. With a completely redesigned stator and windings, updated end cap, and 12.20mm ultra smooth rotor, the V2m provides much smoother low to mid-range power band. It also reduces weight by an average of twelve percent over its predecessor. Optional 12.50mm rotors for high torque and ultra-high torque are also available for different track conditions and sizes. The V2m is available in 3.5T, 4.5T, 5.0T, 5.5T, 6.0T, 6.5T, 7.0T, 7.5T, 8.5T, 9.5T, and 10.5T variants.

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December 15, 2018

RC Maker body shell anti-tuck wing mount set

New from RC Maker is an anti-tuck system for touring car body shells. Mounting between the wing strut and behind the lower wheel arch, they add significant stability to the rear of the body shell and prevent body tucks during racing, and unwanted vibrations on large tracks. The set is developed together with experienced Australian 3D printing company Think RC, and has been rigorously durability tested on track. Weighing in at only 7g for the pair and removing the need for a wing nut, they are a very viable option for all levels of drivers, and also a great, constructive way of adding weight for the ETS 90g rule. Moulding perfectly to the wing strut, they also feature a rear strut support which braces the back of the strut where damage from crashes is normally unable to be repaired. They are currently available for Protoform Type S and D9 bodies.

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