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August 27, 2018

Urban Touring Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Urban Touring Series was run this past weekend under scorching conditions at the rooftop circuit at the Singapore-based Urban PlaySpace. A smaller than usual field took to the start, but, with all the championship contenders in attendance, a highly competitive race was assured. In Saturday’s practice, it was PY Tang, Sean Lee and Dominic Quek that set the pace for the rest. Come race day, it was the same trio leading the way in qualifying. In Q1, PY Tang (ARC) drew first blood in the battle on new tyres, TQ-ing the round by almost 3 secs over Dominic Quek (Xray). PY would repeat in Q2, but by a significantly smaller margin of just 0.7s over Dominic. In Q3, Dominic finally managed to TQ – by 0.3s over PY – a qualifying round. In the final round of qualifying, it was the orange-white car of Dominic again who TQ-ed by a 0.5s margin. With two of the four qualifying rounds counting, PY would secure overall TQ by virtue of his faster Q1 time. Dominic would have to settle for a P2 start in the A-main, with Sean Lee (TRF) starting P3.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

Ultimate Racing LiFe receiver battery packs

Coming from Ultimate Racing are two new LiFe receiver battery packs. Available in flat or hump pack configuration the batteries are built from 2500mAh high-capacity cells and they offer a voltage of 6.6V which allows to use them with standard voltage receivers and servos. Both packs come pre-wired with universal-style receiver plugs and industry-standard balancer connectors.

View the hump battery pack here

August 27, 2018

Hampus Berg takes Swedish Nitro Buggy title

The third round of the Swedish Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Skarpnäck, Stockholm over the weekend. With two wins in the first two rounds in Tomelilla and Gotland, HB Racing’s Hampus Berg was considered the pre-event favourite and with a 2nd place at round 3 he was ultimately able to secure the overall Championship together with the Junior championship. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson would end the season on the runner-up spot from Serpent’s Pontus Larsson 3rd.

View the final results here

August 27, 2018

SMJ 1/10th GP car 2-speed & clutch springs

SMJ have introduced new 2-speed transmission and clutch springs for 1/10th nitro on-road cars. The 2-speed springs come in soft specification while the clutch spring is a super soft variant – ideal for sport class engines such as the lightly tuned O.S. Max 12TG. The springs are available separately and they fit most of today’s 1/10th scale 200mm nitro on-road kits.

View the clutch spring here

August 27, 2018

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the Skripov track. Known for its bumpy, technical layout with some unique features the track suffers a bit from constant rainy weather with this year’s nationals event being no exception as open practice on Friday was cut short due to the weather. On Saturday morning the drivers arrived to a flooded track and it looked like the race had to be called a day, but the organisers managed to prep the track with a lot of sawdust, making it quite reachable.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel takes French Cup win

The Carca track in Noeux-les-Mines played host to the French Cup this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel took the overall TQ after the five qualifying round and he also came out successful in the both dry and wet A-main event to take the win from HB Racing’s Thomas Musso in 2nd and TLR’s Jerome Sartel in 3rd.

Image: RC Cars Cavalieri

August 27, 2018

Carisma SCA-1E brass weight wheel hex set

Carisma Scale Adventure have introduced their new brass weight wheel hex set for the SCA-1E trail truck. The set includes four brass wheel hex adapters that can be used on the front and rear or just at the front axle for an optimised weight bias and performance tuning. The additional weight will help generate grip and stability on even the steepest inclines and the hex adapters come machined from high quality material, they sport a natural finish and come marked for easy identification.

Source: Carisma Scale Adventure [carismascaleadventure.com]

August 27, 2018

RC-Cox IF14 low roll centre suspension mounts

Coming from RC-Cox and made for the Infinity IF14 touring car are 0.5mm low roll centre suspension mounts. Available in -40.0, -44.5 and -46.0 settings the mounts lower the inner suspension pins by 0.5mm compared to the standard parts for increased front traction and more on-power steering. The suspension hangers come machined from aluminium and they are black anodised and sport red colour edge details for looks.

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