The third round of the Tyrollean Championship was hosted by the AMC Tirol club and held at the Tirol Ring track with about 50 entries. The Touring Modified class only attracted eight drivers with the attendance of Dionys Stadler giving the class a real pro feeling. Of course it was Dionys who dominated the proceedings, including new lap and overall records while he took the win ahead of Aaron Tursky and Thomas Rinner.
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Coming from Team Powers are their new Actinium V3 540-class electric brushless motors. Compared to the previous V2.0 motors the new generation features upgraded Neodymium sintered rotors for a stronger magnetic field and thus increased torque while reducing power fading towards the end of the run. Also new for the V3 is an updated stator design for increased top speed and increased efficiency. Furthermore does a new stator and wiring technique for the 10.5T to 25.5T stock motors lower the internal resistance b about 15 to 20 percent. The motors are housed in a newly designed can with large cooling openings that lower the weight by ten percent while allowing the motor to run cooler by about ten to 15 Degrees Celsius. All motors come equipped with highest-grade ball bearings, doing away with the need to use ceramic bearings and a mixture of titanium and aluminium stator screws provides both strength and efficient power.
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The newly introduced Arena 1/12 League, a race series founded by Germany’s Markus Mobers and Andreas Reifferscheidt, will kick off with its maiden race on the weekend of the 7th of October at the Arena33 in Andernach, Germany. The 2-day events are held in the three classes of 1/12th scale Modified 6.5T Blinky, 1/12th scale Stock 13.5T and 1/12th GT 17.5T. Unique for electric RC racing, the series will run with fixed – an specially designed – starting numbers for each participant with the pilot’s next year’s numbers being based on this season’s results. More information, rules and the calendar can be found on the series’ social media page here.
Coming from MR33 is this new circle droop gauge for 1/10th touring cars. A unique design that looks both cool and is easy to use at the same time. The gauge offers a 4mm to 6.6mm adjustment range and it is made of black anodised aluminium and sports laser-etched markings for easy recognition of the chosen settings.
As part of their new Summer 2018 line-up Redcat Racing have introduced the Camo TT trophy truck and Camo X4 rock racer 1/10th scale RTR vehicles. The Camo line utilises a new chassis design that offers the realistic driving characteristics of a full sized desert racer thanks to its 4-link suspended, solid rear axle and independent front suspension for a true desert and rock racing experience. The Camo TT and X4 are ready to run once owners supply the required batteries and charger and they are 2S LiPo-ready. The Camo was designed to be an all around great performer, as well as a stunning display piece while not in use. The TT’s realistic cockpit seats a driver and navigator, strapped in safely, with the spare tire captured inside the realistic roll-cage directly behind them. The scale body design allows the roll-cage to be seen as the Camo TT screams across the desert terrain while the X4 sports a full roll cage, and a detailed cockpit with scale driver and navigator. Additional scale details, like the fire extinguisher, round off the X4’s scale appearance. The aggressive off-road tyres grip the toughest terrain, and look awesome doing it. The unique horizontal tread design work well on both loose and hard surfaces alike. Both vehicles will hit stores this August.
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Redcat Racing have announced the release of the new Rampage R5, 1/5 scale brushless monster truck. The vehicle comes fully equipped with an 8S-ready power system and its new chassis design gives the R5 more clearance when driving over obstacles like logs, rocks, and other RC cars. The truck offers nimble handling characteristics and it is ready to run right out of the box, owners just need to add a 6S to 8S LiPo battery and charger. The R5 includes Redcat’s new large scale high clearance chassis, waterproof electronics, powerful brushless ESC and motor, and a 2.4GHz radio system as well as oil-illed threaded shocks and it rides on a set of aggressive off-road tiyres. The powerful brushless motor blasts this high clearance monster truck through rough terrain with ease.
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Every year, Europe’s finest gather for the ultimate 1:8th nitro showdown, better known as the EFRA 1/8th European Championships. This year, the CRF track in Freixedas, Portugal played host to offer its challenging yet extremely fun layout to decide the victor and crown a new European Champion. The CRF track is quite unique and extremely beautiful to look at. Some call it a work of art and in many ways, it does live up to the hype. The white dirt is sealed with a glue/bonding agent to help keep the track together. The result is a very hard surface that’s almost like sandpaper. However, the weight and sheer force of the 8th scale cars hitting the jumps, the faces would get massively deformed and practically unjumpable. The track crew worked hard each night as they patched the track with cement that’s rolled onsite. While Xray’s Bruno Coelho took a surprise win in the main final, the Junior finals saw Europe’s brightest stars battle it out for top honors with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen peaking at the right moment. In the young field of talent, Joona’s precision started to shine as the track picked up grip and his motor, car tuning, and driving all coming together for the main where he was able to win with a decent time margin back to 2nd. Leonardo Valente finished 2nd with Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson 3rd.
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The Finnish FinTrack Tour series saw the running of the seventh and final round at the Laukaa circuit last weekend. Competition was tough as ever with most of the top drivers joining the Touring Modified class. Mugen’s Viljami Kutvonen would take the overall TQ and also the win after the A-main events, however it was round 7 runner-up, Awesomatix’s Miko Teponoja with the overall title from Viljami 2nd. Xray’s Georgy Chmigal would round out the top 3 at both round 7 and overall.
