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August 1, 2018

Raceform RC wheel arc cutter

Raceform RC have introduced their all-new wheel arc cutter for 1/10th scale on-road body shells. The tool is adjustable from 60mm to 70mm diameter and it works with any standard hobby knife blade. The ball-raced design ensures fully round wheel arcs and the secured position design will make sure the tool stays in place even when a second or third cut is necessary, eliminating unsightly second cut lines. Due to the tool’s design the blade is not exposed during cutting, ensuring save and convenient usage with bodies of up to 1mm thickness.

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August 1, 2018

Cristobal Herrera wins at Chilean IC Track Nats Rd8

Round 8 of the Chilean National IC Track Championship was hosted by the Aeromodelos de Chile club in Santiago de Chile. In the 1/8th class Francisco Lara (Serpent/Picco) from Spain, after been out of the racing scene for eleven months, took the overall TQ, scoring a new track record of 22.151s in the process. From the tone Francisco took the lead while a huge battle for the 2nd place was going on between Alvaro Jara (Shepherd/Sonic), Matias Otaegui (Xray/Sonic) and Cristobal Herrera. Later however Francisco ran into trouble as his car was loosing performance, allowing Alvaro, Cristobal and Matias to get by. Soon after Cristobal began to attack Jara on every short straight and in every curve, trying to show his car in Jara’s “mirror”. When the final five minutes began, Jara’s car suffered a flame out but thanks to some quick pit work he was able to bring home a 3rd place behind runner-up, Matias Otaegui and eventual winner, Cristobal Herrera.

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August 1, 2018

Zero Tribe T4’18/17 stock conversion & chassis parts

Zero Tribe from Japan have introduced their new Stock conversion kit as well as a hard chassis and narrow upper deck for the Xray T4 2018 and 2017 kits. Starting with the Stock racing conversion, the set includes new large diameter middle layshaft pulleys as well as new standard and low-friction belts to ensure full compatibility with the standard spool and diff gears. Also part of the package is a 2.0mm carbon fibre upper deck. Using the conversion will make for reduced drivetrain drag thanks to the larger centre pulleys which can lead to 0.1s lower lap times, better rolling feeling in corners and also improved drivetrain efficiency.

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August 1, 2018

Clancy & Bloomfield win at BRCA Truggy & E8 Rd4

The fourth round of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at Herts Model Car Club. Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) would bring home the win in the half-hour long Nitro Truggy A-main, some narrow three seconds in front of AE teammate, Lewis Jones. Agama’s John Hazlewood would round out the 40-laps club in 3rd, another 26 seconds down.

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August 1, 2018

Team Bomber 30mm body repair tape

Japanese brand Team Bomber has introduced a 400mm roll of 30mm wide heavy duty body repair tape. The tape is best used to prevent damages in delicate areas such as wheel wells but also comes in handy when repairing already damaged body shells. The transparent film is of moderate thickness, thin enough to not disturb the look but thick enough to protect the body from becoming damaged further.

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August 1, 2018

Arredondo & Miller win at JBRL Electric Series Rd5

Round 5 of the 2018 JBRL Electric Off-road Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California last weekend. In the premier class of 2WD Open Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo with the win from Team Associated driver, Nick Miller. Shawn Blackwell Sr. would round out the podium for TLR.

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August 1, 2018

Bezerk RC carbon fibre motor spacer

Bezerk RC have announced the release of their new carbon fibre motor spacer. The part is machined from high-quality 3.0mm carbon fibre but any other thickness is available upon request. Two holes are countersunk, 2.0mm and above thicknesses, to allow owners to attach it to the motor, making mounting of the while assembly much easier. These spacers are useful on pan cars to balance your rear pod, or on the MG Evo to allow better motor clearance.

Source: Bezerk [bezerk.com.au]

August 1, 2018

SkyRC eFuel 380 watt power supply

SkyRC have introduced their new eFuel 380 watt power supply that offers 24V output and up to 16A of current. The device measures a compact 165x139x59.5mm and weighs in at 1.6kg while offering a wide range of safety features such as output short circuit, over current, over temperature, overload and over voltage protection. It its 24V and 16A output the power supply is able to feed even power hungry chargers and thanks to its built-in XT60 output connector it is a direct fit for the recently introduced B6 Nano charger.

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