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November 7, 2014

Kyosho Plazma LM Nissan R90CP kit

Kyosho soon have a new bodyshell variant of the Plazma LM 1/12th scale chassis kit available. Joining the Toyota TS020, the Porsche 962 and the Mazda 787B is the 1990’s Nissan R90CP No. 23. Based on the Plazma Ra competition pan car the Plazma LM series of cars build on a long wheelbase chassis with conventional T-bar rear suspension, a single central shock and dual side dampers. The highly adjustable front suspension is directly taken over from the LM’s competition sibling as are many parts of the rear suspension including the adjustable ball differential. The car is useable with a wide range of battery configurations including 1S to 2S LiPo batteries and four to six cell NiMH battery packs and comes almost ready-to-run including a brushed G20 standard motor, pre-mounted high grip foam tires and the highly detailed Nissan R90CP body shell.

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November 6, 2014

Akio Sobue wins at Speed King Tour Rd6

The final round of 2014 Speed King Tour was held at the Crest Speedway indoor carpet track in the Gunma prefecture. In the Touring Car Modified class, TRF young gun Akio Sobue lead the championship going into the final round from last year’s Speed King Yugo Nagashima. After three rounds of qualifying Akio took the overall TQ from VBC driver Yugo who scored a round TQ but missed the pole position.

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November 6, 2014

RB receiver LiPo battery packs

From RB come two new LiPo receiver battery packs for the use with nitro on-road and off-road vehicles. Available in two specifications as straight-type 2100mAh and hump-style 1500mAh variant the packs are light of weight with 86g for the straight and 55g for the hump pack, yet powerful enough for hour long mains. Both come pre-wired with red BEC-type plugs and XH balancer ports.

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November 5, 2014

Zen-Racing GT12 club level pan car chassis

UK Company Zen-Racing soon have their GT12 1/12th scale pan car kit available. Designed by David Spashett and Paul Rodemark the emphasis has been on producing a GT12 platform the club racer can enjoy but still have all the tuning options and abilities to fill the needs of the more serious racer. This is the first complete kit to be released from the Zen race team with further GT12 upgrades and conversions will becoming available in the coming months. The release date of the GT12 kit is set for early December with more detailed images being available soon.

Source: Zen-Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

November 5, 2014

Wagner wins at central German LRP-HPI-Challenge

The 4th round of the central German division LRP-HPI-Challenge was held in Hütschenhausen, Germany. The race attracted 54 drivers to race in the four classes of Rookie, Classic, Stock 17.5T and Stock 10.5T. The actual race started on Sunday morning and in 10.5T Stock it was Manuel Wagner who easily TQ ‘d the fastest of the stock classes. Second on the grid was last year’s LRP TCM Stock 17.5T winner, Daniel Anthes while Alex Kunkler took the 3rd spot. In the final Manual secured himself the overall win early by winning the first to A-mains. Thanks to a win in the final leg Alex Kunkler grabbed the runner-up spot from Daniel Anthes, who rounded out the podium in 3rd. Thorsten Zorn and Boris Herzog completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 5, 2014

Xray X12 & X10 graphite front suspension parts

Xray have new graphite compound front suspension parts for the X12 and X10 pan car kit available. The extra strong material makes the car more stable in high grip and high temperature conditions while being light of weight at the same time. Available will be front lower arms as well as upper arm mounts with all parts being up for grabs individually.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 5, 2014

Christer Andersson wins LTCC 2014

The annual LTCC electric on-road race was held this past weekend in Finland. The invitational class is run in a Reedy format with the country’s best 32 drivers being invited. As for the rules the race sees the use of 10.5T motors and blinky speedos for close racing with plenty of fun for the spectators of the nearby hobby fair. Like last year former factory driver Christer Andersson attended the race and he was looking for redemption after scoring a 2nd place in 2013 with zero practice before the event. This year he had only one thing in mind and that was to grab the number 1 spot.

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November 5, 2014

Swauger & Breton win at ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals

The 2014 ROAR Fuel On-Road Nationals were held at the Ft. Myers RC Car Club in Ft. Myers, Florida. In the 1/8th Open On-road class it was Paolo Morganti (Serpent) who took the TQ for finals and he even led the main for most of the time but a problem cost him dearly, handing the win to Mike Swauger (Xray). Joaquin Desoto Jr rounded out the podium some 10 laps down on Paolo. Those three drivers were the only to complete the full 45 minute final with 4th placed Tony Rice only running for 42 minutes. Ralph Burch had to end his race after two third of the distance but he still made the top 5. In the 1/8th Masters class Chuck Moon took the TQ but it was Peter Breton who grabbed the overall win from Don Jones in 2nd and Rick Davis in 3rd to make it an all-Serpent podium. TQ Chuck Moon came in 4th while Jim Rice rounded out the top 5.

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