The International Indoor Championships announce that the official spec tire for the 10th Anniversary of the IIC will be the Gravity RC Type C. The tire comes pre-mounted on the marked Gravity RC rim, made from a blend of plastic and polycarbonate, and known to be durable and true. The part number for the tires are GRC130 G-Spec Type C and they are available from your local hobby shop or directly from the Gravity RC website.
RB have a new pit towel available made from soft micro fibre. Measuring 50x100cm and coming in grey or orange colour the pit towel is very compact when folded and not only protects your work space’s surface but it also comes in handy when cleaning parts.
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Made for the World Championship winning Viper 977 car is this carbon fibre and aluminium chassis set from Serpent. Developed over the period of several month and finally available for release, the set offers a carbon fibre main chassis with aluminium inserts that control both the flex of the chassis as well as act as an engine heat sink. The chassis offers improved flex compared to the stock aluminium part for increased steering and improved overall traction, which can be beneficial in a range of track conditions. While the rear alloy insert is a mandatory part, the front insert is an option to control the overall twist of the chassis. Flanged aluminium inserts keep the parts in place without harming the carbon fibre. Equipped with both inserts the chassis is around 60g lighter than its alloy counterpart and Serpent’s readily available brass inserts allow to up the weight if needed.
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New from Roche comes this graphite bumper support plate for the Yokomo BD7 touring car. The part is cut from 2mm carbon fibre and it replaces the original plastic bumper support with a more durable and cooler looking item. Included with the plate come two aluminium spacers for the lower plastic bumper.
Source: Roche [roche.hk]
Yeah Racing introduce three new Hackmoto XTA series brushless stock racing motors. The second generation Hackmoto motors feature a gunmetal anodised aluminium can, high-purity copper windings, high-power neodymium magnets as well as an aluminium endbell for improved heat dissipation. Venting holes further reduce the running temperatures while the Xtreme Timing Advance system allows for precise and step-less timing adjustments. The sensored motors are available as 10.5T, 13.5T and 17.5T variant.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Tuning Haus now have a precision machined aluminium version of the popular Tamiya plastic pivot available as used on various F104v2 versions, the TRF101 and RM-01. The part is designed for use with the Tamiya plastic upper pivot, cap screws, and pivot ball and it makes for improved durability in the event of hard impacts.
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Leading in to the Melbourne round of this year’s AOC event, everyone’s pick was former World Champion Andy Moore, who made the trip from the UK to battle it out with Australia’s best. Practice on the Thursday left everyone speechless when Australia’s newest edition to Xray, Jesse Davis was 0.4s a lap faster than the World Champ Andy Moore. Come Friday, the competition got tougher, and VBC Star Ryan Maker was in full contention to take on the WC, and let Jesse Davis know this is his track and he is here to stamp his authority. Qualifying commenced on the Friday night and Ryan Maker was to TQ the first round.
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This past weekend the 4th round of the Danish nitro on-road nationals was held in Odense with Summer-like temperatures but with the weather forecast promising rain on Sunday. In qualifying Martin Lissau was flying and he ultimately took the TQ spot from Rasmus B. Nielsen and Martin N.O. Hansen. On Sunday, just one hour before the main final would be started, a massive thunderstorm came down but this did not kept the drivers from running. The main saw a nice battle between a hard charging Peter Sörensen (Xray) and Claus Ryeskov (Xray), who tried to take it easy. At the end Claus’ strategy paid off as he won the final in front of Peter who went off the track after trying to pull some faster laps. Rasmus B. Nielsen (Shepherd) and Tom Limkilde (Xray) completed the top 4 result.
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