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June 23, 2014

Bittydesign Striker-SR 3.0 190mm touring car bodyshell

Bittydesign have a first official image of the new Striker-SR 3.0 190mm touring car bodyshell available. The body was developed and tested over several month to create what Bittydesign announce as “a real fast bodyshell” with a high amount of steering efficiency and highest possible rear stability. The EFRA, IFMAR, ROAR and BRCA approved Striker-SR 3.0 comes with a large EFRA-spec rear wing to provide the best possible balance between the front and rear. Included with the body, that is made from clear 0.75mm polycarbonate, come window masks and a decal sheet with grille, head and tail lights.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

June 23, 2014

Colin Roussel takes 2014 WCICS VTA championship

At the final round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series, Colin Roussel won the Trans-Am season Championship, his first WCICS championship. Second in was Alberta’s Scott West, followed by Anthony Hobbs. Full results and podium pics can be found on the official WCICS website.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

June 23, 2014

Kawada M500GT2R 1/10th direct drive touring car

With the M500GT2R Kawada introduce the latest version of their 1/10th direct drive touring car kit. The car builds on the GTR platform and features several improvements such as the damper-equipped SDS front end for added stability on bumpy surfaces as well as an updated rear end with a new aluminium power pod and a connecting carbon fibre X-brace. Other features include a carbon fibre battery mount for standard and shorty battery packs and a rear ball differential with 12mm hex adapters. The car sports an overall width of 188mm, has an all-up weight of around 1150g and is usable with standard electric touring car wheels and 190mm bodyshells.

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June 23, 2014

Overdose DPM alloy gear case & centre bulkhead cap

Banzai Hobby introduce new Overdose aluminium option parts for the Yokomo DPM drift car. First up is an aluminium gear case that offers improved rigidity compared to the stock part for increased drivetrain efficiency. The part also allows precise gear backlash adjustment and it is available in red, blue or black anodising. The second new part for the DPM is an aluminium centre bulkhead cap, again made to improve rigidity the benefits of this part are reduced main gear vibration and thus improved gear durability. Like the gear case the bulkhead cap is available in red, blue and black anodising.

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June 23, 2014

John Doucakis wins at Greek national champs Rd2

The 2nd round of this year’s Greek electric touring car national championship was held at the Patras track. In the qualifiers John Doucakis (Awesomatix/Team Orion) took TQ some 1.7 seconds in front of John’s main title rival, Nick Georgiadis (Xray/Orca). Jim Mitropoulos (TOP/MuchMore) followed very close behind in 3rd place who in turn was also followed by Filippas Isaakidis (TOP/Advanced Electronics). Local favorite, Michalis Kyrazis (Yokomo/LRP) who was in the mix to take the pole position had some unfortunate runs with a bit of lack of concentration and ended up 5th.

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June 23, 2014

CYS-S2308 low-profile digital servo

German CYS distributors CN Development & Media introduce the CYS-S2308 low-profile digital servo. Coming with a composite case with middle heatsink section, the servo features a standard-type motor, metal gears and it pulls up to 9.0kg-cm with a speed of up to 0.06s at 7.4V input.

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June 23, 2014

Jan Ratheisky wins at Northern Germany regionals

The 2nd round of the Northern Germany electric touring car regionals was run at the MAC Hamburg track. In the 13.5T blinky stock class Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took TQ from ARC’s Hendrik Heitsch and Kevin Sparbier. In the opening A-main Jan was able to bring home a 5 second win over team mate Daniel Horn who started 4th on the grid. The 2nd A-final then saw Jan cutting a curb in the first lap letting him drop back to 8th position but after pushing hard Jan was able to take the 2nd place only 0.03 seconds behind Henrik. The deciding final saw Jan taking another win after Henrik made a big mistake around mid-race. Jan held of Daniel and Kevin for the win in A3 to take the day’s win in front of Henrik Heitsch and Daniel Horn.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 22, 2014

BRCA 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the 2014 BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was held at the Adur circuit to the South of London. This track this the smallest on the current calendar and in relation to Formula One, this is like being at Monaco since the true potential of a current 1/8th scale car is never realised to its maximum. With all the championship contenders present except for Bancroft who was preparing for the ENS, the competition up front would be close. Mark Green was present and alongside him was Joaquin Desota from the USA who is in England on business. Desota is well known since his father operates Serpent America and is a regular top finalist in his country so he comes with a big reputation and should challenge the current drivers but he would have to start in heat 1 due to having no ranking points.

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