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June 22, 2014

MD Racing MD Mini 10 M-class car

Spanish company MD Racing, who are currently working to finalise their MDT15 touring car, announced their next project in the form of the MD Mini 10 M-class touring car. The vehicle will sport dimensions comparable to Tamyia’s poplar M-chassis and it features a front-mid motor layout, dual drive belts and it is designed around the use of saddle or shorty LiPo battery packs. It is understood that the car can be run in 4WD, front wheel drive or rear wheel drive configurations and with different wheelbase settings and first prototype may hit the light of the day shortly after the MDT15’s official introduction at the final round of the 2013/14 ETS series at the Hudy Arena in 2 weeks time.

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June 20, 2014

Austrian electric on-road nationals Rd2 – Report

The 2nd round of the Austrian electric on-road nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya, Lower Austria. Actually this was the first counted event this year, as the opening round had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Overall 39 drivers signed in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula 1 classes. Good weather conditions and a nice but difficult track layout made for tight racing in the qualification and final rounds.

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June 20, 2014

Reedy 2100mAh LiPo RX/TX battery pack

Team Associated introduce the new Reedy 2100mAh LiPo battery pack for receiver and transmitter applications. Measuring 86.5×30.5×16.5mm the pack mimics the dimensions of a NiMH straight pack and it is usable as receiver battery pack in nitro on-road and off-road cars as well as to power transmitters that accept 2S 7.4V batteries.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 20, 2014

RB Ielasi Tuned on-road engine range

French company RB introduce three new Ielasi Tuned nitro on-road engines. First up is the CXR SLS9 Circuit super long stroke 9-port .21 engine for 1/8th on-road. The engine is hand-machined by the Italian World Champion and it offers improved fuel flow thanks to tuned sleeve ports and crankshaft diagrams, improving the internal fluid-dynamics to obtain the maximum possible performance. The engines are hand tuned/assembled and checked one by one.

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June 20, 2014

Mizan wins 200mm class at Malaysian nationals Rd3

Mizan wins 200mm class at Malaysian nationals Rd4

The 3rd round of the Malaysian nitro on-road national championship took place at the MPJBT track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A total of over 40 racers in the 200mm touring car class competed for championship points. Right after the start of the 45 minute final Shepherd racer Mizan, who qualified 2nd, took over the lead although he had to conserve his tyres as he did not plan to do a tyre change. His strategy paid off and he crossed the finishing line after 179 laps in first position, one lap ahead of Azri Amri with Amirul Shafiq completing the podium another 8 laps down. Thanks to the round win Mizan has now also taken over the lead in the MNC overall standings.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 20, 2014

Christophe Pethoud wins Swiss 1/8th champs Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swiss 1/8th nitro on-road championship was run at the famous Lostallo track. The qualifiers where held in sunny and hot conditions making for some tight racing. As usual on the fast track fuel consumption was critical and some drivers, like Christophe Pethoud, had to refuel in the final lap. After qualifying Remy Hasler (Mugen/Picco) took TQ followed by Claudio Pasquin (Xray/Picco) and Renato Ali (Mugen/Picco).

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June 19, 2014

ZZRacing ABEC-3 bearing sets

Following stainless steel and titanium screw sets aftermarket company ZZRacing now also offers a huge amount of ball bearing sets for a wide range of cars, buggies and trucks. Using ABEC-3 specification bearings the sets are available for kits such as the 3Racing Sakura XI and Zero S, the Team Associated B5/B5M, RC10 Worlds and RC8.2, Xray’s XB4, XB8 and T4, Mugen’s MBX-6 and MBX-7, as well as TLR’s 22 and 8ight series. Also available are imperial standard and flanges bearings.

Source: ZZRacing [zzhobby.com]

June 19, 2014

Gravity RC body height adjusters

Gravity RC have a set of body height adjusters for touring and 1/12th pan cars available. Offered in 6mm diameter for 1/10th applications and 5mm for the smaller 1/12th scale cars, the parts are made from machined aluminium and they are very light of weight. They help to exactly adjust the body’s height and rake as every 360 degree turn of the rotatable mounting tubes results in 0.5mm height gain or loss. Each touring car set contains four threaded body post adapter, four threaded body mount tubes and four rubber O-rings while the 1/12th set includes two of each of the above parts.

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