July 9, 2014

Xray T4 fully adjustable battery holder

Xray T4 fully adjustable battery holder

Made for the T4 line of electric touring cars is this fully adjustable LiPo battery mount from Xray. The design allows to shift the battery forth and back and also to the left and right by 4mm in order to adjust the weight bias of the chassis. Included in the set are two L-shaped carbon fibre holders for the side balance adjustments as well as alloy mounts and adjustable posts to adjust the front-to-rear weight bias. The set is rounded out by the needed mounting hardware.

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July 9, 2014

Markus Hellquist wins in Oslo

Markus Hellquist wins in Oslo

The combined 3rd round of the Swedish Cup and Norwegian national championship was held by the Oslo Modellbilklubb. The event was run in the four classes of 1/8th track, 1/10th 200mm nitro touring, and both modified and stock electric on-road. The weather was very uncertain, but in the end the event was run in dry weather conditions, despite some rain during Saturday night. After 4 rounds of 5 minute qualifying in the nitro classes, Lars Haugen managed to get the TQ spot in 1/8th track, followed by Bengt Andersson in 2nd and Christofer Hedlund in 3rd.

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July 8, 2014

Essex Summer Series – Announcement

Essex Summer Series – Announcement

Oli Meggitt and the Essex Winter Series team have announced that they will be taking their style of racing event to the next level, by holding an outdoor race meeting later this Summer. The Essex Summer Series will be a one-off meeting, to be held on the weekend of the 13th and 14th September 2014 at the Brooklands Raceway, near Ashford, Kent, in the South East of the UK. Classes for the event will be Open Modified, and the debut in the UK of a new Super Stock class – 13.5 “Blinky” zero timing – which is already extremely popular across Europe, Asia and the United States. Any BRCA approved 13.5 turn motor can be used, with any zero-timing “blinky” speed controller and a maximum gear ratio of 4.0. Controlled tyres for both classes will be the popular Sorex 32 RY. Entries will open shortly here. You can also check out the EWS Events Facebook page for regular updates and to ask any questions here. If there are any international drivers interested in competing, you can contact Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com) for more information and help with travel plans.


July 8, 2014

HPI Micro RS4 bronze wheel set

HPI Micro RS4 bronze wheel set

HPI introduce this bronze wheel set for the revitalised Micro RS4 1/18 scale cars. Containing three pairs of front wheels and three pairs of rear wheels the set offers three different rim designs of mesh, flat 5-spoke and flat 6-spoke wheels. They are usable on all Micro RS4 models and are ideal to give the car a new look instantly.

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July 8, 2014

Spec-R P8 double joint driveshafts for T4 & Spec-R cars

Spec-R P8 double joint driveshafts for T4 & Spec-R cars

Spec-R introduce a set of double joint driveshafts for the Xray T4 and the Spec-R R1, S1 and S2 kits. The driveshafts are made from high quality spring steel, they feature strong retaining clips for the cross pins and include a set of narrow inner ball bearings.

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July 8, 2014

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

Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 - Report

This past weekend the 4th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale nationals was hosted by the friendly people of the Model Auto Race Genk club in Belgium. The weekend was characterised by the weather. Saturday’s practice was pretty much washed away by the rain with only two dry hours at the very end of the practice. Sunday started dry, but after the 3 qualifying rounds it started to rain again.

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July 8, 2014

Derderian & Campourcy win at French 1/10th nats Rd4

Derderian & Campourcy win at French 1/10th nats Rd4

The 4th round of the French 200mm nitro on-road championship was held at the Lentilly track near Lyon. In the National class, it was Maxime Legay who took the TQ position in front of Philippe Martineau and Stephane Campourcy while in the Elite class, Leo Arnold had a tremendous third qualifying round to take the overall TQ. Basile Concialdi came in 2nd and Quentin Leroux held the 3rd spot.

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