The second round of the Pernambucano Championship took place last weekend. Serpent’s Paulo Lourenço took the win in the 1/8th on-road class from his Serpent/Novarossi teammates Cleyton Lima and Antônio Vilaça. In the 1/8th GT class Cleyton Lima took the win with his Serpent Cobra GT.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Hobby Arena track have announced a change of date for the 2014 International Romanian Nitro Cup. After a first successful running of the on-road nitro meeting the second annual race will has been moved to the weekend of the 29th to 31st of August, again at the amazing Frumusani track near Bucharest. The IRNC will be run in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mmm on-road classes with the podium places await cash prices. More information can be found here.
WRC now have a 1-piece rear axle for the F-One formula 1 car available. Made from lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium the solid shaft makes for higher precision while the 1-piece design again improves precision and also durability. According to WRC the rear axle fits many other formula 1 chassis too.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Novak recently updated their popular Pulse and GTB brushless speed controller and now present the Pulse V2 and the GTB 3. Starting with the Pulse V2, the competition speedo received an all-new power board with integrated power capacitors and updated Super-Tuner firmware for enhanced stopping power. The specifications remain the same meaning the 2S LiPo-compatible V2 is useable with 540-size motors as low as 3.5T, 550-size 4.5T motors and also up to 5200kv 4-pole sensor-based offerings.
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Team Associated introduce the XP DC0915MG micro servo for 1/18th scale applications. The item features a high-torque motor, metal and plastic gears, ball bearing and digital circuitry. At 4.8V input the servo offers a speed of 0.095s and 1.5kg-cm of torque.
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Powerstar introduce the PM-1408 digital brushless servo. Featuring a sturdy aluminium case, tough stainless steel and titanium gears as well as a brushless motor the servo is ideal for all heavy-duty applications such as 1/8th nitro racing. The high-voltage compatible servo can be used with 7.4V (0.083s/14kg-cm) to 8.4V (0.078s/16kg-cm) input.
Source: Vapon [vapon-company.com]
Fenix Racing soon have new front end parts for the Su-zuka 1/10 formula 1 chassis available. Making use of the design introduced with the S5 Ultra lower wishbones, the new part is made for 200mm wide “foam tyre” cars. Fenix will also have new camber and caster plates that are usable on both the 190mm and 200mm cars. The three new optionals will become available very soon.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
The inaugural International Carpet Challenge took place this weekend in Essex, UK. Hosted by Oli Meggitt and the well-known Essex Winter Series team at their popular indoor venue, the event was supported by HPI, Tonisport and Muchmore and attracted drivers from around the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Kyle Branson was immediately setting the pace in the Modified class, setting the fastest three-lap time during practice, and backing that up by topping the opening qualifying round by 1.5 seconds with his Capricorn. Olly Jefferies, making his international event debut for Xray, took second in the round ahead of the Team Durango pairing of Polish driver Michal Orlowski and Elliott Harper. In round two, Kyle was again quickest, but the field was catching up and Awesomatix’ Freddy Sudhoff set the second best time, seven tenths of a second behind Kyle. Elliott was third ahead of Michal and Yannic Prumper’s Yokomo.
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