The Homestead RC Raceway played host to the Miami Grand Prix recently and in 1/8th Nitro GT it was Paolo Morganti with the TQ and win. In the 30-minutes main final Paolo would take the win with a 4-lap margin on Massimo Fabiani in 2nd and Eric Spong in 3rd as Lazaro Alonzo Jr. and Harold Pagan rounded out the top 5 results.
Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]
Coming from RC Cox and made for the Xray T4 are several new option parts. Starting with the Xray specific ones, first up is a front low FF suspension mount with optional brass insert. The low specification mount lowers the front suspension pins which improves the car’s rotation in corners while the 8g add-on brass weight allows to fine-tune the car’s weight balance, making it easier to drive. It easily attaches using a single screw for on-the-fly setup changes.
DE Racing have introduced their all-new G6T and Grooved G6T short course oval tyres. Purpose-designed for dirt oval racing the tyres fit industry-standard 2.2”/3.0” short course rims and they are available in D30 and D40 compounds. No inserts are included but most 1/10th SC inserts will fit to fine-tune the tyre’s performance.
View the Grooved G6T tyre here
The 2018 KL Grand Prix GP Challenge Cup was held in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia took place with the racing seeing massive weather changes. Late on Saturday rain was falling heavily, however the Sunday turned out hot and sunny. In the 1/8th class the first round of qualification saw Yee Kok Leong TQ-ing the round while Amirul Rafiq topped Yee Kok Leong’s time by a margin of only a second in round 2. So it all came down to the last round of qualifying, where Yee Kok Leong tried to seek redemption and pushed hard for the pole position but in the end it didn’t work out. Meanwhile, Amirul Rafiq was able to find more time to take the overall TQ with Yee Kok Leong 2nd and Anthony Wee in 3rd.
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Round 2 of the French 1/8 IC Track National Championship was held at the Neuville de Poitou track last weekend. Saturday running was hampered by rain, however in Sunday Sun greeted the drivers and in the end it was a nice day of racing. In the National category Jean Noel Austruy took the TQ but in the half hour long A-main final it was Julien Morvan with the win from young Maxime Ripoll, who came all the way from the 1/4 final to finish just four seconds off the leader. Behind the two, Bilal Sullivan would round out the podium result.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
Coming from Arrowmax and made for Futaba transmitters such as the 7PX, 4PX, 4PK and 4PV is a 2400mAh 6.6V LiFe battery. The softcase pack measures 73x40x16mm and it has the perfect size for the above radios with the high capacity ensuring long operation times. The battery comes pre-wired with a a Futaba-compatible connector and a standard balancer plug for secure charging and balancing.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Round 1 of the Norwegian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Kristiansand in the South of the country. The astro turf track is located in a motocross area and the weekend started off with a bit off rain, but it changed to sunshine and hot weather, with a slippery track in the morning and raising grip levels during the day. This year saw some changes such as the running of both the nitro and electric classes on the same weekend – mainly to try and reduce travelling costs but also attract new drivers to the classes. For the first weekend of the year things looked promising so far and the next round will for sure attract even more entries. Racing wise and in the Nitro class it was Serpent driver fast local Tom Erik Haaversen who set the track record and was the man to beat this weekend.
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Coming from AMain Hobbies’ EcoPower brand are two new waterproof servos. The standard voltage WP110T (0.16s/20.1kg-cm) and WP120T (0.09s/28.8kg-cm) are an ideal upgrade for ready-to-run cars, trucks and rock crawlers and they feature metal gears, dual ball bearings and lightweight upper and lower cases with aluminium centre sections. The WP110T is powered by a cored DC motor while the high-voltage compatible WP120T utilises a coreless motor. EcoPower recommends the WP110T servo for all 1/10-scale applications, while the higher power WP120T would be best suited for heavy monster trucks, 1/8-scale vehicles and crawlers.
View lists of the specifications here
