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June 26, 2013

BMT 984 1/8th scale chassis

BMT is returning to the 1/8th scale on road market after a break of many years, the former World Championship winning manufacturer has not been heard of much, with the exception of its entry into the Rally Game market, since the late 90s. The new BMT 894, the car in the photos is a prototype, is a pretty standard affair for a modern 1/8th scale car with some of the features including aluminium front & rear bulkheads, aluminium middle shaft bracket and a front anti roll-bar with classic blades or wire solution. The transmission uses a 0.8 module to improve acceleration and top speed, while on the radio plate it features a flex system and a radio tray module for both lay down servos and receiver including a RX box.

View more images of the 984 chassis here

June 26, 2013

MR..Roche blades, ceramic bearings & car bags

Roche, under their MR..Roche brand have released this new line of products starting with shaft blades for the Yokomo BD5/BD7 (Blue), Tamiya TRF415V5 (Pink) and Xray T3/T4 and VBC WildFire (Orange). These are made from a special self lubricating material, the low friction blade provide a smoother and higher performance on the drive-train. Next up is its line of MR (Marc Rheinard) ceramic ball bearings featuring a high quality pink and blue rubber seal. Available in 4pcs of 10x15x4mm or 4pcs of 5x10x4mm, the friction is reduced to near zero, so your car’s acceleration and top speed will be even better. For transporting your touring car chassis there is a new MR..Roche carry bag. The black case features the MR..Roche logo and colorful trim and comes with a handle and shoulder strap. Size 43cm(L) x 20cm(W) x 15cm(H).

View the other new products here

June 26, 2013

Fenix Racing WRC F-One I-mola upgrade kit

Fenix Racing have released a major upgrade kit for the WRC F-One, called the I-mola. The kit includes and new chassis made from 2mm thick quasi isotropic carbon fibre and a semi rigid rear link which allows different rigidity of the rear links for fine tuning. Multi wheelbase options, on both the rear and front along with variable battery placement within a 20mm range and flex adjustment on the upper deck make for a wide range of fine tuning options for the setup of the car. The conversion has shown a lot of potential in testing and is available now.

View an image of the kit here

June 26, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins TC Rd3 in Portugal

Last weekend the third round of Portuguese Nationals took place in Torres Novas village at the track where the European TC Championship will be held later this summer. The temperatures where high all weekend and drivers got perfect conditions to compete and also practice and prepare for the upcoming Euros. There were 15 drivers in modified class and 8 in stock class. The practice runs showed that Bruno Coelho was the man to beat closely followed by, and always beating back the challenges of, his teammate Helder Silva. Pedro Moura unfortunately experienced some technical problems and was not able to keep up with them, however he still made it to the A main. During the finals Bruno and Helder again made it a superb race to watch for all spectators fighting for the top spot in the first final. In the second and third final run Bruno made a quick clean start and making use of the fight between Helder and last year’s champion Hugo Miguel was able to stretch his lead until the finish line.

View the final results here

June 25, 2013

HB TCXX DCJ Drive Shaft

Designed to maintain better corner speed while drastically reducing wheel chatter, HB have released this DCJ Drive Shaft for the TCXX. The DCJ or Double Cardan joint shaft breaks the single pivot point into two pivot points resulting in less drag and shallower shaft angles during sharp turning making your car easier to drive.

Source: HB [hpieurope.com]

June 25, 2013

2013 HPI Challenge – Announcement

2013 HPI Challenge - Announcement

HPI Racing Europe have been in contact to tell is that the 4th of August and the 28th of September mark the return of the HPI Challenge, with on and offroad racing classes organized at two of the country’s leading venues. The 4th of August marks the return of the HPI Challenge for all on-road racers and HPI touring car kit owners with racing taking place at the Cotswolds Model car club in Gloucestershire. Every racer will get a complete set (2 pairs) of top-quality HPI Challenge racing slick tyres, an HPI T-shirt and a HPI goodie bag with lots of HPI freebies inside. The 28th of September is the day for off-road HPI kit owners, with the event organised at the wonderful Coventry Model Car Club. Whether you’ve got a Savage monster truck, nitro buggy or electric truggy, they’ve got you all covered. Full details on the event can be found here.

June 25, 2013

May & Friedrich win at Pro Stock Series Rd3

This past weekend saw the 3rd round of the Pro Stock Series taking place at the Kastellaun Race Track. The unique feature of this racing series are the standard Sonic/Xceed engines that are mandatory and must not be modified in any way. 25 drivers in 2 classes went out for some nice racing. The weather forecast for both days was okay although the Saturday was supposed to be the better day. With former Austrian 1/12th national champion Martin Wilfinger (Shepherd) and former Tamiya World Champion Patrick Gassauer (Serpent) the drivers list showed interesting names. Also the overall winner of 2011 Marcus May and last years runner-up Sascha Vorgrümler (both Shepherd) took the challenge.

Continue reading the report here

June 25, 2013

SpeedRC Cup – Announcement

SpeedRC Cup - Announcement

The organisers of the SpeedRC Cup got in touch to tell us about their touring car race which is held on Sunday the 14th of July at Parona Lomellina (PV) Italy 50km south-west from Milan. The race is open to 1/10 Touring Mod and 13.5 (no timing) classes and they have introduced a new race format with the possibility to make the A main through a Last Chance race. Entries are limited to 40 drivers per class, if the number of entries in one class is lower than 40 the other class can be supplemented. More details and entries can be found through iscrizione.gare@hotmail.it

View an image of the track here