August 23, 2012

Schumacher SupaStox GT12 differential

The new Schumacher SupaStox has taken the GT12 class by storm with these small cost effective racers a big hit around the indoor circuits. Now they are glad to bring you an item that Schumacher were first made famous for 30 plus years ago, a diff. The Schumacher engineers have once again come up with a superbly designed item made from high quality components which will allow many many runs without a rebuild. Strong solid steel axle combined with an alloy hub/wheel carrier, steel short axle and precision ball bearings allows simple tightness adjustment without the need to disturb the tension when removing the wheel.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]


August 23, 2012

KM H-K1 alu middle plate mount set

For the H-K1 EvoII from KM Racing is this aluminium middle plate mount set. Suitable to be mounted with carbon or copper middle plate, the supplied copper plate will move the centre of gravity more to the bottom and to the centre. The new parts are suitable for H-K1 EvoII chassis only.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]


August 22, 2012

Bultynck secures Belgian title as Joosens wins Rd7

For the last race of the Belgian touring car season the drivers went to Genk. It was marvellous weather and everything was still open in the Efra and Stock classes. Thomas Stockman wanted to be the new champion and already had a splendid year in the nationals. But it was Olivier Bultynck who set the pace and took TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Thomas Stockman. Patrick Jongenelis an Gerrit Van Swijgenhoven took fourth an fifth place on the grid. Olivier was very fast at this track and was on the run for his fourth title in a row. In the first final Ollie went away from the rest and secured his win. Behind him Nick was in a fight with Thomas. Thomas took second place for a short time but Nick came back and took second place. Thomas came in as third just behind Nick.

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August 21, 2012

Alien Racing Legend 12.1 World Edition

To celebrate their successful participation at their first 1/12 World Championships back in July, Alien Racing have introduced the Legend 12.1 in a special and limited version called World Edition. Only 1 production batch will be done only for those who pre-order and delivery will be start at the beginning of October. The Legend W.E. has no links or T-bar which they claim provides the best performance and efficiency and the car is delivered with a lateral shock and an upper deck for damper installation.

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August 21, 2012

Dutch EFRA GP – Announcement

The AMCA club in Apeldoorn are playing host to a 1/8th EFRA GP from the 21st to the 23rd of September this year. Run to EFRA rules, this event will also include a 40+ race for the ‘old guys’, and everyone participating must have an EFRA drivers license or valid national license. Already attracting some top driver don’t pass up the opportunity to race on one of the World’s finest circuits and to go up against some of the quickest drivers in Europe. Entry is now open and can be filled in here.


August 20, 2012

JJ Wang double at Chinese Nationals

The Chinese On-Road Nationals were held this past weekend in Beijing, China, bringing together top drivers from all over China including Hong Kong. The three-day race included 1:10 Nitro Sedan and 1:8 GP On-Road as well as 1:10 Electric Sedan. FEMCA President Trevor Reid attended the event as guest of the Chinese Sports Federation’s RC Association. After 4 rounds of qualifying, JJ Wang took TQ in both the 1:10 nitro sedan and 1:8 GP on-road class. In the nitro sedan finals, JJ Wang battled Beijing’s Chen Yan Fu to take the National title with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX5, Guo Yao Wei from Guangzhou took third with his Serpent 747. In the 1:8 class, JJ Wang driving his Mugen MRX5 dominated the field winning by 7 laps over second place Tommy Dai of Shanghai, Beijing’s top driver Chen Yan Fu came in third.

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August 20, 2012

LRP Dynamic 8 1600kv brushless motor

LRP have released a 1600kv version of their Dynamic 8 brushless motor for 1/8th scale cars. The innovative multislot-winding creates incredible torque while at the same time the motor features improved efficiency over the full rpm range. Less power is lost into heat and that means more power reaches your drivetrain.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]


August 20, 2012

Elliot Harper wins BRCA TC series Rd4

In winning round four of the BRCA 1:10 electric touring car series at Snetterton Tamiya’s Elliott Harper became the fourth different winner from four events, his win sets up a winner takes all championship showdown at the final round at Mendip in a month’s time. After five rounds of qualifying it was the Associated TC6.1 of Olly Jefferies that took TQ, but in putting himself on pole Olly had used all his tyres allocation, second place on the grid was championship favourite Chris Grainger, Grainger could have wrapped up the 2012  title if he could win here, Harper lined up third on the grid.

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