The Italian Rapallo track recently held a Trophy race and it was Marco Baruffolo who walked away with the win in both the 1/8th Nitro and Electric off-road classes. Valente would come in 2nd in the nitro class from Camamo in 3rd while Marco was sidelined by Sbrana and Formisano on the electric podium.
The fifth round of the Polish PLMS series was held last weekend on a fast and flowing track. In the Touring Stock category it was Simon Horak with the TQ and he would also come out on top after the triple A-mains, handing him the win from Jakub Michalski and Mariusz Zachacz, making it an all-Xray podium.
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Vigor RC have introduced an adjustable battery mount for the Xray T4 series of electric touring cars. The multi-piece assembly utilises specially designed, eccentric inserts that can be turned around to place the battery pack in a front or rear position as well as in a more inward or outward placement. The carbon fibre battery brackets allow to wrap the mounting tape around them to do away with the need to route the tape on the bottom of the chassis for less chances to create a tweaked chassis, and chamfered edges reduce the chance of the battery tape being cut.
Hard Racing distributors HRC Distribution have introduced the Cheng-Ho series 1/8 trolley. The wheeled hauler bag was especially designed for all racers who need to carry a lot of equipment with them and so the bag features five durable drawers, a large compartment for tools as well as a pocket large enough for a pit board. In addition an incorporated table with two feet allows for wrenching when pit tables are not available. The outer parts of the bag are made up using durable nylon material to withstand the rigours of frequent use and a sturdy, extractable handle rounds out the package.
The second round of the Xray Racing Series Italy was held at the stunning SRC E-Track facilities in Pescara. More than 100 drivers attended the event that saw the running of six different electric classes. The high-grip indoor asphalt track proved to be a real challenge for the drivers and in the Touring Modified class it was Alexander Hagberg with the win from Dario Balestri and Alessio Menicucci.
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Coming from Reflex Racing and made for the Team Associated TC7.1 touring car are three new top decks. First up is the vertical top deck kit that was designed to make the TC7.1 take advantage of the adjustment characteristic of a vertical frame top deck. Vertical top decks provide better forward bite due to the increased fore and aft rigidity of the chassis. They also provide for a platform where flex adjustment can be isolated at different points of the chassis through using stiffening posts which allows for a more adaptable flex characteristic based on the track conditions. The vertical top deck setup will excel in outdoor tracks with long sweeping corners and also indoors when used in high bite conditions. Additionally, when used with Reflex Racing’s pitch control system, it allows for fully symmetrical flex characteristic on the car.
Team Bomber from Japan have introduced their limited edition TB-YR12X aluminium chassis conversion kit for the Yokomo YRX-12 1/12th scale pan car. Designed for the use on high-grip carpet and asphalt, the set includes a black anodised aluminium chassis with machined silver edge details, an aluminium rear lower pod plate as well as aluminium lower front arm mounts, a floating carbon fibre servo mount, multi-piece high-volume side dampers as well as a matching carbon fibre upper pod plate and lower chassis brace.
Arrowmax have introduced the Dash AI Pro competition brushless speed controller for 1/10th scale applications. The speedo makes use of a machined aluminium heatsink design case in two-tone colouring and it features a 32-bit micro controller, a high-voltage 30mm turbo fan, and an adjustable 6V to 7.4V BEC system allows to utilise standard or high voltage servos. Interchangeable ABC motor terminal assignment allow to custom configure the wire layout for cleaner wiring without crossing cables and the ESC is widely programmable using an optional programming device.
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