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November 28, 2017

Team Magic E4RS4 aluminium main chassis plate

Team Magic have introduced an aluminium main chassis plate for the new E4RS4 touring car. Machined from 2.0mm 7075 aluminium and coming black anodised and with silver edge details, the chassis features optimised flex characteristics for improved performance on high-bite carpet tracks. A novelty are two L-shaped areas under the receiver and speed controller area which make fixing the electrics much easier and more reliable while retaining the natural flex characteristics of the chassis.

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November 28, 2017

ORCA RT, RTS & Blitreme alloy screw set

ORCA have introduced an aluminium screw set for the RT, RTS and Blitreme brushless motors that will improve the motor’s performance thanks to being non-magnetic. The set includes three long motor case and three short end cap screws and using the fasteners will increase the motor’s overall RPM while making for faster throttle response at the same time.

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

November 28, 2017

Sagami RC Fab Plazma Ra 2.0 aluminium chassis

Japanese brand Sagami RC Fab have introduced an aluminium main chassis and lower pod plate for the Kyosho Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale pan car. Designed for the use in high to very high traction conditions the black anodised 2.0mm chassis and pod plate will improve steering, traction and driveabiliy and it is usable with floating servo mounts and long or short side links.

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November 28, 2017

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd2 – Report

The challenging Eifel-Ring, the permanent indoor track of MAC Adenau located next to the famous Nurburgring, played host to round 2 of the Xray Racing Series Germany recently. It was already the third XRS appearance at the 111-metre indoor track during 2017. After some drivers already took the opportunity to practice on Friday, Saturday was full of action with nearly all drivers present and enjoying eleven hours of practice to fine-tune their car’s set-ups during thousands of laps. Touring Car Stock with hand-out XRS 13.5T motors and mandatory Hudy C1 tyres was the most popular class of the event. The fight for the TQ has been tight and exciting. Finally, Majuran Tharmalingam took first spot with just a 0.4-second advantage over Melvin Diekmann in his best qualification heat over five minutes. René Puepke in his first attempt was another 0.2 seconds down to catch third spot in the grid. Tom Kraegefski brought placed 4th.

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November 28, 2017

Nico Schmid wins 2WD class at MRTO Challenge

Last weekend’s MRTO Challenge in Altnau, Switzerland saw Nico Schmid walking away with the win in the 2WD Buggy class. Nico would lead an Xray 1-2-3 as his brother, Florian Schmid and Philip Jeisy rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 28, 2017

Keitune Carrera Cup R/C Tour – Announcement

Keitune Speedway, home of the 2013 IFMAR 1/8th On-road Worlds, have announced the Keitune Carrera R/C Tour Championship for 2018. The 10-race series will kick off on the weekend of the 25th of February and concludes on the 25th of November and it is run 1/8th Nitro, 1/10th Nitro Touring, 1/8th Nitro GT, 1/5th Touring and 1/5th Formula classes. To make the event attractive to foreign drivers, Keitune will offer an exclusive free-off-charge airport and hotel pick-up service for all oversea pilots to make for hassle-free and enjoyable racing experience. The service includes pick-up from Tokyo’s Haneda or Chiba’s Narita airport, reservation service for the Goi Grand Hotel, daily hotel-track-hotel transport, as well as optional services such as an english translator and more. More information, all dates and details can be found here or by emailing Keitune Speedway owner Kijima (info@keitune.co.jp).

November 28, 2017

Speedmind MTC1 shock spring set

Speedmind have introduced a shock spring set exclusively for the Mugen MTC1 touring car. The 20mm springs are precision-made and matched for highest possible accuracy and included are colour-coded X-hard, hard, med-hard, medium and soft springs with the MTC1’s med-soft kit spring fitting right between Speedmind’s medium and soft offering.

Source: Speedmind [speedmind.net]

November 28, 2017

Markus Hellquist takes Modified win at SSIC Rd2

The second round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Alvesta and was hosted by the Wäxjö MS club last weekend. The track was very grippy and the qualifying result was based on the best single result out of three rounds in total. In the Touring Modified class Markus Hellquist (Xray/ORCA) won all qualifying rounds as Fabian Vernersson (Serpent/Hobbywing) was the best of the rest to claim P2 on the the A-main grid. Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated/Hobbywing) would round out the top 3 results. Going into the finals, Fabian was close to overtaking Markus after a mistake in A1, but Markus managed to hold onto the win in the opening main. The following A2 and A3 were a slightly smoother affair and Hellquist would manage to secure the overall win. Fabian made sure to grab the runner-up with two 2nd places while Daniel had a decent run in A3, but it was not enough to challenge Fabian, and he had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]