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January 13, 2025

Infinity IF15 Stainless Rear Stiffener Set

New for its back to back World Championship winning IF15 1:10 Nitro Touring Car platform, Infinity introduces this Stainless Rear Stiffener Set. Mounted in the opening at the rear of the main chassis, it increases chassis rigidity at the rear end of the chassis and increases weight by approximately 13g to ensure stable rear grip. It is also effective when the track surface is high grip and traction roll occurs. Used with G230 Carbon Rear Stiffener Set you van expand the range of setting.

View Stainless Rear Stiffener Set components here

January 13, 2025

Capelli 1:12 Titanium Ball Diff Upgrade Kit

Australian manufacturer Capelli, who last year brought us the F1-RR 1:10 Formula 1 chassis, has released a new 1:12 Titanium ball differential upgrade kit which has been 13-months in development. Reducing rotational mass of the assembly, utilising Titanium rings that are machine lapped to absolute flatness and treated twice in Ultra hard TiN coating. The diameter of the rings is such that the face of the spur gear is covered preventing ingress of debris into the balls. Supplied with the highest grade of ‘roundness’ Zirconium 1/8” balls, the assembly can then be tensioned using the Titanium carrier (anodised) housing a thrust bearing and titanium bevel washers, fastened by a lightweight Nylon M4 nut.

View individual parts here

January 12, 2025

Another EWS win for Jefferies at Round 3

With the latest season of the popular & long running Essex Winter Series reaching the midway stage today it was the Awesomatix of Olly Jefferies that became the first double winner of the current season. In qualifying it was former British National Champion Kyle Branson who secured the overall TQ ahead of the Schumacher of reigning EWS Champion & Round 2 Elliott Harper with Jefferies, winner of the season opener third. The four rounds of qualifying produced four different TQ runs with the Xray of Harley Eldridge taking Q1, Branson Q2, Harper Q3 and Jefferies Q4. In the single A-Main Branson struggled with a tricky car allowing Harper to go to the front early on. Pushed hard by Branson a touch with 1-minute to go would unsettle Harper’s car allowing Jefferies to pass them both to take the win. In Stock Zak Finlay made it three wins from three races with Ben Moorey and Billy Fletcher joining him on the podium.

Image: Kyle Branson

January 12, 2025

Orlowski wins ‘Charity Race’

While the biggest winner was the charities the race raises money for, it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who took the win at the 14th running of the annual Charity Race in Scandiano, Italy. Debuting his new Elceram ESC and Team Cayote batteries at the RC Landia indoor carpet track, having joined both brand for 2025, in qualifying Orlowski topped all four rounds with the Xray of Luca Romagnoli his closest challenger recording a trio of P2 runs. World Championship finalist Mattia Collina, second fastest in the final qualifier, completed the Top 3 ahead of the Xray of young Italian talent Filippo Domanin. With Orlowski going on to win all three A-Mains to repeat his run of victories at the race, the order of qualifying remained unchanged with Romagnoli going one better than 2024 to finish second with Collina completing the podium. In 17.5 Stock Touring Car it was Guido Carbognani who took the TQ and win ahead of Flavio Paladin.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

January 11, 2025

Hebert gets Team Zombie power for 2025

Reigning ROAR National Champion Keven Hebert’s 2025 program will be powered by Team Zombie, the Canadian onroad driver being announced as a team driver for the electronics brand. A multiple World Championship finalist, the factory Xray driver will kit out his cars with the full line-up of Team Zombie products. Wrapping up his 2024 season with notable wins at the U.S. Indoor Champs and MonTech New York Grand Prix, on the announcement Hebert said, ‘I am very happy to team up with Team Zombie for 2025! I am excited to work with Ryan and Timmy this coming season and beyond. Team Zombie has been on the rise these last few years and is also very involved in the on-road industry and I look forward to this partnership and to showcase what their products are capable of! I will be running the full line of Team Zombie with ESC, batteries, fan, motors and accessories!’

Source: Team Zombie [team-zombie.com]

January 11, 2025

Infinity Clutch Nut Adjustment Tool

New from double Onroad World Champions Infinity comes this new Clutch Nut Adjustment Tool for both 1:10 and 1:8 Onroad use. The adjustment tool fits directly onto clutch nuts such as that on the IF18-3 and IF15-2 with the flat top surface making it easy to apply force when tightening the nut and enables easy installation even with hard clutch springs.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

January 11, 2025

KO Propo Electrical Switch 4

Japanese radio and servo manufacturer KO Propo has announced the upcoming release of its latest electronically controlled power switch the Electrical Switch 4. With a new case size that is about half that of the Electrical Switch 3 the switch is intended for use on GP powered cars. A CPU memorises the power status (ON/OFF), so it can prevent power-off caused by connector connection failures due to vibrations specific to gasoline engine cars or momentary disconnections during overload. It features a full-colour LED to display the battery mode (cut-off voltage) and remaining battery power. This allows you to check the switch status at a glance and with high-intensity LED used it is easy to check even outdoors. The switch comes with two types of bottom cases included, one with fixing holes and one without, so you can switch between them depending on how you install it.

View Specs & more images here

January 11, 2025

Awesomatix PSSX Progressive Spring System

Awesomatix has released a number of new parts for its A800 touring car platform including their new PSSX Progressive Spring System. This is designed to add 30% progressivity into the originally linear action of SPR01S and SPR01 springs in all A700/A800 cars. An updated version of the previously known “PSS set”, the PSSX set comes with the new ST69X-30 Screw with wider cap that provides 30% progressivity across an increased range of suspension travel and suspension setups. All previous ST69 screw versions fit as well but are not included. With the PSSX set the initial action of spring is softer at the beginning of the compression and becomes progressively harder when the suspension get compressed during downtravel of the car. Our tests showed that the car with PSSX set at proper settings becomes more easy to drive and more consistent at low-med traction conditions and especially on outdoor asphalt tracks. In addition to the PSSX, Awesomatix has also released a new Rear Beam for its 1:12 car. For the A12X, this updated beam features an additional notch for easy track width measurement.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.net]