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September 24, 2007

All Mod Support Spacers & Clutch plate

German after market parts maker All Mod have released 2 new products to their range of general and Mugen parts. First up are these engine support spacers for 1/8th scale buggies that when mounted lift your .21 motor by 1mm and this allows you to run the All Mod MSS 28 heavy-load clutch normally meant for use on .28 motors. Also new from All Mod is an aluminium clutch plate for use with the Mugen MTX and MRX range of cars that aids the engagement of the clutch for better power delivery.

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September 23, 2007

Speed Merchant Rev5 1/12th scale

Current US National Champions Speed Merchant have announced the release of their latest 1/12th scale chassis, the Rev5, due for sale in the 2nd week of October. The car has a new rear pod design, that takes “easy access” to a new level, meaning you can literally drop in any motor, including brushless with a large pinion attached, with ease while the new pod plates have been machined from Delrin which offers huge weight savings. The car also feaures a new extensively tested “Formula” front end which has been created using linkages yet is sturdy enough to hold up to the speeds and forces generated in today’s cars. By supporting the top of the king pin with 2 balls, the upper link arm is very stiff and strong, and doesn’t move during a crash.

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September 22, 2007

Zack Barry dominates East Coast Champs

Xray have a report on their site from the 1/18th scale East Coast Championships that were held at RC Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts last weekend. Last years Formula 18 truck class winner Zack Barry was present and this year he would also race the micro sedan classes for the first time, having only completed building his M18 Pro chassis’ before the event. After 3 rounds of qualifying Zack had TQ’d the Formula 18 truck class by 2 laps, claimed 3rd on the grid in Pro brushless micro sedan and lined up 5th in Pro Mod micro sedan. On Sunday the mains were run and in the Formula 18 class Zack had an amazing 28 lap run, winning easily by a full 2 laps. Next to the sedan class where in the Pro brushless A main he again took the win, while in the pro mod class Zack had a tough run and finished 6th.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 22, 2007

CEFX C12 BL 1/12th scale chassis

According to a statement by Josh Cyrul, top racer and designer of CEFX cars and parts, the company will stop trying to make their C12 1/12th scale chassis suitable for both brushed and brushless configurations as the changes needed to make the BL car competitive would compromise the cars setup in non BL configuration too much. Hence the C12 will stay as is and the company will further develop a specific BL version, the first picture of which is shown above.

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September 21, 2007

Upgrade RC Motion Decal

CML in the UK have announced that they have started selling this new decal set from Upgrade RC, which is a perfect fit for the 190mm Protoform Mazda 6 bodyshell. Called the ‘Motion’ it is available in 3 different colour schemes – red, blue & black/grey.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

September 21, 2007

Walti Beat wins Swiss 200mm Nats Rd4

Xray are reporting from the 4th and final round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm Nationals that took place on the first weekend of September in Aigle in the West of Switzerland. With Walti Beat having taken the National title in the previous round the battle was on for the lower places in the championship and this allowed for some exciting racing. Qualifying was difficult for the newly crowned Champion, who missed his 3rd qualifying run and becuase of this he qualified last and was forced to work his way from the quarter final into the main which he did with ease. In the main final Beat had a bad start but was able to push hard and take the lead, followed by the win ahead of Xray team mate Traugott Schar in 2nd with Loris Pierroz in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2007

Vantomme M12 EP chassis

We recieved a mail yesterday telling us about the Belgian built Vantomme M12 1/12th scale electric pan car. This car is the 2nd generation chassis, the first called the M1.1 was built in 2005 and was based on the Speed Merchant Rev4. This latest version features a number of improvements including numerous chassis cut-outs, extreme small lower motor plate for easy access motor, a sharp X shape front design and a very short chassis with an extra bumper to attach. The ‘VantommeM12’ hit the circuit for the very first time last weekend, during a ‘MRCZ Challenge race’ and finished a hard fought 3rd after qualifying 2nd.

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September 21, 2007

Xray T2’008 – Close up Pictures

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I received some pictures of Martin Hudys Xray T2’008, taken at the Austria Masters in Steiregg, in my mail box while i was on holidays 2 weeks ago and presumed that they had already been spread around the internet while i was away. But reading through RC Tech it appears that people havent yet seen them so here they are. As you can see it has the belts placed on either side of the main spur gear as well as other small changes that i wont even pretend to know.

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