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October 26, 2022

Alera3D Lite Touring Car Bumpers

Founded by US racer Alex Fera, Alera3D’s ultralight weight, flexible, and durable 3D printed front bumpers for touring cars have hit the European market with Tonisport announcing the addition of the brand to its line-up. 3DLite bumpers are the lightest weight 3D printed bumpers available on the market, all while maintaining the same full-size footprint as your stock foam bumper! No need to worry about a thin bumper folding while at high speed in modified racing or not fully protecting your touring car in the event of a crash. Additionally, the bumpers have a taper on the bottom leading edge to prevent it from dragging on the ground under braking at high speeds. Every bumper is manufactured in house in the USA from high quality European polymers. Approximate weight of each bumper: Mugen 10g, Awesomatix 10g, Xpress 10g, Yokomo 9g, Xray 8g, Schumacher 7.5g, ARC 7g.

Source: Alera3D [alera3d.com] / Tonisport [tonisport.de]

October 26, 2022

Boom Racing KUDU Multifunctional Soldering Jig

Boom Racing have released this KUDU Multifunctional Soldering Jig. Designed from the ground up the jig is a beautifully crafted high-end billet aluminium and steel tool set for your R/C applications. Being an R/C car manufacturer and hobbyists themselves, they solder many things on a consistent basis with one of the frequent pain points while soldering wires is not having a motor stand with the soldering jig. Having the motor roll around while soldering can be a time-consuming and unpleasant experience. Speaking to other hobbyists they found that they too experience the same issues so went about gathering their requirements and expectations to design an all-in-one solution. The jig is ideal for soldering all types of R/C connectors, especially for R/C cars with the built-in steel electric motor stand. It works with many of the common types of R/C connectors and gives you the freedom to move to get the best soldering angles, with a sturdy base and compact design.

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October 26, 2022

2023 Charity Race – Announcement

The 2023 edition of the popular ‘Charity Race’ will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy on 11th – 12th February. A race that includes Ronald Volker, Marc Rheinard, Bruno Coelho, Alexander Hagberg and Viktor Wilck as previous winners, this is the 12th running of the event which has raised thousands of euros for local charities. he event will cater for 6 classes: Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, FWD and GT for 10th scale, while LMP Open Modified and GT12 for 12th. Entries will be capped at 120 pit places and the Organisers, Team La Gang, will hold the traditional charity raffle for the good cause. Registration for the the ‘Charity Race’ will open on MyRCM in due course.

Source: Team La Gang [teamlagang.it]

October 25, 2022

JMRCA 2022 All Japan Touring Car Statistics

Having reported yesterday on Akio Sobue’s victory at the 2022 JMRCA All-Japan Championships over the weekend, our friend & expert on all things Tamiya Kenneth Södergård over at Blog Kentech has compiled interesting manufacturer statics from the first hosting of the National Championships since 2019. Combined figures from both the Super Expert and Open classes show Mugen (19%) to be the car of choice with Japanese brands dominating the market. Iconic brand Tamiya, while no longer fielding an international factory team, is still very much alive in competitive touring car as the second most popular brand with only 3% less share than Mugen. Touring car newcomers, and stars of the recent ISTC World Championships getting both their drivers in the A-Main in Italy, Axon was the third biggest brand just ahead of Yokomo. In contrast, the two big brands in European touring car race scene, Xray and Awesomatix, both each only made up 5% of the entry.

Source: Kentech [kentech.wordpress.com]

October 25, 2022

Tamiya ‘Signature Line’ sweatshirts

As we get ready for the winter season, Tamiya USA has some new warm clothing for fans of the iconic Japanese brand. Part of the ‘Signature Line’, the range includes a pull-over hoodie sweatshirt in charcoal grey with the logo in black, a 1/4 Zip-Up soft fleece sweatshirt in charcoal grey also with black logo and a full Zip-Up hooded sweatshirt in black with a grey Tamiya logos.

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October 25, 2022

SuperRad SR-03 1:12 LMP body

Having released their first product in August, SuperRad Competition Bodyshells have added to their range with the introduction of the SR-03 1:12 LMP Body. The SR-03 has a new cockpit design along with a different spoiler and sides that provide more turn-in capability. This version is ideal for 17.5 and 13.5 classes and is the body that TQ’d and won Superstock at the 2022 NYGP and Halloween Classic.

Source: SuperRad Competition Bodyshells [superrad.com]

October 24, 2022

Capricorn announces Depta on factory team

Capricorn RC has announced Merlin Depta as part of their factory team line-up for 2023. Having announced his departure from Serpent after 17-years of racing with the brand back in August, the German joins former team-mate & countryman Dominic Greiner at the reigning European 1:8 & 1:10 Nitro Onroad Champion manufacturer. Commenting on the announcement, Depta said, “(I am) Very happy to announce that I’ll join the Capricorn factory for 2023 and beyond. The quality and mechanical design are so on point. As if every single part of a car was taken into revision to make it as light and high-grade as possible. It’s so much fun to work on that car and I’m happy to join such a professional team. See you on the track.”

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 24, 2022

Coelho wins as Essex Winter Series returns

The opening round of the popular Essex Winter Series took place over the weekend with newly crowned World Champion Bruno Coelho taking the win. A series that has attracted some of the biggest names in Electric Touring to the UK in the past, after its forced Covid break it was the Xray team who were the star entries as the indoor carpet series made its return – Martin Hudy and Francesco Martini also making the trip. Topping all four qualifiers, Coelho would secure the TQ ahead of newly crowned British Champion & Xray team-mate Kyle Branson. Capricorn’s Alex Thurston complete the Top 3 on the grid ahead of Schumacher’s Andy Murray who won the battle of the car designers as Hudy secured fifth. In the single leg final, Coelho took an easy win with over 3-seconds of an advantage over Branson with British 1:8 Nitro Champion Thurston completing the podium. In Stock, Xray’s Zak Finlay took the win from the Schumacher of Billy Fletcher.

Image: Kyle Branson [Facebook]