February 25, 2023

1st Nova Engines International Trophy announced

Italian engine manufacturer Nova Engines has announced its first Nova Engines International Trophy Race.  The onroad event will take place on May 6/7th at L. Collari RC Raceway in Bologna, the home track of nitro onroad legend Lamberto Collari.  Nova Engines is headed up by engine guru Stefano Colombini and the inaugural event will be exclusively for the 1:8 Onroad class.  Expected to attract many of nitro onroad top drivers registration came be made through myrcm.ch .

Source: Nova Engines [nova-engines.com]


February 24, 2023

ReveD RDX Rear Body Mount Set & Iron Spool Cups

Japanese RC Drift specialists ReveD has announced the release of two new optional parts for its RDX chassis.  The first item is a new rear body mount set for fixing RDX magnets.  The set is comprised of a carbon rear body mount plate and aluminium rear body mount post for MC-1 that can be attached to RDX, together with the mounting screws.  By attaching it to the RDX rear shock tower, it is possible to fix the body using a commercially available magnet.  There are 4 holes in the aluminium post, 3 holes in the carbon plate, and 8 holes on each side for fixing the magnet, so you can adjust the position according to your body shells.  The RDX magnet fixing rear body mount set offer greater value than purchasing parts individually.

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February 24, 2023

Coelho holds provisional TQ at TITC

Bruno Coelho holds the provisional TQ after day 1 of qualifying at the TITC in Thailand.  The reigning World Champion opened the morning’s qualifying at the Infinity RC Addict track with the third fastest time while top seed Akio Sobue continued to be the pace setter for Axon ahead of team-mate Ishioka Hayato.  However in Q2, the former Champion took his Xray to the top of the times bettering Sobue’s Q1 time by almost a second with a 5-minute run that was over 3.3-seconds faster than own first attempt.  With 2 from 4 rounds of qualifying to count, tomorrow’s action in a very hot Bangkok with conclude with Q3 & 4 for Modified running in the afternoon into evening.

Image: Xray [Facebook]


February 23, 2023

Defending Champion Sobue is Top Seed at TITC

Defending TITC Champion and 2022 World Championship podium finisher Akio Sobue is the top seed going into qualifying at the legendary Bangkok touring car event.  One of the World’s most significant international touring car races outside of the World Championships, this is the 19th running of the TITC which returns after a forced two year break during the Covid Pandemic.  After days of free practice for the strong international field to dial themselves into the unique traction of the Infinity RC Addict track, it was two time Champion Sobue who set the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the single controlled practice.  Behind, Axon team-mate and 2022 Worlds Finalist Ishioka Hayato was second fastest ahead of the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard and returning former TITC Champion Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver having last contested the event in 2019.  Winner that year, Alexander Hagberg completed the Top 5 as the drivers now face into 2 rounds of qualifying tomorrow (Friday) with Rounds 3 :& 4 scheduled for Saturday.

Image: Axon [Facebook]


February 22, 2023

Team Zombie new concept 40mm Duct Cooling Fan

In the latest addition to its extensive offering of cooling fans, Team Zombie claims it has made a revolutionary breakthrough in the cooling concepts of it all new 40mm fan.  Traditional fan cooling is limited by not having enough fresh air within the touring car body, not enough clearance for the fan to function to its full potential and not having the shape to generates the thrust to cool the motor’s surface evenly. now Team Zombie has the breakthrough on all these cooling limitation by created a revolutionary cooling system as it vacuums fresh air from the side of the chassis to supply the fan blade to cool the motor and the shroud casing providing even cooling on the motor’s surface with 10 grams+ of thrust.

Source: Team Zombie [team-zombie.com]


February 21, 2023

Vejrak joins Team LRP

LRP has announced the addition of Meen Vejrak to their international team.  The former Nitro Touring Car World Champion is one of Asia’s leading international electric touring car stars in recent years with results including being a ISTC World Championship finalist and podium finisher at the Reedy Race of Champions, TITC and ETS.  The Thai driver will use use LRP electronics to power his Serpent electric touring car this season and is a significant boost for the profile of Jurgen Lautenbach’s electronics brand in Asia.

Source: LRP [Facebook]


February 21, 2023

Zero Tribe TRF420X Low Shock Towers

Japanese tuning parts brand Zero Tribe has released images from final testing of its upcoming release of new low shock towers for the Tamiya TRF420X.  Running the towers one of its own Zetricks 420MID conversions which is running to R/C SuperGT Championship specification, they have the effect of lowering the centre of gravity and producing sharp steering characteristics and improved corner speed.  Zero Tribe are recommending the use of Infinity’s IF14-2TE shock or Yokomo’s BD10, BD11 with R shock end used for both front and rear.

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February 20, 2023

Mazzeo wins 1:8 GT Confederation Cup

Alessio Mazzeo got his arrival at Capricorn for the 2023 season off to a winning start with victory at the 1:8 GT Confederation Cup held at Miniautodromo Vallelunga just north of Rome.  A track located at the full size Vallelunga Race Circuit, the former 1:10 Onroad Nitro World Championship podium finisher found himself with extra baggage for the flight home after he completed a clean sweep of the event securing the TQ and win with his Max engines powered GT2 chassis.  Pushing Mazzeo throughout the 30-minute final, the Genius GTc8.23 of Alex D’Angelo would finish just 2.3-seconds behind.  Xray’s Natanaele Senesi completed the GT Nitro podium adding to his TQ & win in the GTE class.  2023 is a big year for 1:8 GT with only the second ever running of an IFMAR World Championship for the category taking place in Sydney, Australia, in October.

Image: Alessio Mazzeo [Facebook]


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