Coming from Roche and made for the company’s Rapide P12 1/12th scale kit are several titanium-coated parts. New are 2mm upper hinge pins, king pins and a micro shock shaft all of which sport a friction-reducing and highly wear resistant titanium coating to make for smooth and consistent suspension action. The hinge and king pins come as pairs and all parts are direct replacements for the stock parts.
Team Corally have introduced their all-new Ultra Tray. It is packed with features such as four parts cavities, a total of eight cut-outs for 3.0mm and 3.5mm shock shafts, and soldering jigs for T-plug, TC Pro, XT-60 as well as bullet-type connectors of 3.5mm up to 7mm. Also incorporated is a screw length measuring jig, a shock rebound measuring feature as well as a shock cap tool. The parts tray is machined from aluminium and it comes grey or red anodised and laser-etched with Team Corally logos.
Coming from VBC Racing are new option parts for the Wildfire D08 touring car and the Lightning 12M 1/12th scale pan car kit. Starting with the Wildfire D08 part, the Dynamics Stabiliser Link System was first introduced with the Dynamics Edition kit and it is now also available separately as an upgrade for standard D08 kits. The new mounting system is meant to improve responsiveness by reducing tolerances in order to further up the car’s performance.
Following a first image and only brief information Tamiya have announced all details of the forthcoming shaft-driven TB Evo.6 MS touring car kit. The competition car is based on a 2mm aluminium lower chassis to make for improved performance especially in high-grip conditions while a 2mm carbon fibre upper plate ensures optimised flex characteristics with the car also featuring an updated aluminium centre bulkhead to create an efficient and long-lasting drivetrain. Included in the kit are also the tried-and-tested TRF418 suspension arms, big bore TRF shocks, a 20 percent lighter aluminium centre driveshaft as well as 1-piece stabiliser stoppers.
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The 1st Awesomatix Workshop Race was held at the Remedello asphalt indoor track over the weekend. The 1-day event was held in several classes including Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula and in the Stock 13.5T class it was local driver Davide Bertuzzi who took a narrow TQ from Germany’s Max Mächler who lined up in second some 0.5 seconds down. Federico Barbieri completed the top 3 result after the qualifiers. In the finals, Davide won the opening A-main while Max came out fastest in A2, shifting the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main. A3 then was a pretty tight affair with the pole position holder bringing home the win some 1.3 seconds in front of Max, handing the Italian the overall win from Max with Gabriele completing the top 3 result with pretty solid results in the mains.
Image: Max Mächler
The Swedish Cup was held this past weekend at the SMK Trollhättan club in the three classes of 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro as well as 1/10th Electric Touring. In the 1/8th category, Mikael Fransson would take the TQ but in the 45-minute main final it was Niklas Johansson who took a narrow win of about 5 seconds over Mikael. Bengt Andersson completed the top 3 result some six laps down on the leading pair.
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Coming from Samix and made for Axial’s SCX10 kit is a 3.5mm aluminium motor plate. The part features a machined heatsink design with ribs on both the front and the back side, enlarging the plate’s surface for improved heat dissipation while also making for a good amount of rigidity. The motor plate is a direct fit for the SCX10, Wraith and AX10 and it is available in the four colours of green, red, gun metal and black.
This past weekend saw the running of the 2016 ROAR 1/8th Fuel Off-road Nationals at Thornhill Raceway in Hutto, Texas. TLR’s Ryan Maifield would double TQ the event but in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who stole the show by taking the win with a narrow 1.5s from Maifield. Spencer would take the lead in the early stages of the main while Maifield dropped down the order, letting Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Ryan Lutz (Tekno) by. Also in the mix was HB’s Ty Tessmann who even lead in the early stages of the race but once things settled in, Spencer would control the pace from the front with team mate Ryan Cavalieri in tow. The latter would then fall back in the closing stages, allowing Maifield to put pressure on Rivkin while also Tessmann regained a podium spot shortly after. Ultimately Rivkin would bring home his first big national title in style to add to his Stock Buggy and Short Course Championships and his IFMAR 2WD World Championship title.
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