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December 11, 2015

Volker tops seeding from Rheinard & Coelho

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Ronald Volker is the top seed for qualifying at the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Having set the pace in the first timed practice, the reigning champion would further improve his 3-consecutive lap time in the second & final run. Behind the Yokomo driver it was his long standing rival Marc Rheinard who would make the biggest improvement between rounds to go P2 just 0.067 of a second off. Having been second fastest in the CP1, Bruno Coelho would complete the Top 3 a further 1/10 behind. Making a return to the ETS, former race winner Adrian Berntsen would provide the biggest surprise of practice as he took his relatively unknown Gizmo chassis to the fifth fastest time behind former Xray team-mate Alexander Hagberg.

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December 11, 2015

Team Associated RC8B3 Factory Team rear hubs

Team Associated have introduced the Factory Team aluminium rear hubs for the RC8B3 and RC8B3e buggies. These hubs include inserts for adjusting the axle height with the lowest setting will make turns easier to drive through, though slower whereas the highest setting will make the buggy turn more quickly. The kit universal axles will fit the Factory Team rear hubs with the addition of the optional 8x16x5mm bearings set and the hub inserts are also sold separately for spares and repair.

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December 11, 2015

Volker tops 1st timed practice at ETS season opener

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Ronald Volker has opened the ninth season of Yokomo Euro Touring Series at the top of the time sheets. The reigning champion set the fastest 3-consecutive laps of the first timed practice with his new Yokomo BD7 2016 heading the Xray’s of Bruno Coelho and Alexander Hagberg in the Czech Republic. An event which Volker has won during each of his five successful ETS title campaigns, the German was just 0.064 faster than Coelho, the Portuguese driver a much stronger package than 12-months ago when he made his ETS debut at the Hrotovice event.

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December 11, 2015

Tekno RC alloy servo arms & PVC pit mat

Coming soon from Tekno RC are aluminium servo arms and a PVC pit mat. Starting with the servo horns, they are designed to minimise force transmitted to the servo in the event of a hard landing or crash. They utilise a bottom mount design that, as opposed to a top mount, lowers the leverage point and helps increase the life of the servo top bearing and gears. A hefty M3 locking screw ensures the servo horn will never come loose again and the servo horn is available as 23T, 24T and 25T servo spline variant. Also new is a 60x120cm PVC pit mat. The mat is easy to roll up and it keeps the pit space clean and stylish.

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December 11, 2015

Panik Grand Prix – Announcement

Following the overwhelming response to their revised track, the Panik Team Troisdorf club teamed up with Tonisport to announce the first ever Panik Grand Prix. Scheduled for the weekend of the 12th of June 2016 the race will be held on the club’s flowing yet technical astroturf track near the Cologne Airport. The event will adapt the EOS rules and entries will be limited to 100 drivers for 2WD, 80 for 4WD and 20 for Mod Truck respectively. More information will follow soon on the club’s Facebook page, including details on registration and hotels.

December 11, 2015

SMJ short spring alloy collars

Available now from Speedmaster Japan are alloy collars for the use of short springs on standard length touring car shock absorbers. The collars allow the use of 20mm springs on shock absorbers that normally utilise standard 25mm springs as they bridge the gap between the preload nut and the spring that occurs when using short-type springs. The collars also save time in the pits as changing spring configurations is now much easier without having to readjust the preload nut every time you swap between long and short springs. The collars are made from high-quality aluminium, they come black or blue anodised and are usable with all shocks of up to 13mm diameter and all springs of 14mm inner diameter or more.

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December 11, 2015

Capricorn Lab C802 RS conversion kit

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Capricorn have introduced the RS conversion kit for the Lab C802 nitro on-road car. RS stands for Rear Slim and the kit includes a new aluminium main chassis with RS engraving for easy identification as well as an updated rear bulkhead and arm mount whose more narrow geometry make for improved traction and side bite of the rear end.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 11, 2015

Motiv RC 3D-printed Fan Stand

Motiv RC have introduced their new Fan Stand, a mount designed to be a guard for the exposed motor fan blades. Its more important purpose though is to give the fan a larger and flat foot print so it can easily be secured to the chassis anywhere using double sided tape. The 3D-printed unit is tailor made for the Motiv HV Super Fan but will work in conjunction with any 30×30 fan.

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