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March 1, 2016

Kaja Novotny dominates Czech XWS Rd5

Round five of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held in Kolin over the weekend. As usual the track was an all-carpet affair with removable jump sections to allow the running of both electric on-road and off-road classes. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ the 2WD Buggy class even though he at first struggled with the somewhat low grip conditions created by the mandatory slick tyres. Kaja’s team mates Zdenek Miksovsky and Martin Korinek would round out the top 3 so far. In 4WD Kaja made a couple of mistakes in Q1 but he stroke back in the second and third qualifier to grab a second TQ this weekend. The top 3 was completed by Milan Mudra and Zdenek Miksovsky.

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March 1, 2016

Hot Race introduce improved 1/8th on-road rims

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have introduced updated rims for their pre-mounted 1/8th on-road wheels. Offering optimised flex characteristics due to new spoke reinforcements the rims will make for better traction and less strain of the outer wheel portion. This will also lead to a more consistent tyre throughout the run and overall improved performance. On top of this the new wheels will also improve the car’s handling in high traction conditions as it makes for a smoother and faster ride. The new wheels will hit the stores at the end of March.

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March 1, 2016

Vanessa Wende takes Wintercup Offroad Series title

The fourth and final round of the German Wintercup Offroad Series was hosted by the MCRT Aschaffenburg club over the weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class Sebastian Fenske would take the TQ only a tenth of a second in front of team mate Vanessa Wende. In the triple A-mains Vanessa was able to do even better by coming out successful in front of Sebastian. The win handed her the overall 4WD title from Sebastian with Thomas Henrich completing the top 3 overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 1, 2016

More Kyosho MP9 TKI4 images leaked

As the release of the much awaited Kyosho MP9 TKI4 1/8th nitro off-road buggy gets closer, more images leaked in addition to a first body off image issued by Kyosho Europe. The successor of the highly successful TKI3 will feature a total of 22 updates and refinements including redesigned steering knuckles, longer and more stable lower A-ams, new aluminium rear hubs as well as an all-new bodyshell and rear wing with optional gurney flaps to name just a few. According to Kyosho the kit will hit the stores this March. Meanwhile you can find more images below.

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March 1, 2016

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish EP On-road Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Aalborg. In the Touring Super Stock class Xray’s Mike Gosvig would win all qualifying rounds with a margin of around 1.5 to 2 seconds from Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) to grab the pole position for the finals. Off-road expert Jesper Rasmussen would place third on the grid with this Team Associated.

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March 1, 2016

KO Propo BSx2 One10 Grasper steering servo

KO Propo have introduced their all-new BSx2 One10 Grasper low-profile steering servo. Offering a new case design with complex upper case machining the servo also makes use of a heatsink middle section, hard-anodised aluminium gears, a brushless motor, dual ball bearings, and a black receiver lead with gold-plated contacts. The servo is usable with 6.0V to 7.2V input and it pulls up to 10.8kg-cm at a speed of 0.09s. Although the numbers don’t look too impressive KO Propo states that due to the design of the servo it feels much more powerful and speedy on the track, making the car literally grasping corners.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]

March 1, 2016

Jake Mayo wins at 2016 California State Champs

The 2016 California State Championships were held this past weekend at Coyote Hobbies Indoor RC Raceway with more than 230 entries and racers coming from multiple states including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and all across the state of California. Typical for an U.S. race the event saw the running of numerous Modified and Stock categories and in the premier class of 2WD Modified it was young Jake Mayo that pretty much dominated the proceedings and he would grab the overall win from Ash Deering in second and Rudy Rico in third.

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March 1, 2016

Bezerk RC TRF102 carbon fibre T-plate

Coming from Bezerk RC is a carbon fibre T-plate for the Tamiya TRF102 formula car. The plate is made from 1.6mm glossy carbon fibre and it has been redesigned to add much needed strength over the standard item. Even though it is cut from less flexible carbon instead of FRP, the slotted design has similar flex characteristics to the Tamiya 1.8mm version. Testing has shown it to offer a more predictable handling with the carbon also showing a better consistency over the race distance.

Source: Bezerk RC [bezerk.com.au]