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January 14, 2016

Team Magic E4RS III Plus conversion kit

Team Magic have introduced a conversion kit to upgrade the older E4RS III touring car to the latest “Plus” specification. The set includes a 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis plate, new front and rear lower A-arms, reinforced C-hubs and updated steering knuckles as well as a FR arm mount, arm mount inserts, a set of roll centre spacers, new rear driveshafts, a new motor mount support and a variety of small parts beside a sticker sheet and manual.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 14, 2016

Serpent Eryx 4.0 carbon fibre & aluminium chassis

Coming from Serpent are three different main chassis plates for the Eryx 4.0 touring car. First up is a 2.0mm carbon fibre chassis that is working well on both asphalt and carpet tracks. It helps to generate a good amount of rear traction and a bit less steering and it also comes in handy to avoid traction rolling on super high-bite tracks. Also available is a 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis for asphalt racing. It helps to gain steering and response on the expense of a slightly nervous and edgy car behaviour. Last but not least is a 2.0mm aluminium chassis for the use on carpet tracks. It makes for a lower centre of gravity and less traction rolling while keeping a good balance between steering response and an easy to drive car.

View the other chassis here

January 14, 2016

XWS Slovenia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the technical MSM club track in Maribor. The demanding track layout made for some fun racing and the event started with a round of controlled practice for seeding before the qualifiers started. In the Touring Stock class Jan Popic, Alojzij Osvald and Dario Veseli fought for the top spot with the better end for Jan who took the TQ from Alojzij and Dario. The Formula class saw Andrej Grebenc taking the TQ from Jan Pernarcic and Borut Svoljsak while in the 1/12th scale class Rok Rudl was the man to beat as he secured himself the TQ from Jernej Vuga and Mis Valentin.

Continue reading the report here

January 14, 2016

Yeah Racing Gold-plated stainless steel screws

Yeah Racing have introduced several sets of 24K Gold-plated stainless steel screws. The M3 fasteners are made from high-quality 12.9 grade steel to reduce wear to a minimum and they are available in 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm length, both with in a flat and button head design. The screws come in packs of 10 pieces.

View the button head screws here

January 14, 2016

Hudy double-sided Velcro tape

New from Hudy comes a double-sided Velcro tape set for the use with off-road bodyshells. Included are 8mm wide and 500mm long hook and loop straps that are ideal to mount off-road buggy bodies to the chassis instead or in addition to body posts and clips.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

January 14, 2016

Luca Redaelli teams up with Capricorn

Capricorn have bolstered up their 1/10th scale nitro on-road team with the addition of Italian driver Luca Redaelli. Luca will pilot the LAB C03 20omm nitro car in the coming season with a special focus on the World Championships in Gubbio and he has the following to say:

I would like to thanks Patrizio for this oppurtunity and he is very exciting for the incoming season. After a long experience, results and hard work with my previous team Blacktarmac R/C now I decide to start a new season with Capricorn R/C team . I would like to thank Blacktarmac R/C, and SprintRC for the support they gave me in the past, with a special thank to Mr. Alessandro Borsani.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 14, 2016

Xray Work.Shop North Cyprus – Announcement

Xray team driver and Turkish national champion, Mustafa Alp will hold an Xray Work.Shop at the Team NCRC Arena-Lefkosa on the 30th of January. The workshop will focus on the T4’16 touring car and all participants can try the teached tips and tricks at the following indoor season warm-up race on Sunday the 31st of January, held at the same place. More information about the Work.Shop and the warm-up race can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 14, 2016

Serpent GT Cup Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2016 Serpent GT Cup was held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong with over 70 drivers in attendance. New to the 2016 season is the addition of a Modified class where the drivers are free in terms of engine and tyre chose although the chassis has to remain the standard Cobra GT. The new class attracted a total of 12 drivers with 60 entries for the Stock category. The race schedule of the 1-day event saw three 10 minute qualifiers for the Stock class and a single 15 minute qualifier for the Modified class with the fastest lap counting towards the qualifying results. The A-mains would then be run as a single 40 minute main for the Stock class and two electric-style mains for the Modified category.

Continue reading the report here