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April 29, 2015

SARDA On-Road Electric Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2015 South-African ORE National Championship was held at Durban RC Club with a new track surface where the traction and humidity challenged all drivers to get a stable and fast setup. With another open and fast layout the boosted classes showed good high-speed racing between the top drivers. The 2014 champion and current championship leader Jason Hillcoat continued his good form by taking the TQ and win after a dominating performance in the Touring Car Modified class. The battle for the rest of the podium saw some great racing in all three mains with team mates Deon Gove and Antonio Caroli managing to take 2nd and 3rd.

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April 29, 2015

Michal Abrahamek wins at IFR 2015

The IFR 2015 in was held at the Morac Graz in Austria with drivers from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria in attendance. The temperature of about 25 degree Celsius made for nice racing conditions although the grip level was pretty low. Xray driver Michal Abrahamek came out as top qualifier and he went on to win the main final without problems. Igor Liptak (Xray) came in 2nd while Gergö Lehner (Shepherd) rounded out the top 3 result.

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April 29, 2015

Schumacher Mi5evo double joint driveshafts

Schumacher have new double joint driveshafts for the Mi5evo and super high quality Pro ball bearings available. The driveshafts are made from super tough spring steel and are a replacement for the old G884 driveshafts. The new design is much stronger, less likely to bend or break in a hefty impact and is of a higher quality. The shafts also come with new high quality inner Pro ball bearings which are 3mm in width rather than the standard 4mm to allow the centre of the drive shaft to sit further into the hub carrier and as close as possible to the steering pivot, for maximum efficiency. The bearings have a larger diameter for more strength which means they need to be used with the new modified hub carriers which are supplied.

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April 29, 2015

Arrowmax 17mm Honeycomb wheel nut wrench

The latest addition to Arrowmax’ Honeycomb tool series is a 17mm wheel nut wrench for the use with 1/8th scale buggies, truggies and GT cars. The nut driver part sports the distinctive honeycomb design and it is hard-anodised for low wear while the aluminium handle comes anodised in a gun metal colour and decorated with the Arrowmax AM logo.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

April 29, 2015

Factory RC D413 carbon fibre option parts

Factory RC have new Bolt series option parts available for HB’s D413 4WD buggy. First up is the Polarity battery strap cut from 3mm carbon fibre material. The strap has the battery polarity marked into it and it helps to identify the proper connection on the pack given it is mounted the right way around.

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April 29, 2015

Merlin Depta joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax have announced the signing of Germany’s Merlin Depta to their team. The avid on-road racer will help with product development, he will use Arrowmax tools to build, tune and maintain his rides and he has the following to say:

I really enjoy the collaboration with the design department from Arrowmax in my free time. Because I’m very convinced of the quality and durability of tools and parts from Arrowmax, I will of course use the whole product line through this year as well.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

April 29, 2015

Guedes wins at Portuguese Nitro On-road Champs Rd1

António Guedes wins at Portuguese Nitro On-road Champs Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese National Nitro On-road Championship took place in Maia near Porto. In the 1/8th class António Guedes, coming from the 5 spot, moved into 3rd early in the race and he was able to up his game even more after a tyre change mid-race that gave him more confidence in the car. Lap by lap he closed the gap to the leader and after the final pitstop he managed to take over the lead and he kept it to the checkered flag.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 29, 2015

110% Racing ride height gauge

The new 110% Racing ride height gauge has been designed to be simple and easy to use and it covers heights from 16mm to 30mm in 1mm increments, simply by switching between the five durable moulded plastic plates that are included, which means this ride height gauge is easily adjusted for most off-road vehicles. The aluminium shaft in the middle was designed to be long enough to allow to slide the ride height gauge under the car easily without bumping any other parts, to get a fast and accurate ride height check. The plastic plates included in the package are triangular to get three different ride heights on each plate. When there is a need to switch out plates, it’s easily done with one screw on the end of the shaft.

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