New from Muchmore comes super flexible high current 16AWG wire that comes in handy especially for 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. The thin diameter and highly flexible silicone insulation will greatly reduce the chance of unwanted chassis and power pod tweaking while still allowing high currents as experienced in modified racing. The black colour wire comes in coils of 100cm.
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The Sabah Borneo nitro off-road race was the first ever race held on the newly built facility and it attracted 22 drivers in total. The start of the 45 minute Nitro Buggy A-main saw Jo Wong and Jordan Chong climbing up the field until Jo ran into trouble that allowed Jordan to catch his teammate. Jordan than was able to cruise to the win with Jo Wong in 2nd place while Salman Siran, who took the TQ after the qualifiers, came in 3rd to complete the podium.
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Avid introduce their 7075-T6 aluminium chassis for the Xray T4’15 touring car. Designed for the use in medium to high-bite conditions the main chassis, cut from 2mm high-quality aluminium, offers several unique features. Compared to Xray’s own alloy chassis the Avid part has several cutouts added and existing diff cutouts enlarged to reduce weight and increase flex while keeping enough material on the sides for the speedo to hold with servo tape. The battery tape on the bottom of the chassis has a cutout slot so it does not interfere with ride height checks or drag on track. The motor pocket width is decreased and is double pocketed to keep as much strength possible. The motor mount flex control hole as been modified with a large bevel on top of chassis to prevent the screw head from hitting chassis while the pinion adjustment hole moved to better access the set screw. The 2mm thickness material also allows for a lower centre of gravity and offers the ability to lower roll centres more than stock. The chassis shape is smoothed to keep droop screw platforms from digging into the track during hard cornering with the chassis being narrowed to 84mm allowing the chassis to roll deeper through a corner.
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The 5th round of the Norwegian JConcepts Challenge was held at Mustit RC with the track being run in its normal fashion this time. Saturday started out with 4WD Buggy and 4WD Short Course with Daniel Kobbevik sitting on TQ in both classes. Daniel then went on to win the first two Short Course A-mains to take the overall win early. The race then was on for the runner-up spot with Dag Andre Karlstad ultimately grabbing the 2nd spot from Robert Stormyrbakken in 3rd.
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Back in January Japanese company Creation Model announced their Infinity branded 1/8th nitro on-road car and now first images of the project are available. Developed by former Japanese National Champion and World Championship podium finisher Masao Tanaka the yet unnamed car is currently in its final stage of development and it undergoes track testing on various international tracks. The kit is set for a release this Summer with more images being available soon.
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Markus Mobers and Jan Rettke have captured the 2015 German 1/12th scale titles. The international German Championships were held at the “Eifel-Ring”, the indoor track of the hosting MAC Adenau club, very close to the Nuerburgring. Like the famous “Nordschleife”, the 111 metre long “Eifel-Ring” is well-known for its interesting and challenging layout where driving ability is more important than the material used. Record-breaking 70 entries were received for the open championship which often attracted only some 40 entries over the past years. Among these entries were also racers from France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland.
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Multiple ROAR National Champion Adam Drake has joined the AMain.com and ProTek R/C racing team. A consummate professional and ambassador for the sport of R/C racing, Adam will primarily run ProTek R/C’s extensive line of products and accessories including the ‘Supreme Power’ 100C LiPos, SureStart Starter Box, Universal Radio case, TruTemp Temp gun, Super Hauler bags and dozens of other nitro accessories. AMain.com CEO and Co-Founder Kendall Bennett explains:
He is great guy and fierce competitor, just the type of person we look for to represent AMain.com. I have no doubt that he’ll have a positive impact promoting our brands. And we’re committed to do whatever we can to help his racing career.
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Scorpion Power System introduce their first ever RC car related speed controller, the Vanguard. Available as modified and stock variant both make use of an aluminium upper case with integrated heatsink to keep the operation temperature as low as possible. Both the S3-140-Modify and S3-80-Super Stock controller are 1S to 3S LiPo compatible, they feature a 6V/3A BEC system and they are usable with sensored and sensorless brushless motors as low as 4.5T with the modified and 8.5T motors with the stock variant. Included with the controllers comes a range of accessories such as a cooling fan, a booster/capacitor board, and an USB interface to connect the controller to a Windows-based PC in order to fine-tune the settings.
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