Virtual Racing Industries has added a new outdoor off-road track, the Circuit MBM in Montpellier, France. This exciting new track was created in close collaboration with the Montpellier club and it is a typical French style track carved out in the terrain. VRI’s graphics and 3D artist Tony West has delivered yet another masterpiece by capturing the right atmosphere and character of this track spot on.
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Xray has announced the contract renewal with World and multiple US National Champion Mike Swauger. Mike is a dedicated nitro on-road racer and he will be using Xray’s 1/10th and 1/8th nitro kits at all major races in 2015 such as the World Championships, the Florida Winter Nationals and the ROAR Nationals. Mike says:
I would like to thank Ralph Burch and everyone at RC America and Xray for the past years of racing. I’m excited to have signed with team again for the 2015 season and looking forward to having a great year of racing with the Xray team. I will travel to all major USA nitro races and I will be more than happy to assist anyone with any questions or comments.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Benek Offroad Cup takes place in Lodz, Poland on the weekend of the 1st of March in the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. The event will be held in a large sports hall using a huge 990 square meter track. It starts on Friday with free practice and culminates on Sunday with triple mains and the race will see some special guests such as Malin Karlsen from Norway and 2014 Junior European Champion Michal Orlowski. Sign in is available here and more information can be found on the event’s Facebook page here.
Schumacher introduces a range of new Core RC servos for 1/8th and 1/10th scale applications. First up is the 1012TG (0.12s/10kg-cm), a standard size servo with heavy duty titanium gears for improved durability even in somewhat harsher conditions. The standard voltage servo is usable for 1/8th and 1/10th applications.
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Samix has a new aluminium servo arm for 1/10th scale applications available. Machined from high-quality alloy and coming black anodised and with chamfered natural colour edges the arm offers higher rigidity compared to standard plastic arms for improved steering feeling and precision. The offset design makes the servo arm ideal especially for touring cars and many off-road buggies.
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Hudy introduces a new accessories bag to store tools, engines, parts and other equipment in. Measuring 21x17x6cm the bag is large enough to take two .21 engines and an exhaust and it is also good to store and transport pit equipment like tools, oils, greases and many more. The bag offers reinforced walls, it is fully cushioned for protection and sports the colourful Hudy graphics all round.
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Round 2 of the four-round BRCA 1/12 GT12 Nationals took place at the Broxtowe track in central UK. GT12 cars are simplified 1/12 scale pan cars which utilise basic suspension, 13.5 stock motors, and GT style bodies. The emphasis is on affordable, low-cost racing that is well suited to club, regional, and national competitions. Over the last two years GT12 has exploded in popularity in the UK as drivers have welcomed the simple and low-cost nature of racing the class at club level. At this event there was a capacity entry of 70 GT12 cars complimented by 20 World GT cars and 10 F1 cars.
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New from Reds Racing and made for low-grip and tight off-road tracks is the R7 Evoke V2.0 off-road engine. The V2.0, derived from the popular R7 Evoke V1.0, offers a special toque curve than can be beneficial on those smaller or not-so-grippy tracks. The features list include a 7-port sleeve with exhaust port boosters, a silicon filled, balanced and tuned crankshaft, a front high sealing and rear ceramic bearing as well as the RDC hard coating back plate. Also part of the package is Reds Racing’s revolutionary HCX horizontal long needle carburettor that was first seen during last year’s IFMAR 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Italy. On top of that each engine is hand-tuned, hand-inspected and compression checked by Marion Rossi before leaving the factory to ensure a maximum in performance and quality control.
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