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August 5, 2015

Kyosho TF7 4WD electric touring car

Coming in late September is Kyosho’s all-new TF7 4WD touring car kit. The car is based around a new chassis that features both a floating servo and a floating battery mount which resolves some issues with asymmetrical flexing of the chassis. Mounted exactly on the center-line this allows the carbon fiber chassis plate to be completely symmetrical, which makes the chassis flex much more predictable, and therefore, the handling is more responsive and predictable. The lower chassis plate is milled from 2.25mm carbon fiber, and the upper plate is 2.0mm milled carbon. The carbon shock towers measure at a robust 3.5mm thickness, which provides a solid, durable mount for the updated shocks.

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August 5, 2015

Lee Martin wins 2WD title at EFRA Euros

This week the EFRA 1/10th Electric Off-road European Championships are held at the Robin Hood Raceway in the UK. Yokomo’s Lee Martin would make a clean sweep in the 2WD qualifiers by taking the TQ from Neil Cragg (Team Associated) with whom he was tie on points but a 4 seconds faster time secured him the pole position for the triple A-mains. Marc Rheinard (Yokomo) would complete the top three after the qualifiers. Lee then went on to win A1 and A2 in style to snatch the 2WD title from Neil. Marc ended tie on points with Cragg who took the win in the third A-main while Lee sit out the leg. David Ronnefalk moved up one spot and Jörn Neumann rounded out the top 5 result.

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August 5, 2015

Jack Embling takes UK Truggy title

This past weekend the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy Nationals were held at the Slough track. Mugen’s Jack Embling was the man to beat in the Truggy class as, after taking the TQ in the qualifiers, he would also take the day’s win and with it the overall title.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

August 5, 2015

Exotek Mini 8ight-T Truggy clamping alloy hex

New from Exotek comes a clamping alloy hex set for the Losi Mini 8igh-T Truggy. The heavy duty machined alloy 12mm hexes come anodized red and they match the stock geometry. Included are 2x6mm screws.

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August 5, 2015

Tamiya Monster Beetle re-release kit

Tamiya USA have announced the re-release the Monster Beetle 1/10th 2WD kit. The reincarnation of the 1980’s icon will feature some subtle changes to make the vehicle 2015-ready and so rear universal driveshafts with protective rubber boots and a large dust cover come included with the kit that will also sport large diameter 130mm tyres, chrome-plated wheels and an ABS bodyshell with sticker sheet. The rugged original ABS space frame chassis has been kept and it utilises double-wishbone front, and trailing arm rear suspension setups in tandem with CVA oil-filled dampers. No definite release date is available yet but according to Tamiya USA the 2015 Monster Beetle will become available “soon”.

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]

August 5, 2015

Dutch BL-Cup Rd4 & 5 – Report

Round 4 of this year’s Dutch BL-Cup was held at the Mach-one circuit in Helmond. The winner of the previous two races, Bart Mullink, was attending a different event, giving other drivers the chance to score maximum points for the overall standings. This turned out to be a bit more difficult than expected as a few local drivers of the Mach-one club participated for the first time in the BL-Cup and one of them was Sander van Genechten who ultimately took the win. The 2nd place went to Stefan Petrich followed by Erik Wadners in 3rd.

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August 5, 2015

Soeren Boy Holst wins at Danish Touring Car Nats Rd3

Sören Boy Holst wins at Danish Touring Car Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Danish Touring Car Championships was held at the challenging track in Vejle. The track offers a huge main straight with a banked corner at the end and a technical and challenging infield. After the practice in the SuperStock class it became clear that the race for the win would be on between at least four drivers. The opening qualifier saw a close battle between Frederik Broloes and Soeren Boy Holst with the latter taking the TQ by 0.03 seconds despite a spin in lap 7. The second round was just as close and this time Steven Olsen joined the fun but he made a mistake in lap 8 and also Soeren decided to visit the grass and he opted to end the qualifiers in order to save the tyres for the final round. The round was then won by Frederik. The third qualifier then saw a 3-way battle for the TQ and at the end it was Soeren who grabbed the pole position for the A-mains from Frederik and Steven.

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August 5, 2015

GForce 64 pitch hard-coated aluminium pinion gears

GForce have introduced a range of 64 pitch aluminium pinion gears. Coming as 25T to 50T variant the gears come precision-cut from high-quality aluminium and they are hard-anodised for wear. The first batch will include 25T to 40T pinions while the larger 41T to 50T gears will be available shortly.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]