Following on from the release of its MFX 1:28 F1 Competition Kit last month, RC Atomic has introduced ‘Wheel Brows’ as an option part for the car. Made from 7075 aluminium, the Hong Kong manufacturer say the ‘Wheel Brows’, which were banned from real F1 for 2026, add stability to the front end and also help to overcome bumps as they make the front more planted to the ground.
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ROAR, the sanctioning body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, has announced the tracks and schedule for its 2027 National Championships. Onroad will officially kick off the 2027 season with the Carpet Nationals which on March 3-7th returns to Apex Raceway in Tennessee after hosting the championships this year. Next up is the 1:10 Offroad Carpet Nationals which will be staged at PDX Underground in Oregon from April 14-18th. Moving outdoors on May 20-23rd, TSCAR in Ohio is the venue for Nitro Onroad to decided its National Champions. A month later it will be the turn of the electric onroad paved titles, the 2026 Champions just decided over the weekend in Florida, with racers travelling to The Groove in Illinos on June 17-20th. With 7 National Championship events & one IFMAR World Championship to run, the second half of the season starts with the Canadian 1:8 Offroad Nationals which will be held at BEGO Racing RC Raceway in Quebec. Offroad racers are then in for a busy month of July with the 1:10 Dirt Nationals taking place from June 30th to July 4th followed shortly afterwords by the 1:8 Offroad Nationals at Coyote Hobbies & Raceway in California from July 15-18th. ROAR wraps up its 2027 season with the hosting of the IFMAR eBuggy World Championship at Gateway RC Park at Lake City in Florida from September 29th to October 3rd.
New from Cerberus Racing, the new brand of Josh Cyrul, comes their Next-Gen 1:12 body, the Mohawk. Taking some styling cues from a previous body design by Cyrul 3DFX, every surface has been re-imagined. This purpose designed body for 17.5 racing features an aggressive styling and optimised aerodynamics. The Mohawk has reshaped front fenders for a more precise steering feel plus less prone to flaring on board taps. It also has a repositioned and reshaped cockpit to improve aero balance and reduce drag. A reduced rear gurney lip and re-profiled fan clearance area reduces drag. Re-profiled fenders and a centre channel add stability as well as reducing drag. The body post position dimples for the brands Cerberus Racing Vektor 12 (neutral position is available in premium polycarbonate in 3 thickness – .012″ (.3mm), .015″ (.4mm) and .020″ (.5mm).
Source: Cerberus Racing [cerberusracing.com]
Lincoln Codd is the new 2026 RCRA Australian National Champion, the RC Maker driver taking the title at a rain effected event over the weekend. A title held by Nicolas Lee who won last year at West Coast Model RC in Perth, this year’s host was Bayside Radio Control Car Club and qualifying would see Codd take the TQ honours in a competitive field. Managing to run 4 of the 5 scheduled rounds as they battled the weather and ever changing track conditions, Codd topped two rounds to secure the top spot ahead of team-mate Jeff Hamonn who was fastest in Q1. Fastest in Q3 Jeff Mackie made it an all RC Maker Top 3 with the ARC of Brayden Stanley securing P4. That qualifying ranking was to declared the result as Mother Nature prevented any finals from being run. In Stock, defending champion Michael Stine qualifying 6th, it was Awesomatix’s Jordan Caruso who would take the title having TQ’d from Logan Rintoul.
Image: Lincoln Codd [Facebook]
A sign that a kit has been well received is the appearance of 3rd party option parts, and for RC Xpress’ recently released Pixel Z1 that comes with the release by T-works of a Titanium Rear Axle and Front Steering Axles for the 1:28 competition car. Made from Ti64, the lightweight construction of the rear axle reduces rotational inertia for sharper throttle response. A direct replacement for the original steel shaft it gives a weight saving of 1.4 grans. The Titanium Front Steering Axles reduces unsprung weight for responsive steering and shave approx. 0.25 grams per axle. piece.
Switching from winning on carpet last weekend, when he took his second consecutive TC title at the MonTech NYGP, to asphalt, Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs has retaken the ROAR Electric Onroad Paved Nationals title. Racing at Valkaria RC Raceway in Florida, four rounds of qualifying would see Isaacs take the TQ honours after he topped ever round. Lining up in second with would be Xray’s Dave Vera from team-mate Keven Hebert, this the one & only asphalt race of the year for the Canadian. With 2025 Champion Stuart Mason not in attendance, the triple finals would decide a new 2026 Champion but Isaac continued his dominant form to win A1 & 2 to retake the title he last held in 2024 with victory at N-Control RC Raceway in Texas. Winning A3, Vera would finish runner-up with Hebert completing the podium ahead of Felix Law. In Super Stock it was Xray’s Mike Gee who took the TQ & win ahead of Craig Xavier and Vera.
Image: Keven Hebert [Facebook]
Xray’s Luca Romagnoli has won the third & final round of the AMSCI 1:8 Onroad Italian National Championship which was staged at the 2027 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship circuit Fiorano over the weekend. In qualifying it was Jonathan Gandin who took the TQ ahead of Xray pairing Filippo Domanin and Romagnoli with Round 2 winner Francesco Tironi qualifying P5 ahead of the Leno round Top Qualifier Mirko Salemi. With the race attracting a number of international racers including Capricorn’s Toni Gruber & Thilo Diekmann from Germany, and Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic, in the 45-minute final it was Romagnoli who became the third different winning of the season. He took the win from long time race leader Domanin by just over half a lap with Infinity’s Lamberto Collari keeping the veterans in the mix as he claimed the final step on the podium ahead of Gandin from P6 on the grid. Overall Infinity’s Andrea Muscolino was crowned the overall Champion from Ielasi Tuned’s Luca Ielasi who was winner of the season opener at Locorotondo back in May.
Image: Infinity [Facebook]
With data collection having become a big trend in RC racing recently, Finnish company TestLogger has expanded the measurement capabilities of the Collector data logging platform with a lightweight linear potentiometer for measuring damper position. With 12.7 mm of travel, the sensor is a good fit for 1:10 offroad and 1:8 cars. The damper position sensor follows the August launch of Collector Mini v1.1 and Collector Midi, which added analog inputs as the first step in enabling new sensors. Damper position data shows which parts of the damper travel the car actually uses on track. TestLogger Analyzer includes a damper histogram out of the box, analysing damper speeds within a single run. In TestLogger Manager, long-term data reports use damper speed statistics to follow damper condition across multiple runs, so racers can see when dampers start to degrade and need servicing. The included screenshots visualise a situation where one damper failed and the failure was clearly visible in the data report.
