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June 30, 2015

Gary Baird wins at Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd2

The second round of the Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the AstroTurf track of NIMCC. The track itself is challenging as it is pretty tight, twisty and full on with a pretty quick lap time of below 30 seconds. Qualifying and the weather was playing its part with sun and showers and although it dried very quickly half the track was bone dry the while the other half stayed slick. Alan Scroggie set the pace followed by Gary Baird, Barkley Abernethy and Aaron Vance. For the finals it was the same story with the weather, with clouds in the sky Mini Pins where a no and most in the main final decided to go out with Spirals bolted to their cars so the first few minutes where interesting until everyone got used to the grip level. Alan had an issue and had to retire by the first round of pit stops which left Gary to take up the lead which he did not come close to relinquishing. Barkley had a flame out at the 10 minute mark and spent 35 minutes clawing his way back up to 2nd. Aaron Vance cut a few times and promoted Colin Whelan to a well deserved 3rd while Gary Baird had a cool 45 minute drive to a deserving win in difficult conditions.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 30, 2015

Brilliant RC cleaning gum

New from Brilliant RC comes a special cleaning gum for both nitro and electric cars. Not comparable with other cleaning gums available the Brilliant RC product is of a special, slightly harder yet extra sticky formula that keeps its consistency even under high temperatures. The putty comes in easy to use 100g flat cans and it is available now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 30, 2015

Schelle B5M offset V2 topshaft set

The new Schelle offset V2 topshaft set for the Team Associated B5M, T5M and SC5M was designed to shift the motor weight closer to car’s centre line. The set utilises a 3mm extended hard-anodised aluminium top shaft, spacer tube, and a 3mm carbon fibre motor plate spacer to shift the motor plate and slipper unit in the car. This results in more stability and symmetric turning forces. The set fits any V2 3-gear or 4-gear gearbox.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

June 30, 2015

Scorpion Precision Tools mini tools pack

Scorpion have expanded their line of Precision Tools by the mini tools pack. Offering a total of 8 different drivers and wrenches the pack is ideal when building, maintaining or adjusting mini RC vehicles such as the Atomic AMZ, the Kyosho’s Mini-Z or even 150 to 250-size helicopters. The durable tool tips are made from HSS, the tools feature aluminium handles and come in a zipped back for easy and secure storage and transportation. Included in the set are 0.89mm, 1.27mm and 1.5mm hex drivers, 3.5mm and 4.5mm nut drivers and 1.8mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm Phillips screwdrivers.

Source: Scorpion [scorpionsystem.com]

June 30, 2015

Samix SCX10 high clearance knuckle arm set

Samix have a new option part for Axial’s SCX10 off-road chassis available in the form of the high clearance knuckle arm set. CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and coming anodised in black, green, silver and gun metal colour the parts not only improve the durability but they also allow for higher steering angles and greater adjustability as the steering plate offers three different steering link positions to adjust the Ackermann effect. The knuckles can be used with the standard steering links and the bearing seat comes additionally machined after anodising for improved precision. Also included is a POM bearing adapter, again to add precision and durability with its design allowing to extract the ball bearings by using a standard wheel axle.

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June 30, 2015

Inside Line Racing TC02C Evo carbon fibre T-plate

Inside Line Racing have just released a new carbon fibre T-plate for the Team C TC02C Evo to go alongside their growing range of option parts. The plate has been CNC-machined from a single piece of 6mm thick carbon fibre to give improved accuracy, rigidity and strength over the kit supplied plastic version. It utilises the Team C RF hanger from the TC02 rear motor car which again adds to the strength and tuneability of this new option part. All of this combined adds up to a sharper handling and stronger car.

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June 30, 2015

Austrian 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd3 – Report

Last weekend the third round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Steyregg near Linz. 67 entries split in the two classes of 2WD and 4WD buggy and Saturday’s practice was interrupted by some rain but thanks to the concrete and clay surface the first qualifying run could be held before the night kicked in. Sunday started off with three more qualifying rounds followed by triple mains. In the 2WD class Hupo Hönigl was able to grab the TQ honours in the final round to take the pole position from Marcel Rekettye and Stefan Pfeifhofer who scored a TQ run each.

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June 30, 2015

Joe Kerry takes Rd4 of British 200mm Nationals

Round 4 of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the Wombell track. The weather was decent with temperatures above 20°C, but the windy conditions and very bumpy surface made it difficult to get a good set up. The grip level was very low to start with but did improve a little later on. The competition was very tough and at the end of Saturdays practice the top drivers were all separated by just 1/10th of a second. On Sunday the temperatures were cooler and there was much less wind. In round 1 of qualifying it was Mark Green who set the pace from Alex Thurston and John Zottl. Round 2 saw Thurston finish just ahead of Green with Zottl again taking 3rd but all three drivers were slower than before. The third qualifier saw Thurston finish in front of Green again while Joe Kerry took 3rd overall after missing the opening two qualifiers with some radio problems. Into the last round of qualifying and Joe Kerry was matching TQ pace until a small mistake ended his chances. With Mark and Alex also not finishing their runs, it made way for John Zottl to come through and take 3rd overall for the final.

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