Team Associated have announced the split with French frontrunner Yannick Aigoin. In his tenure at Team Associated, Yannick competed in two World Championships where he was the highest finishing French driver, along with competing in many International A-main events. Team Associated would like to thank Yannick for his three years of dedication and wish him all the best going forward.
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New from JConcepts come wing shims for the Team Associated B5 and B5M. The buggy offers the option of adjusting the wing angle by changing the direction of the shim or the height by running the shim below or above the wing. JConcepts is now offering the wing shim as a machined aluminium component, available anodized in blue or black colours. The edges are finished with a small highlight chamfer where possible to provide that all important glamorous look. The shim is light-weight and has built in screw bosses on each side which allows the driver to completely secure the shim to the wing with 3mm screws (not included) front and back. The shim has a built in rake of 3 degrees in one direction and shaped to fit around the stock plastic wing mounts or part of the JConcepts screw-down aluminium wing mount system. Utilizing the shim in one direction gives the wing zero degrees or in the opposite direction gives 6 degrees of angle. Placing the shim on top will angle the wing at 3 degrees. Simply drop the new shim onto the wing mounts for a more rigid assembly and secure if preferred with 3mm screws.
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Serpent introduce an updated version of their Cobra 1/8th E-buggy, the Cobra Be 2.1. The new variant features some subtle but performance and durability enhancing changes compared to its predecessor such as 14 degrees aluminium C-hubs, new V2 rear uprights, wheel axle rubber boots, 98mm driveshafts and V2 wheel axles. Also included is a 2.3mm front anti-roll bar. Otherwise the kit, that was driven by Serpent Factory driver Jörn Neumann to a fine 4th place at the recent NeoX, remains unchanged.
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The 2nd round of Greek Touring Series and the 3rd round of Greek Nitro Series was held at the Fanatix racing track in cold, medium grip conditions. The day started with the GTS’ electric touring car class and right from the start Georgiadis made his intentions clear to end the day on the top spot. He won all qualification rounds and nobody was able to match the times he set. At the end he took the TQ in front of Isaakides and teammate Papachristos.
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Novarossi have a new 2.5cc engine for nitro bikes available. The BK15SL is based on the previous BK15 and offers a 5-port design for a linear power output and low fuel consumption. The crankshaft sports a larger diameter intake for increased mixture flow and a special shape optimised the gas flow within the crankcase. The big bore engine used Turbo-style glow plugs, it comes with a 6.5mm slide carburettor, steel ball bearings and a starter adapter backplate.
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RC Tracks of Las Vegas, host of the 2016 IFMAR World Championships, played host of the 2015 Silver State race. Privateer racer Aaron Breuer, attending Silver State with his dad and fellow privateer Steve, turned in a fantastic race in the Intermediate Buggy A-Main. Qualifying 5th, Aaron moved to the front of the pack in the early laps, and lead through the end finishing a lap up on the field. Behind Aaron Ryan Johnson and Noah Dickerson came in 2nd and 3rd to complete the podium while Tim Willson and Clayton Saxton rounded out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Xray have announced the signing of multi-time Turkish Champion Mustafa Alp to their team. Mustafa is focused on nitro and electric touring car racing in which he won many national races and now he aims for international success as well. The former ETS A-main finalist will participate at regional, national and international races this year including the Legend 4 Ever race, the European Championships and the ENS. Mustafa says:
Xray cars have always amazed me with highest quality and performance in the racing market and the dedication of the team is second to none. Xray team is very friendly and bulletproof for customers. With the European Championship 2015 that will be for first time held in my home country in Turkey I wanted to race only the best car which is nothing else than the World Championship winning NT1. I would like to thanks to Umut from NCRC and Hudy family for their belief in me and supporting me for what I love to do: Racing RC cars.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend the International Dutch F1 Masters was held for the first time at the track of the MACH in Heemstede, near Amsterdam. The organisers, Edwin Nijenhoff, Peter and Jeffrey Jongeling, had hoped for around 50 drivers to join the race but at the end nearly 70 drivers from all over Europe including the Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France and the Netherlands made their entry. Free practise on the freshened up track started on Friday with heat practice from mid day on. After four rounds John Bruins lead the field in front of Jitse Miedema and Rik Prins.
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