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March 9, 2015

Schumacher 2015 Mi5 Evo shock towers

Schumacher together with their factory race team have been hard at work to develop new Mi5 Evo shock towers for the 2015 racing season. The new towers give a small change in wheel rate giving a slightly softer feeling with drivers experiencing better precision through the corners giving improved lap times. They were used with great success at the recent ICC race in Essex by Schumacher drivers Elliott Harper and Michal Orlowski to take 3rd and 5th place against some tough competition.

View more images of the towers here

March 9, 2015

Travis Amezcua takes 2wd at 2015 Chi Town Shootout

Team Durango off-road star and North American Field Representative, Travis Amezcua, has returned from the 2015 Chi Town Shootout with a win and TQ in 2WD Buggy. Racing the DEX210v2 against fast competition, Travis was really happy to add to his previous Chi Town successes by taking the TQ for Team Durango. He then powered home in the 2WD ‘A’ Main final to lift the coveted Shootout trophy once again ahead of Austin Horne in 2nd and Chad Due in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

March 9, 2015

Rally Legends Fiat Abarth Assetto Corse body

The Italian Rally Legends line-up has been expanded further with the addition of the great looking Fiat Abarth Assetto Corse clear lexan body kit. This body is compatible with all the 1:10 190mm touring and drift chassis that is currently on the market and come supplied with all the decals as well as molded rear wing, mirrors and windscreen wipers.

Source: Rally Legends [therallylegends.it]

March 9, 2015

Wild Turbo Fan BTA ESC fan mount

New from Wild Turbo Fan is this ‘Blow Them All’ ESC fan mount. From studying the air flow patten of modern day ESC they found that no matter how powerful the ESC fan is, if the air flow is restricted the cooling will not be effective. By placing the ESC fan at an angle suddenly the cooling air can reach the ESC casing, soldering terminal and front area of the motor. The effect is like having extra cooling fans that also effectively cool the ESC at the same time without any extra wiring and power consumption, and best of all the fan mount only weighs 2 grams. Tested at the recent TITC race in Thailand, drivers reported that both the ESC and Motor were cooler by 10 degree C with the new fan mount.

View the 2 different mounting sets here

March 8, 2015

RB announce 2015 nitro engine range

French company RB introduce their 2015 line of nitro engines for off-road and on-road applications. The range will include three .21 off-road, two .21 on-road, four .12 on-road and one Rally/GT engine, starting with the BXR LS5 Plus off-road engine. The high-level off-road competition engine uses a long stroke design with 5-port MES technology, a 14.5mm silicone-balanced lightweight crankshaft and a ceramic main bearing. The newly developed carburettor is using double adjustment with an extra spraybar for improved idling and adjustment. The new cooling head is of a low centre of gravity design yet large enough to provide efficient cooling. The BXR LS5 Plus offers a unique combination of power and consumption and the engine is ideal for both tight and open tracks with high grip and a good amount of jumps.

Click here to view the features and more photos

March 6, 2015

1/10 Buggy Worlds Warm-up race – Updated schedule

The organisers of the IFMAR 1/10 Electric Buggy World Championships have released an updated schedule regarding the JMRCA 1/10 EP National Championship that is also the Warm-up race for the Worlds. Following a request made by the JMRCA to not provide practice days prior to the JMRCA Nationals, the practice days prior to the Warm-up race have now been cancelled. Practice is now scheduled for the week following the Nationals which is June 8th to 14th.

Click here to view the updated schedule

March 6, 2015

Kawada F500WS formula kit – Coming soon

Kawada has released a preview image of their forthcoming F500WS formula car kit. It appears to build on several parts taken over from the company’s W500 1/12th and 1/10th pan car range with a purpose-designed double wishbone wide track front suspension and a rear link-type suspension that makes use of in-line roll damper as seen on the TRG formula cars. The slim carbon fibre chassis features a stand-up steering servo mount that obviously can be shifted forth and back to fine-tune the steering geometry while the shorty battery mount also allows to shift the pack forth and back. Other features or general information so far remain in the dark but it is understood that Kawada tries to have the kit available by April.

Source: Kawada [kawadamodel.co.jp]

March 6, 2015

Marco Spiniello renews with Xray

Xray has announced that European vice-Champion and top Italian nitro touring car driver Mario Spiniello will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. Mario will race and focus primarily on 1/10th nitro touring cars and he will join the factory team at all the major nitro touring events including the European Championships, the ENS and all Italian races. Mario had the following to say:

I am very happy to stay with the World Championship team for the 2015 season and now after five years racing with Xray I am more than confident in the car and the team as well. The 2016 World Championship will be in Italy and I want to race the best car and represent the best team which is without the doubts Xray and as such I took the opportunity and resigned with Xray for 2015 season. Thanks to Xray for trust in me, I will continue to work as hard as possible to improve my results and racing skills.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]