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July 12, 2013

Ronnefalk ‘Top Qualifier’ at Euros

17-year-old David Ronnefalk is the Top Qualifier of the 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the rising Kyosho star securing the honor in style as he claimed his third TQ run of the French event in the fifth & final round of qualifying. Setting the third fastest time in Q5 behind Team Associated’s Yannick Aigoin, World Champion Robert Batlle ends qualifying 2nd overall with arch rival Renaud Savoya completing the Top 3 despite a disappointing final heat in which he could only manage the 12th fastest time. A great final qualifier to the fifth fastest time by defending Champion Darren Bloomfield ensures the very relieved TLR driver will line up in the Semi Finals, the performance injecting a new lease of confidence in the British driver for tomorrow’s big day.

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July 12, 2013

Schumacher GT12 SupaStox Type F body

Schumacher introduce the Type F body shell for the GT12 SupaStox cars. The body resembles a well known Italian sports car, comes including window masks and wing mounting hardware and incorporates pre-formed dimples to make for easy mounting on the SupaStox chassis.

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July 12, 2013

Gens Ace IMars2 DC multi-chemistry charger

New from Gens Ace comes the IMars2 DC multi-chemistry charger. Micro computer controlled and coming with a 32 digit backlit LCD display the device is able to charge and discharge 1S to 6S LiXX, 1 to 16 cell NiXX and 2V to 24V Pb batteries. The charger’s menu is controlled via four buttons and the 100W charge circuitry allows charging rates of up to 10A. The white case is equipped with an XH balancer port and 4mm output connector tubes while the software offers several charge modes and adjustable LiXX cell voltage settings.

Source: Gens Ace [gensace.com]

July 12, 2013

Intech Racing ER-12 2WD buggy

Intech Racing announce their forthcoming ER-12 1/10th 2WD electric buggy kit. Looking surprisingly similar to a Team Durango DEX210, the buggy is meant to sport ‘a totally different rear geometry’ and higher specs with carbon fibre shock towers, all-alloy shock absorbers and an aluminium front shock tower mount being all standard with the Intech kit. There is no release date yet but the buggy looks pretty final so the production kits may kit the stores soon.

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July 12, 2013

Arrowmax Ultra Pinion Holder

Arrowmax introduce this Ultra Pinion Holder for 15T to 30T 48dp and 21T to 36T 64dp pinion gears. The stylish item is ultra lightweight thanks to the ‘honeycomb’ aluminium middle part and carbon fibre inserts that enclose the pinion holding pins. The latter are useable from both sides meaning you can use one side for up to 16 48dp and the other side for 16 64dp gears.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

July 12, 2013

Savoya tops Q4 in Reims

Xray’s Renaud Savoya became the first home driver to top the time sheets in qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championship in Reims, the 3 time Champion TQ’ing the penultimate round from fellow Frenchman Yannic Aigoin with Germany’s Joern Neumann completing the Top 3. Overnight TQ holder David Ronnefalk, who set the pace in 2 of yesterday’s 3 qualifiers, had a ‘bad round after two crashes left the Kyosho driver to complete Q4 only 13th fastest.

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July 12, 2013

Much More aluminium clutch assembly tool

Much More continue to release helpful tools, this time in the form of this aluminium clutch assembly tool. It is designed to make assembly and disassembly of off-road style nitro clutches a breeze as it helps with the fiddly task of pressing the clutch shoes and springs in place. The tool features a high quality aluminium body and its light weight and compact size makes clutch maintenance easy and comfortable.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

July 12, 2013

Minituerkas RC Opening Championship Rd6 – Report

Last weekend saw the final round of the Minituerkas RC Opening Championship 2013. Minituerkas RC’s track is located in the National Stadium in the capital of Chile, Santiago. In the early morning the weather was cloudy but the track temperature ideal and the drivers were anxious to race on this final stage of the championship in the three racing categories of the club, 1/10th electric touring 8.5T, 1/10th 200mm nitro and 1/8th GT. After a hard time in qualifying Tomás Ramirez TQ’d the 8.5T class, Paolo Tamburini grabbed the top spot in 200mm nitro and Fernando Fernandez pulled the fastest 1/8th GT time.

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