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June 12, 2013

Austria crucial to Tamiya’s ETS title hopes

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series reaches a crucial stage this weekend (June 14-16) in terms of the title chase between Yokomo and Tamiya as Traiskirchen in Austria hosts the penultimate round of the World famous electric touring car championship. While defending champion Ronald Volker leads the current Ride Modified standings from Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper, a recent upsurge in the performance from the Tamiya Racing Factory team that yielded victories at the last two rounds has put their two drivers back into contention for the prestigious crown. However the pressure is on Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck to continue that form this weekend if they want to go to the season finale at the Hudy Arena in Slovakia in July with a chance of the title.

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June 12, 2013

FX Engines inside story

Having recently broke cover, new engine manufacturer FX Engines, which is owned and operated by the Hudy family, have made available a nice insight into the production of their first engine. Unlike some other engines brands, the Slovakian power plants are completely manufactured in-house in Europe in order to have full control over the design and the materials used. Started some six years ago, designer Juray Hudy not only changed every piece of the engine multiple times but also twice re-started from scratch to make sure the engines met the company’s strict demands in terms of quality, performance and reliability. To find out more about the history of FX Engines and the production of their very first engine click here (PDF) to download the story.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

June 11, 2013

DE Racing 1/8th & 1/10th setup wheels

DE Racing introduce their new setup system for many 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road vehicles. Based around a set of flat surface wheels with a rubber layer the system ensures high accuracy when measuring ride height, camber and toe settings. The wheels are available in two diameters for 1/10th and 1/8th buggies with the latter are also perfect for 1/10th short course trucks. A wide range of adapter hubs ensures that the wheels are usable on virtually every off-road vehicle. The rubber layer on the wheels not only makes for a secure stand on the setup board but also helps to recreate the geometry of the car against the grip of the rubber tyre to lock the wheels into a proper position for checking camber and toe.

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June 11, 2013

Xray XB4 white Aerodisk wheels

Xray introduce their Aerodisk wheel value packs for the XB4 off-road buggy. The rims come in white colour, are designed for 14mm hex adapters and are made of a flexible yet durable material. They come as sets of five pairs as narrow front and wide rear wheels.

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June 11, 2013

2013 Much More Masters – Report

The 2013 MuchMore Masters was run over three days at the SMA club in NSW. Once again SMA presented an awesome track that seems to be getting better and better every time. Open practice of the Stock class on Friday started slow, with rain the night before creating a cold low grip surface. The early runs were spent tuning the motor and ESC for the upcoming power battle in 17.5 boosted that would follow, the cooler temps allowing everyone to push the motors hard. In the afternoon the track warmed up and the grip came up with it. The teams spent quite a bit of time testing out different ideas for preparation with the new MuchMore Rush tyres that we would be using for the event. These tyres were new for Australia and were under a lot of pressure to do well.

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June 11, 2013

Yuki Model Yakuza Boss brushless set

German company CN Development & Media introduce the Yuki Model Yakuza Boss 1/8th electric brushless set. Included are the SD 160A sensored speed controller and either a 68mm long 2250kv motor or a 74mm variant with 2150kv or 1750kv. The controller offers a heavy duty BEC system with an adjustable output voltage of 6V or 8.4V and a current of 3A meaning high voltage compatible steering servos are useable without an additional receiver battery pack. Included in the sets are a LCD programming card, 5.5mm gold-plated bullet-type connectors, a sensor wire and a 19T pinion gear.

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June 11, 2013

Tim Altmann wins RC LeMans Series Rd3

The 3rd round of the RC LeMans Series took place at the AMC Hamm track in Germany. After a rainy Spring in Germany and to the surprise of all 28 Pro10 driver the sun came out and greeted all contenders with wonderful racing weather. After the qualifiers Sven Stoffels took TQ closely followed by Tobias Weist who was able to set a new track record with 15.4s but he ran out of battery at the end of his run. The third position went to Rene Fischer and the top 4 was completed by Tim Altmann. And it was that certain Tim who was able to win the finals from 4th position leaving Rene Fischer and Sven Stoffels in second and third position. The win in the B final went to Peter Plümacher with Ullrich Steinkau taking the C final. The fastest youngsters was Alexander Steinkau in 12th Position.

Thanks to Frank Büsener for sending the report.

June 11, 2013

Hitec HSB-93 & HSB-94 brushless servos

Hitec introduce two new servo lines in the form of the HSB-93 and HSB-94 servos suitable for virtually any 1/10th and 1/8th scale application. Starting with the HSB-9360TH (0.06s/17kg-cm), HSB-9370TH (0.10s/25kg-cm) and HSB-9380TH (0.14s/34kg-cm), the servos offer an ultra-efficient Neu Castle brushless motor, titanium gears and a red anodised aluminium middle heatsink case. A low current consumption and the ability to run the servos with 6.0V to 7.4V input makes the servo ideal for electric and nitro applications alike. The second new servo line are the HSB-94 servos with the HSB-9465SH (0.07s/13.5kg), HSB-9475SH (0.10s/19.4kg) and HSB-9485SH (0.15s/26kg). The pro level hobby servos are equipped with Neu Castle brushless motors, a steel gear train and they offer an ultra low current consumption. Like the 93-series servos they are build to handle 6.0V to 7.4V input voltage for unregulated use of 2S LiPo receiver battery packs.

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