New from Yeah Racing come these 3.5mm brushless motor connectors. The gold-plated bullet-type connectors consist of a male and a female part with the female connector being soldered to the terminals of the motor. The single-piece design of the plugs makes for large contact area, low resistance and less heat build-up making the connector ideal for stock and modified applications alike.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
The first round of Greek nationals took place at FRT dirt track in Athens, Greece. Drivers from all over the country came to start the 2013 Championship season. Friday and Saturday saw the practice runs with the qualifying starting early on Sunday. Xray driver Tasos Paparegas took the TQ honours followed by Makropoulos and Papanikolaou. Tasos was able to conserve his performance in the 45 minutes long final finishing two seconds ahead of Papanikolaou with taking the third place.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
RB’s new LiPo pack is ultra compact (50 x 28x 18mm) and really light (<59 grams) to deliver 7.4V and 1500mAh capacity, all you need to complete your main. Designed to perfectly fit in your RB One and RB One Racing it’s also compatible with many other racing cars for drivers who want to save weight and place.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
JQ Products introduce their THECar 2013 pre-season value kit. Included in the set, that is based around the Yellow Edition buggy, are option parts such as a new wide chassis, a new Ackermann plate, throttle and break linkages to match the new chassis dimensions, a new rear chassis brace and a new right side guard. The included parts have a value of roughly 100US$ and are also available as a set for everyone who wants to update an existing Yellow Edition buggy. The parts are designed to make for a more stable and easier to drive vehicle that behaves less aggressive. Later this year all parts will also become available separately.
Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]
The Winter Czech National Championship was held in Rtyne v Podkrkonosi 150km North of Prague. The race format saw controlled practice on Friday, qualification on Saturday and finals on Sunday. Around 100 drivers attended in the several classes including touring car modified, 17.5T zero boost stock, GT, formula and hobby. 17 drivers in stock and 34 touring modified mixed up with some of the top Czech drivers makiing for close and competitive racing. In modified Zdenko Kunak started strong during the controlled practice and he also was on the top of the field in the stock class but he experienced pressure by Marek Cerny. Zdenko though struggled with setup as the hand out tyres been too old delivering virtually zero traction and side bite. After a slow start Zdenko was able to win the important last qualifying races taking TQ in both the stock and modified class. In the finals the race was still on between Zdenko and Marek and at the end it was Zdenko who took the modified class with Marek being successful in stock.
Source: Yokomo Europe [teamyokomo.eu]
The 20th annual Snowbird Nationals will be taking place January 28th to February 2nd, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. Complete hotel details will be posted soon. Last year was the largest turnout in several years so mark your calendars and plan your trip. More information can be found here.
CSO introduce this aluminium lightweight layshaft clamp for the use with the CSO-1 and Xray T4 cars. The part is designed to hold the layshaft bearing so there is no need to run the respective top deck screws giving for more chassis flex and therefore faster cornering. The parts come as pair and are simply secured to the layshaft holder using two screws.
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The 2013 1/10th IC National series kicked off at the Mendip Model Racing Club over the weekend of the 30th and 31st of March. The weather for the weekend was dry on both days, with outbreaks of sunshine but chilling breezes. Numbers for each class were as follows, 24 200mm and 20 Sports GT. Mark Green was back once again to start his title defence with Peter Hastings sitting out this racing season meaning that a new Sports GT champion will be crowned. On the Saturday Glyn Beal would lead the way setting a blistering pace with returning Richard Draycott and Adam Crossland following suit. In 200mm it was much tighter at the top with Mark Green, Alex Thurston and Joe Kerry all setting quick lap times.
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