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June 15, 2013

Volker tops Q3 from Fischer

Ronald Volker

Ronald Volker claimed his first TQ run in the third round of qualifying at the ETS in Austria after a close fought battle with Serpent’s Marc Fischer, the latter loosing out by 4/10ths after a number of rough laps including one which saw him make a good save when his S411 got up on two wheels just after passing Yannic Prumper. With the Top 2 on new tyres, Marc Rheinard was the fastest driver on used rubber setting an impressive pace to claim third which should be enough to ensure the Tamiya driver will be Top Qualifier.

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June 15, 2013

Rheinard again in Q2

Marc Rheinard backed up his performance in yesterday’s opening qualifier by kicking off Day 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria with another TQ, again the Tamiya driver topping the times from HB’s Andy Moore. However the big talking point among the drivers after Q2 was the pace of Yokomo driver Ronald Volker who despite running used tyres posted the third fastest time, the next fastest driver on tyres that completed a full five minutes in Q1 being Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who was 7th fastest.

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June 15, 2013

New Sanwa competition & budget digital servos

Following the Sanwa ERS-971 LRP introduce more servos made by the Japanese manufacturer. Available are also the ERS-961 (0.05s/12.3kg-cm) and ERS-951 (0.06s/11kg.cm) standard voltage digital servos and the ERS-962 (0.07s/25.3kg-cm) digital high voltage servo. The ERS-962 and ERS-961 offer coreless motors, dual ball bearings and tough metal gears. With the speed and torque the 962 sports it is ideal for the use in 1/8th on-road and off-road vehicles while the 961 is best used in electric cars, buggies and trucks. The 951 though is an economically priced high-performance general purpose offering. Last but not least come the 94835 (0.13s/8.9kg-cm) and 94846 (0.18s/10.8kg) digital budget line servos. The two five digit servos are ball raced, economically priced and ideal to replace the steering and throttle servos of RTR cars and trucks.

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June 14, 2013

Tekno +1.5° hinge pin brace, spur gear & hardware

Tekno RC offers new optional parts for their 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles. First up is the +1.5 degree rear hinge pin brace, a CNC machined 7075 gun metal anodised aluminium part. It is a direct fit on all Tekno RC 1/8th scale vehicles and will give the option for 3, 4, or 5 degrees of rear toe for improved forward bite on-power and increased rotation off-power. The second new part is a black 44T composite spur gear for the EB48 and the SCT410. This spur gear will completely black out the kit making the vehicle look more sleek than ever. Also new are several accessories in the form of M4 countersunk washers and M2x5mm cap head screws. All hardware is packaged 10 pieces to a bag.

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June 14, 2013

Rheinard TQs opening qualifier at ETS Austria

Marc Rheinard TQ’d Round 1 of qualifying at the Austrian round of the Euro Touring Series, the Tamiya driver setting the opening pace ahead of fellow former World Champion Andy Moore’s HB with last year’s Traiskirchen winner Yannic Prumper completing the top three. Having set the pace in practice earlier in the day, Prumper’s Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker looked to be on target to end Day 1 of the event perfectly as he sat top of the timing screens until his BD7 suffered a roll on lap 15 which cost him 5-seconds. Eventually the defending champion, who set the fastest lap of Q1, would end up 6th, a result he will be hoping is one of his throw out rounds.

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June 14, 2013

Much More Cell Master Double Accel charger

Much More Racing introduce their latest high performance charger in the form of the Cell Master Double Accel. The device offers two fully independent 100W outputs for up to 10A charging rates with 1S to 6S LiPo and 1 to 17 cell NiMH battery packs and it comes with a black backlit display, multi-button menu operation and internal balancers. Temperature controlled fans keep the charger cool during charging and discharging and the compatibility with Much More’s CTX Link system allows firmware updates when needed. The charger can be coupled to the Power Master World Edition 2 Evo using optional parts and is available soon.

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June 14, 2013

Advantage Volker in Austrian practice

Ronald Volker laid down his intentions for this weekend’s penultimate round of the Euro Touring Series, the German ace setting the fastest time over 3 consecutive laps to top practice in Austria by a healthy margin over Serpent’s Marc Fischer and title rival Marc Rheinard while Xray’s Alexander Hagberg made it four different manufacturers in the Top 4. Last year’s Traiskirchen winner Yannic Prumper, who is one of the four drivers still in contention for the title, would set the fifth fastest time but for Round 3 winner Viktor Wilck it was not a good start to this crucial weekend as he was only 11th fastest meaning he will run his five qualifiers in the second fastest heat group.

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June 14, 2013

Team Durango DEX408T electric truggy kit

Team Durango introduce their latest off-road kit in the form of the DEX408T electric truggy. The vehicle combines the design elements of the DNX408T truck and DEX408 buggy to create a purpose build competition truck that comes with a tough aluminium chassis, aluminium bulkheads and new heavy duty suspension hangers for the maximum in durability. The heavy duty drivetrain features driveshafts with circlips retained cross pins, machined spiral machine-cut gears, and protective rubber boots for the outer driveshafts. The thick aluminium shock towers sport multiple mounting positions for the alloy big bore shocks and the upper camber links while the chassis is designed to take stick and saddle pack batteries of up to 35mm height. All that is topped off by a sleek truck body shell and Team Durango’s distinctive looking rear wing. The DEX408 will hit the stores very soon.

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