Sanwa have a new low-profile servo available in the form of the ERS-971. Offering a toque of 9.2kg-cm and a speed of 0.06s the servo is waterproof and ideal for 1/10th touring car and off-road applications. It features a coreless motor, metal gears, dual ball bearings and a blue anodised middle heatsink case.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
The PMTC 2013 race was held at the newly build NSR Speedway that is located within the Shenzhen Sports Stadium in the heart of Shenzhen city. The race saw over 100 entries in F1, touring car 13.5T and touring car modified. The 13.5T class, that only allowed non-sponsored drivers, was dominated by Perry Hu (Serpent) and his Jet-powered S411. He TQ’d two out of the four qualifiers and also brought home all three A finals handing him the overall win in front of Mr. Seven (Team Magic) and Mr. Joey (Team Associated).
Source: Team Jet [team-jet.com]
Pirani RC introduce their new set of shock springs for both 1/10 and 1/8 on-road cars as well as exhaust springs for the manifold and muffler. Starting with the shock springs, these are made from high quality steel, come colour coded and are resistant against fuel and acids. The springs come as pairs in short and long configuration and are selected and matched to ensure equal damping characteristics left to right. Also new are manifold and pipe springs. They are made from a special steel and received a hard coat treatment to ensure a long life. They come in two variants for 1/8th engine and manifold connections and for 1/8th and and 1/10th manifold and pipe couplings.
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Nemo Racing introduce the new Beta EFRA 2106 tuned pipe. The exhaust is designed to increase the bottom end punch of the engine for tight and twisty tracks or those with short run ups for the jumps. The pipe comes polished and with a reinforced outlet.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Round 3 of the 2013 BRCA 1/8th championship was hosted by the Brooklands club. This was the first time the section had visited the circuit for 18 months after circuit ownership issues which have now been fully resolved. The track is a power circuit and very flowing which makes it a favourite amongst the drivers and resembles many circuits with Europe. For this meeting the committee decided to run the bus stop chicane along the back straight to firstly slow the cars down over the bumps preventing potential engine failures and secondly to create a longer lap and more of a drivers challenge. The track was open for free practice on Saturday and the usual suspects of Branson and Green were quickly up to speed with the track changes and soon a driving line was forming and the grip was steadily increasing. With the straight being shorter the drivers experimented with gear ratio’s but the norm used on other tracks seemed to be the answer to aid with driveability. Another attribute to the bus stop chicane layout was the benefit of fuel consumption and with the new regulations of 16 percent nitro should surely make 5 minute run times easy to achieve with the dreaded fuel stop a thing of the past. The conclusion however was not as anticipated and many of the top drivers had to make a fuel stop to be safe.
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New from Tekin comes the T8i 1/8th buggy indoor brushless motor. It is packed with the same features as the conventional T8 series of motors but the ‘i’ version is lighter of weight and smaller in size helping to lower the vehicle’s weight for a more nimble and agile handling on tight indoor tracks. Sporting a diameter of 38mm and a length of 67mm the motor weights 274g and offers a 6061 aluminium heatsink can, dual plug sensor wire harness, sintered Neodymium magnets and oversized ABEC5 bearings. The T8i will become available as 1350kv, 1600kv, 1950kv and 2700kv variant soon.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
Upgrade RC introduce their latest off-road rear wing in the form of the Vortex 10. It designed to fit most of today’s 1/10th buggies and sports a unique design with knobbed areas on the outer horizontal parts to improve the airflow over the rear section. Raised slide plates allow for good tyre clearance while the angled ends of the plates bundle the air and increase the stability of the whole wing. Included in the set are two wings, side plate decals and a mounting grid.
Source: Upgrade RC [rcidcustom.com]
Holeshot Raceway located in Sanford Florida was the host of round 4 of the 2013 Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour. With only a month’s notice, Kris James, owner of Holeshot Raceway and his crew got busy promoting the race, updating the layout including making the overall track bigger and a new ramp for the drivers stand. Their hard work paid off with just under 100 entries for this Short Course only event. Friday started off with a full day of practice and the track improved with more traction as the day went on. On Saturday there were three full rounds of qualifying, all qualifiers are heads up with only your fastest round placing you in the mains. After the end of the day, the class TQ’s went to JR Mitch in 2WD Mod, Matt Olson in 4WD Mod and Billy Bruce in 2WD Stock.
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