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April 26, 2013

David Spashett is double British 1/12th scale Champion

This year’s 1/12 BRCA championship was one of the most well attended in years, maximum entries at all but a few of the events made for some entertaining days racing and a fantastic atmosphere to the series. Visiting some old clubs rich in 1/12 history and some new enthusiastic clubs growing fast with some very talented on-road racers. The Introduction of the GT12 class to the nationals has been nothing less than a success story, encouraging people to race all over the country and supporting one of the best forms of racing available. David Spashett secured maximum points in this seasons BRCA 1/12 10.5 Blinky and Open Modified classes to win both BRCA Championships. Making his return to 1/12 racing last season after a six year break David last won a BRCA 1/12 championship back in 2002.

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April 26, 2013

Revolution Design 210 Series steering plate R2

The Revolution Design 210 Series aluminium steering plate R2 is specially designed for the Team Durango 210 series vehicles including the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. The plate is totally redesigned from scratch and sports a new vertical inner ball stud position. This in combination with a more central and lower position of the ball studs does away with the need to use countless shims on the outer steering blocks in order to achieve zero bump steer. The steering plate is a direct replacement for the stock part and is CNC-machined from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and comes black anodised and laser-etched for easy identification and a cool factory look.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

April 26, 2013

Serpent pit-caddy

Serpent Pit Caddy

Serpent have released their own version of the popular pit-caddy. Produced in Serpent colors, with embroidered logos, there is lots of space for your tools, fuel, starter box, fuel bottle and gun, and whatever else you care to bring to the pitlane. Featuring a strong foam padded carrying handle and made from a strong nylon material, hard nylon inner plates give stability while strong belts hold it in shape. The whole unit folds together easily for simple transport.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 26, 2013

Xray 2013 spec RX8 1/8th scale chassis

Xray have released details on their 2013 spec RX8 1/8th scale on road chassis. The car features a number of major changes, as well as some refinements, including the all new fuel tank with interior baffles for stable engine performance. Other new parts, and something that seems to be on all the latest Xray cars, is the all new low profile shocks and related lower shock towers. The new LP shocks were developed to lower the CG of the car in order to improve stability. With the new LP shocks the RX8 stays flatter, making it easier to drive in chicanes and more resistant to traction roll, letting you carry more speed through high traction sweepers. The other major change is the all-new reverse clutch set whose design provides smoother and faster acceleration, while increasing the lifetime of the clutch shoe.

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April 26, 2013

Emer Agero wins E-Buggy at Philippine Off-Road Nats

It was a nice, warm and sunny Summer day in Manila for the Philippine Off-Road Nationals in the E-Buggy Class held at the CV Off-Road Track. The early benchmark in qualifying was posted by Team-C racer Garet Santayana who was almost assured of pole position until a late charge by Team Losi Racing driver Emer Agero who snatched the TQ spot by posting some blistering final laps on his last run. The top 5 on the grid after qualifying were TQ Emer Agero (Losi), 2nd Garet Santayana (Team-C), 3rd Mike Ang (AE), 4th Ish Montilla (AE) and 5th Joseph Salcedo (Xray).

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April 26, 2013

Mark Green wins Rd2 of British 200mm Nats

Round 2 of the British 1/10 Championship was held last weekend at the Wombwell track. The weather was good with sunshine and warm temperatures on Saturday, and we even managed a dry Sunday despite the forecast being for rain. As the cars went out for practice it was clear that there was very little grip, although by the end of the day the traction had improved considerably. In 200mm it was the three 747’s of Mark Green, Joe Kerry, and Alex Thurston, who just like at the last round were considerably quicker than anyone else.

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April 25, 2013

Team Associated B4.2RS Ready-to-Run

Following on from the earlier release on the T4.2RS, Associated have also announced the RC10B4.2RS Ready-To-Run. The B4.2RS RTR is a fully assembled buggy that shares many of the same parts as the popular RC10B4.2 Factory Team kit. The B4.2RS RTR has also received upgraded features, like the Team Associated XP 2.4GHz radio system and XP metal gear steering servo. Power is supplied by a Reedy 3300kV brushless motor while the XP SC500-BL water-resistant electronic speed control with LiPo cutoff provides smooth throttle control. The B4.2RS can also be upgraded as your skills improve and budget allow with the full line of Factory Team B4 hop-ups, as well as Reedy and LRP performance parts.

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April 25, 2013

Tekno RC SCT410 & EB48 shock towers and hexes

Tekno RC have produced new carbon fiber shock towers for their SCT410 and EB48. At 4mm thick for the rear and 5mm thick for the front these shock towers will withstand the hardest of hits and are a direct fit removing 18 grams total weight from the SCT410 and almost 34 total grams on the EB48. With this decreased weight, the center of gravity will be lowered keeping your car even more planted on the track hugging those fast corners better than before. Tekno RC also now offers a stock zero-offset aluminium hex for the SCT410. These wheel hexes will fit all 12mm SC wheels and with a 6mm bore, they will fit all M6 driveshaft kits. CNC machined from high quality aluminum then hard anodized for wear, these hexes will withstand the test of time.

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