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August 27, 2020

Maclan Racing welcome Felix Law

Maclan Racing have announced the signing of Felix Law to their factory team. The US frontrunner and IFMAR Worlds finalist has inked a multi-year and while running Maclan Racing electronics at all major races he will also represent the brand at the track while helping with R&D of forthcoming new brushless speed controllers and motors. Felix has the following to say about the deal:

I’m excited to join the R&D team of Maclan Racing. With the initial testing of the products Willie has to offer, I found their lineup to be focusing on quality & racing needs. With all my knowledge from the past, I will do my best to evolve their product to the next level.

Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]

August 26, 2020

Maxim Laverychev wins Russian double header race

The 2020 Russian Cup and Russian Championship was a double header race that took place at the Lemar Modelsport track recently. Due to the Coronavirus the race wasn’t so well attended, but racing was tight an in the end it was Maxim Laverychev with the win in the Modified Touring classes of both the Russian Cup and the Russian Championship with both races run on the same weekend. Ilya Plakhotnik came in 2nd overall in the Russian Cup while Andrey Samoylenko rounded out the top 3.

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August 26, 2020

Flavio Elias wins at Brazilian GP On-road opener

The opening round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals took place in Americana recently. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was multi-time national champion, Flavio Elias with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the 40-minute A-main event. Eduardo Dulac came in 2nd overall, some 15 seconds behind Elias as Samuel Prato came in 3rd overall, already some eleven laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 26, 2020

Muchmore 11.1V 4200mAh CTXWP2 tyre warmer battery

Muchmore have announced the release of a new 11.1V 4200mAh LiPo battery pack for the use with their CTXWP tyre warmer. Using the internal battery pack allows to power the tyre warmer’s main unit without the need for a power supply, enabling the mechanic to carry the whole unit into the starting grid of necessary. The battery will be connected using the main unit’s existing power and balancer connectors, ensuring proper functioning of the unit’s low-voltage alarm to protect the battery from becoming damaged.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

August 26, 2020

T-Works TC-01 titanium & steel optionals

Coming from T-Works and made for the Tamiya TC-01 on-road car are several new titanium and steel option parts. The range includes a titanium ball end set as well as a titanium turnbuckle kit and also a total of three screw sets. The latter include a 131-piece titanium as well as 131-piece UFO or standard head gold-colour steel screws. Using the titanium parts will lower the overall weight of the car while adding visual impact with the gold-colour steel screws mainly adding bling while improving corrosion resistance.

View the other new parts here

August 26, 2020

Exotek roll out F1Ultra optionals

Exotek have announced the release of a range of optionals for their F1Ultra formula pan car kit. First up is a brass wing mount that helps to add 10g of weight to the rear of the car. The part is machined from high-quality brass material, it comes with a black surface coating and gold-colour Exotek logo and using it will improve low-speed rear end grip.

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August 25, 2020

Bezerk RC Execute FT1 front bumper

Available now from Bezerk RC and made for the Xpress Execute FT1 front-wheel drive touring car is a carbon fibre front bumper. Machined from 4.0mm carbon fibre, the option part adds much added stiffness to the front body mounts. It comes in a set with two 14mm standoffs that fit between the lower and upper mount and it is usable for all FT1 specifications.

Source: Bezerk RC [bezerk.com.au]

August 25, 2020

Arena RC Racing IF14-2 low-friction diff seals

Coming from Arena RC Racing and made for the Infinity IF14-2’s Progear differential is a low-friction O-ring and teflon bushing set. The kit includes diff housing seals as well as outdrive O-rings and teflon bushings that reduce the overall friction of the differential for improved efficiency and optimised diff action in both low and high-grip track conditions.

Source: Arena RC Racing [facebook.com]