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August 18, 2020

RC Maker BD10 Slimflex chassis & weight options

RC Maker have introduced their new Slimflex carbon fibre chassis and floating electronics plate for the Yokomo BD10 touring car. Tested and developed for months the chassis will improve on the original chassis, especially in low-med traction conditions. The chassis is narrowed all round to provide less scrubbing in corners, leading to increased corner speed. This increases flex, so to counteract this, the designers have recessed the diff and spool cutouts instead of cutting them all the way through. Not only does this bring the chassis back up to the desired amount of flex, it also improves aerodynamic performance by not preventing air from under the chassis being forced up into the car, detrimental to downforce. Overall, the chassis is slightly stiffer than the kit chassis, and provides improved response.

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August 17, 2020

Alexandre Duchet joins ORCA team

ORCA have announced the signing of French driver Alexandre Duchet to their team. The 2016/2017 ETS stock champion and 2017 EFRA European stock champion will use the full line-up of speedos, motors and batteries in his Xray rides. He had the following to say about the deal, “I’m very happy to sign with ORCA, the performance of the new combo and the new range of LiPo batteries are really good and so is the feeling. I hope that with this material I will have very good results and I thank the ORCA team for trusting me for the years to come.”

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

August 17, 2020

Mugen MTC2 1/10th EP Touring car

Mugen Seiki have introduced the follow up to the MTC1, the company’s first entry into the EP touring car arena, the aptly named MTC2. The all new design has a number of new innovations including extra long carbon lower arms with new pivot inserts to eliminate slop and a low centre of gravity shock mounting position mounted using lightweight lower shock and anti-roll bar mount with adjustable ARB links. Following the current touring car trend, the MTC2 also features a mid motor configuration which makes it more stable and have a more balanced feeling on the track, while a new rear differential has smoother diff action and more consistent handling.

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August 16, 2020

Kurzbuch, Greiner & Salven win at ENS opener

The first round of the 2020 Euro Nitro Series took place this weekend at the popular MAV Aigen-Schlagl track in the Austrian countryside. In the 1:8 Scale Class, Simon Kurzbuch secured pole position for Shepherd after the organisers were able to conduct the fifth qualifying round on Saturday morning, beating Infinity’s Dario Balestri in the shootout. In the Main Final, Balestri pressured Kurzbuch over the first few laps, as third place starter Carmine Raiola dropped back and allowed Robert Pietsch into third. However, an early tyre stop didn’t work out for Balestri as taking just two tyres made his car unbalanced and hard to drive. This allowed not only Kurzbuch to pull a big advantage, but also Pietsch and Raiola to pass Balestri and move into second and third respectively. However, following a later four tyre stop, Balestri was back on pace and moved up to second once again – however too far back to challenge Kurzbuch for the win. Pietsch and Raiola battled hard for third, with the positions switching during pit stops. Raiola eventually made up for his bad start, and secured third at the finish line to make it two Infinity cars in the top three.

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August 15, 2020

Balestri & Greiner lead at ENS Austria

With the weather improving significantly throughout Friday, the ENS organisers made use of the unexpected good conditions to conduct as much of the planned five qualifying rounds as possible for the opening round of the series. As Saturday currently forecasts rain for most of the day, the 1:8 Scale and +40 Masters Classes were able to complete four rounds of heats, with 1:10 Scale finishing three rounds at the MAV Aigen-Schlagl circuit.

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August 14, 2020

Norwegian Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The 2020 Norwegian Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the Stavanger Modellbilklubb and held at the huge Klepp RC track in western Norway. While Nikko Haheim took the win in the Touring Modified class, it was Odd Helge Johansen with the victory in Touring Stock. Thor Bjorn Gabrielsen came in 2nd overall from Vidar Gunderson in 3rd. Bjorn Ole Haagenvik came in 4th, Anna Nedrebo rounded out the top 5.

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August 14, 2020

Manfred Neuhold wins at Xray Challenge 2020

The Austrian MORAC-Ring hosted the Xray Challenge 2020 last weekend in several nitro and electric 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 1/8th scale Electric GT class it was Manfred Neuhold with the overall TQ from Klaus Saurer on the runner-up spot. Klaus would take the win in the opening A-main event, however it was Manfred who came back for A2 and A3, taking the overall win from Klaus Saurer in 2nd and Harald Schneller in 3rd.

Source: Hong Nor [hongnor-racing.com]

August 14, 2020

Exotek introduce new DR10 optionals

Coming from Exotek are new option parts for the Team Associated DR10 range of drag racing cars. First up is a set of aluminium rear hubs whose heavy-duty design maintains the suspension geometry setting, race after race. The updated design works as either the left or right hub and it also allows for adjusting the wheelbase as needed using the supplied spacers. The upright ball stud mounting matches the stock roll centre height and the hubs are also usable for the DB10 and B5 series kits.

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