March 13, 2020

Wouter Ferreira wins at South-African On-road opener

The first round of the 2020 South-African ORE 1/10th national championship series was held at the KMR Club last weekend. A slightly smaller field than normal, but great driving throughout, and a new Truck class was also run as an exhibition class. The track was well prepared and the weather was hot, which made for some fantastic on-track action! The Modified Touring class was the highlight of the event with extremely close qualifying rounds throughout. The TQ spot finally went to local man, Wouter Ferreira (Awesomatix). The mains was super exciting with a number of drivers being in contention for the win. Wouter Ferreira finally took his maiden Modified victory ahead of the Xray duo if Deon Gove and Alex Ribeiro.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 13, 2020

Essex Winter Series finale – Report

The final round of the Essex Winter Series took place last weekend. Concluding once again with a sell-out entry, the overall championships in the Modified, Super Stock and Front Wheel Drive class had already been wrapped up but the other podium places were still to be decided. Olly Jefferies made his return to the EWS at this event, now driving a privately entered Xray following his departure from Schumacher last month. He got things underway by setting the best time ahead of Champion-elect Elliott Harper, with Harley Eldridge taking third ahead of Kyle Branson and Chris Grainger. Elliott moved his Xray to the top in Q2, with Olly taking second. Kyle was best of the rest, in third for Capricorn, ahead of Harley’s Yokomo and Aaron Rose’s Schumacher in fifth. Round three had Olly moving back up top, beating Elliott by two tenths of a second. Kyle and Harley were again third and fourth, with Florian Joos (Xray) in fifth this time. Olly secured pole by taking the last round ahead of Elliott, with Kyle locking up third with another P3 result. Florian jumped up the grid with his fourth place in round and Harley stayed in the mix with fifth.

Continue reading the report here


March 13, 2020

T-Works BD10/BD9 brass adjustable battery holder

T-Works have introduced their new adjustable brass battery holder set for the Yokomo BD10 and BD9 touring cars. The set includes machined brass mounting brackets as well as carbon fibre battery hooks and floating battery locators. Also included are different lengths battery posts, spacers and gold-colour mounting hardware. Due to the design of the battery locators and brass brackets the mount allows to shift the battery packs forth and back as well as left to right in order to fine-tune chassis balance.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]


March 13, 2020

Power HD B7 Revolution Pro low-profile HV servo

Coming from Power HD is their new B7 Revolution Pro low-profile brushless HV servo. Building on the proven B7 the Revolution Pro variant offers Sanwa SSR mode compatibility, a titanium and steel geartrain, dual ball bearings and up to 13kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.055s. Upgraded hardware further improves precision and a 2-tone aluminium heatsink middle section, available in silver, red or gold colour, adds visual impact.

View a list of the features and the colour variants here


March 13, 2020

Bruno Coelho TQs & wins at Portuguese On-road opener

The city of Monsanto held the opening round of the Portuguese On-road Nationals last weekend. The good weather made for great racing conditions and in 1/10th Nitro Touring it was multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the A-main event, leaving behind Carlos Manuel in 2nd, some three laps behind. Fabian Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

View the top 3 podium here


March 12, 2020

MR33 A800FX 1-piece carbon fibre top deck

Coming from MR33 and made by Raceberry is a 1-piece carbon fibre top deck for the Awesomatix A800FX FWD touring car. The upper deck is of an asymmetrical 1-piece design, making for different torsional flex characteristics compared to the original 2-piece assembly while an additional brace in front of the rear bulkhead stiffens the rear area which can be helpful in higher grip conditions. The top deck is available from now on.

Source: Tonisport [tonisport.de]


March 12, 2020

Torpine 1/10th on-road brass screw kits

Coming from Torpine are their new brass screw kits for a range of current on-road touring and FWD cars. The fasteners, intended for the use in the lower areas of the chassis, are precision made from high-quality brass material and due to being heavier than standard steel screws, they help to lower the overall centre of gravity of a car while adding a certain weight. Available are a 52-piece kit for the Xray T4’20, a 39-piece kit for the Xray X1’20, a 59-piece kit for the Awesomatix A800MMX, a 54-piece kit for the Awesomatix A800FX, a 51-piece kit for the Serpent SF4 and a 44-piece kit for the ARC R11F. Also available are 8-piece sets of M3x5mm, M3x10mm and M3x12mm countersunk head screws.

Source: Torpine [torpine.com]


March 12, 2020

Mugen MRX & MTX muffler stopper

Mugen have introduced their new muffler stopper for their MRX and MTX series of nitro on-road cars. The machined aluminium stopper will make for additional fixing of the exhaust pipe, ensuring the pipe will not come off during a run. The stopper is usable with most on-road exhaust pipes and it includes a grub screw.

View the attached part here


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