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June 6, 2007

Green wins Rd4 of UK 1/8th Nats

Last weekend saw the 4th round of the 1/8th scale BRCA National Championship run under sunny skies at the Wombwell track in South Yorkshire. Qualifying saw a tight battle that left Serpent team driver Mark Green at the top of the field, closely followed by team mate, and round 3 winner, Richard Hicklin in 2nd while 3rd place qualifer was Andrew North. At the start of the final Mark Green started to pull away from the rest of the field leaving the real battle to be fought out behind him. Richard Hicklin was in with a shout of a podium, as was Neil Diver until they hit problems leaving Andy North up into 2nd place until a broken plug dropped down the order. At the end of the 30 minuted final it was a clear win for Mark Green with Mugen racer Peter Hastings in 2nd, 3 laps back, while 3rd place went to Serpent racer Tim Wood, a further lap back.

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June 6, 2007

HARD Transmitter bag

HARD, makers of RC accessories, have come out with this stylish grey and black transmitter bag which has been designed and manufactured solely to allow you to carry your transmitter easily while protecting its valuable contents. Made from hard wearing materials, and sporting an additional pocket for radio accessories, this compact bag is heavily padded to keep your radio safe and features a carrying handle as well as shoulder strap.

Source: HARD [hard-racing.com]

June 6, 2007

V-Dezign Carpet Ripper ‘07 – Photos

V-Dezign Carpet Ripper ‘07

At the beginning of April we brought you some CAD images of the new V-Dezign Carpet Ripper ’07 1/12th scale chassis that was being made by Finnish racer Vesa Yli under the name of V-Dezign. This car had dominated the British National Championship in the hands of Andy Griffiths and had reached the 12th Euros finals in Sweden driven by both Yli and Griffiths. Following this performance V-Dezign has decided to produce this self designed car and has just released the first photos of the upgrade kit showing the rear end, which is the real innovation of the CR ’07.

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June 6, 2007

RB Products L2G Cooling head

We first wrote about the new RB Products Magnesium cooling head back at the beginning of May, and now thanks to our sponsors The Border we have the first photo of the new head. Grey in colour, as expected from Magnesium, this new lighteight cooling head fits all RB engines and helps lower the center of gravity of your car without sacrificing cooling performance.

Source: The Border [the-border.com]

June 6, 2007

Blitz Lola 05 body shell

Blitz Lola Body shell

Blitz have released the latest version of their 1/8th scale Lola body shell which has been designed for competition racers and features an ultra low central of gravity, provides high down force without sacrificing top speed while the newly designed front end provides plenty of steering. Available in light weight (0.8mm) and standard (1.0mm) versions, this FEMCA approved body comes with side stiffeners to support inside of body shell and markings on the body shell make it easy to mount it on the most popular 1/8 scale racing cars on the market.

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June 6, 2007

Losi Engine mount & tools

Losi Engine mount

Team Losi have announced the release of a number of products including this quick change engine mount which works with the 8ight and 8ight-T Race Roller vehicles without pull-start or spin start engines. This effort saving motor mount has been crafted from hard-anodised 7075 aluminum and allows you to reinstall your engine without having to re-adjust the gear mesh. Other new items include thread lock, called Losi-Lok, and 2 new tools, a long reach flat head tuning screw driver, with a silicone tip to stop your engine by blocking the exhaust, and an exhaust spring tool, both of which sport a gold anodised handle Losi laser etched logo.

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June 6, 2007

Venom Group product releases

Venom Group International have announced the release of a large number of general bits and pieces for your RC Racing. First up are these mini pinions which are CAD designed and CNC machined from high quality billet brass, include set screws and are available in the most popular gear choices and shaft sizes. Next up is this new line of adhesives and thread locks which are suitable for all number of jobs and finally Venom have released new exhaust seals and high quality fuel tubing which comes in 9 colours.

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June 5, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Hitec release a whole range of micro digital servos – Link [radioncontrolzone.com]
> David Crompton’s switch from Team Magic to HoBao is confirmed – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Tech Racing release new optionals for the Tamiya M03 chassis – Link [tech-racing.co.jp]
> X-Factory release a new and improved nose piece for their X-6 buggy – Link [xfactoryrc.com]
> Morotech show their tire mounting cone for 38mm diameter wheels – Link [morotech.jp]
> Yuichi Kanai shows of new parts for the Kyosho MP777 – Link [kyosho.de]