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June 28, 2019

Pierre Delorme takes French Touring Stock title

Round 4 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Marmagne track in central France. Almost 90 drivers signed in for the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. The weekend kicked off with cold and cloudy weather on Friday, however things would brighten up on Saturday. In Touring 13.5T Stock it was Pierre Delorme (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jeremy Delalondre (Schumacher) on the 2 spot. With a clever tyre strategy and a tyre-saving setup Pierre was able to bring home the wins in A1 and A2 for the overall from Jeremy on the runner-up spot. Briac Berthoud (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium. With the win Pierre also secured himself his fourth national title albeit there is still a round to go this season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 28, 2019

Yokomo SP-03D RWD drift spec servo

Yokomo have introduced the SP-03D programmable servo developed especially for the needs of RWD drift car racing. Housed in a machined aluminium case the servo offers up to 16kg-cm of torque with the achievable very speedy transit times making it ideally suited for the use with gyros and a wide range of gyro gain settings. The low-profile servo is standard voltage compatible, it features a brushless motor and lightweight aluminium gears and it weighs in at only 49g to minimise with built-up on the front of the car. The programmable servo is available in black or red colour and it will hit stores at the end of July.

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June 28, 2019

Xpress XM1 series alloy C-hubs

Xpress have introduced a set of 4 degree aluminium C-hubs for their XM1 and XM1S M-class touring car kits. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium, they feature a 2-tone black and red finish and they greatly reduce suspension flex for improved cornering speed and stability in high grip or high temperature conditions.

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June 28, 2019

Arrowmax introduce “Petite” sized LiPo batteries

Arrowmax have announced the release of their new 110x47x22.5mm Petite LiPo battery packs. Ranging between the standard and shorty LiPo packs in terms of size, the new mid-sized batteries weight in at 211g while offering improved power compared to a standard shorty battery pack. At 22.5mm height, the low profile packs ensure a low centre of gravity, making them ideal for front-wheel driven touring cars. Arrowmax’s Petite packs are made of high-quality 120C/60C cells and they are available as 5300mAh 7.6V LiHV and 4800mAh 7.4V variants.

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June 28, 2019

Xray RX8E 1/8th electric on-road kit

Xray have unveiled their new RX8E 1/8th scale electric on-road kit. The vehicle is based on the successful RX8 nitro platform with the latest incarnation featuring a new chassis with a narrower rear suspension configuration. The rear bulkheads are mounted 8.4mm closer together and the rear arm mounts move the inner pivot pins 2.5mm closer together, which combined with the bulkhead placement generates more rear traction and improves the stability of the car. The chassis also features a unique, innovative front flex adjustment using a removable aluminium brace.

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June 27, 2019

Motiv Launch 540 drag racing motor

Launch, a division of Motiv RC dedicated to competition drag racing, now brings the Launch 540 2.5T and 3.5T drag racing motors. The Launch 540 features a 3-phase beefy stator with thin insulators and low resistance winding, this results in proper power delivery through the stator. The 2-pole rotor is composed of the highest strength neodymium material available for great torque. The 13.0mm rotor is then drill balanced which ensures continued power delivery under high RPM down the drag strip. The red anodized can assembly is lightweight with adjustable timing from 0 to 60 degrees and provides plenty of air flow. The motor is designed, built and tuned in house for short speed runs and drag racing passes only.

Source: Motiv [motivrc.com]

June 27, 2019

Jeff Hamon teams up with Serpent

Serpent have announced the addition of multi-times Australian Champion, Jeff Hamon to their factory team. The IFMAR Worlds finalist will campaign Serpent’s Viper 988 and Matrix 750 platforms and he hopes to build on his TQ and 2nd place at the 2019 1/8 IC Track Pre-Worlds when he returns for the main event later this year. Jeff says:

I’m really excited to be working with such a great dynamic team, the innovation and development of Serpent is really impressive! I am looking forward to a successful future with the team.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 27, 2019

Awesomatix A800FX 1/10 front-wheel drive touring car

Following a couple of teaser images Awesomatix have finally unveiled their A800FX 1/10th scale front-wheel drive touring car kit. The somewhat revolutionary car is designed to offer optimised weight distribution combined with the lowest centre of gravity. The goal was to create a FWD car with easy changeable front/rear balance, which is one of the main setup adjustments for this class of cars. Inside the front bumper the designers integrated a 65g heavy steel insert which offers the possibility to add another 50g by placing five 10g round weights into the milled areas of bumper. Furthermore, the lower deck has plenty of additional holes for the mounting of Awesomatix’s standard 10g and 5g round weights.

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