Coming from Rebellion-RC and made for the Serpent SF3 and SF4 formula cars is the Exotek swingarm adapter. The carbon fibre plate was designed for the use with the Exotek Team Associated F6 upper swingarm set #1823 and it allows to use these popular parts on Serpent’s SF3 and SF4 series formula kit. The adapter plate is machined from high-quality carbon fibre and it is available in twelve different weave colours.
Turkish company MCD Racing have introduced their new XS5 Max 1/5th scale gas on-road kit. The fuel-powered car is based on the XS5 and it will hit the stores as Pro version, meaning it features a host of optional parts such as a Barracuda tuned pipe, 7075 alloy Max chassis, alloy shock tubes, alloy engine carrier plate, alloy rear stiffener, ball bearing Ackermann plate, alloy lay shaft carrier set, 7075 alloy front and rear wide multi-hole towers, front and rear alloy wishbone holders, front and front LSD, centre locked, and rear open differentials. The chassis is decked out by a new Supercar body shell whose design with wide fenders, a low roof line and optimised aerodynamics ensures a very balanced on-track feeling while allowing dynamic cornering. The body is also available separately as is a decal sheet with special racing-style graphics.
The 2019 EFRA IC Track 40+ Euros were held in Monaco last week in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring category is was Xray’s Francesco Martini with the overall TQ, after taking three of the five qualifying rounds, leaving behind Jean-Baptiste Geneau (Infinity), who scored two round TQs for the 2nd place after the qualifiers. The 45-minute A-main final then saw a 3-horse race for the win with Jean-Baptiste ultimately taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Shepherd’s Lars Stub-Holm in 2nd. Some 16 seconds behind it was Francesco Martini on the final podium spot.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
Exotek have introduced their new F1 tyre stripe decal set, consisting of eight HD pre-cut vinyl stickers. The high visibility tyre stripes are use for any of the popular 1/10 F1 rubber tyre sets and they give the car a great scale appearance as well as helping increase the visibility while racing. The stickers are made of high-tack heavy duty vinyl and of a thick material to resist tears and to make attaching to the tyres easier. The set includes four white stripes and four yellow stripes as well as handy wheel labels to mark the tyre compounds etc.
The Malnoue Emerainville Sport club hosted the warm-up to the French Electric On-road Nationals last weekend. In the competitive Touring 13.5T Stock class it was Jeremy Delalondre with the overall TQ, some six seconds in front of Manuel Wagner as Sebastien Gibert came in 3rd, only 0.2s behind Manuel. The finals then saw Jeremy taking the win with 23 laps from Manuel a lap down, the latter however stroke back in A2 while TQ Jeremy suffered a DNF. A3 then had both contestants making into the 23rd lap and they were separated by only five seconds on the line, with Jeremy taking the win and with it the overall from Manuel on the runner-up spot. Behind the three, it was Sebastien with the final podium spot.
Source: PRT Electronic [prt-electronic.com]
Coming soon from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand is the Cross-Flex aluminium chassis for the Awesomatix A800X MMCX mid-motor touring car. The patent-pending Alu-Crossflex chassis was developed for the use in medium to high-bite traction conditions with its highly machined design allowing optimised flex characteristics that can be greatly influenced with the use of up to twelve optional brass inserts that not only add up to 47.9g of weight in the lowest area of the chassis, but they can also be used to change the overall torsional flex characteristics. The idea was to become able to adjust the weight-balance as well as the flex individually with every insert by using different fixing positions without the need of changing the whole chassis; with a standard chassis being always hard front/rear or soft front/rear, but not hard front/soft rear. When the brass inserts are fixed at a 90 degree angle to the driving direction they almost have no influence to the flex, but if attached using the remaining – cross-positioned – mounting points, the inserts decrease the flex. To make the system work the fixing points for the “hard” setting are 0,3mm lowered to make for a free movement at “flex” setting, and when using the “hard” setting drivers need to insert the included 0,3mm shims to be able to access the desired “hard” flex settings. The chassis is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised for wear and looks, features a laser-engraved Rebellion-RC logo and it is of a conical shape, ensuring increased ground clearance and less chassis scrubbing during hard cornering. The chassis and the optional brass weight inserts are available for pre-order now and will ship in about two week’s time.
View another image and how the Crossflex inserts work here
The 2019 Trofeo Novarossi was held at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano this past weekend. In 1/8th IC Track it was Shepherd’s Andrea Pirani with the win in front of ARC driver Marco Bianchi in 2nd and Shepherd’s Mattia Collavo who completed the podium in 3rd position. Over in 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Alessandro Balboni (Shepherd) with the win in front of Valerio Righi (Capricorn) and David Loppini (WRC) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Schumacher have announced the soon release of their Atom 2 1/12th scale GT12 pan car. The all-new steel alloy chassis makes for a very low centre of gravity, excellent for maximum cornering speeds and the all-new slide pivot system is a low friction, bind free design that maximises rear traction while still offering an easier build and low maintenance. Based on the British Championship winning Atom the Atom 2 also hosts many other new features such as an adjustable LiPo position, floating servo mount, a lightweight pod assembly, a hub carrier design with improved geometry giving faster cornering with no compromise to drivability as well as a thread insert design making work on the car much quicker and simpler. The car, that will become available in a carbon fibre and S2 fibre glass variant – both featuring the steel alloy chassis – will become available by the end of September.
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