The 209RCRaceway of Stockton, California was hosting the Carpet Champs 2019 over the weekend with nearly 100 entries. Four rounds of qualifying was held with double A-main formats. Tiebreakers were determined by the fastest single main, making for some good fun and close racing in some of the classes. In Modified Touring it was Eric Albano with the win from Gonzalo Cortes and Michael Lee in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Coming in March is Kyosho’s updated FW-06 Audi LMS ready-to-run set. The shaft-driven 200mm nitro touring car features Kyosho’s intermediate level FW-06 chassis that comes equipped with a front pivot ball suspension, large volume threaded aluminium shock absorbers, an enclosed radio box and an adjustable 2-speed transmission. Other features include the new slide carburettor KE15 SP engine, a 2.4GHz radio system as well as a Audi R8 LMS body shell with a scale rear wing design.
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Coming from 7075.it and made for Xray’s aluminium flex and extra flex chassis is a LCG battery plate. Weighing it at 35g and adding only 0.5mm of height to the battery compartment area, the plate fits snuggly into the herringbone-shaped chassis cutout, interlocking with the main plate while not disturbing natural flex. The result is an improved weight balance when using low centre of gravity LiPo batteries without doing away with their advantages of lowering the overall centre of gravity. The plate comes in a shiny natural finish and sports dark logos and writings for looks and easy identification.
UFRA have announced the signing of IFMAR World and EFRA European Champion, Simon Kurzbuch to their team. The former Contact factory pilot and ENS regular will use UFRA tyres at all open tyre events while also helping with research and development of new products.
Source: UFRA [ufra-tyres.ch]
ARC have announced the return of German 1/8th on-road frontrunner, Lars Hoppe, to their 1/8th on-road team. After being with Shepherd for two years, the current German National Champion, Worlds A-main and multiple ENS podium finisher will use ARC’s R8.2 nitro on-road and R11 electric touring platforms in his 2019 campaign that will see appearances at the ENS and ETS races as well as select national and international events. Lars says:
At first I want to thank team Shepherd for the great two years and wish them all the best. I am very happy to rejoin ARC in 1/8th Class, and race now again electric and nitro for this great company I want to thank TiTAN R/C for the great opportunity and I am happy to work again very close together. For the 2019 nitro season I will participate the Euro Nitro Series, The German Championship, local and international races. I am looking forward to work with this great team!
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Yeah Racing have announced the soon release of their new 30mm aluminium case boost cooling fan. Being housed in an alloy rather than a plastic case, the fan will make for improved cooling efficiency not only because of its optimised case design but also by adding to the overall cooling surface when mounted to a speed controller heat sink. The case design also allows to use it as a motor cooling fan for extreme conditions. The fan is 8.4V high-voltage compatible, it utilises dual ball bearings and is available in black, blue or red colour.
Made for the T4’19 touring car is Xray’s new 2.5mm carbon fibre upper bumper holder. A direct replacement for the standard composite parts the bumper brace supports Xray’s new adjustable body mount design and it ensures improved foam retention and cooler looks. The part is machined from 2.5mm high-quality carbon fibre and it includes two alloy bushings for mounting.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from T-Works and made for the Xray T4 2017 to 2019 kits is a highly adjustable battery holder kit. The set includes L-shaped carbon fibre battery locators, lightweight aluminium or heavy brass mounts as well as two types of battery hold down stand offs for low-profile 18mm or standard 25mm tall batteries. The actual height of the hold downs is adjustable and the battery holder set allows to shift the battery pack left to right and forth/back a couple of millimetres in order to fine-tune the chassis weight bias.
