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June 7, 2024

Schumacher Mi9 Motor Mount Weights

Schumacher has released two new optional motor mount weights for its recently launched Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The Mi9 has been refined in many key areas, optimising it’s centre of gravity, unsprung mass and reducing it’s polar moment of inertia with tactical weight reductions. With this in mind, these new motor mount weights allow for the perfect placement of additional weight in order to meet weight regulations in the best possible way. Offering two versions, the 22g Motor Mount Weight was created with Stock racing in mind with maximum pinion size clearance (all pinions fit as per Mi9 gear chart). The 26g Motor Mount Weight allows power roller to be fitted (max pinion size 50T 64dp, 37T 48dp).

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June 6, 2024

RC Atomic MRX SF (Simple Front) System

1:28 specialist manufacturer RC Atomic has released this new SF (Simple Front) System for their MRX 1:28 pan car. Having launched its new MRX pan car series in January, the car making use of “Link-less Rear Pod” design meaning the traditional side links are removed from the car, the SF System is a simpler set up that the kit front end. Easy to build, it is easy to get symmetric making it easy to tune and set up.
The entire front bulkhead is made from aluminium and anodised Atomic gold. Camber adjustment is made with provided 0.2mm shims. 6 shims = 0 degree, 4 shims = 1 degree, 2 shims = 2 degree, no shim = 3 degree. The overall front width with 0 offset rim is 73 mm.

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June 6, 2024

Iris team repeat FWD sweep at Austrian Nationals Rd 2

After a clean sweep at the opening round of the Austrian Nationals which was held at the MRC Wr. Neustadt track last month, the Iris Team enjoyed further success in FWD Touring Car category at Round 2. Racing at the MACG Steiermark track, this time it was Iris driver Philipp Stadler who went one better than Round 1 to take the TQ and the win. Loris Buchhalt and Round 1 winner Matheo Buchhalt would make it another podium clean podium sweep for the Iris ONE.05 FWD. In Modified, Patrick Gollner took his Xray to the win having start from the TQ with Tobias Sutrich and Daniel Tomaschko completing the podium.

Source: IRIS [iris-racing.com]

June 5, 2024

Ehrbar & Lee win at FFFF1 RC Race

The FFFF1 RC Race took place over the weekend at the Riccione track on Italy’s Adriatic coast where Xray duo David Ehrbar and Luke Lee took the wins, Lee winning a rather innovative ‘Long run’ 20-minute final. Attracting a number of international drivers a field of capacity 72 competitors from 7 nations made for an impressive F1 gathering with all cars running to the same technical regulations of using Hobbywing’s Justock 21.5 combo, minimum ratio of 2.4, and very resistant Fenix A rubber tyres. In the qualify German Ehrbar secured the TQ ahead of local star Gianni Zonzini and Dutch F1 stalwart Jitse Miedema. With 12 different brands of car represented at the event in the finals it was Ehrbar who completed a clean sweep to win ahead of Fenix Racing’s Miedema with Lee coming through from P6 on the grid to complete the traditional format finals. To complete the weekend in Riccione, drivers had the opportunity to try something different with a single 20-minute that include two mandatory pit stops. Drivers had a pit stop window with the first stop needing to take place between 2nd and 9th minute and the second between the 12th and 18th minute. Ehrbar would make a early mistake and unfortunately for Miedema his race was done after 5-laps as drivers faced a few drops of rain. All the while Lee was leading the way chased by a train of drivers but at the end of the 20-minutes the British racer had 2-second advantage over Luca Buono who was closely followed by Gonzalo Garcia for the final podium place and all all Xray Top 3.

View ‘Long Run’ podium here

June 5, 2024

Veseli wins European Large Scale Series Round 2

The second round of the European Large Scale Series took place at Lostallo in Switzerland over the weekend where MCD Racing’s Dario Veseli took the win. In qualifying it was the Mecatech of Emanuele D’Amico winner of the season opener in Bologna in March who took secured the TQ. The Italian set the fastest time in the 3rd round of qualifying with reigning World Champion Markus Feldmann second fastest ahead of fellow German Veseli. With the Top 2 locked into the half hour final, reigning European Champion Veseli would win his Semi final to secure P3 on the grid while World Championship Top Qualifier Marius Hetland won the other putting the Norwegian fourth on the grid for the main event. In a rain effected final, the rain arriving as the race enter the second half, a decision to switch the wet tyres would pay dividend for Veseli allowing him to take the win by almost a lap from D’Amico with Hetland getting passed Feldmann to complete the podium.

Image: MCD Racing [Facebook]

June 5, 2024

MCD Racing announce 1:8 GT Onroad market entry

One of 1:5 scale racing’s most successful manufacturers, MCD Racing has announced plans to enter the 1:8 GT Onroad market with its own electric car. The Turkish based manufacturer who are the reigning European Large Scale Touring Car Champions with Dario Veseli posted the announcement on their social media. Together with an image of sketches of an 1:8 GT Onroad chassis they wrote, ‘Exciting news! Over the past few months, we have been working on a new project: developing a new 1:8 scale GT-E 4WD car. Keep an eye for further updates!’.

Source: MCD Racing [mcdracing.com]

June 4, 2024

Canas wraps up National title with 3 from 3

Factory Sworkz star Juan Carlos Canas has wrapped up the Spanish 1:8 Nitro Buggy National title early with his third win of the season in as many races. The reigning European Champion, who this year has the potential to consecutively hold a National, European and World title, secured the TQ and win at the third round which was hosted at the Circuito de Alhaurin de la Torre over the weekend. Winner of the Silver State Indoor Championships in the US last month, starting from pole after winning his Semi Final in the fastest time, Canas was chased home over the 45-minute final by the Tekno of João Figueiredo, who after qualifying P18 after a tough five rounds of heats, started 4th on the grid. Posting the fastest lap of the race, in the end he would finish just 4.7-seconds back from Canas. Despite a bad tyre choice, Daniel Pariente made it a second Tekno on the podium as he finished third.

Image: Sworkz [Facebook]

June 4, 2024

Infinity IF11-2 Alu Servo Mount Set

Infinity has released a new optional Aluminium Servo Mount Set for its IF11-2 1:10 Formula chassis. The high-precision, machined high-rigidity aluminium servo mount increases the mounting rigidity of the steering servo enhancing the steering response and allowing the servo’s performance to be fully utilised.

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