Available now from Fenix Racing is a set of 0.5mm and 1.0mm carbon fibre shims for the from end of the G56 pan car kits. The set allows to quickly and precisely tune front end ground clearance with the slotted design ensuring convenient use without having to fully undo the front suspension screws.
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HPI Racing have introduced their new RS4 Sport 3 Flux Ford GT Heritage Edition ready-to-run 1/10th scale kit. The popular shaft-driven 4WD tub chassis is equipped with a powerful brushless motor, capable of propelling the GT racer to speed of over 100km/h while the iconic Ford GT body sports the ultimate classic racing livery with its Gulf Racing colozrs! Fitted with colour-matching Ford GT wheels, this car is an immediate head-turner. It also comes with a 2.4GHz radio system and all that is needed to get this bad boy running is a suitable car battery and charger.
Coming from Vigor is a new narrow carbon fibre top deck for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre the top deck is 9mm wide, making for softer flex characteristics than the standard item, which comes in handy especially in lower grip track surfaces. The upper deck is available in 1.6mm and 2.0mm thickness to further widen the range of possible chassis flex settings.
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The Swiss Indoor Championship was held in Pfäffikon this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Serpent’s Dionys Stadler with a clean sweep, taking the TQ, win and fastest lap in the process. Yokomo’s Michele Manzo had to settle for 2nd overall in front of Mugen’s Simon Kurzbuch in 3rd. Marco Kaufmann and Oliver Krähemann ended the race in 4th and 5th respectively.
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The French Modelisme XtremeRace club held its traditional Christmas race this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest 1/10th off-road drivers in attendance. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Armand Lantheaume with the TQ and win from Noha Benmohamed in 2nd. In the 4WD class it was Patrick Jr Auvinet from Arnaud Matohanza and Armand Lantheaume.
The Arrowmax Cup 2018 finals and China Open Nationals were a joint event that was held this past weekend at the Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, China. More than 100 drivers attended in the Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula categories. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Gary Huang was the top seed after the controlled practice with Yokomo driver Nicholas Lee and Serpent driver “Rocket” Jack Zhang coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the Stock class Mugen driver Yan Cheung from Hong Kong took the 1st spot while Serpent driver “Stick King” Wai Yin Fung was the top seed of the Formula class.
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Coming from RC-Project and made for the Team Associated TC7.2 and 7.1 touring cars are aluminium spool outdrives. Precision-machined from 7075-T6 Ergal material the outdrives weigh in at only 3.5g for the part, making for greatly reduced rotational mass compared to the standard steel items while allowing to use CVA blades in order to improve durability of both the CVA shafts and outdrives. The parts come hard-anodised in black and sport a laser-etched RC-Project logo.
Serpent have officially announced the release of their new F110 SF4 1/10th formula pan car kit. Around in prototype stages for some time now the kit will finally hit stores in December. The SF4 variant is based on the ETS-winning SF3, however the biggest update is the new bearing-supported rear pod design that does away with traditional side links, ensuring a linear roll movement during cornering which ensures independent cornering from braking or acceleration. While this doesn’t change much in terms of mid corner handling, the construction gives an unprecedented consistency and stability at corner entry under braking and when applying steering input and also at corner exit when the throttle is hit before the steering is completely straight. This allows to brake and accelerate harder into and out of the corner.
