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October 5, 2018

Awesomatix sign Tim Wahl

Awesomatix have announced the signing of German top electric on-road racer, Tim Wahl to their factory team. The former ETS podium finisher will campaign the A800X Evo kit at all major races across Europe including the ETS and European Championships. The former long-time Xray pilot had the following to say about the deal:

I am more than happy to get the opportunity to join Awesomatix. Felt like the right time to make the move and I am excited for a new challenge. Working together with the team and also with the factory was what I was really looking for. I am thankful for this opportunity and I’m confident that I will achieve some good results. Honestly, I´m looking forward for a awesome time and the new chapter in my career. I would like to thank Xray and the Hudy family for their support during the last 13 years, and I wish them all the best.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

October 5, 2018

3Racing Sakura FF Evo 1/10th FWD touring car

Adding to the growing range of front wheel driven 1/10th touring cars is 3Racing’s new Sakura FF Evo. The car utilises a carbon fibre upper and lower deck construction for optimised flex characteristics and several battery positioning options. The new lower suspension arms are 1mm wider for increased track width and stability while the newly developed low-profile big bore shock absorbers ensure exceptional traction and side bite. Other features include a 17T nylon idler gear for durability, a zero tolerance steering design for improves steering characteristics and stability as well as metal bevel gears for the differential and a lightweight carbon fibre servo mount for reduced overall weight.

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October 4, 2018

Xray sign Gary Huang

Xray have announced the signing of multiple Chinese national champion, Gary Huang to their factory team. The PMTC, HKRCSA, AMA and Sanye Cup champion will campaign Xray’s T4 and RX8 platforms at races regional, national and international races such as the Chinese Nationals, AOC, OneTen Series, the Xray Racing Series China/Hong Kong and the TITC.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 4, 2018

Trinity Monster Horsepower even turn mod motors

Available now from Trinity are their new even turn 3.0T and 4.0T Monster Horsepower modified brushless motors. Designed for all-out power and speed the motors feature a new stator design, an aluminium-based sensor board, 2mm copper solder tabs, thermal stator coating and more vents for improved motor cooling. Other features include new 220°C wire coating, a new short stack stator design and grade 5 ball bearings. The motors are usable with all D3.5, D4 and 24K rotors.

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October 4, 2018

ARC R11 2019 – Coming soon

Coming mid-October is ARC’s latest incarnation of the popular R11 electric touring car kit. The 2019 variant will features several improvements such as all-new lower bulkheads, a new front bumper, new composite 20T centre pulleys, revised steering blocks, new rear uprights, new ultra short shock absorbers and floating receiver and ESC mounting. More details and full images are expected to surface soon.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

October 4, 2018

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd6 – Report

The HRT Houthalen track hosted round 6 of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals recently with the event promising exciting races on this small and technical track. Saturday was sunny with a lot of grip. Everyone was looking for the right setup because the championship was absent for a couple of years from this track. In the Efra class newly-crowned champion Olivier Bultynck set the pace in the qualifying heats. Mitchel van Es put his car on the 2nd spot and youngster Athan De Witte was really fast to take the 3rd spot.

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October 4, 2018

Exotek TRF103 upper arm set & bearing adapter

Coming from Exotek and made for the Tamiya TRF103 formula kit are and adjustable upper arm set and metric to 1/4” axle adapter set. Starting with the upper arm set, the new multi-adjustable and heavy duty CNC-machined arms allow to make quick and precise camber and caster adjustments on the fly and even without taking off the body shell. The arm set is precision machined for the smoothest arm movement and offers incrementally more adjustment abilities than the stock arms and also there will be six less stock O-rings to possibly lose and fall apart. The set includes two 7075 alloy caster adjusters, two smooth action machined delrin camber adjusters, two alloy swivel balls for upper nylon arms, four 3mm roll centre spacers, four alloy 4.8mm pivot balls, four hardened steel 3mm turnbuckles and hardware as well as four heavy duty nylon ball cups.

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October 3, 2018

Xpress Execute XQ1 vertical top deck set

Coming from Xpress and made foe the Execute XQ1 and XQ1S kits is a vertical top deck set. The multi-piece top deck was designed to replace the standard top deck with a construction that will increase both forward traction and side bite in low to medium grip track conditions. Several flex features allow to adjust lateral grip by adding or removing centre stiffeners while the design also allows to connect the top deck with the motor mount stiffener post. The set includes all needed parts to perform the conversion.

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