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August 27, 2018

BRCA Touring Car Series Rd5 – Report

The final race in the BRCA Touring Car Series was a very wet and windy affair but despite the poor weather the Bedworth club put on a great event that was very well received by the strong 100 car entry. In the lead up to the last national of 2018 Olly Jefferies had dominated testing in the Modified class and despite a lack of traction in round one which saw him down the order the Xray driver went on to take TQ and in doing so setting an impressive record of taking TQ at every UK national this season and in 2017. Lining up behind Jefferies on this occasion was his team mate Alex Hagberg with Elliott Harper 3rd for Schumacher.

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August 27, 2018

Urban Touring Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Urban Touring Series was run this past weekend under scorching conditions at the rooftop circuit at the Singapore-based Urban PlaySpace. A smaller than usual field took to the start, but, with all the championship contenders in attendance, a highly competitive race was assured. In Saturday’s practice, it was PY Tang, Sean Lee and Dominic Quek that set the pace for the rest. Come race day, it was the same trio leading the way in qualifying. In Q1, PY Tang (ARC) drew first blood in the battle on new tyres, TQ-ing the round by almost 3 secs over Dominic Quek (Xray). PY would repeat in Q2, but by a significantly smaller margin of just 0.7s over Dominic. In Q3, Dominic finally managed to TQ – by 0.3s over PY – a qualifying round. In the final round of qualifying, it was the orange-white car of Dominic again who TQ-ed by a 0.5s margin. With two of the four qualifying rounds counting, PY would secure overall TQ by virtue of his faster Q1 time. Dominic would have to settle for a P2 start in the A-main, with Sean Lee (TRF) starting P3.

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August 27, 2018

SMJ 1/10th GP car 2-speed & clutch springs

SMJ have introduced new 2-speed transmission and clutch springs for 1/10th nitro on-road cars. The 2-speed springs come in soft specification while the clutch spring is a super soft variant – ideal for sport class engines such as the lightly tuned O.S. Max 12TG. The springs are available separately and they fit most of today’s 1/10th scale 200mm nitro on-road kits.

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August 27, 2018

RC-Cox IF14 low roll centre suspension mounts

Coming from RC-Cox and made for the Infinity IF14 touring car are 0.5mm low roll centre suspension mounts. Available in -40.0, -44.5 and -46.0 settings the mounts lower the inner suspension pins by 0.5mm compared to the standard parts for increased front traction and more on-power steering. The suspension hangers come machined from aluminium and they are black anodised and sport red colour edge details for looks.

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August 27, 2018

Pemberton Raceworks titanium core carbon fibre

Pemberton Raceworks have announced our their release in the form of Titanium Core carbon fibre. The material combines the unmatched toughness of titanium and the stiffness and yield resistance of carbon fibre into a product that offers ideal flex parameters for RC car racing. Developed with materials experts in both the high strength metals industry and the composites industry the composite material offers additional weight ballast built into the chassis material for the lowest possible CG obtainable with the material being 20 percent heavier that the aluminium used in popular on-road chassis’s today. Exceptional yield properties maki chassis tweaking a thing of the past as does the unmatched impact strength. The standard material is 2.25mm thick and comes in 600mm x 300mm sheets. Pemberton Raceworks engineering team is available to assist with your design needs, provide CNC services, and to customise this material to specific requirements.

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August 25, 2018

RCLabHK TB05 carbon fibre shock towers

RCLabHK have announced the release of their new carbon fibre shock towers for the Tamiya TB05 touring car. They are cut from high-quality material and designed to replace the standard items, ensuring higher precision and stability. In addition the rear shock stays offer the same body post locations as the TRF series cars. The shock stays were designed for the use with the standard length kit shock absorbers and they are available separately for the front and the rear of the car.

Source: RCLabHK [facebook.com]

August 25, 2018

Protoform Vulcan Pro10 body shell – Coming soon

Protoform have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming Vulcan 1/10th Pro10 body shell. Considered to be a wide version of the the popular 235mm Swift body, the shell will fit a number of chassis that either offer a wider front or rear end, such as some European Pro10 cars. The body will make a first appearance at the forthcoming 2018 Protoform Cup held at Steel City R/C Raceway in Fontana, California with the official release expected to happen shortly after.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

August 24, 2018

Phat Bodies GTF superlight GT12 body shell

Phat Bodies’ popular GTF GT12 body shell is now also available in a superlight variant. Using a new forming process the shell was successfully lightened in key upper areas like the roof section and rear wing to reduce overall weight and lower the centre of gravity. At the same time the front end and splitter are still super rigid for good aero and great durability. The body is fully BRCA homologated for National and International GT12 competition.

Source: Phat Bodies [phatbodies.com]