October 17, 2017

Pro-Stock Series finale – Report

The final round of this year’s Pro-Stock Series was hosted by Germany’s Minidrom Ettlingen track. During the year the series was held in several regional races with a single national final concluding the season. A total of 52 drivers signed in for the final round that was held in the best possible weather conditions and in the 1/8th Stock class, run with mandatory 5-port Novarossi or Picco engines as well as a control BrilliantRC body shell, it was Jürgen Bähr (Shepherd) who took the TQ honours from Peter Poldvere (Infinity) and young David Kröger (Shepherd), the latter being a regular podium finisher in the Western division in his maiden nitro season.

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October 17, 2017

Muchmore Fleta M8.2 Competition 1/8th BL ESC

Muchmore have introduced the latest incarnation of their Fleta M8 brushless speed controller for 1/8th scale vehicles. The M8.2 features a machined aluminium case with Flow-Max technology for maximised cooling efficiency. The finely ripped heatsink is incorporated into the case for added cooling performance and an additional ultra high RPM cooling fan with aluminium guard further increases heat dissipation when using powerful motors or when running in high ambient temperatures. The M8.2 makes use of Muchmore’s RSS reversible switch system whose optional power switch allows to use the controller with power switch or, with the ESC being always on, switch-less. Also coming with the controller is a triple power capacitor that was designed to assist the latest LiPo technology and deliver a linear throttle feeling.

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October 17, 2017

Xray X10’18 aluminium flex chassis

Xray have introduced an aluminium flex chassis for the X10’18 200mm pan car kit. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised and with machined edge details, the 2mm chassis was developed to improve traction and car control on low, medium and high-bite tracks. Additional machining makes the chassis more flexible that full-face alloy main plates while also saving some weight. In addition to the chassis, Xray offers a suitable 2mm lower pod plate.

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October 17, 2017

Kabuto R21 Model ’18 nitro on-road engine

Coming from SMJ is the Kabuto R21 Model ’18 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. The power plant is based off of the O.S. Speed R2103 and it received a new liner, crankshaft and steel main bearing for improved low to mid range torque. The DLC-coated and tuned crankshaft features Tungsten weight balancing and the overall design ensures low fuel consumption even in the high-grip conditions the engine was developed for. The engine is available pre-broken-in to have faster access to its full potential.

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October 17, 2017

Xray X1 2018 1/10th formula kit – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of the X1 2018 1/10th formula kit. The highly popular car is understood to having received some subtle updates and all information and images should become available very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 17, 2017

Mon-Tech Racing T4 Space Deck spacers

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing has introduced the new Space Deck top deck spacers for the Xray T4 touring car. The ultra-flexible spacers are made from 0.4mm material and they can be used alone or stacked to heights of up to 1.2mm in order to lift the top deck to the preferred height. Doing so is understood to ultrafine-tune the flex characteristics of the car. The pack includes eight spacers and it is available soon.

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October 17, 2017

Nejc Mihelic takes Austrian 1/8th On-road title

The Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship concluded recently at the SFMAV Nußdorfring track and it was Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco/UFRA/Runner Time) with the overall title win. Herfried Pucher (ARC, Picco, UFRA, Runner Time) took the vice-championship from 3rd placed Alain Levy (Shepard, O.S., Matrix, Orcan) while young Pascal Knöller (ARC) was crowned the Austrian Youth Champion.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]


October 16, 2017

Arrowmax Cup Singapore Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Arrowmax Cup Singapore Series was held this past weekend. In the Modified class, which concurrently served as the second round of the Singapore National Series, Dominic Quek (Xray) battled it out with Nicholas Lee (Yokomo). Taking TQ after the four rounds of qualifying, Nicholas had the edge going into the triple finals. A1 went Nicholas’ way with a strong run despite early pressure from Dominic.

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