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April 9, 2018

Phat Bodies GT12 Zed wing pack

Phat Bodies have introduced their new Zed wing pack that has been developed as an alternative to the popular kit wing included with the company’s GTM and GTF body shells. The wings are supplied with new profiles for a different feel on track. Both can also be tuned to varied heights for high and low downforce tracks and they are moulded in 0.75mm Lexan polycarbonate to give minimal deflection under load for maximum downforce yet also lightweight to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible.

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April 9, 2018

T-Works aluminium exhaust locks

Coming from T-Works is a set of aluminium exhaust locks for most .21 and .12 exhaust pipes. The machined aluminium parts are designed to sandwich the pipe end in addition to the standard muffler grub screw, making for additional security and peace of mind in long mains or when running on rutted tracks. The machined aluminium items come black anodised for wear, in sets of two and including four grub screws.

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April 9, 2018

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championships Rd1 – Report

The first round of the BRCA 1/8th circuit championships was held at the Cotswolds track. Saturday’s practice started at around 10am when a couple of racers started braving out the track, clearing puddles. Lap times were not great because of the conditions but people were actually happy to be able to be on the track and everyone veered into the afternoon without much drama. The track was now dry and cars looked faster and faster. The big unknown was how cars would react with additive on the tyres and there were mixed opinions, with some deciding not to use any. Did it make a difference? Some say it did, some say there is no point. The usual culprits seemed to be leading the way, Mark Green, Andy Hastings, Neal King, Tim Wood to name but a few. David Spashett, last year’s runner up, was absent but Alex Thurston was back in nitro after two very successful years in 8th electric. It would be rather interesting to see on the Sunday how people would actually get on with their new cars in race conditions. After the sound of blistering lap times – for the conditions – the day was over and it was time to try and warm up for most racers. The afternoon had been dry but the wind chill created quite a cold feeling.

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April 9, 2018

Team Associated TC7.1 brass arm mounts

Coming from Team Associated are new brass arm mount for the TC7.1, TC7 and TC6.2 series of touring cars. They were designed to replace the stock machined aluminium outer and inner mounts with machined brass versions for increased mass. Each outer mount is 7 grams heavier than the aluminium version while the inner mounts add 2.5 grams each. A combination of these mounts, or completely replacing the stock mounts, helps with tuning the overall centre of mass. The suspension hangers are sold in pairs and the additional weight of the mounts is laser-etched.

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April 9, 2018

2017/18 VRS-Micro Touring Series – Report

The 2017/18 VRS-Micro Touring Series was held from October to April at the Vestfold RC Center in south east Norway in 1/28th scale Modified and Stock classes. The series is run on ETS-style carpet using RC Atomic and GL-Racing cars with a total of 25 racers attending in the free-kV Modified and 3500kV Stock categories. Going into the final round five drivers were battling for the overall championship with 12-years young Team Atomic Norway driver Olav Dahle being the fastest driver through the season, taking a total of four wins in the series. And with a win in the final race he would also seal the overall championship from Torbjørn Jørgensen (Atomic) and Atomic driver Tommy Lønn.

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April 8, 2018

Power HD sign Marc Rheinard

Power HD have announced the signing of 4-times IFMAR World Champion, Marc Rheinard to their team. The 6-times Reedy Race Champion and multi-time European and German Champion will be using Power HD’s high end servos Storm-7, Storm-5, R12 and B7-Revolution at events such as the IFMAR 1/10th ISTC and 1/12th World Championships, the ETS and EOS races and also at major international events such as the TITC, Reedy Race, and others. Rheinard will also assist Power HD with research and development and the German has the following to say:

I would like to thank Power HD to give me the opportunity to race for them. I tried the servos and i´m really happy with the performance and quality of all the servos they have. My brother, ToniSport is selling them in Europe which was another factor for me.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

April 6, 2018

2018 Schumacher BTCC Rd1 – Report

The 2018 Schumacher BTCC season started on a cold Easter weekend at the picturesque Cotswold circuit. In spite of the weather there were eight heats and some of Britain’s best touring car drivers in attendance, for their first outdoor race of the year. Olly Jeffries secured TQ in Touring Car Modified for Xray, closely followed by Elliott Harper for Schumacher. A close final was anticipated but unfortunately Elliott’s speed control failed on the start line, which allowed Olly to take a relatively comfortable win from Alex Hagberg (Xray) who fought off a strong challenge from Chris Grainger (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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April 6, 2018

Kyosho V-One R4 aluminium wheel axle shafts

Kyosho have introduced a new set of aluminium wheel axle shafts for their V-One R4 series of 1/10th 200mm nitro kits. The wheel axles fit the #VZW219 and #VZW401 universal swing shafts and they scrub 14g of weight compared to the standard steel items, reducing both unsprung and rotational mass for improved handling and quicker acceleration. The shafts come as pairs and they are usable with the all R4 series cars including the V-One R4, R4 SP, R4s and R4s II as well as the R4 Evo.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]