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July 2, 2013

2013 IRCC Airport Race – Report

2013 IRCC Airport Race – report

The annual IRCC Airport Race took place at the Chubu International Airport in Japan. The carpet race track was set-up in the airport’s event place making it easy for foreign competitors to enter the race. A total of seven classes was run at the meeting that saw legend RC driver Masami Hirosaka attending both in the Stock Touring and 1/12 GT class. The race catered mainly for Japanese drivers but the attendance of Scotty Ernst, who not only announced several of the finals but who also attended the meeting as a driver, gave the IRCC an international touch. Another noticeable international contender was Jonathan Chia, a Singapore Airlines pilot who landed on Sunday morning and joined the race straight after. Although he missed the first day of the event, he enjoyed the race and considers to come again next year when the organisers aim to create an even more international race.

Thanks to Atsushi Hasegawa for sending the report.

July 2, 2013

RDRP Ultra Multi Wrench

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the cross-shaped Ultra Multi Wrench. Made from CNC-machined 7075 aluminium and high-grade spring steel the tool incorporates a 5.5mm and 7.0mm socket wrench and 1.5mm and 2.0mm hex tips. Coming in black colour with laser-etched logos the tool is ideal all 1/10th and 1/8th scale duties.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

July 2, 2013

LRP S10 Twister motor plate & steel gears

Designed for the S10 Twister range of cars are LRP’s new machined aluminium motor mount plate and the steel transmission gear set. Starting with the motor plate, the part is CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium, comes blue anodised and with machined recessions to lower the parts’ weight. The design makes for added rigidity of the motor and transmission area while offering additional cooling when using high-performance brushless motors. The second new part is the steel transmission gear set for the Twister range. Included in the set are a metal input, idler and differential gear as well as a composite material gear diff cover. The parts offer increased durability and are ideal when using low turn brushless setups. Both the motor plate and the gear set are usable in the S10 Twister buggy, truggy and short course truck.

Click here to see the other new parts

July 2, 2013

Much More Perfect Glow Plug Stocker

New from Much More comes the Perfect Glow Plug Stocker, a storage container for turbo-type glow plugs. The lower half sports threaded holes to hold the plugs and to protect the delicate glow coils, while the upper half, the lid, is held in place by four magnets for simplicity. The container comes black anodised with white MM logos.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

July 2, 2013

LaTrax 1/18th 4WD rally car

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Founded by Mike Jenkins in the 1970’s LaTrax was one of the first companies to offer fully assembled high-performance ready-to-run cars. Today the brand is powered by RTR pioneers Traxxas and first up is their all-wheel drive LaTrax Rally, an 1/18th scale 4WD rally car. The vehicle comes factory assembled and features a fully independent suspension with fixed length steering and camber rods, coil-over shock absorbers, a shaft drivetrain, composite material tub chassis and pre-mounted slick tyres. Included in the set is a long range 2.4GHz radio system with full-size wheel radio, water-proof steering servo and protected fully proportional electronic speed control. The car is powered by a 370-size brushed motor and comes including a 5-cell NiMH battery pack, AC charger and four AA-size dry cells. The micro-size rally car is available in one of four body shell colours with a wide range of performance-enhancing option parts is in the making as we type.

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July 2, 2013

MIP Pro4mance 5-40 aluminium nuts

MIP introduce their ultra lightweight 5-40 aluminium locknuts for all TLR and Losi SCTE vehicles. Included in the set, that scrubs around 9 gram of weight, are 26 nuts for the Losi SCTE and TLR SCTE 2.0 as well as MIP Pro4mance converted trucks. The nuts are made from aircraft grade aluminium and are of course also usable on all other vehicles with imperial hardware.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

July 2, 2013

Control tires for IFMAR 1/8th Worlds

IFMAR have made a surprise announcement that they will run control tires at this year’s 1/8th Worlds in Japan. This is in response to the ongoing tire treatment story which it says “…is a poison that keeps drivers at home and for sure also the reason a lot of drivers stopped in 2012. Although we are able to detect the majority of the products that are available there is still a market and this market tries to make products that are more and more difficult to detect. It is like doping in all sport activities, there will always be people that want to try it and people that produce it.” It will however not be a single brand control tire but in fact a control tire from multiple manufacturers as long as they will be supplying at least 10 drivers at the event. All tires from all brands must be identical in diameter as well as shore and they will be accepting applications from tire companies in the next 2 weeks. Read the full statement here (PDF).

July 1, 2013

2013 Nordic Championships – Announcement

2013 Nordic Championships - Announcement

This year’s Nordic Championships for 1/8th offroad will be held in Vantaan Vauhtikeskus, Finland from the 2nd to the 4th of August. Your standard Nordics format, best 2 from 4 rounds of qualifying with EFRA style finals, the track has a clay surface with approximately 5 jump combinations with lap times of about 39-40 seconds. Entries are open until the 27th of July so if you wish to compete against the best Scandinavians then get signed up. You can find more information here (PDF).