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July 17, 2019

Trinity ultra lightweight aluminium pinion gears

Trinity have introduced their new ultra lightweight aluminium pinion gears. Offering a minimalistic design and a thin appearance, the gears are over 25 percent lighter than previous gears, and are comparable with thin plastic gears in terms of weight. The latter however are very delicate and can often strip, with the alloy gears offering exceptional strength for their low weight and thin design. The hard-coated gears are available in 64 pitch and 48 pitch variants and in a wide range of tooth sizes.

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July 17, 2019

2019 RCRA Queensland State Titles – Report

The Sic Surface 2019 Queensland State titles saw drivers from the local clubs and some drivers from NSW come to race on the Charger’s RC race track on a lovely Queensland winter weekend. This one of a kind track with the Sic Surface coating, produces a high grip, low maintenance, long wearing track that stands up to the elements, Sic Surface is well known in Australia and New Zealand for their BMX tracks, and Charger’s RC track is the first RC track that the company had done, providing some great racing over the weekend. With the high grip track 2WD Mod was always going to be about how hard you could push the buggy, from early on it was going to be the battle between the Australian and Queensland current champ, Christopher Sturdy and his team mate Alex Bernadzik, Christopher Sturdy taking Q1, Q3 and Q4 to take out the TQ with Alex in 2nd and Mitchell Pratt in 3rd. A1 Alex Bernadzik took the win but in A2 and A3 it was all Christopher Sturdy taking the wins and the title over Alex Bernadzik with Mitchell Pratt in 3rd.

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July 16, 2019

JConcepts Super Indoor Tour Rd1 – Report

Summer time racing in Florida can be a huge challenge with daily thunder storms rolling through causing havoc with many of the state’s outdoor tracks. JConcepts decided to keep racing going strong throughout the summer time rain and kicked off its inaugural Super Indoor Tour this past weekend at NewRed Hobbies located in Ocala, Florida. With this new 3-race series, the organisers decided to try out a new race format giving racers more track time and heads-up racing. Qualifying would consist of 2 rounds of 4-minute long qualifiers using the best 3 consecutive laps with a resort between rounds 1 and 2. All racers then get to race double mains (no bumps) for all classes giving them more heads-up racing and multiple chances to produce their best results. Overall finishing position would be determined by your best finish with fastest time being the tie-break, so if bad luck struck in the first main, you still had a shot of the overall win or a better finish from main 2.

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July 12, 2019

Performa Racing P1 HMX 10 brushless controller

Performa Racing have introduced their new P1 HMX 10 brushless speed controller for 1/10th scale vehicles. To allow for simpler, more user-oriented tuning, the controller features four different pre-defined settings based on the track condition, doing away with the need to carry a programming box or computer. The four settings have been tuned by Performa Racing’s engineering team together with their World Champion drivers to deliver maximum performance and simplicity. The settings are accessible by simply pressing a button on the switch. For racers that want to dig deeper and fine tune the programs, Performa will offer a PC software that will allow to change the parameters, within guidelines that ensure drivers don’t get lost, and keeping them in the optimal performance range.

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July 10, 2019

Team Power LCG brass weights

Coming soon from Team Powers are four new brass weights that help to fine-tune weight balance or up the overall weight of cars and batteries. The range will include a 95x34mm 13.2g under battery weight, as well as a 42x20mm 3.8g, a 30x15mm 2.0g and a 22x27mm 1.6g weight. The 3.8g weights are an ideal attachment to lightweight 22.5mm height LCG batteries while the 2.0g weights fit into the under-motor pockets of on-road and off-road chassis. All weights are made of 0.5mm copper brass material and come they black coated for wear and looks.

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July 10, 2019

Shepparton Radio Control Car Club Showdown – Report

The 1st Showdown was held at Shepparton Radio Control Car Club the newest event to join the prestigious Victorian Drivers Series in Australia. With National and State Champions in attendance in the event was super competitive and well received. Starting on Saturday with a well prepared dirt/clay track a groove formed quickly during practice, however with a unfamiliar track and a un-abrasive surface tyre choice was a challenge for racers on the deceptively technical layout. With qualifying starting Saturday then finishing Sunday morning, the event was unfortunately cut short during the second round of finals due to rain, it was enough racing to get a result and competitors were more then happy with the event as a whole.

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July 9, 2019

JConcepts RM2 Red O-ring grease and treatment

Coming from JConcepts is the RM2 Red O-ring grease and treatment. The grease helps seal the shock shaft to O-rings and prevents unwanted leakage while still smooth enough to maintain the plush action a race shock requires. Another added bonus of using a treatment in this area is additional protection against dirt, dust and built-up on the shock-shafts, this can lead to less damage on the shafts during heavy-usage. The high-quality, smooth consistency grease comes in a clean and simple container for application and storage.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 5, 2019

X-Grip Premium Graphene 7.4V 6000mAh battery pack

Italian X-Grip distributors Mikimodel have announced the release of the Premium Graphene series 7.4V 6000mAh LiPo battery pack. Built from highest quality 150C cells the pack is considered to be the most powerful of X-Grip’s competition battery line and it measures a low profile 137x45x22mm for a lower overall centre of gravity.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]