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August 24, 2015

RC Concept EC8 1/8th scale brushless motor

French company RC Concept introduce their new EC8 electric brushless motor for 1/8th scale classes. Featuring a 7075-T6 aluminium can, high-quality neodymium magnet and copper wire material, the motor will produce more torque while offering increased efficiency. The backplate sports dual sensor ports and the motor is available in a 1900kv, 2100kv and 2500kv variant all of which are usable with 3S to 4S input.

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August 24, 2015

Capricorn Lab C802 front body support

Capricorn have a new front body support kit for the Lab C802 1/8th scale on-road car available. Ball bearing equipped carbon fibre plates attach to the front lower A-arms with the assembly helping to retain the bodyshell’s front fenders at a certain height to make for better aerodynamics and less body and tyre scrub during hard cornering. Included in the set come two carbon fibre brackets, ball races and mounting hardware.

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August 24, 2015

Corally 75W soldering station

New from Corally comes a 75W soldering station. Featuring a high-power Hakko heating element the station reaches the working temperature fast while the microprocessor-controlled unit allows for easy setup and temperature adjustment in 1 degree Celsius increments. The soldering iron sports a comfortable rubber handle and the soldering tip is replaceable without any additional tools. A sleeping mode and automatic shutdown makes for convenient, economic and secure usage of the station that allows for a temperature range of 200 to 450 degree Celsius or the respective Fahrenheit equivalent.

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August 24, 2015

Nicholas Lee wins Modified Touring class at AOC Rd3

The 3rd round of the Asian On-Road Championships was held at the Urban Playspace track in Singapore. Despite a low turnout of drivers for the event, competition was high with most of Singapore’s top drivers present along with a few racers from Malaysia. The race format saw six qualifying rounds of which four counted toward the qualifying result. Nicholas Lee was the man to beat in the Touring Car Modified class and he would take the TQ in front of Daryl Thong who battled it out with PY Tang for the 2nd place on the grid.

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August 24, 2015

Muchmore UK GP Series Rd2 – Report

Muchmore UK GP Series Rd2 - Report

The second round of the 2015 GP series, was hosted by the Carlisle Radio Model Car Club in the North West of England. The event runs four qualifying rounds on the Saturday with a further two on Sunday morning, followed by triple finals and featuring the five classes of Touring Car Modified, Pro-Stock, Spec, Mini and Formula. In Modified, Xray driver Peter Eagles repeated his success at last month’s round in Stonehaven and took the win in Modified from John Simpson (Schumacher) in second and Adam Howe (Team Durango) in third.

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August 24, 2015

Marcin Maliński wins at Polish 1/8th buggy race

A recent 1/8th Buggy race held in Nowa Gadaka near Lodz saw Serpent racer Marcin Maliński taking the win in the main final with his O.S. powered ride. Fellow racers Igor Goderski (Serpent/O.S.) and Borys Nitschke (Serpent/Novarossi) came in second and third respectively.

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August 24, 2015

Samix SCX-10 aluminium hub carriers

Samix have new aluminium hub carriers for the Axial SCX-10 off-road truck available. They are machined from high-quality aluminium and are designed to replace the stock hubs for more durable parts. The laser-etched hub carriers are available in the four colours of green, black, gun metal and silver, they are direct replacements for the stock carriers and include suitable mounting hardware.

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August 24, 2015

Itävuori & Salmela win 40+ Electric Buggy Worlds

This past weekend the first ever unofficial 40+ 1/10th Electric Off-road World Championships were held in Vaasa, Finland. Run at the same track that hosted the 2011 IFMAR World Championships the event attracted a good amount of drivers. Finnish racer Jari Itävuori made a clean sweep in the 4WD qualifiers to take the overall TQ by winning all four qualifying rounds. Sami Salmela started from second on the grid and Peter Ylikorpi came in third. The opening 4WD A-main then had Itävuori scoring the win with Salmela second and Ylikorpi third.

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