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January 5, 2024

Raptor ‘Gold’ 1:8 GT Chassis

Italian 1:8 Nitro GT National Championship frontrunner and European Championship finalist Loris Luise has shared images of the latest evolution of the chassis from niche manufacturer Raptor, the 2024 ‘Gold’ model. Winner of the second round of the championship but loosing out on the 2023 title to World Championship Top Qualifier Alex D’angelo, Luise describes the chassis as receiving small enhancements thanks to the collaboration with Andrea Contarini, Luigi Baroncini, Luigino Luise and William Galli. With a super aggressive look, he added that many details are invisible from the photos but can be seen them directly on the track.

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January 5, 2024

Salemi joins Nova Engines

Nova Engines has announced the signing of factory Capricorn driver Mirko Salemi who will race the Italian manufacturer’s 1:8 Onroad engines as part of his 2024 race program. The Italian who capped of the 2023 season with victory at the season finale of the Euro Nitro Series at Leno in Italy, makes the switch from World Champion engine tuner Max Power having collaborated with Massimo Fantini for a decade.

Source: Nova Engines [nova-engines.com]

January 3, 2024

Hobbywing announce Lee in dual role

One of Asia’s top international touring car racers Nicolas Lee has been announced in a dual driver/manager roll with World Champion electronics manufacturer Hobbywing. Coming off the back of a season in which all four electric World Championship title winners used it products, the Chinese manufacturer announced the Singapore driver as their RC Car Team Manager for the Southeast Asia region. An ISTC World Championship Finalist and TITC podium finisher, the factory Team Yokomo driver will also switch back to Hobbywing products in his BD12 after a 5-year stint racing with Dash RC electronics.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 2, 2024

RUDDOG RR36X Touring Car Asphalt Tyres

RUDDOG Racing has added to its 1:10 Touring Car tyre range with the introduction of RR36X asphalt tyres. Developed in close collaboration with the RUDDOG Racing Team, these premium performance tyres are specially designed for asphalt tracks and guarantee impressive performance that remains consistent over multiple runs. With superior grip and durability, they are sold as a pack of four pre-glued tyres.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

January 2, 2024

2024 EFRA Homologated Motor Lists

EFRA, the governing body for RC racing in Europe, has just published updated Homologated Motor lists for 2024 for all electric racing categories. Competitors looking to compete at Europrean Championship and EFRA GP events in 1:12, 1:10 Touring Cars and 1:10 Offroad classes can only use Brushless Motors that are included on the 2024 EFRA Homologation Lists, a procedure that began in 2016. When a motor (or rotor) has been approved and included on the relative list, the manufacturer must not change the technical specification, visual appearance or description. Any changes require a new part number and the motor (or rotor) will have to be resubmitted for approval. Drivers are also not allowed to make any changes to the motor, something that happened in Pro Stock at the 2022 European Championships when two driver’s motors were ‘found not to comply with the submitted samples to the EFRA Spec Homologation Lists’ promoting Olivier Bultynck to Champion. Homologation has caused a number of manufacturers issues recently with team drivers having to switch motors or batteries at recent World Championships as their sponsors’ where not IFMAR approved. ROAR, the North American governing body, has had a number of high profile cases where motors where randomly purchased and tested and found to not meet the specification of the original submitted motor that was approved for its sanctioned events. A standard many independent races run by, the offending motors had their motors removed from the approved list. View the full EFRA Motor Homologation lists here.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

January 2, 2024

Ielasi Tuned cylinder extractor

After its hugely successful World Championship winning season last year, Ielasi Tuned kicks off 2024 with the release of its new cylinder extractor. Presenting a CAD image of the product concept last May, the Italian company have spent the time since getting the product perfected with Daniele Ielasi knowing a thing or two about rebuilding engines and having extracted one or two liners in his time as an engine tuner! Since 2022 Ielasi Tuned have by technical choice started using a ‘tight fit’ cylinder for their engines which has proven to be a very important step for reliability. A side effect of this is unfortunately that not all customers find it easy to be able to carry out the classic maintenance on their engine as it was very difficult to be able to remove the cylinder from the crankcase. This is precisely the reason they came up with the idea for creating this extractor. It is made entirely of steel with a ‘spring steel collet which makes it reliable and long-lasting and is sold in its own dedicated carry case. Available from the 15th of January, you can watch a presentation video here.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

January 2, 2024

Gruber to run Power HD servos

Power HD has announced that 1:8 GT World Champion Toni Gruber is to run their servos as part of his 2024 race packages. The German enjoyed a hugely successful 2023 season winning the World Championship in Australia with Hong Nor and then finishing runner-up in the 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan with Capricorn. For the new season, Gruber will use Power HD’s lighter and faster S15 as part of his 1:8 and 1:10 nitro onroad race programmes with this year being a World Championship year for 1:10 Nitro Touring Car. On the news of him joining the Power HD team line-up Gruber said, ‘2024 starts for me with a big announcement. I am really looking forward to work together with Power HD for the next 2 years. I will be using there servos in my 1/8 & 1/10 nitro on-road car for all coming races. Can’t wait to hit the track with them!’

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

January 2, 2024

AGFRC Waterproof Alu Case Micro Digital Servo

Servo manufacturer AGFRC has released a new full aluminium waterproof standard metal 25T spline sub micro servo, the A19DLM. After repeated testing and modifications, this tiny servo gets upgraded materials and workmanship to created a high end digital micro servo. With robust metal structure and gear set, this servo can deliver 4KG.CM (55.6oz-in) super high torque and 0.088sec/60°speed at 8.4V even in this compact size. Easy to install in limit space for lock dig shift usage in different scale model such as 1:18 , 1:10, 1:8 etc. Programmable feature also allow for different users to find the suitable data for their applications. The A19DLM servo is the perfect upgrade for your Traxxas TRX-4 or TRX-6 Crawler, Axial SCX10 III, Capra, or 1:18 TRX4M and Absima 1:10 or 1:8 EP Crawlers.

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