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July 17, 2019

Xray Racing Series Austria – Report

The Xray Racing Series Austria was held at the 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt club in Vienna, Austria recently. Four classes of Touring Modified, Stock 13.5, Stock 17.5 and FWD were offered with the race attracting multi-times European Champion, Jan Ratheisky. In Modified the fight for the victory was between Jan Ratheisky and Patrick Gollner. After a tight four qualifiers Patrick was able to secure all four rounds for the overall TQ from Jan Ratheisky and Sascha Klug. In the opening final Patrick was able to take the victory. However, it became more exciting in the second leg as Patrick made a small mistake and had to give the victory to Jan. Thus, the tension for the third final was even greater. Ultimately it was Patrick who would prevail, taking the win from Jan in 2nd and Sascha in 3rd.

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July 17, 2019

Geneva Model Car Series Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Geneva Model Car Series took place with 40 drivers attending the popular no additive racing series. Both Touring Car 13.5T boosted and Formula classes were run on this time’s short and twisty layout that made for lap times in the mid twelve seconds range. In the Touring Car class it was Bastian de Marco, who took the overall win, in front of Arnaud Soulignac and Walter Pollet-Villard. In Formula, it was Daniel Ghirlanda with the overall win in front of 2nd placed Sylvio Kiesewetter and 3rd placed Chrigu Baeriswyl.

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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

Dash Ai V2 programming card

Coming from Dash is the new Ai V2 programming card for all Ai series electronic speed controllers. The upgraded hard- and software makes for a high degree of user-friendliness while allowing for quick and easy ESC programming without the need of a PC.

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July 17, 2019

Ramp introduce new XB4/2, B6.1 & B74 carbon optionals

Austrian brand Ramp have announced the release of new option parts for the Xray XB4 and XB2, as well as the Team Associated B6.1 and B74 buggies. First up is a carbon fibre shorty LiPo mount for the XB4 buggy. The design allows to use it with both 18.5mm tall LCG and standard height 25mm packs while adjustable battery stops do away with unsightly foam blocks to secure the battery in its current position. The set contains a carbon fibre strap, two battery posts, screws and clips. Also new are new design carbon wing protectors for the Xray XB2 and XB4 as well as the Team Associated B6.1 and B74 buggies. The protectors offer a large contact surface for less stress on the wing during upside down action, while four different mounting screw positions allows to adjust stiffness and overall downforce.

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July 17, 2019

Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd2 – Report

The second round of Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held in Zagreb, Croatia recently. The weekend started with practice on Saturday followed by a round of times practice and the triple qualifiers on Sunday. In Touring Stock it was Zeljko Selman with the overall TQ, in 1/8th GT Fabio Callegari came out fastest after the qualifiers, in 1/8th IC Track it was Nejc Mihelic with the overall TQ and in 1/5th TC Marko Grigic put himself on top of the timing sheets.

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July 17, 2019

RC Maker A800 MMCX Slimflex topdeck

RC Maker have introduced their new Slimflex topdeck for the Awesomatix A800X mid motor MMCX chassis. Designed to reduce the profile of the topdeck, it has been optimised to improve the flex characteristics in low traction asphalt and carpet conditions. It increases the overall torsional flex of the chassis both front and rear resulting in more overall grip. The flex can be altered by either using ST019 screw or removing it from the topdeck. Together with the use of the screws under the motor mount, owners can access a large range of flex characteristics, just like the standard topdeck, but with increased “overall” flex throughout the whole footprint. The rear brace is designed to act as a spring, restricting bulkhead flex at this point but not totally removing it like the standard topdeck. RC Maker recommend using their Med Flex Link, or Flex Dampener on the front of the front bulkheads to remove and excess “over-flexing” of the bulkheads. Additional flex can also be obtained by cutting the rear carbon tab on the topdeck with a Dremel, to increase the length of the flex point to further, increasing flex in the rear of the car. Recommended uses of the Slimflex topdeck include low to medium traction carpet with aluminium chassis, low to medium traction asphalt with carbon chassis and high traction asphalt with aluminium chassis.

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July 17, 2019

Kyosho Ultima RB7SS 2WD stock racing buggy kit

Kyosho have announced the soon release of the stock racing specific Ultima RB7SS 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. The buggy build on the proven RB7 but includes some useful optionals for the highly competitive 17.5T stock motor class such as a lightweight aluminium ball differential, aluminium driveshafts and alloy front wheel axles. Also included are a slipper eliminator hub for the spur gear, a 0.6mm lightweight body shell and a revised rear suspension geometry for optimised roll characteristics. However, all parts are compatible with the standard RB7, allowing for easy parts carrying and the ability to use the stock specific parts in the “modified” buggy. The kit is rounded out by a low-friction 48dp aluminium pinion gear, as well as X-Gear springs, diff and high-graphite grease. The kit is meant to hit stores this July.

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