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February 24, 2024

Hills Offroad RC announced as 1:10 Offroad Worlds host

RCRA, the governing body of RC racing in Australia, has announced the Hills Offroad RC track as the host venue for the 2025 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Offroad World Championships. With it the turn of the FEMCA Bloc to host the championships, Australia was awarded the 20th running of the category’s biggest prize during the 2023 World Championships in Arizona, with a number of tracks emerging as candidates for the event. Based in the Castle Hill suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, the hosting of the WC will coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Hills Offroad RC club which was founded the same year as IFMAR hosted the first ever 1:10 Offroad Worlds – 1985 in Del Mar, USA. One of the premier offroad track in the country, the club has hosted the Australian Nationals and will do so again this year along with the NSW State titles. While Worlds dates have still to be confirmed but expected to be between September & November, making the announcement RCRA posted, ‘It is now with Great Pleasure we can announce that Hills Off Road RC has been formally selected as official venue of the 2025 IFMAR 1:10 Off Road Electric World Championships on behalf of FEMCA as the Host Bloc! We would like to extend a big congratulations to Peter Couper and the rest of the Hills Off Road Club for presenting a very strong submission that will form the basis of the Stage 1 Report to be presented to IFMAR for Final Approval.’

Source: Hills Offroad RC [Facebook]

February 23, 2024

Xray X4 Adjustable Camber 14mm Titanium Screw

Xray has released a new Adjustable Camber Titanium 14mm M4 L/R screw for their X4 and X4F touring car. Also compatible with their X1’23-24, the ultra lightweight screw is specially made from high grade titanium material and threaded on both ends to connect the upper CFF arm with the outer ball cup. Helping to lower the cars CG, it is 50% lighter than steel and comes as a set of 2.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 23, 2024

EcoPower SCX24 aluminium servo mount

New from A-Main Hobbies brand EcoPower is the ECP-3070 CNC-machined aluminium servo mount to enhance the steering precision and performance of the Axial SCX24. Engineered and constructed to fit most 1:24 scale micro servos, including popular high-torque brushless case servos, ECP-3070 eliminates unwanted flex found in stock composite servo mounts, enhancing steering precision and performance. Compatible with front and rear SCX24 axles for optional 4-wheel steering conversion, this servo mount is the ultimate upgrade for your SCX24 platform and a must have for high torque servos.

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February 23, 2024

RC-Project Shock Cups V2 TNG

After 18 months of development and testing, 12 prototype molds, 6 final, 3 different Shock Cups, litres and litres of silicone oil and one European Championship win with Juan Carlos Canas, RC Project has finally revealed its new V2 Shock Cap. The whole project has been revised compared to V1, now the Shock Cap can work as Bladder or Emulsion. The V2 Shock Cap now has 4 bleed holes (there were 3 on V1) and a new inclined hole to secure an M2 screw. It can also be used for Vented System (only in combination with honeycomb bladders) and inner chamber has been re-designed to maximise the performance both in emulsion or bladder system. The emulsion screw seal has a rectangular cross-section with a small pocket aimed to facilitate and speed up operations, this will also ensure that the seal is not damaged during the disassembly process.

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February 23, 2024

Senesi joins Team Serpent

Serpent has announced that 1:8 GT World Championship finalist Natanaele Senesi has joined its factory team. The Italian led the charge for Xray at the World Championships in October in Sydney TQ’ing a round of qualifying before going on to finish 4th in the 1-hour final. In December however he announced his departure from the Slovakian manufacturer after just one year. A 1:8 GT specialist, the Serpent deal will also see Senesi venture into 1:8 Nitro Onroad. Commenting on the announcement Senesi said, ‘First of all I’m super happy to be part of the team! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining Serpent Factory Team for the 2024 season and on! I’ll be racing for the brand focusing on developing the current SRX8 GT ‘23 and SRX8 GTE ‘23, alongside with Michael and the team. Furthermore, I’ll start racing in the “queen class” too with the brand new Viper 990 EVO. This is a very big opportunity for both me and the brand because as a friend of mine told me “we walked down the same road for many years, and now maybe the time is right for us to work together”. Thank to Joaquin De Soto, Stef Helvensteijn and all team Serpent for making it happen!

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 23, 2024

Schumacher Winter Series Finale – Report

The 2023/2023 Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club concluded last weekend with the sixth & final round of the popular Indoor Series. In the Contact RC 17.5 Touring Car class, outgoing Champion and Schumacher racer Alex Brocklebank took a commanding Top qualifier position after the four qualifying rounds. The battle for the second spot was a close affair between the Awesomatix of Daniel Leonard and Mugen of Tim Wood. Tim taking the 2nd spot on count back with Daniel in 3rd. In fourth place was Awesomatix racer Paul Sleight from fellow Awesomatix racer James Herring and Matt Cook with his Mugen Seiki. The single leg final started at a quick pace with Wood making an early overtake on Brocklebank who would fall to the rear of the field. Tim and Daniel would battle with Daniel making a mistake, which would allow Paul Sleight through. A minute in Paul would make a move and claim the lead, with the rest of the field clawing themselves back. Wood would Gather himself up and give the spectators a race for the lead, contact between himself and Paul would see the recovering Alex Brocklebank take the lead and create a gap which he would see to the end. Daniel and Matthew Cook would recover and take advantage of the melee and place themselves in the final two podium positions. Paul and Tim would recover to 4th and 5th respectively with James Herring round out the field.

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February 23, 2024

Exotek Grip-Lock handles

New from US brand Exotek Racing are their Grip-Lock handles for use with 1/4″ MIP style speed bits to combine the best of both worlds for the ultimate hex tool. The over sized grips makes for easy and stress free wrench sessions and we all know the legendary quality of the MIP hex tips. Available in the 4 most popular wrench sizes. 1.5 (Silver), 2.0 (Red), 2.5 (Blue) and 3.0mm (Yellow), they are machined from billet 7075 aluminium. The tactical style machined colour coded handles have a 1/4″ mounting base to attach MIP Speed Tips (gen1 and gen2) or any other brand 1/4″ bits and is locked in place with a supplied m4 set screw.

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February 23, 2024

Hobbywing QuicRun 10BL120 G2 ESC

In a busy week of releases from Hobbywing, they have announced their new QuicRun 10BL120 G2 sensored and brushless ESC for 1:10 Touring Cars/Buggies/Drift Cars. Simple to operate, with a wide range of protection, the cost-effective new 10BL120 G2 takes the outstanding quality and durability of proven Hobbywing platforms and makes it even easier to use and setup. The BEC’s continuous output current has been upgraded from 3A to 4A, and the output voltage is now 6V/7.4V adjustable. The 10BL120 G2 features adjustable electronic timing with up to 32 degrees of electronic timing available.

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