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May 28, 2024

Wins for Smith & Orlowski at Scotty Ernst UK Showdown

With it a Bank Holiday weekend in the UK, Scotty Ernst took his UK Showdown to the famed Robin Hood Raceway where Schumacher pairing Ben Smith and Michal Orlowski took the two big wins. The second year of the event, in 2WD qualifying it was Smith, fresh from his British National win a week earlier, that took the TQ after topping 3 of the 5 rounds. Behind him with 2 TQ run was Orlowski ahead of Team Associated’s Tommy Hall and Schumacher’s Lee Martin. While Smith took all three A-Mains, the main battle as first second. Hall got by Orlowki for the second in A1, with Orlowski 2nd in A2 but both where passed by Luke Holdsworth in A3 and it was a tie-breaker between the pair with Hall getting the second spot. Bank Holiday Monday’s 4WD action saw reigning European Champion Orlowski secure the TQ with fastest times in 2 of the 4 qualifiers. Fastest in Q1, Jamie Hall would line up second ahead of Lee Martin, Tommy Hall and Smith who had TQ’d Q2. In the triple finals, Orlowski secure the overall victory with wins in A1 & 2, while Jamie Hall secured the runner-up spot with the A3 ahead of Martin who completed the 4WD podium.

Image: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 28, 2024

Donathen RC Custom Painted Chargers

Coming from American RC wiring and cables specialists Donathen RC are their professionally custom painted RC chargers. Available in your choice of colours with different colours available for different parts, the custom painting is available on new or used chargers. The options are designed for ichargers, but DRC can paint other types of chargers as well. However some of the options may not be available for all chargers. The colour sections are the Case colour, the main portion of the icharger, the top where the buttons/screen are, and the bottom. The Front/Back colour, the front is the part of the charger where the balance leads plug into, while the back is where the fans are. Button Colour, the buttons on top of the charger. While Screen Colour is the plastic part around/behind the screen.

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May 28, 2024

T-Works Starter Box Spacing Post

New from T-Works are these Starter Box Spacing Posts designed to provide unprecedented precision and convenience in starting your nitro RC car. Made of Polyoxymethylene (POM) material to ensure stability and durability, the height and width adjustability ensure compatible use with different chassis sizes. In a world of customisation you can put you own mark on your starter box with a spacing posts available in a choice of 5 different colours – black, red, blue, yellow or green.

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May 28, 2024

RC Maker SP1 Touring Car – Teaser

RC Maker has just published the first teaser image of its much anticipated 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Ryan Maker, who is behind the well known Australian carbon fibre parts and accessories producer RC Maker, announced his life long ambition to produce his own complete touring car kit at the TITC earlier this year. Racing a well developed prototype of the car at the legendary Bangkok race, Maker has been busy getting the car ready for full production with this image of the car’s suspension the first official image release of the car. Pre-orders and release dates are to be announced in the near future but we can confirm that the image is relative to both the SP1 and SP1-F as they will share the same shock setup etc.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

May 27, 2024

RDRP B7 Ball-Raced Rear Anti-Roll Bar Mount Set

New from Germany’s Revolution Design Racing Products (RDRP) is this B7 Ball-Raced Rear Anti-Roll Bar Mount Set. It replaces the standard plastic rear anti-roll bar mount of the Team Associated RC10B7 and RC10B7D with a version made out of 7075-T6 aluminium. This version also incorporates two 4x7x2.5mm ball bearings, which are included in this option part. As use of ball bearings mean the anti-roll bar moves more freely and the anti-roll bar movement is more precise compared to the standard part.

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May 27, 2024

Awesomatix A800 Touring Car new parts release

Awesomatix has just released a number of new parts for its A800 1:10 Electric Touring Car platform. A new Flex Damper set provides an additional torsional flex of the car’s end where it is installed. It also provides the adjustable damping of the chassis’s deformations caused by the torsional flex. The damping level of the FD set is adjusted by choice of the silicone oil inside the damper and by choice of the pivoting hole on the arm of the FD rotor. It is recommended for track conditions where the additional chassis’ flex is needed – usually it is the low traction bumpy tracks and when your available chassis is too stiff for given conditions. The recommendation for initial fluid in FD Set is 50K…100K silicone oil. Oil filling method is the same as for the A12 rear damper – put few drops of the oil on the bottom of AM282, keep AM282 upright for several minutes until all oil reaches the bottom of cavity, insert DT251 into AM282 slowly full way under pushing force and use a needle to provide the excessive oil outing.

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May 27, 2024

Ongaro wins Euros Warm-up Race

Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro took the win at the Euros Warm-up Race at his home track the Ongaro Ring, the Sacile track set to host this year’s EFRA European 1:8 Buggy Championship at the end of July. With rain forcing qualifying to be reduced to just 3 rounds, it was the Sworkz of reigning European Champion Juan Carlos Canas who secured the TQ from World Champion Ongaro with Sworkz’ Mattia Polito third ahead the Xray of David Ronnefalk. In the Semi’s both Canas and Ongaro won their Semi finals with Ongaro’s race time giving him pole for the final which he would lead all the way. Setting the fastest lap of the 45-minute Main, Elliot Boots who take his Sworkz to second finishing 8-seconds behind Ongaro. Canas would complete the podium ahead of Daniel Pariente and Polito with Mugen’s Berkan Kilic rounding out the Top 6.

Image: ModellismoRC [modellismorc.net]

May 27, 2024

Shimo crowned Japanese 1:8 Onroad Champion

Infinity’s Takaaki Shimo is the new JMRCA Japanese 1:8 Onroad National Champion. Racing at the 2023 World Championship host venue Infinity International Speedway, Shimo regained the title he last held in 2016 with a 2.5-second victory over Top Qualifier Naoto Matsukura. In qualifying the Infinity of Matsukura topped three of the four rounds to secure the TQ and lock himself into pole position for the 45-minute final. A TQ run in Q2 would secure reigning 1:10 Nitro Onroad World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi second overall, a result that also locked him directly into the Main. With Shimo P3 after qualifying and the Mugen Seiki of defending Champion & 2019 World Champion Shouki Takahata 6th, they would both have to race their way into the Main from the 20-minute Semi Finals. Shimo won his Semi while the other went to Takahata. In the Main, Matsukura lead for 2/3rd of the race as he and Shimo gapped the field but getting by Matsukura, Shimo maintained that lead to the end to secure the title. Three laps back Tadahiko Sahashi would completed the podium ahead of Takahata.

Image: Infinity [Facebook]