October 25, 2023

Ielasi Tuned ‘World Champion Edition’ GP5GTR23

In what has been a massive season for Daniele Ielasi’s Ielasi Tuned engine brand with it winning both its first World and European Championship titles, the Italian company has marked Toni Gruber’s 1:8 GT World Championship win in Australia with the release of the ‘World Champion Edition’ of the GP5GTR23 engine.  This version differs from the previous model with 2 small changes on the timing through work on the crankshaft and cylinder.  In Sydney, and like everywhere, it was important to go fast in performance but runtime was also vital and with this configuration they were always able to manage the 7-minute runtime comfortably in each qualifying heat without ever losing performance in our engine.  As a finishing touch the engine head graphic have also been redesigned to mark the occasion and the new special edition engine.

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October 24, 2023

2023 Foshan International Invitational RC Championship – Announcement

The new GDC Indoor Race Club track in Guangdong, China, is pleased to announcement its first international race event with the hosting of the Foshan International Invitational RC Championship on December 15-17.  Located in the centre of Foshan City, the brand new facility was officially opened in May of this year and at 800 square metres is the largest professional indoor onroad track in China.  Founded by the international athlete Mr. Kwok Yiu-wai, GDC Remote Control Racing Club hope by hosting this major international electric onroad race that they can boost the level of competition among young local racers.  It is also hoped the event will become an annual highlight of the international touring car race calendar.  Commenting on the inaugural running of the event the organisers said, ‘The purpose is to let local drivers see the level of international races and drivers, and to allow our teenagers to have close contact with world champions and top drivers to improve their level. We hope to held this event annually from this year.’  With a number of international team drivers expected to be announced in the coming weeks, the schedule for the Foshan International Invitational RC Championship will be made up of 5 categories – Modified Touring Car, 13.5T Handout Touring Car, Modified 1:12, 17.5T Handout FWD Touring and 21.5T Handout 1:10 F1.

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October 24, 2023

Lin wins 2023 Futaba/O.S. Cup

Taiwan’s largest event of the year was held over the weekend at the Erchong Floodway track in New Taipei City, where Hong Nor’s owner Hsiang Lin took the win in 1:8 GT.  The annual Futaba/O.S. Cup attracted almost 80 drivers from Taiwan and Singapore, and just back from Australia after watching his team driver Toni Gruber claim the IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championship with their X3-GTS, Lin took his own explain to both the TQ and win.  Making it back to back wins of the event, Lin was joined on the all Hong Nor/Ielasi tuned podium by Su Jiahong and 3rd placed Liú Qiáozhì.

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October 23, 2023

T-Works MTC2R Lower Arm Pivot Insert Nut Driver

T-works has released a Nut Driver specifically designed for the Lower Arm Pivot Insert on the Mugen Seiki MTC2/MTC2R 1:10 Electric Touring Car.  The Hard Coated 7075-T6 driver features a specially machine tip for easy mounting and removal of the lower arm pivot inserts.

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October 23, 2023

3Racing Cero Ultra 2.0

3Racing has released a new version of their competition level 1:10 Electric Touring car platform, the Cero Ultra 2.0 which they are recommending for asphalt use.  In the second generation of Cero Ultra, the main improvement is to use a shorter and narrower chassis to improve cornering efficiency. The belt length is now a shorter S3M345 x 2 to achieve a shorter chassis and more direct acceleration output. The front and rear lower wishbones have been carefully improved to more room for the anti-roll bar movement and a shorter wheelbase. The lay-down front and rear absorbers mounting make the body roll more efficient, the main chassis has a new weight distribution position and a shorty battery socket, and the diameter of the lower wishbones rolling shims has been increased to improve the durability of the chassis plate, a caster has been added to the rear upright to increase the speed of all corners, and the steering system has changed to M4 X 7 bearings To improve accuracy, the upper deck was shortened to accommodate the twist of the chassis.

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October 21, 2023

Bittydesign P10R 1:10 Rally body shell

New from Italian body shell manufacturer Bittydesign is the P10R 1:10 Rally body.  Universal, it mounts on all 1:10 190mm models, both touring car chassis as well the ones created specifically for the rally category and is compatible with Tamiya TT-02 chassis in all its variants.  Made with high quality and genuine polycarbonate 0.75mm Lexan it comes with a complete set of screw, nuts and large plastic washers to fix properly the rear big wing and is sold clear with protective film outside and a pre-cut decal sheet  and windows masks.  Resembling the Ford Puma WRC, the design phase took several months to refine every detail, the attention to detail was obsessive in order to propose a body that could best optimise aerodynamics and at the same time remain real in proportions and aesthetics.

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October 21, 2023

Iris ONE Alu Spool and Differential Outdrives

Iris Racing has added new Aluminium Spool and Differential Outdrives for its new ONE.05 1:10 Electric Touring Car. These hard-coated aluminium differential and spool outdrives for the Touring Car and ONE.05 FWD cars have been developed for the 17.5T and 21.5T stock class. They provide a weight advantage of around 3 grams per pair compared to the steel parts and so improve the performance of your Iris ONE.

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October 20, 2023

PN Racing V3 Anima Titanium Gear 1:28 Servo

New from Mini-Z racing specialists PN Racing is the new V3 version of its Anima High Torque Titanium Gear Digital Micro Servo.  Designed for most 1:28 scale racing chassis, it offers wide operation voltage range from 4,8V to 8.4V allowing racers to fine tune and find the desired driving feel. Tiny at only 7-grams it offers up to 41oz/in torque at 8.4V.  It is fully programable with PN Racing’s USB Programmer.

Source: PN Racing [pnracing.com]