Huge R/C Products, the brand of former IFMAR ISTC Touring Car World Champion Surikarn C, released the high traction R36 compound slick tyre. Designed for 1/10 scale electric touring cars the tyre is meant be work best on all sorts of asphalt tracks and offers long-life characteristics.
Source: Huge [huge_rcproducts@live.com]
Xceed expands their range of high-quality silicone oils for shock absorbers and gear differentials by five new types. Available are 80, 100, 150, 200 and 250cst types that come in handy 50ml easy squeezable bottles with a special tip for precise filling and tight closing cap.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
Zeppin Racing has developed the Type M flex chassis for Xray’s T3 2011 and 2012 touring car. 15 gram lighter and designed to provide more traction on medium traction surfaces the chassis is cut from 2.25mm carbon fibre and sports redesigned cut-outs for enhanced handling, more corner speed and acceleration. The vertically located servo provides added space for the electronics while the reduced width of 88mm reduces the chance of the chassis plate bottoming out in corners or over kerbs.
Source: Zeppin [zeppinracing.com]
Hiro Seiko got in touch to show us their new range of imperial socket drivers. Sold individually and available in 3/16″, 1/4″, 11/32″, and 3/8″ they sport aluminium handles, short replaceable tool tips, engraved Hiro Seiko logos and size markings.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
Hobby Pro USA introduce a new 500cc fuel bottle. Made from a plastic material with the “right feel” the bottles are not too soft to having pitman overfill the tank nor are they too stiff to give a false sense of grip. They come printed with Hobby Pro USA logos and sport a long black anodised neck with plug.
Source: Hobby Pro [hobbyprousa.com]
Speed RC release a new version of the transportation bag line. Available in large and medium size the bags are redesigned to make them larger, lighter and even more durable. Both feature inner compartments with the “Big Bag” sporting three and the “Medium Bag” sporting four highly resistant drawers to store and transport the radio, charger, batteries, tools and more. The larger offering sports dimensions of 60x35x55cm with the medium one is 50x30x60cm in size. Both outer fabric parts are completely washable.
Source: Speed RC [speedrc.it]
One week ago the German Open Indoor Masters took place at the Faszination Modellbau Fair in Friedrichshafen. The race was won by young talent Maxi Vogl who was ranked on 6th position after the qualification. In the main final Vogl was able to work his way up to second position behind reigning World Champion Robert Pietsch after several minutes. Later on Pietsch had a crash and damaged his rear rim and he also lost some time to get back in the pits and letting Vogl tale over the lead. Pietsch tried to catch up after a quick repair in the pits, but time was rung out and Vogl crossed the finishing line in first position followed by Robert Pietsch and Armin Baier.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The second round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held on an indoor track in the middle of south Sweden. About 30 drivers attended the race on a newly endowed carpet track which had a new layout that was really nice and flowing. The first round of qualifying was taken by Michael Nilsson who had a solid run, he was a few seconds ahead of the home driver Markus Hellquist followed by the Rd1 winner Daniel Carlsson. Q2 was once again taken by Michael and this time he drove perfectly without any kind of mistakes, he was followed by Daniel who was 3 seconds behind and third place did go to Markus. Q3 looked out to be a close finish between David Ronnefalk and Michael, this was “Buggy” David’s first race this season and his gear diff equipped TF6 was going really well. Michael was under pressure but he stayed calm and was able to hold David behind, at the end they were separated with 0.5 seconds, so Michael took TQ followed by David and Daniel.
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