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August 5, 2016

Brett Drayton sweeps Asian Onroad Championship Rd2

Round two of the Asian Onroad Championship was held at Australia’s ACT model car racing club. With a spacious hall at the Exhibition Park in Canberra the venue offered a large high-speed track that was laid out using the proven ETS carpet with a couple of technical sections to keep things interesting, providing passing opportunities and close hard racing in all classes. In the 1/12th Modified class it was Brett Drayton to take the day’s win from Kerren Nottle and his team mate Mark Wallin. 1/12th 10.5T Stock also had Brett Drayton coming out fastest in the triple A-mains with Chris Peet in second and Mark Wallin, who scored another podium result this weekend, in third.

View the Stock class podium here

August 5, 2016

Capricorn LAB C02/03 brass battery plate

Coming from Capricorn and made for the LAB C02 and C03 200mm cars are new brass battery mount plates. The plates are available in a light 55g and heavy 68g variant both of which are designed to up the car’s overall weight while also adding weight to the lowest part of the chassis which can be beneficial especially in high-traction conditions. Both plates come with machined slots for reinforced battery mounting tape and they are available now.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

August 5, 2016

T-Works T4 & BD7 titanium suspension pin sets

Coming from T-Works are new titanium suspension pin sets for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD7 range of cars. The 8-piece sets contain both the inner and outer suspension shafts with the lightweight high-quality material used reducing overall weight while keeping exceptional rigidity in the event of a crash. The T4 set is usable on the ’15 and ’16 kits and the same applies to the BD7-related kit that also is usable for the respective ’15 and ’16 variants.

View the BD7 set here

August 5, 2016

Nicolas Bregante TQs & wins Speed Paradise race

The Argentinian Speed Paradise race was recently held at the venue of the 2012 IFMAR World Championships and the opening round of the Metropolitan Championship attracted a good amount of drivers that divided into the four classes of Buggy Pro, Buggy Master, Buggy Open and Truggy Master. In the Buggy Pro class it was Nicolas Bregante to take the TQ and win from Sebastian Recio and Lucas Pons. Buggy Master had Matias Lence coming out fastest in the 30 minute final from Damian Li Fraine and Diego Baigorri while in Buggy Open it was Juanba Calens to take the day’s win from Gonzalo Bat and Maxi Lence. Finally in Truggy Master it was Matias Diaz who took the winning honours while Dante Covino and Adrian De Luca had to settle for second and third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 5, 2016

MIP SCTE 17mm Hex Adapter kit +3mm offset

MIP have introduced the 17mm Hex Adapter kit with +3mm offset for the TLR Ten-SCTE 4WD short course truck. It allows to use 1/8th scale buggy wheels on the truck, greatly expanding the usable wheel and tyre range especially for bashers and any very-high-power appliction. Originally introduced with MIP’s Pro8 kit the hubs, made from 7075-T6 aluminium, will fit all SCTEs, from 1.0 up to the latest 3.0, and their heavy duty construction allows the use of up to 4S power. The set included four hex hubs, four 17mm wheel nuts and mounting grub screws.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

August 4, 2016

Protoform Cadillac ATS-V.R 200mm bodyshell

Protoform have introduced the Cadillac ATS-V.R 200mm bodyshell. Building on the 190mm USGT variant the popular Cadillac race body is suited for the new World GT-R rubber tyre pan car class or 200mm touring cars. The full-scale car was built to international FIA GT3 specifications, this pedigree allows it to potentially run in more than 30 different GT series around the world. Protoform’s 1/10th scale counter part captures the voluptuous shape of this 2-door coupe race body and it is formed from genuine .030″ lexan and includes injection-moulded wing struts. As always, wing mounting hardware, and paint-then-peel overspray film are included.

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August 4, 2016

Team Associated B6 brass under battery weights

Coming from Team Associated and made for the B6 buggy are new brass under battery weights. The plates fit under the LiPo battery pack, allowing to add weight at one of the lowest points of the chassis, resulting in improved handling and stability on high-grip surfaces. Each set contains a 26g and a 43g weight both of which are laser-etched for easy identification.

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August 4, 2016

Team Bomber TB-F1WS conversion kit

Team Bomber from Japan have introduced their TB-F1WS conversion kit for the Tamiya F104 formula car. Based on a 2.5mm high-quality carbon fibre chassis the kit incorporates several features such as the ability to mount the battery pack using tape and it comes with a redesigned upper deck that takes the long friction damper tubes which are mounted along the roll centre of the car instead of the usual transversal position most of today’s kits use. This makes for a very slim chassis appearance and allows for very low mounted bodyshells. The car is also of a conventional T-bar design which is meant to offer improved traction on low to medium-bite surfaces, such as asphalt or “green” carpet, and it also makes for better bump track handling. The chassis design allows to use standard and shorty battery packs, it is usable in both rubber and foam tyre classes and the kit is designed to run Tamiya-type front and rear end assemblies.

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