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October 11, 2023

Xpress Execute XQ11 Option Parts

Xpress has released a number of optional parts for its latest 1:10 competition Touring Car. Launching the the Execute XQ11 in August, the Hong Kong manufacturer has a new aluminium locking wrench to make working on your Execute XQ11 easier by holding your spur in place to easily tighten the locking nut. The 6.5mm wrench side is for holding the ball studs under the arms in place. In terms of car parts they are offering an aluminium rear stiffener plate which allows you to adjust how much flex your chassis has. The centre line of the plate is raised, for you to install if you only want to adjust longitudinal flex. New aluminium uprights, that can be used in both the front and rear, make sure to get the correct side. Type A is used for the front left or rear right. while Type B is used for the front right or rear left. The car also gets optional front and rear split top decks to fine tune the car’s chassis flex.

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October 11, 2023

Jae Kuk Yoo crowned Korean 1:8 National Champion

Mugen/KARS driver Jae Kuk Yoo is the new KMRCA 1:8 Onroad Korean National Champion. Racing at Hwangsan Park in South Korea, in qualifying it was Mugen team-mate Moo Sung Kuk who secured the TQ with his MRX6X with Yoo going on to lock in his place in the 45-minute Main by taking the Super Pole having qualified 4th overall. In the final, despite an early spin, Yoo would get passed Kuk to win the title by almost 2-laps with Lee Sung Hyo making it an all O.S Engines powered Mugen podium.

Source: Jae Kuk Yoo [Facebook]

October 10, 2023

RUDDOG Racing RR30C TC Carpet Tires

Ruddog Racing has launched a premium performance touring car carpet tyre, the RR30C TC carpet. Developed in close collaboration with the Ruddog Racing Team, these tires guarantee impressive performance that remains consistent over multiple runs. Specially designed for carpet tracks including ETS carpet, they offer superior grip and durability. Packaged as a set of 4 pre-glued tyres, they are the first choice for racers seeking unwavering grip and top performance.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

October 10, 2023

WMH Racing Motor Assembly Stand with Rotor Tool

Donathen RC has announced the addition of another WMH Racing product, the Motor Assembly Stand with Rotor Tool. With the launch of WMH Racing and many motor tuning products it became clear that some sort of product was needed to hold all of the motor parts, while tuning/working on your motor. The stand holds any 540 brushless motor with a choice of colours for stand and rotor tool. It is designed to hold: stator, screws, sensor board, end caps, rotor, and rotor shims. The Rotor Tool features gnarls to easily manoeuvre your rotor in place.

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October 10, 2023

Paloschi denies Hamon in penultimate seeding round

An impressive run in the third & penultimate round of seeding practice by Serpent’s Gabriele Paloschi has denied team-mate Jeff Hamon from securing an early top seed status at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Australia this evening. Running a heat earlier than the championship’s title favourites, Paloschi’s impressive time went pretty much unnoticed as Hamon went on to top the final heat of the round from Toni Gruber, which the Aussie and almost everyone else thought had secured him the top seed spot for qualifying. Running his three laps in 55.844, European Championship podium finisher Paloschi had ran his in 55.821. With the second round of seeding a repeat of the opening run, Hamon from Andrea Catanzani and Xray’s Natanaele Senesi, Paloschi topping the third round moves him up to third in Serpent lockout of the top 3 going into the final seeding run in the morning.

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October 10, 2023

Catanzani just pipped by Hamon in first seeding round

Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani looked like giving us a new name at the top of the timing sheets at 1:8 GT World Championship as seeding got underway in Australia but with just seconds to go team-mate Jeff Hamon somehow managed to recover from a problematic start to the run to snatch it from the young Italian. A run that would see a number of drivers in the top heat experience issues, Catanzani was the first driver to break into the 54-seconds for his 3-consecutive laps and looking to save tyres was already down off the rostrum just after half way through the 10-minutes run with his time looking strong enough to hold. Having set the pace yesterday, Hamon was also off the driver stand but for different reasons as he suffered brake problems. Considering abandoning the run, with just enough time to make an attempt at 3-laps after fixing his breaks the Aussie pulled it off pipping Catanzani by 0.094 of a second. Having finished out yesterday’s controlled practice with some promising runs, Natanaele Senesi carried that form into seeding opening his account with a P3 for the first of the four rounds ahead of Paolo Morganti and Toni Gruber.

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October 9, 2023

Hamon tops final controlled practice ‘Down Under’

Controlled practice concluded at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Sydney this evening with Jeff Hamon setting the fastest time for the 6th & final round. Despite everyone, including Hamon himself, expecting it to be the rocket round of the day, the Serpent driver was unable to better his time from the morning’s opening practice. Over his best 3-consecutive laps the Aussie was almost half a second off his morning’s 53.981 pace around the John Grant International Raceway. With a cool morning turning to 30+ degrees heat when the sun reached its peak in the middle of the day, the 6pm timing of the final practice in theory was going to present racers with the ideal track conditions for quicker times. With drivers pushing hard to improve on their times, the majority failed, with the only drivers in the Top 10 to achieve that being Natanaele Senesi and Peter Jovanovic. Xray’s Senesi surprised himself with the third fastest time for the round in between Gruber and defending Champion Joern Neumann.

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October 9, 2023

EcoPower Aluminum Clamping Servo Horn

New from A-Main Hobbies is their high-strength EcoPower Aluminium Clamping Servo Horn available for use with their EcoPower servos as well as other 25T splined servos. This extremely tough servo horn has been machined from a solid block of aluminium for incredible precision, rigidity, and durability. The horn features a clamp type design that grips the servo’s output shaft so if the retainer screw comes loose, the horn will have a better chance of remaining in place.

Source: A-Main Hobbies [amainhobbies.com]