Italian company Mon-Tech Racing has announced the signing of 2015 4WD Offroad World Champion and 2014 Touring Car Vice World Champion Bruno Coelho to their team. Bruno will use Mon-Tech’s bodyshells in his 2016 campaign that will include all major national and international races.
Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]
Thai company TWT has introduced a range of setup and pit boards as well as car stands made from high-quality acrylic material. Starting with the setup and pit boards, the multi-layer parts are available in a range of layouts, from pure setup boards with grids for track width and toe adjustment up to several pit boards of different layouts with foam padded compartments for shocks, springs, screws and shims. All boards also feature scales as well as scale drawings of washers, bearings and screws to help with easy hardware identification while building, tuning and maintaining. Also new are car stands made from the same acrylic material that again feature several padded compartments, hardware identification graphics and foam padded areas to make sure nor the chassis or car stand become scratched during use. The high precision of the car stands also allows to use them as an anti-tweak board for touring car chassis. They fit right into dedicated compartments in the pit boards for a nice and tidy pit space and both the boards and cars stands are available in several standard colours but they can also be ordered with individual designs.
The recent fifth round of the Israeli League was held at the technical, high traction Tavor Motors raceway near Ashkelon city. Yaniv Sivan would take the TQ from Tal Siles and Dan Price and right from the start of the 40 minute final Yaniv was able to open a gap on the field with Omer Assayag and Tal Siles hot on his heels. Some 12 minutes into the race Tal, running in third place at that time, ran into technical issues, leaving Or Balulu, Ofir Avitan and Dan Price to fight for the third spot. Ultimately Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds/Pro-Line) would take the win from Omer Assayag (Agama/Alpha/Pro-Line) while Or Balulu (Agama/Bullett/Pro-Line) rounded out the podium result in third place.
Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.
F.T. Line have announced the signing of Dutch racer Rick Vrielijnck for the 2016 season. Finalist at the 2009 World Championship in Lostallo, Switzerland, Rick came back to racing in 2014 after quite a long hiatus and proved strong in his 2014 and 2015 ENS outing. In 2016 Rick will use the “F.T. Line” version of the XRD engines to power his Shepherd Velox V8 throughout the racing season.
Source: XRD [facebook.com]
Coming soon from JConcepts is the Hi-Flow bodyshell for the Team Associated T5M stadium truck. The all-new race body is inspired by the looks of a class leading pick-up, loaded with performance features and it sports a low-profile design and beefy fenders. Extruded front and rear fender flares offer maximum tyre clearance and the slight hood-scoop raised portion helps bulk up the front-end and provides clearance for the T5M geometry. The rear bed has built-in clearance for the massive big bore shocks and tower to help maintain that sleek appearance. The body includes a spoiler on the back of the body mould which can be trimmed and detailed to drop right on to the rear and secured with the two included JConcepts button head screws. As an added performance benefit, the body offers several “trim-zone” areas on the rear of the bed which can be removed to help reduce the slight parachute affect brought on by open wheel trucks. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and a decal sheet.
Austrian frontrunner Hupo Hönigl has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Serpent. Having only joined the team in January 2015 and despite being pretty successful at the Austrian Nationals while lacking impact at an international level, Hupo has issued the following statement:
I would like to thank Team Serpent for the support over the last year. We had ups and downs together and I can look back to a great year of racing. Unfortunately the time together was shorter then expected – I do not want to got too much into details here – it just did not work out as planned … More news coming soon …
JConcepts’ popular Hazard short course wheel is now available in “steering wheel size” to outfit the Airtronics/Sanwa M12 and MT4 radios. The Hazard radio wheel is precision moulded like its siblings but sized appropriately for one of the most successful radio lines on the market. The inside of the wheel features the hex location and mount-up point from the stock assembly but also the location notches in just the right places. Between the inside and outside beads, tiny ribs help align the foam grip and help lock it into place. Holes are located on the bottom side for the standard access to the steering stops while a couple vent holes help the wheel look like the real thing. Included with the wheel is a pre-installed Dirt-Tech foam grip.
Absima have introduced a range of aluminium servo arms for several applications. Available are long and short single arm variants for steering applications as well as a rigid dual arm servo horn for throttle and brake duties in nitro cars. Last but not least comes an adjustable dual arm variant that allows to mount the second arm at a 90 degree or 180 degree angle. All servo arms are available as 23T, 24T and 25T spline variant, they are made from high-quality aluminium, come grey anodised, include mounting hardware and the non-adjustable arms are of a clamping design for secure mounting on the servo’s output gear.
