Following the electric touring car body and wing gauge Arrowmax now also have a dedicated 1/10th nitro TC tool available. With all necessary measurements in one handy gauge there is no reason to fail the next tech inspection. The gauge is made from high-quality polycarbonate and it sports precise and easy to read markings.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Available now from Yokomo is a front swaybar set for the YZ-2 2WD buggy. Included is all needed mounting hardware as well as three different diameter swaybar wires of 1.0mm, 1.1mm and 1.2mm. The anti-roll bar allows to adapt the buggy to a range of surfaces with the set coming in handy especially on high-grip tracks.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
German company Absima have introduced their latest high-performance 1/8th scale brushless speed controller, the CTS8 V2. Offering a machined aluminium case and an all-new software for improved performance the sensored controller is rated a t 180A continuous current to handle up to 3000kv motors at 4S input. Usable with 2-pole and 4-pole sensored and sensorless motors in vehicles such as buggies, trucks and on-road cars the ESC sports dimensions of 44.5×42.5x37mm and it weighs in at 146 gram including fan unit.
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The 2nd part of Xray’s interview series with 2014/15 ETS series winners Marek Cerny and Jan Rathiesky is now online. Having already heard from Marek Cerny, this time it is the turn of back to back to back Formula Champion and Pro Stock championship contender Jan Rathiesky from Germany.
Read the full interview with Jan here
Sunday saw the start of the UK based Autumn Shoot Out series. Run by the successful clubs C.A.R.S and Swifts Raceway, the series would cater for the GT class cars and run over four meetings with C.A.R.S hosted the opening round that fielded a competitive collection of racers. In GT12 it was Rory Hobkirk who was the man to beat in qualifying. He was being closely followed by Sion Wedley and Summer Shoot Out winner Gavin Stephenson. Stephen Lander was also in the chase with the new Mardave Assassin, the car could not take TQ on its debut but it did record the fastest lap. The final was a great battle between Hobkirk, Wedley and Stephenson. With Hobkirk and Wedley having problems with back markers it was left for Stephenson to show why he is a Shoot Out champ.
Continue reading the report here
The final round of the North German 1/8th Nitro On-road regionals was held at the MSC Polizei Braunschweig track this past weekend. The event saw a dominant Lars Hoppe (ARC/Reds Racing) taking a hat-trick with the TQ, win and the fastest lap. Starting from pole position, Lars set the pace and he was followed by Merlin Depta (Serpent/Picco) and Lennart Skornia (Serpent/ Orcan) but the final began with a lot of action in the first corner, after Timo Schröder (Shepherd/Picco), Andreas Giesa (Shepherd/Picco) and Michael Pätz crashed with a bad outcome for Timo and Andreas and at the end Lars was able to take the win one lap ahead of Merlin and Lennart. The victory at the final round also got Lars the North German Championship title in front of Merlin Depta and Timo Schröder.
View the championship’s top 3 podium here
The final round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the fast and flowing track of the MAC De Baanbrekers in Rucphen this past weekend. The nice weather made for perfect racing conditions and the event started out with free practice on Saturday with the usual classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula would be accompanied by the 10.5T Pro10 class who made a guest appearance. In the Modified class Mitchell van Es (Yokomo) was the man to beat all weekend. After the three qualifiers he took the TQ followed by Govert Verbeke (Xray) and Rob Jansen (Team Magic). In the finals Mitchell would again show his skills as he made a clean sweep to take the win from Rob Jansen and Athan de Witte (VBC).
Speedmaster Japan have introduced their new silver-colour shock springs for 1/10th touring cars. Developed by the people behind the highly popular HPI silver springs the Speedmaster Japan items will offer improved materials, dimensions and surface treatment to allow for highest precision and on-track performance. Coming in standard as well as short 20mm specification the colour coded springs are available as pairs or 3-piece combo sets. The range will include TL2.8/6.75, TL3.0/6.5 and TL3.2/6.25 “long” springs made from 1.5mm wire while the “short” springs are available as TS2.8/5.75, TS3.0/5.5 and TS3.2/5.25 variants made from 1.4mm wire.
View the short 20mm springs here
