Available now is the MKS Servo-Tech HBL575-SL low-profile servo. Offering an aluminium heatsink case, full metal gears and a brushless motor the high-voltage compatible digital servo pulls up to 16.8kg-cm at a speed down to 0.07s. The low profile design makes it ideal for many 1/10th scale classes such as touring cars, pan cars and off-road buggies.
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The 2015 Mugen Seiki Cup was held in Reims, France this past weekend. The race brought together Mugen’s international star racers, local talent and newcomers alike for a workshop and race weekend. As for the racing side of things, in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class UK’s Lee Martin came out successful from Spaniard Robert Batlle and Italy’s Davide Ongaro while in the triple E-Buggy mains Robert Batlle took the winning honours from Stephane Couchon and Davide Ongaro.
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The 1/8th E-Buggy European Championship warm-up was held this past weekend in Fehring, Austria. On Saturday four rounds of practice and three round of qualifying would be held with Xray’s Martin Bayer coming out as the fastest driver. Overnight rain and a wet track on Sunday morning meant round four of the qualifiers needed to be called off so everyone went straight into the finals in which Martin again came out successful after some dramatic situations. Winning A1 and A2 meant the overall win for him in front of Jürgen Trieb and Hupo Hönig (Serpent). Martin Wollanka (Xray) and Kaja Novotny (Team Durango) rounded out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The latest Team Associated vehicle to receive the LiPo Combo upgrade is the SC10B 1/10th 2WD short course buggy. The realistic buggy comes equipped with a factory finished short course pro buggy body, roll cage and driver as well as a water-resistant brushless electronic speed control with reverse, powerful Reedy brushless motor, enclosed water resistant receiver box, adjustable blue anodised aluminium coil-over shocks and KMC replica wheels with high traction compound rear tyres for more grip complete the package. New for the LiPo Combo kits are the latest Reedy 423-S 35W Compact Balance Charger and the WolfPack LiPo 3300mAh 30C 7.4V battery, allowing to hit the tracks instantly.
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The AMS 6.0 was held in Alabama this past weekend with the usual breed of Pro drivers in attendance. TLR’s Dakotah Phend dominated the Pro class qualifying by taking the TQ in Pro Nitro Buggy, Pro Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy. In the Nitro Buggy final it then was Ryan Maifield who came out successful by taking benefit of an early mistake by his team mate. Dakotah finished on the runner-up spot while Cole Ogden completed the TLR podium lockout in 3rd.
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This past weekend the 1/8th Nitro On-road European Championships B were held at the RME Lamberto Collari track in Cassino, Italy which is known for its somewhat old school layout and famous for its hospitality and restaurant. On this track also live steaming was first introduced to RC some years ago by a gentleman called Gianluca Decina and long before EFRA started their own service. Working in ICT and very handy with video Gianluca was the first to offer streaming around the year 2006 to 2008 during one of the EFRA events. Unfortunately this year’s event did not attract a lot of entries. It seems that drivers are making choices nowadays and in this case the majority made the choice to visit the EC-A later in the year instead of the B championship.
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A driver who has injected renewed interest & excitement into electric touring cars with his raw speed, Bruno Coelho has finally delivered the long awaited first win by taking an exciting A2 at ETS Luxembourg. After a spectacular drive in A1 to recover to third from a Stop & Go penalty, the Portuguese star would second time of asking get to have a straight up battle with Top Qualifier Ronald Volker and A1 winner Jilles Groskamp snatching a last lap win in a great display of World class driving by the trio. While Volker led for the majority of the race, Jilles Groskamp would for a very brief moment go to the front getting by the Yokomo with 3-laps to go only to roll his HB at the very next corner. With this allowing Marc Rheinard to snatch third, Coelho was next to attack Volker with the 21-year-old getting by the German at the same section of the track, the only difference being he made his pass stick to take the anticipated win.
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The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series final race was held in the Cowboy capital of Calgary, Alberta. Hosted by CarCar, this was by far their best event in several years. The numbers say it all: with over 200 registrations it was their largest turnout ever. Racers came from across Western Canada and the NW United States and were treated to some great racing action. In the Touring Car Modified class the TQ holder, VBC Racing’s Dave Ehrlich, looked to have this one locked in, but Awesomatix’ Wayne wasn’t going to be denied a top TC trophy after losing it later in Stock. Coming from 4th on the grid, Awesomatix’ Wayne took only 14 laps, and one rare mistake by Dave, to move into first, also posting the fastest lap of the race. Blake Bell drove his Awesomatix cleanly, only allowing Dave and then Wayne to get past, finishing in a strong 3rd.
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