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March 21, 2023

RC Vision announce ‘Club Mod’ initiative

RC Vision has announced a new innovation for their 2023 King of Clubs RC Series, working together with the British Radio Car Association (BRCA) to nurture the best 1:10 electric onroad racing talent across the south of England and the UK, while also promoting grassroots sports participation. The King of Clubs RC Series will feature an innovative new class called Club Mod, which will serve as a stepping-stone for stock drivers looking to transition to the blue-ribbon modified class and showcase their skills. To further elevate the competition, RC Vision will be offering a unique opportunity for three drivers from the 2023 King of Clubs Club Mod class to be selected for a 3-driver team that will attend a signature round of the 2024 ETS racing series as an official BRCA team, with financial and technical support. The signature round is expected, subject to confirmation, to be at the legendary Dutch track, AMCA Apeldoorn.

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March 21, 2023

NathoBuilds Setup Board & 7.5 Deg Caster Inserts

New from NathoBuilds products are are this Carbon Fibre Setup Board and 7.5deg Caster Inserts for Team Associated 1:10 Offroad chassis. Manufactured from 4mm thick 3K Twill Weave Gloss Carbon, the Setup board has been tested on a bunch of out door conditions to ensure that the boards will last years without tweaking and making sure the board stays flat. It also features chamfered edges to prevent the corners from chipping and comes with an included heavy-duty Corflute Travel/ Storage Box that fits perfectly into an Ogio Rig 9800 travel bag. The 7.5deg Caster Inserts have been tested by some of the Team Associated Australia team and give you +7.5 deg of caster which is great for low bite out door conditions.

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March 21, 2023

Power HD sign Bowie Ginting

Following his announcement as a Yokomo Factory driver last week, Power HD have just announced the signing of Indonesia touring driver Bowie Nikolas Ginting to their team. A 14-times Indonesia Champion and TITC podium finisher, Bowie Ginting will focus on 1:10 Electric Onroad and will use Power HD high-end brushless servo S15 for the coming season. Commenting on the announcement Ginting said, ‘I’ve been running the servo as a privateer since 2021. The smoothness and reliability are something which took Power HD servos line to another level. I’m more than happy to have this opportunity to represent Power HD officially on my race program!’.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

March 21, 2023

MonacoRC ‘SpiralBox’ Storage solution

Monaco RC has released a new storage solution it is calling the ‘SpiralBox’. It is the perfect solution for organising small items to bring to the race track. Divided into 7 compartments, this cylindrical container comes with pre-printed stickers with white spaces to customise them as desired. The unique feature of the ‘SpiralBox’ is its versatility: thanks to the fully detachable screw-stacked compartments, users can organise their items to their liking, separating them in a precise and orderly manner. In addition, the pre-printed stickers with the most common measurements simplify the recognition of objects inside the package. Moreover, the MonacoRC-style graphics give the package an elegant and professional look, ideal for those who want to stand out on the race track. Monaco RC also offer the SpiralBox in Shim and a SetScrew option. The MonacoRC SpiralBox-Shim is the perfect solution for anyone working with precision shims. The cylindrical container comes with 140 shims divided into 7 different sizes (20 per type), to meet all possible needs. The SpiralBox-SetScrew is the perfect solution for those who want to keep all their set screws organised in the most commonly used sizes in the RC world and contains 100 set screws divided into 5 different sizes.

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March 20, 2023

MCD XT5 Max Rally bodyshell

Turkish large scale specialist manufacturer MCD Racing has released this new XT5 Max Rally bodyshell. The new bodyshell is designed with a 1:1 scale realism of a new generation World Rally car. It is developed to compete at the highest level of the new large scale rally class and MCD Racing has used their experience from the first generation to give a new feeling of the design. Sophistication and refinement was the key to creating this rally body. With the wide wheel arched and elegant lines that runs through the body, you get a new feeling on the race track. In addition to the design look, MCD worked to develop the body so that it has compact aerodynamic advantages.

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March 20, 2023

T-Works X4 Alu Shock Spring Retainer

T-Works has produced these aluminium Shock Spring Retainers for the Xray X4 ’23 1:10 electric touring car. Machined from high quality aluminium and finished with black anodising, they come as a set of four or as a 2 piece set with a -1mm offset that is for use on the rear shocks only.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 20, 2023

Exotek F1 Ultra ’23 bodyshell

Exotek Racing has released a new updated 2023 bodyshell for their F1Ultra 1:10 Formula Kit and similar dimensioned narrow style F1 pans cars. It should fit other brands of chassis with some trimming for those whose side links are a maximum 113mm wide. Two scale option side intake styles are included, the scooped RB style via add on molded trims and classic flat style by not using the added trims. Modern design with slim style side pods with the addition of high downforce aero details for good looks and high performance. Made using premium polycarbonate that is a proprietary custom blended polycarbonate only for Exotek that is much stronger and longer lasting than other similar thickness polycarbonate. Made of lightweight .7mm polycarbonate, the painted body shown in the pic is only 33g including the paint, stickers and helmet. Sponsor logos shown are not included and shown for artistic purposes only. Body is sold as clear and unpainted.

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March 20, 2023

Axon HLS Spring “Soft Rate Series”

Japan’s Axon has announced the release of its “HLS Spring” series which boasts a wide range of performance in high grip to low grip conditions. With three variants in the soft rate series of HLS springs, these were used by Akio Sobue and Hayato Ishioka at the 2022 ISTC Touring World Championship in Italy and demonstrated outstanding performance as Sobue took the TC10/2 to a podium finish with Ishioka joining him in the final. Use of the springs on the front suspension, gives the “flexibility” of a progressive spring along with the rigid response of a linear spring.

Source: Axon [team-axon.com]