Arrowmax now have a Jörn Neumann Edition 1/10th off-road carstand available. Made from aluminium and coming with Jörn’s signature the carstand not only securely holds buggies and trucks during building, maintenance and setup but it also has cut-outs to take small and big bore shock absorbers during refilling and bleeding. Beside the Neumann Edition stand there is also a plain version available.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
The 2014 ORRCA Queensland Electric Onroad Titles where run at the regional holiday resort town of Hervey Bay in Queensland, at the last weekend of September. The date for the event is fixed to coincide with Australian school holidays in order to encourage juniors to participate, and it was great to see a number of young drivers racing in the event. Most drivers had travelled from Brisbane to take part, and there also were quite a few drivers from regional Queensland. Classes that are at the titles run are Modified, 13.5T and 21.5T electric all running on Sorex tires. The Modified class was won by a familiar winner of this event; Hot Bodies driver Jason Dorn (TQ), from Corey Broadstock (Xray) and Brad McDonald (Yokomo).
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Protoform is taking aim at 1:12 Stock and SuperStock classes with their new 1:12 race body, the Strakka-12. Modelled after an all-new racecar contending in the WEC series, the Strakka-12 is a reduced downforce alternative to the ultra-successful AMR-12. This race body will help your car slip around the track efficiently without scrubbing too much all-important corner speed. Modified racers looking for a less downforce on super high grip tracks can also use the Strakka-12, attaching the add-on Gurney Flap marked out in the back of the body. The Strakka-12 fits all EFRA, IFMAR, BRCA, ROAR and JMRCA body specs. Available in both light weight .020” lexan for experts and regular weight .030” for novices, it comes with protective film and includes window masks and a decal sheet.
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The TORCH 1/10th Electric Offroad Dash for Cash GP will take place on Sunday 19th October. The format will be one round of timed practice, 4 rounds of qualifying and one 7 minute final for all. Prizes for top three in all finals plus, and this is the different bit, £50 cash top prize for the top finisher in each BRCA formula grade F1 through to F5. Formula grades will be based on current 2014 grading used in this year’s regionals and nationals. Places will limited to first 100 entries for 2WD and 4WD Buggy. More information about the event can be found here.
The 2nd and final round of the Spanish national federations series was held under changing weather conditions which caused some headache for the pilots of the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock and Formula 1. In the Modified class Gonzalo Garcia (Yokomo) took the day’s win from CSO driver Sergio Gomez in 2nd and David Bustos (TOP) in 3rd place. In the overall championship Gonzalo Garcia grabbed the title from runner-up David Bustos (TOP) and David Lara (TOP) in 3rd place.
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Coming soon from Xray and just in time for the indoor season is the XB4 2015 Spec 4WD buggy kit. No details are known yet about the features of the latest version of Xray’s European Championships winning car but expect more details to surface very soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Hudy introduce an 8-compartment tiny hardware box for the storage of small hardware such as screws, nuts and shims. Measuring 97x69mm the box offers four separate double compartments, and a modular design that allows to attach or detach compartments to create boxes of various sizes.
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Replay distributors Team Associated introduce the Prime X “action” camera system. Building on the XD1080 the latest model offers a 145 degree angle T2.8 lens with anti-glare coating, an all-new 1/2.3 in, 16MP CMOS sensor for even sharper HD video and still images, and a higher capacity 1700mAh battery for 3.5 hour battery life per charge. A new charger fills the battery up to two times faster. Also new are redesigned power level and record LED indicators and new wider operation buttons. The camera is configurable from both the Replay XD iOS or Android app thanks to WiFi and the advanced settings file written to the SD card. This allows to enable more pro features to fine-tune the image and extra features. The camera comes with a fully loaded package of different mounts, SD card, USB wire and transportation bag.
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