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June 28, 2014

Team Associated confirm Ryan Maifield exit

Associated confirm Ryan Maifield exit

Team Associated have confirmed that they are parting ways with multiple ROAR National Champion Ryan Maifield effective July 1st. In a message on their FB page, which lists the impressive collection of victories achieved together since they signed the young Arizona racer back in 2003, Team Associated said the following.

Discovered by industry legend Mike Reedy as a young teenager, Ryan burst onto the scene in 2003 by taking an impressive victory at the prestigious Cactus Classic with the just released RC10B4. For more than a decade the dynamic combination of Associated, Reedy, LRP and Maifield compiled a list of championships that is one of the most impressive to date. Team Associated and Reedy have nurtured many champions over the years, and Ryan Maifield will go down in history as one of the best. All of us at Team Associated and Reedy have cherished the time helping Ryan grow into the champion he is today, and wish him the best of luck in all his endeavours; both on and off the track.

Continuing to run with other main sponsors JConcepts and Novarossi, Ryan is expected to confirm his new car and electronics sponsor (expected to be TLR and Orion) in the coming days/weeks ahead of the 2014 ROAR Electric Nationals in Florida and the IFMAR Worlds which will take place later this year in Italy.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 27, 2014

Hitec X1 Pro charger & ePowerBox 17A power supply

Hitec introduce the X1 Pro DC/DC battery charger and ePowerBox 17A power supply. Starting with the charger, the multi-chemistry device delivers a powerful 180 watts with an adjustable charge current rate of 0.1 to 16A and a single output. The X1 Pro design includes docking capability with the ePowerBox 17A power supply upping its ante in convenience and portability. The efficient power supply converts 100 to 240VAC volts into 17A of continuous 13.8VDC power, making it compatible with a wide variety of DC chargers. Available as separate versatile units or as a cohesive combination.

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June 27, 2014

Smokem BD7-IIX carbon fibre main chassis plate

Made for the Yokomo BD7 and BD7 2014 is the BD7-IIX chassis from Smokem Racing. On the back of the success of their 418-IIX chassis at various international events in recent months, Smokem now launches the latest iteration of their IIX design for the Yokomo BD7 electric tourers. The chassis utilises a proprietary 2.0mm thick “Pro-Weave” pure carbon fibre construction – which is stiffer than conventional weave but softer than a quasi weave. Together with its smooth contoured design, the BD7-IIX chassis provides improved flex characteristics while the thinner construction delivers a lowered centre of gravity for improved corner speed over a wider range of track conditions.

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June 27, 2014

Sanwa SRG-BZX & BZX Type-R servos

German Sanwa distributors LRP introduce the Sanwa SRG-BZX and SRG-BZX Type-R servos. Both digital servos offer a brushless motor, metal gears and a speed of up to 0.09s with a torque of 15kg-cm at 7.4V input. While the BZX comes with a middle aluminium heatsink section and a plastic upper case the BZX Type-R is an all-alloy type with upper aluminium case for even more durability in demanding applications such as 1/8th nitro buggies and trucks.

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June 27, 2014

MIP B5 series “Shiny” Pucks drive system

MIP B5 series "Shiny" Pucks drive system

Since MIP introduced their Pucks drive system the company made the sets available for a wide range of kits and the latest vehicle to receive the “Pucks treatment” is the B5 series buggy from Team Associated. The Shiny Pucks system for AE’s latest 2WD buggy includes Shiny C-CVD steel driveshafts and outdrives specially designed to use the orange colour crosspin cushions. The parts are direct replacements for the items included in the B5 and B5M kits, make for a smoother and easier to maintain drivetrain and the set also comes with clear silicone grease and blue thread lock.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

June 27, 2014

Südhoff takes Rd3 of Central Germany regionals

Known for his electric touring car skills Freddy Südhoff took a deep nitro sniff and joined the 3rd round of the Central German nitro on-road championship to race in the 1/8th on-road class. Having never raced a 1/8th scale car before he got familiar with his Sonic-powered Velox V8 EC, bored from fellow racer Oliver Mack and prepared by Armin Weihert. In qualifying he took the TQ being the only driver to reach 25 laps with his fastest laptime being 0.2 sec faster than the remainder of the field. In the semi-final A everything went fine and he claimed the pole-position for the 30 minute final while Philip Sting, who was the winner of the semi-final B, was 2 laps short. Right from the start of the final “Fast Freddy” stormed away and increased the gap lap by lap. As the tyre wear was very moderate his lap times were still very fast towards the end of the race although he pushed the whole final. After 30 minutes he crossed the finishline some 6 laps in front of Jürgen Hennemuth in 2nd and Alexander Schmitt in 3rd who was another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 27, 2014

BRCA 1/10th IC on-road championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Championship took place at the Halifax Track in Yorkshire, the excellent facility that hosted the 1/8th European Championships in 2013. The weather forecast showed high temperatures for both days meaning two dry days of running were had. 25 drivers took part in the 200mm class and 14 in the Sports GT class. On Saturday in the open practice, Kyle Branson was showing a fast pace with his XRD-powered Capricorn in the 200mm class and Glyn Beal was posting the fastest laps in the Sports GT class with his Serpent/OS combo. Onto Sunday and round 1 of qualifying went the way of Kyle Branson and Richard Boult. Kyle again posted the fastest time in round 2 with Glyn Beal topping the round in the Sports GT class. The pair again topped round 3 and 4 of their respective classes giving them the TQ positions for their classes.

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June 27, 2014

Yokomo 1/10th buggy carpet spring sets

Yokomo introduce new 1/10th big bore shock absorber springs under their new Yatabe Arena brand. Designed under the supervision of Shin Adachi, the springs are developed to improve handling on artificial high-bite surfaces such as astroturf and carpet. The springs are shorter in length compared to the stock B-Max2 and B-Max4 springs to allow for a lower ride height, they reduce traction rolling and improve the handling over jumps and while landing. The colour-coded springs will become available end of June, beginning of July in five different hardnesses for the front and four for the rear.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]