The 3rd round of the French 1/8th off-road championship was run in Pertuis in the South of France last weekend. Kyosho’s Jerome Aigoin took the win from Renaud Savoya (Xray) while Julien Lattanzio (Mugen) came in 3rd position.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Italian airbrush artist Massimo Solazzo, better known as Max Airbrush, introduce an own line of bodyshells for 1/8th off-road buggies called Magma. Thoroughly developed and shaped to sport a distinctive “Italian” design, the body promises stability and enhanced handling characteristics and it comes made from genuine lexan material. The first Magma body will fit Kyosho’s MP9 line of buggies including the TKI2 to TKI4 with tailor-made shells for TLR, Mugen and Xray buggies being available soon.
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The 1st round of the ever-popular Summer Shootout Series took place in Chesterfield, UK. These events have become a regular fixture for indoor racers in the UK in recent years and offer the best opportunity to practice and conduct testing on a national standard track with good grip. Once again Action Model Centre are supporting the series this year, which will cater for 1/12 scale LMP12 and GT12 cars as well as GT10. More than 100 drivers made this a capacity event which included drivers of all levels from national winners down to local club racers.
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Arrowmax have released a new carbon fibre chassis plate for the popular Yokomo B-Max 4 III. A direct replacement for the standard chassis it has been created to create more flex for low bite tracks and weights only 66g, instead of the original plate weight of 127g. Arrowmax have used a special Q-grade multi-directional carbon fibre, which generates more transverse stiffness compared to most other carbon fibre plates. A special honeycomb cooling area under the motor improves the airflow for lower motor temperatures.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Kyosho Germany introduce a brushless conversion kit for the V-One R4 200mm nitro touring car kit. The set includes a new carbon fibre top deck without fuel tank cut-out, a single gear adapter for the gearbox, an aluminium motor mount and several accessories and hardware parts. The set is designed for the use with a 540-size motor, a suitable brushless controller and a 2S LiPo battery pack.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
Gord and Ty Tessmann will hold another of their popular 110% Racing Clinic camps from the 8th to 10th of July at the Circuit RC International in St. Etienne, Quebec before the Quebec Classic Race. The workshop is a great way to learn from the successful team and benefit from their years of knowledge in building and racing championship winning cars. TLR’s Adam Drake will make a special appearance and you can find more information and the sign-up by clicking here.
Round 2 of the 2014 BRCA TC Nationals took place this past weekend at the Halifax track situated in West Yorkshire. The Halifax track is the largest track the series attends on the 2014 calendar and horsepower is regarded as a crucial factor in both classes. However, the weather this past weekend was cruel to the drivers with rain descending on the superb Halifax facility the whole weekend. But if we were going to have a really wet national, Halifax with its new covered pitting area was possibly the best venue in the UK to host it. Conditions proved to be very difficult and mixed for drivers in both classes with very little grip and forward drive reported on the wet and greasy surface.
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KO Propo introduce the EX-5FH sport level 2.4GHz radio system with Direct Digital System technology. The radio offers high speed transmitting using frequency hopping 2.4GHz technology, 7 model memory, EPA, dual rate, exponential, and steering speed functions beside others as well as a 3rd channel that can also be used to adjust the sensitivity KR-212FHG gyro receiver. The transmitter is available in four different sets including one or two KR-211FH receivers, a KR-212FHG and PDS-2501ICS combo or including a KR-211FH receiver and two PDS-2511ICS servos.
Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]
