Spec-R introduce the new S2 sport or club-level touring car kit. Featuring a new narrow 2.5mm fibre glass chassis, the car also comes with a redesigned aluminium motor mount with centre support and an updated motor position that now is 2mm further in. Also the front and rear shock towers received an update as did the all-new HD gear differential. The S2 is rounded out by a central servo mount as seen on high-end TC kits.
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Italian company Sprint RC soon have two new nitro on-road bodies available. First up is an 1/8th scale body that is of a longer overall appearance combined with a wide front section. This allows for more stability in fast corners on medium to high speed tracks. The Lola DTRS called body is ideal for the use in races that do not allow tyre additives. The second new body is a 200mm body and the result of the combination of the Kruzer and the Spark body. The Veleno body is of a reduced length making it ideal for short to medium size tracks with hairpin corners while offering extra stability for fast corners as well. Made from 0.75mm polycarbonate the body comes with window masks and decal sheet.
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The 1st round of the Argentinian Touring Championships was held last weekend at the Hernan Matticoli track. The pole position for the 45 minute final went to Juan Pablo Golobic (Capricorn/Novarossi) but at the end it was Sebastian Recio (Capricorn/Novarossi) who took the win in front of Juan Pablo with Adrian Castro completing the all-Capricorn and all-Novarossi podium in 3rd position.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Today Xray released a teaser for their forthcoming Active Rear Suspension system called ARS. Being in final testing stages, the system basically makes use of front steering knuckles on the rear suspension in order to make for step-less toe-in adjustment and to fine-tune the toe-in change on suspension compression to achieve another setup option. Click the link below to read a short ARS introduction of Xray designer Martin Hudy.
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Nosram introduce three new hardcase LiPo battery packs in the form of a 5800mAh saddle pack, a 4700mAh shorty pack and a 6600mAh 1S battery. All come in semi-transparent, red-colour hardcases with the 2S packs being built from 110C/55C cells while the 1S 1/12th and World GT battery is made using a 110C/50C cell. The packs use 4mm connector tubes and the saddle pack includes a suitable jumper/charging wire.
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The prestigious Oberhausen track in Germany saw the season opener of the Nitro-West-Masters last weekend. With a record breaking entry of 69 drivers, exciting and fair racing, an up-to-the-minute time schedule, a helpful cooperation and friendly atmosphere in the paddock the first race of the 2014 season was a great success. Finally, Tobias Hepp (Xray), René Puepke (Shepherd), Waldemar Liedke (Mugen) and Hans-Werner Dietz (Xray) took the raging applause for their victories in the four classes.
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Taiwan’s biggest 1/8th nitro on-road event of the year, the 2014 Mugen Nitro Cup, saw more than 70 drivers signing up for the race in Taipei, with drivers also coming over from Hong Kong. Mugen Seiki’s Takaaki Shimo and JJ Wang also flew in for the event to join Taiwan’s top nitro drivers. Shimo then also was top qualifier with JJ taking 2nd on the starting grid. In the final, a clean start saw Shimo and JJ pulling away from the field racing closely before Shimo suffered a broken front belt and causing him to retire. JJ then took over the lead and with perfect pit stops he finished 1st in front of Taiwan’s National Champion Wang Shengzhong while You Shangyi finished 3rd.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
HPI introduce the D-Box 2 adjustable stability system for virtually every radio controlled car. Although aimed for the use in drift cars, the gyro can also be used in nitro and electric on-road and off-road vehicles as it improves vehicle control on slippery surfaces. Based on the experience gained with the original D-Box, the follow-up device offers four different settings to adjust the gyro sensitivity for perfect vehicle control without loosing steering response or gyro support. The device is simply connected between the steering servo and receiver, measures around 26.5x27x10mm and weights in at 9.5g. Before using the D-Box at a race meeting please check with the rules as tracks do not allow the use of gyros for fairness reasons.
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