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April 15, 2014

LRP S10 Blast SC 2 RTR short course truck

LRP introduce the upgraded S10 Blast SC 2 ready-to-run short course truck. The 4WD vehicle underwent a revision and now features a revamped drivetrain featuring a new slipper assembly and new gears for added durability and reliability. Many of the composite materials also received a reinforcement, again in order to add rigidity while upgraded shock absorbers with a membrane volume compensator lead to a more agile handling. Also included in the set are waterproof electronics for all-weather usability. The truck comes factory assembled with a brushed motor, AI Runner 2 digital speed controller and 2.4GHz radio system.

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April 15, 2014

BRCA Clubman Series 2014 Rd1 – Report

West London kicked off the start of the BRCA Clubman Series 2014 last weekend. 140 drivers booked into the first round which since the series has started is the biggest ever showing and was fully booked. Practice on the Saturday showed tricky setup conditions of wind, sun and overcast for those drivers who wanted to dial in their cars ready for the meeting on Sunday.

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April 15, 2014

SkyRC Ares S-Pro2 short course brushless motor

SkyRC introduce the Ares S-Pro2 competition brushless motor for 4WD short course trucks. The motor is designed around a CNC-machined T6 billet aluminium heatsink can and features a 2-pole/3-slots setup, 5mm pinion shaft, adjustable timing and heavy-duty solder tabs. It is available in four different specifications as 4.5T/4800kv, 5.5T/4000kv, 6.5T/3400kv and 7.5T/3000kv variant for high-speed down to technical tracks and usable with sensorless and sensored controllers alike.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

April 15, 2014

Sweep B5M Muzzle bodyshell

Sweep Racing introduce the Muzzle bodyshell for the Team Associated B5M buggy. Designed to maximise the downforce effects the body is of a cab forward design with a highly angled and channelled roof and a step-up section around the motor mount. Sidepods that raise towards the rear and a small shark fin help to channel the air toward the included 6.5″ rear wing. The direct replacement body comes made from clear polycarbonate and including two high-downforce rear wings.

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April 15, 2014

Tamiya TB Evo6 – Preview

Tamiya TB Evo6 – First image

Kentech Blog got their hands on a first rendering of the forthcoming Tamiya TB Evo 6 touring car. The shaft driven TC will make use of the latest TRF418 suspension arms, TB04 front and rear gear boxes and it is designed around a traversal motor position such as found on most of today’s belt-driven touring cars. Included with the kit come several option parts such as low-profile shock absorbers, dual joint front driveshafts, aluminium turnbuckles, aluminium nuts and ball joints as well as a hi-torque servo saver and floating servo mount.

Source: Kentech [kentech.blogs.se]

April 15, 2014

Nejc Mihelic wins at Alpe Adria Cup

The first round of the Alpe Adria Cup took place last weekend at the Stöhr-Ring in Graz, Austria. The race saw the attendance of drivers from Slovenia, Hungary, Italy and Austria and was run in 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the 1/8th class Jernej Vuga (Xray/Reds) took TQ but he was not able to conserve his performance in the final and finished in 8th position. Up front the race was on between Nejc Mihelic (Motonica/Picco) and Manuel Gremlica (KM/Woldt) and at the end it was Nejc who finished the race some two laps in front of Manuel after the 30 minute long final. Bernd Koller (Mugen/Novarossi) rounded out the podium in 3rd place.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

April 14, 2014

New Team Associated TC6 option parts

Team Associated introduce new option parts for the TC6 line of touring cars such as the TC6, TC6.1 and TC6.2. Starting with aluminium spur gear pulleys, the parts are machined from aluminium to offer a more true-running surface. The pulleys are hard-coated to reduce wear and use blue colour aluminium belt retaining flanges.

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April 14, 2014

RB Challenge Norway Rd1 – Report

The first race of the six round RB Challenge in Norway was run with 62 drivers attending. The series is run on RB tyres and sees the nine fastest drivers from qualifying proceeding to the final with two drivers from the B-final as bump-ups. The TQ went to Bjorn Ivar Haug (Xray) and once the 40 minute final took off it was clear that the race was on between Bjorn Ivar and Team Associated driver Daniel Kobbevik with both drivers quickly pulling away from the field. 10 minutes into the race and Bjorn made a small mistake allowing Daniel to pass but Bjorn Ivar fought back eventually taking the lead again. Later on Daniel ran into trouble which resulted in three extra pit stops allowing Bjorn to cruise to the win. Daniel Kobbevik finally managed to grab the runner-up spot, Rune Karlsen (Xray) completed the podium.

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