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February 5, 2014

Awesomatix steering servo prototype

Seen at last weekend’s ETS race in Germany Awesomatix are close to releasing their own steering servo with built in floating servo mount. A high speed metal gear servo at the core, its aluminium case doubles as the floating mount removing the need to mount your current servo to the standard mount, saving space and weight meaning. The Russian company are also believed to be offering the option of having your name laser etched on to the servo as seen on those of their team drivers.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

February 5, 2014

Sweep 1/10 touring car bodyshell

Following up the announcement of the Birdie design bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7, Sweep have released a teaser for an upcoming touring car body that will be launched next month. No further details were given but we will bring them to you when revealed.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

February 5, 2014

Drake doubles at TLR Winter Series Rd1

Round 1 of the Team Losi Racing Winter Series took place this past weekend at Revelation Raceway. TLR driver Adam Drake TQ’ed both rounds of qualifying in 1/8th expert buggy and truck. Drake checked out in the 25 minute buggy final and won by two laps. In the 20 minute truck final Drake powered away from the competition again to take the win.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

February 5, 2014

Sweep MBX7 Birdie bodyshell

Sweep Racing are currently working on a new bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7 1/8th buggy. The shell makes use of Sweep’s distinctive “Birdie” design that incorporates an extreme cabin shape with a steep angled and quite narrow windshield while the cab itself sits in a very forward position. Pronounced and heavily angled sidepods and loads of free space around the engine’s cooling head are other features of the body. Sweep does has not given a release date yet but expect the body to hit the stores soon.

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February 4, 2014

Protoform Crosshair body mounting kit

Protoform have released what they are calling the Crosshair body mounting kit. Have you ever painted up a killer race body, only to botch the mounting job by aligning it off-center, crooked, or too far forward or back on your chassis? The Crosshair kit uses high-powered magnets to pinpoint the exact position of your car’s body posts allowing you to easily mark their location. This simple but effective system is designed to ensure your race body is mounted just the way you intended.

View more images and details here

February 4, 2014

110% RC Racing clinic report

110% RC Racing clinic

The inaugural 110% RC Racing clinic is in the books and it was a huge success. Ty and Gord Tessmann sent us the following report. ‘There were 9 teams (one team couldn’t make it at the last minute) consisting of a driver and a mechanic. The ages of the participants ranged from 9 to 47 yrs old, and as it turned out we had a lot of father and son duos participating. The participants were very receptive to what we had to say and we were impressed by their willingness to learn. Over the four days there were a lot of questions and the occasional debate. We did see noticeable improvement in the participants driving from the first time on the track to the last time, they worked very hard. The youngest driver, Peyton at 9 yrs old, reminded me of Ty when he was that age, very smooth and consistent on the track and very quiet, it was awesome to see a huge improvement in him.

Continue reading the report here

February 4, 2014

Rules Of Popularity

After three long days, I sat down to write this column as we waited for our Euro Tunnel crossing on our journey home from this weekend’s ETS race. Being just one of the 320 racers present for what was quite probably Europe’s largest ever R/C race (no doubt until next year!) I had a number of opportunities to take a step back during the weekend to try to think about what it really is that makes an event popular.

Continue reading Oli’s column here

February 4, 2014

Fenix Racing Su-zuka S5-Ultra front end

At the recent ETS Fenix Racing introduced the new S5-Ultra front beam for the Su-zuka F1 kit. The design is based on the Schumacher Mi5 technology and the first ever F1 front end that allows to adjust anti-dive and pro-dive. The technology is used also for the king-pin, therefore camber and caster angles are adjustable, regardless the amount of dive. The part is a direct fit for the Su-zuka 2013 and 2014 version and a dedicated version for the Tamiya F104 platform is also available.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]