RPC Racing have announced the release of their new range of stainless steel screw kits. They currently stock stainless steel screw kits for a wide range of model cars, both on & off road, and for 1 month only RPC Racing are offering readers 10% off all items when using discount code ‘offer1’ at the checkout.
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Xray have produced this graphite rear body centering plate set for their RX8 chassis. Tough, strong and lightweight, the rear centering plate for RX8 made from thick, CNC-machined, top-grade graphite and is supplied with the aluminium collars and screws required to mount it.
Viper R/C have introduced their new VSE-B and VSE-T fully sensored motors for your 1/8 buggy and truggy. Months of rigorous on track and racing development have produced a 1/8 power plant ready to take your vehicle to a new level of performance, feel, and reliability. The VSE features a two pole sensored design to give you the smoothest and most drivable power band available. A CNC machined 6061 aluminum ribbed can provides optimum cooling performance while the integrated temperature sensor provides thermal protection to protect your equipment. High grade oversized ball bearings keep your system running smooth after hours of competition. The VSE-T features a 5mm longer can and rotor than its VSE-B buggy counterpart for the additional torque required by the big trucks. Multiple KV options between 1300-2450kv offer tuning options for varying track sizes and conditions.
Source: Viper RC [viper-rc.com]
CSO have released these new clutch bell pinion gears for the Capicorn LAB C801 car. Machined from high quality hard coated 7075 T6 aluminium, they are available in 19T, 20T, 23T, 24T & 25T.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
Rene Puepke in 1/10 scale and Frank Schewiola in 1/8 scale are leading the rankings after two rounds of the Nitro West Masters, a series of five race weekends held in Western Germany. Both Serpent racers were able to win at the season opener at Oberhausen as well at round two held at Dueren. Also in the newly launched 1/8 Hobby Cup class with unified engines from Novarossi both races saw the same winner with Mugen driver Thilo-Alexander Toedtmann.
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Capricorn have released these Dario Balestri developed dual trackrods for the C-801. They connect the two front suspension brackets for better cornering speed and faster steering response. Also new are these new aluminium clutch bells for Xray RX8, Mugen MRX5, Serpent 966 and LAB C-801. Weighing in at around 3.6 grams, low end torque and top speed are dramatically increased. After much testing, the clutch shoe to use on those bells is their new black carbonium / molibdenum compound which ensures outstanding grip performances and a longer lifetime. Other new clutch parts include a lightweight hard coated aluminium flywheel nut, which helps reduce the weight of the moving parts. There is also new yellow extra hard front shock springs, a new tyre glue called 140% tires glue and a new aluminium setup system for 1/10th scale which comes supplied in a handy carry case.
Round two of this years BRCA national 1:10 on road championship was renamed in honour of the passing of Mike Reedy, the Reedy Cotswold national saw a full entry of top UK drivers the only noticeable absentee being Elliott Harper who opted to miss this round in favour of revising for exams. Starting car one was reigning champion Chris Grainger, the Schumacher driver had made a great start to the season taking round one at West London and was looking to make it two out two in the Super Touring class. Saturday saw Andy Moore start well in the Super Touring class and he led the qualifying overnight from Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell, in pro stock it was James Hart up front for Schumacher ahead of David Hall and Chris Slater.
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Last weekend saw the Luxembourg EFRA GP take place at the Mini Circuit Ville de Luxembourg, the same track that will host this year’s 1/8th scale on road European Championship in July. World Champion and Mugen/Contact tires driver Robert Pietsch took TQ with his Novarossi powered MRX-5 in mixed weather conditions. He was able to win his semi final and started with number 1 in the main final. In the 45 minute final he lead from start to finish setting his best lap time, 2 tenths of a second faster than all the others drivers, and took a comfortable victory by 3 laps over Daniele Ielasi in 2nd and Rick Vrielijnck in 3rd.
