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April 30, 2008

The Border – Special Offer

The Border - Special Offer

Our long time site sponsors, The Border, have been in touch to inform everyone of their latest special offer. For all Mugen MTX4 racers out there, The Border are offering 15% off all spare parts for this car in their shop. To claim these great savings simply order the products as normal and when checking out, enter the coupon code MTX4 in the special field and your order total will be automatically updated. Check out their MTX4 spare parts range here.

The Border also wanted to let everyone know that they now have the GRP 1/10th foam tyre multi boxes in stock.

April 30, 2008

RB Concept R3 RC engine

RB in France have released the first information on the new R3 RC touring car engine. This new .12 motor is based on the race winning standard R3 yet sports a number of new upgrades such as the orange anodised long stroke carburettor venturi, a new lightened hand made crankshaft as well as new extreme intake timing and a newly engraved low centre of gravity cooling head.

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April 30, 2008

Team Orion Vortex SL & 1:36 BL

Yesterday we showed you the first pictures of the production Vortex Experience and Micro 1/18 brushless motors from Team Orion. Today we have more first pictures from the Swiss company, this time from the brushless Vortex SL, a line of sensorless motors that have been designed for those racers that want high performance on a budget, with a speed version and a high torque version set to be released. Also new is the Vortex 1:36, a BL motor that brings larger scale performance to the smallest scales of racing cars, and when sold will be initially available in 2 different versions – 9500KV and 10300KV.

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April 30, 2008

Mario Sowka wins Austrian EP Rd1

The first round of the Austrian Electric Touring car Nationals were held recently at the RMC track in Vienna. Practice took place on Friday and Saturday under dry conditions and this allowed the drivers present plenty of time to perfect their setups for qualifying. In the qualifying it was local Xray driver Mario Sowka that claimed the pole position for the 3 leg A-main, in front of European buggy Champion Hupo Honigl driving a Tamiya while HB racer Thomas Pumpler took 3rd. In the final it was Pumpler that took the first leg, after Sowka made a mistake and dropped to 5th, but recovered to 2nd by the finish. In the 2nd leg it was Hupo that was leading early on but a small mistake and Mario was through to the lead and despite some more pressure, including a collision, the Xray driver could take the win. The final leg saw a collision early on between Mario and Hupo and this dropped both out of contention and allowed Pumpler into the lead, but he was followed closely by Patrick Gollner who could take the lead and leg win after a small mistake by Thomas and this result gifted the win the Mario Sowka, with Thomas Pumpler claiming 2nd and Hupo gaining the final podium spot.

Source: Action Line [actionline.at]

April 29, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Bengt Andersson takes Swedish Victory – Link [serpent.com]
> Spy Shots of the prototype Bergonzoni R1 – Link [rcrevolution.net]
> Report on the ROAR truck Nats – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> Ben Cosgrove wins British Indoor Winter series – Link [teamxray.com]
> RB report on this weeks Euro B in Ampuis – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Vik dominatea “Race for Kids” at CVR – Link [kyoshoamerica.com]
> Photos of the HB prototype truggy – Link [neobuggy.com]

April 29, 2008

Davide Tortorici takes Italian Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Italian 1/8th scale buggy Nationals took place last weekend at the Valley Sporting Club track in Alberobello and after the semi finals it was Losi driver Riccardo Rabitti that lined up on the pole position ahead of Crono team driver Davide Tortorici. In the final however, despite setting the fastest lap times, Rabitti could only manage 3rd position, only 1 second behind runner up Fabio Boero racing a Mugen, while the race win went to Tortorici, who managed to bring his Crono RS7 home over a lap in front.

Source: RC Revolution [rcrevolution.net]

April 29, 2008

Xceed On-Road Car Stand

More new products from Xceed RC who have introduced a new addition to their line of racer friendly products with the release of this handy car stand. Suitable for most scales of on road vehicles, electric and gas, it has been made from a single piece of 2mm thick black anodised aluminium. Sporting the Xceed logo laser etched into the top and sides, the feet and top platform feature foam pads for helping to prevent your car and stand from moving around your work bench. A nice added feature is the inclusion of 4 holes in the top surface for sitting your shock absorbers into when refilling them.

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April 29, 2008

Serpent 960 OS2 wheel axle shim

Serpent have released these new 1mm thick spacers that are suitable for the optional OS2 front wheel axles on the Serpent 960’08, allowing easy adjustment of the front offset. Machined from aluminium, the spacers are tapered on the face that presses against the wheel bearing, ensuring that they don’t damage the bearing by rubbing against the outer part of the wheel axle bearing. Sold in a set of 4, they are used in combination with the standard 0.2mm thick wheel axle shims.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]