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July 6, 2024

Subrc ‘Aguila’ 1:10 Touring Car Bodyshell

An established producer of 1:28 bodyshells, Indonesian based Subrc has released its first 1:10 Electric Touring Car body the ‘Aguila’. Based off their 1:28 JX touring Bodyshell, the Aquila bodyshell is designed to offer good cornering speed and good rear downforce. It comes with pre-marked bodypost for easier setup and 2 line cut for the those who like to run their bodyshell lower. Subrc offer the Aguila in 2 versions, regular and lightweight, and it come with windows masking and decals.

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July 6, 2024

MXLR A12X | A12WC Option parts

Following the release if the new A12X and A12WC 1:12 kits from Awesomatix, MXLR is offering a new Carbon Electronics Plate for both cars and Fan Holder for the A12X. Made from high quality 1.0mm Carbon, Carbon Electronics Plate is a rather simple design but offers many advantages. It extends the rather small space to mount your electronics in the A12X & A12WC and provides very quick exchange of the whole electronics with just 2 screws. A little notch on the front site helps with centering of the servo when you use a non direct mount servo. The Fan Holder is an updated version of MXLR’s popular worlds winning A12 fan holder. The legs and the mounting position is slightly adjusted to fit with the dimensions of new designed A12X.

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July 5, 2024

T-Works 1:8 Buggy/Truggy Chassis Weight Set

T-Works is offering this set of chassis weights for 1:8 Buggy and Truggy use. Offering precise weight adjustment, they feature a center-locking mounting and a unique midair design that ensures the stability of the weights without affecting the chassis flex. Available in 20, 30 & 40 grams weights, the brass material is treated with black coating and are suitable with most leading brands of chassis.

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July 5, 2024

Ermen joins Hasi Tuned engines

Hasi Tuned has announced that International 1:8 Nitro Onroad stalwart John Ermen has joined its team and will campaign their engines. The Dutch racer, and recently turned part time ENS race pundit, makes the switch to the engine brand fronted by leading Swiss nitro racer Silvio Hächler following a decade of racing for the Italy’s Reds Racing. One of nitro onroad racing stand out characters, commenting on the news, the ARC team driver said, ‘A new chapter in my RC career! Hasi Tuned!! First of all I would like to thank my previous sponsor for the past 10-years!!! Ten years is a long time to be part of a company and it was a decision not taken lightly. We have had a great and close cooperation in I’m grateful for! We book some good results together, on and off track with development and race results! But sometimes it’s just time for something new! I want to thank Sartor Matteo and Sartor Cristiano for this new opportunity! I’m looking forward to the time that is coming! My first race would be the 2nd ENS – Euro Nitro Series in MAV Aigen-Schlagl.’

Source: Hasi Tuned [hasituned.eu]

July 5, 2024

Capricorn LAB GT2 Shock Springs

Italian chassis manufacturer Capricorn has added two new shock spring options for its LAB GT2 1:8 GT chassis. A new Red spring is the softest of their spring table. A new Orange progressive spring, due to its behaviour, is placed between the standard Red and previously available Green option. Both can be used for front or rear and are suggested for use on a low grip track.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

July 5, 2024

Awesomatix A12X & A12WC Pan Car kits

In an exciting week of news of new 1:12 cars, Awesomatix has just released not one but two new versions of its A12. The first of these, the A12WC, is a refined version of the previous A12 kit firstly introduced during the 2020 World Championship and recently crowned IFMAR Spec World Champion in the hands of Awesomatix’s team manager Max Mächler. The A12WC kit includes the proven A12 concept where the rear spring action is controlled by the flexing of the chassis itself assisted by a pair of coil side springs that also act as an additional rear spring. The chassis shape is new and has been refined to further enhance the flex distribution while also incorporating the rear brace. The second released, named A12X, brings its design slightly more towards traditional 12^th scale cars where side and rear spring actions are independent. This is achieved thanks to a built-in coil spring inside the rear damper and new side coil springs positioned at the very front of the chassis. The new steel chassis brings the CG even lower and allows for a narrower and sleeker shape to the whole design.

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July 5, 2024

IFMAR Large Scale World Championship – CANCELLED

IFMAR has just announced that the Large Scale World Championship scheduled for October in Sydney, Australia, has been cancelled. The unanimous joint decision was made between IFMAR, FEMCA, EFRA and RCRA due to lack of entries for the race. The cancellation of what would have been the 12th Worlds for the category, marks the first time in the history of IFMAR that a World Championship has been cancelled due to low numbers, only 9 driving committing to the race. Having dealt with NSWRCRCC last year on their excellent running of the 1:8 GT World Championship which Red RC attended, and having followed closely their efforts to try to put on a successful Large Scale Worlds it is a disappointing outcome for all involved. In the announcement on Facebook IFMAR stated, ‘It is with disappointment that for the first time in IFMAR history we are forced to cancel an event due to lack of competitors. The 2024 1/5th Scale IFMAR Worlds in Sydney will not be proceeding. With just over 3 months to go we only have the formal commitment of 9 drivers to attend the race, with such low numbers of drivers it is not viable nor responsible to commit to run a World Championship. This was a joint, unanimous decision, between IFMAR, FEMCA, EFRA, RCRA (who the committed racers represented) and the organizing club NSWRCRCC. With 3 months until the event, yes there may have been last minute entries, however, even with the number of racers at double or triple it is still not enough for a viable event and it is not responsible or fair to allow the organizing club to take on such risk. IFMAR and the BLOCS will discuss the further running of Large Scale events in the future and try to find a solution. The Host Club is still committed to running an event within the same date schedule as the cancelled World Championship and are working with FEMCA for an alternative event. We encourage all large scale racers to look out for these details and support the club if you are able to.’

Source: IFMAR [Facebook]

July 4, 2024

2024 FIRC – 2nd Edition Announcement

After a hugely successful inaugural running of the Foshan International Invitational RC Championship last December, hosts GDC Indoor Race Club in Guangdong, China, has confirmed the date for the 2024 edition. Confirming the 2nd edition will run on December 5-8, a week earlier than last year, the FIRC Championship was created with the goal of providing local racers with an opportunity to see some of the best drivers in the world in action while also getting to race against them. The inaugural event did exactly that with Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker coming away as the winner ahead of China’s Vening Zhuo and Japan’s Yugo Nagashima. Opened in May of 2023, GDC Indoor track is 800 square metres making it the largest professional indoor onroad track in China. Also housing an offroad carpet track, later this month it will also host the FEMCA 1:10 Offroad Championship, the governing body of RC racing that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia bringing back the category title after the race’s absence for a number of years.

Source: GDC Indoor Race Club