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March 13, 2020

Wouter Ferreira wins at South-African On-road opener

The first round of the 2020 South-African ORE 1/10th national championship series was held at the KMR Club last weekend. A slightly smaller field than normal, but great driving throughout, and a new Truck class was also run as an exhibition class. The track was well prepared and the weather was hot, which made for some fantastic on-track action! The Modified Touring class was the highlight of the event with extremely close qualifying rounds throughout. The TQ spot finally went to local man, Wouter Ferreira (Awesomatix). The mains was super exciting with a number of drivers being in contention for the win. Wouter Ferreira finally took his maiden Modified victory ahead of the Xray duo if Deon Gove and Alex Ribeiro.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 13, 2020

Essex Winter Series finale – Report

The final round of the Essex Winter Series took place last weekend. Concluding once again with a sell-out entry, the overall championships in the Modified, Super Stock and Front Wheel Drive class had already been wrapped up but the other podium places were still to be decided. Olly Jefferies made his return to the EWS at this event, now driving a privately entered Xray following his departure from Schumacher last month. He got things underway by setting the best time ahead of Champion-elect Elliott Harper, with Harley Eldridge taking third ahead of Kyle Branson and Chris Grainger. Elliott moved his Xray to the top in Q2, with Olly taking second. Kyle was best of the rest, in third for Capricorn, ahead of Harley’s Yokomo and Aaron Rose’s Schumacher in fifth. Round three had Olly moving back up top, beating Elliott by two tenths of a second. Kyle and Harley were again third and fourth, with Florian Joos (Xray) in fifth this time. Olly secured pole by taking the last round ahead of Elliott, with Kyle locking up third with another P3 result. Florian jumped up the grid with his fourth place in round and Harley stayed in the mix with fifth.

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March 13, 2020

Klinik RC 5.5mm ball stud & link set

Coming from Klinik RC is their new 5.5mm ball stud and link end set for Schumacher off-road vehicles. The new optional ball ends feature lightweight premium grade 5 titanium 5.5mm ball studs, and the strong ball ends offer super free action guaranteed to never bind and sacrifice suspension performance and increase life. By increasing the ball diameter to 5.5mm the surface area is increase many times over stock which will greatly increase the lifespan before the parts are getting sloppy.

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March 13, 2020

T-Works BD10/BD9 brass adjustable battery holder

T-Works have introduced their new adjustable brass battery holder set for the Yokomo BD10 and BD9 touring cars. The set includes machined brass mounting brackets as well as carbon fibre battery hooks and floating battery locators. Also included are different lengths battery posts, spacers and gold-colour mounting hardware. Due to the design of the battery locators and brass brackets the mount allows to shift the battery packs forth and back as well as left to right in order to fine-tune chassis balance.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 13, 2020

Power HD B7 Revolution Pro low-profile HV servo

Coming from Power HD is their new B7 Revolution Pro low-profile brushless HV servo. Building on the proven B7 the Revolution Pro variant offers Sanwa SSR mode compatibility, a titanium and steel geartrain, dual ball bearings and up to 13kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.055s. Upgraded hardware further improves precision and a 2-tone aluminium heatsink middle section, available in silver, red or gold colour, adds visual impact.

View a list of the features and the colour variants here

March 13, 2020

Bruno Coelho TQs & wins at Portuguese On-road opener

The city of Monsanto held the opening round of the Portuguese On-road Nationals last weekend. The good weather made for great racing conditions and in 1/10th Nitro Touring it was multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the A-main event, leaving behind Carlos Manuel in 2nd, some three laps behind. Fabian Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

View the top 3 podium here

March 12, 2020

SXT tire insert roller

SXT have introduced their new tire insert roller for 1/10th off-road tires. The tool was developed to break in the tire’s foam insert without having to actually use and wear the tire. To use the tool the wheel will be spun using a drill and the tyre is being pressed down on the rollers. The result is a proper seated insert that also already saw some action which can improve overall grip.

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March 12, 2020

JConcepts F2I 1/8th off-road wing

New from JConcepts is the F2I rear wing for 1/8th scale off-road buggies and trucks. F2I relates to Finnisher related items morphing into a 2nd generation and this new wing fits the bill perfectly. Adding the “I” relates to it being IFMAR competition legal in terms of its side-dams being large enough to comply with rules and procedure on the world-wide racing scene. Aerodynamics are quite the buzz and the design of the wing is rather traditional with a flat base. Across the width, the five individual dividers add straight-line stability and connects the upper and lower deck. Drop louvers on each side split the deck-height funneling air flow through the core and up to the gurney. The industry first design featuring a built-in gurney eliminates the need to add additional pieces, hardware or items which are clumsy. As with all JConcepts injection moulded wings, the side dams are recessed for decals to rest without being exposed directly across its plane. The offset decal plane also provides some stability to the highly impacted area and removes a slight about of weight. To make mounting easier, JConcepts has added a handy grid area underneath to help position the wing side to side and fore and aft for the utmost versatility. The wing is available in white, black and yellow colour.

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