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May 27, 2024

Kurzbuch wins ENS season opener

Mugen Seiki’s Simon Kurzbuch opened the latest season of the Euro Nitro Series with maximum points, the former World Champion winning the 1:8 category from the TQ position. The first of the four round championship took drivers to the Ettlingen track in Germany where qualifying would see both Kurzbuch and the Capricorn of reigning ENS Champion Toni Gruber post two TQ runs each over the four qualifiers. On tie-break it was 2023 World Championship Top Qualifier Kurzbuch who lined up on pole for the 45-minute final ahead of Gruber with the Infinity of Teemu Leino P3. Able to establish an early gap over his rivals, Kurzbuch would cruise to victory by over a lap from Leino, Gruber having retired from the race just after half way distance. Bumping up from the B-Main to line up 11th on the grid, 1:8 Onroad legend Lamberto Collari would work his way through the field to complete the podium for Infinity. In 1:10, Melvin Diekmann got his title defence off to the perfect start taking his Capricorn to the TQ & win ahead of the Infinity of former Champion Jilles Groskamp with France’s Quentin Leroux taking the final step on the podium.

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May 25, 2024

Rebellion NT10 1:10 Nitro Touring Car

It has been a pretty interesting week for car design with the presentation of the Capelli F1-RR 1:10 Formula 1 and the Agama N110 1:10 2WD Buggy and now the Rebellion NT10 1:10 Nitro Touring Car. In this a World Championship year for the Nitro Touring Car class, Daniel Rosenmayer is debuting his latest engineering creation at the season opener of the ENS at the Ettlingen track in Germany. Having featured Daniel’s Rebellion F1 in a Chassis Focus during the 2022 MIBO International Race, his amazing work always draws an audience and the Rebellion NT10, the car featuring a centre belt that run through the fuel tank! The story of the Nitro car project started on 15th February this year while in the car for 1500km, thinking about how it would be possible to make a 2-belt nitro car, and ended with him studying many engine-pics to see if this could be made. At this year’s MIBO International Race Cup Daniel finally found his passion again and decided to do it, in a record breaking time of less then 3 months.

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May 25, 2024

Agama N110 1:10 2WD Buggy

Agama has officially released images and details of its first foray into 1:10 Offroad with the release of the N110 1:10 2WD Buggy. Set to be available in the fourth quarter of 2024. After years of design and development, including building on the success of its bigger brother – the Agama N1 1:8 platform, that revolutionary design is finally realised in the 1:10 market. Its unique suspension creates an incredibly low centre of gravity race car, while their engineering teams experience has pushed to ensure that not only is it fast, but it’s the easiest car to work on in its class, just like its big brother. Lower COG makes the N110 more consistent to drive while being able to hold higher corner speeds. With the N110, Agama introduce RAD, its Rapid Access Diff gearbox for easy and quick diff removal at the rear of the buggy. The number of parts you need to remove for easy maintenance is reduced, allowing you to spend less time wrenching and more time racing. High grade metal and plastic parts are found throughout the kit, making sure your car is not only fast, but durable too. A Linear Rail Steering System removes all the traditional steering system, replacing it with the lowest, cleanest play-free solution creating a feel while driving that is so smooth in the curve.

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May 25, 2024

Bittydesign Arrma Vendetta GTR 1:8 body

In its latest creation for the Arrma Vendetta chassi, Italy’s Bittydesign has released the GTR 1:8 Body. Based on the iconic Japanese performance car, during the design they paid attention to every possible detail and this has led to the body including details that complement the unmistakable style of the GTR. These accessories include a Rear wing to give the body a more complete appearance, a Front splitter to create a more aggressive appearance and give the body a “racing” look. Also include are a set of screws, nuts and washers necessary for the correct fixing of these additional parts.

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May 24, 2024

T-Works TC10/3 Titanium Antiroll bar Ball

T-Works has introduced a set of high-quality Titanium Antiroll bar Balls for the Japanese Axon TC10/3 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Increased lines and two sets of holes at the antiroll bar ball bottom, 1.3mm and 1.4mm, make it easier to install and adjust the position of the antiroll bar balls. Titanium Antiroll bar Ball greatly reduce the weight compared with the standard aluminium version as well as offering excellent durability and corrosion resistance.

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

May 24, 2024

Exotek F1 Ultra R5 carpet spec upgrades

Exotek Racing has released a number of ‘carpet spec’ upgrades for their latest 1:10 formula pan car kit the F1Ultra R5 which it launched back in March. The Calfornia based manufacturer has added four new upgrades to adapt the car for carpet start with an Inline battery mounting set. This provides more steering for high grip black carpet tracks and is for use with LCG shorty packs (20mm or lower) and smaller ESC’s such as the Hobbywing XR10 Stock Spec. They have also introduced a direct to rear pod carbon fibre wing mount. With lowered mounting and less flex it is best suited for high grip carpet tracks with Exotek highlight it is not for use on older F1 Ultras. The F1Ultra R5 also gets a wide profile carpet shock tower with the wider shock mount geometry providing less chassis roll to maximise performance on high grip carpet. Finally they are offering a 5.8mm machined delrin swivel ball with cup. This offers lower friction than the alloy ball for the smoothest steering pin movement and suspension action.

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May 24, 2024

Pro-Line RC10 B7 Axis body

Pro-Line Racing has released its Axis Light Weight Clear Body for the Team Associated RC10 B7 1:10 2WD Buggy. Featuring a super low-slung design with sharp lines throughout, the cab-forward design provides enhanced steering response while the small side fins balance out the rear of the car with ideal side bite. The rear of the Axis body has the right amount of clearance for the gearbox and fits the chassis and bulkhead shape of your race buggy perfectly. Included with the body is the Air Force 7″ Wing, the ultra-wide wing design designed for the perfect blend of downforce and low drag, with durability and tunability built in. Ample tire clearance is designed into the outer edges, along with 2 diagonal ribs to keep the wing true at high speeds. The trailing edge of the wing features 3 rear chord trim heights to tune to your specific track conditions. Each body includes a 2-pack of wings formed from ultra-durable 1mm thick material.

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May 24, 2024

Capelli F1-RR 1:10 Formula 1

We love nothing more than a passion product and it is super exciting to see this one, the Capelli F1-RR 1:10 Formula 1, coming Victoria, Australia. A project brought to fruition by Ryan Capel, it was designed and manufactured ‘In a shed, literally’. The origin of this project started with Capel’s passion for 1:12 Pan car racing. He wanted to race 1:10 F1 but lacked enthusiasm towards rubber tyres, so decided to construct a chassis that could race on small diameter foam tyres. (40mm – 52mm). Racing on asphalt in Australia means 5mm minimum ride height, this is not achievable with any chassis on the market today, whilst using 42mm rear foam tyres. Testing thus far has seen lap times on par with 1:12 chassis on asphalt. While currently a very limited range of F1 foam tyres / wheels exist in varying shores and compounds but this is something Capel is working to bring to market.

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