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November 18, 2024

Florida Carpet C/ship wins for Champlin & Orlowski

The 2024 JConcepts Florida Carpet Championship at Beachline Raceway in Orlando saw wins for Schumacher pairing Michal Orlowski and Broc Champlin, with 2WD winner Champlin also crowned overall Champion of the annual event & denying his team-mate a 3-in-row. In 2WD Mod Buggy qualifying it was Champlin who secured the TQ topping 3 of the 4 rounds with Q4 winner Bruno Coelho putting his Xray 2nd ahead of Orlowski and Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin. In 4WD, three TQ runs gave Orlowski the overall top spot with Coelho again securing P2 having set the pace in Q3 with his Xray team-mate Tom Rinderknecht P3 from Champlin and Norway’s Daniel Kobbevik. In the finals, A1 of 2WD would see Orlowski get the win from Champlin but the American capitalised on his TQ in A2 & 3 to win both and take the overall ahead of Orlowski with Coelho completing the podium. In 4WD, A1 saw 2023 winner Coelho take a late win but Orlowski made amends in the next two encounters to take the overall with Champlin runner up and Coelho again filling the final step on the podium. With the Schumacher drivers both tied on points, a thrilling Super Pole was held to break the tie, which Champlin claimed to become the overall Modified Champion of the Florida Carpet Championship.

Image: JConcepts [Facebook]

November 18, 2024

Wild Turbo Fan MILF30 lightweight full metal fan

Wild Turbo Fan has released a new 30mm version of its MILF (Metallic Intelligent Luxury Fan) fans. The MILF30 is a lightweight full metal fan and is the result of their learnings from the first 2 full metal fans they developed. They have created this fan with all the features but not the weight with it weighing only 14.5 gram compared to the MILF35 at 28 grams. WTF also claim that is they have roughly measured static thrust at 10g plus.

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November 18, 2024

Harper wins EWS Round 2

The second round of the Essex Winter Series took place over the weekend with series champion Elliot Harper take the win ahead of Round 1 winner Olly Jefferies. In qualifying it was the Schumacher of Harper who secured the TQ for the single A-main as he topped the opening 3 of the four qualifiers. Taking ihs Awesomatix to the top of the times in Q4, Jefferies would secure P2 on the grid ahead of Kyle Branson and Xray’s Harley Eldridge. In the final, while Fefferies would set the fastest lap he was unable to get by Harper with the pair separated by 15/100th of a seconds at he end of the 5-minutes. Behind them Branson would complete the podium as he did at the season opener with Eldridge 4th. In Stock and FWD it was repeat wins for the Round 1 victors. Zak Finlay secured the Stock TQ from where he would add win No.2 while Iris driver Adam Southgate did the same in FWD. The 5 round EWS now takes a short break from racing as organiser Oli Meggitt and his crew turn their attentions to the sold out annual 2-day EWS International which takes place on December 7-8.

Image: Kyle Branson

November 18, 2024

Mikimodel MS1.0 ‘Special Parts’ Spring Stabiliser Rings

Mikimodel, the Italian Yokomo distributor, has released these Spring Stabiliser Rings intended for the Japanese manufacturer’s MS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Part of the ‘Mikimodel Special Parts’ line, they have developed this new simple but very important accessory to stabilise the spring on the shocks of the MS1.0. The rings that are placed at the base of the shock absorber and preventing small movements and make the spring more stable as the shock works.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

November 15, 2024

T-Works Alu Multi-adjust Shock Caps

T-Works has introduced these Aluminium Multi-adjust Shock Caps available for Infinity’s IFB8, Tekno’s NB48/EB48 2.2 and Kyosho’s MP10/MP9 1:8 buggies. The shock caps are made from high quality 7075-T6 aluminium and black anodised for added strength and durability. The package includes 3 different adjustable shock caps and 3 different seals – honeycomb, round cap, and O-ring. Each combination will have different shock rebound effects, to keep the shock system at its best working condition, thus ensuring the car is more stable and controllable during operation.

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

November 15, 2024

Klinik RC Hot Pink Folding RC Car Stand

It might not be to everyone’s taste but US company Klinik RC has announced it is adding Hot Pink to the colour options of its Folding RC Car Stand intended for 1:16-1:10 use. Elevating your car during the build, for maintenance between heats at the track or at home while prepping for the next race their innovative folding car stand is precision CNC laser cut from 4.4mm acrylic and with the attidion of hot Pink is now available in 8 colours to match your livery. With laser engraved Klinik Racing checkers logo on both side panels, Folding RC Car Stand folds to a compact size for easy transportation and the very lightweight stand folds out ready for action in about 2 seconds.

Source: Klinik RC [klinikrc.com]

November 15, 2024

Landen joins Power HD team

Leading servo manufacturer Power HD has announced the signing of Offroad European Championship Finalist, 3 time Swedish National Champion and 2 time Nordic Champion Alexander Landén to their team. The Team Associated racer will use Power HD’s popular low profile servo GTS-3 in his 1:10 buggies and their high torque 4-pole brushless GTS-6 servo in 1:8 racing. On joining Power HD the 19-year-old Swede said, “I have tried many servo brands throughout the years, and I was happy to get the opportunity to evaluate the Power HD servos. Immediately when I tested them I really felt “in touch” with the steering in my cars. I also felt that the servo was very precise and was able to hold position even through the most loaded corners, the car just felt calm throughout the entire turn, exactly what you are looking for in a servo. I am very happy and proud to be joining the PowerHD program and I am certain it will give me what I need in servos for the coming years.”

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

November 14, 2024

Xray XB4 ’25 1:10 4WD Buggy

After the release of their 1:10 2WD Buggy at the start of the month, Xray has now unveiled details of its European Championship title holding 4WD challenger the XB4’25. The Slovakian manufacturer’s latest creation headed up by Martin Bayer, features a new chassis and aligned front bumper improve ground clearance. It also gets 3mm wider front suspension arm holders (A and B) for increased stability & cornering speed. Wide rear suspension arm holders (C and D) also increase stability & cornering speed. Longer front 84mm drive shafts accommodate wider geometry from the new arm holders. Available as a Dirt or Carpet edition kit, the XB4C comes with Graphite front lower suspension arms to improve high traction performance. The XB4D kit includes hard front lower suspension arms to create increase traction. Graphite C-hubs improve response & consistency. Also new on the 25 model are the front steering blocks with external adjustable carbon steering plates for extended tuning options. Elsewhere the buggy get redesigned front and rear anti-roll bar geometry with super easy adjustment from top. Shorter 113mm rear central dogbone drive shaft in the XB4D kit are for short wheelbase configuration suggested for lower traction conditions

View the full XB4’25 presentation here