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September 7, 2008

2008 Picco Cup Asia – Announcement

2008 Picco Cup Asia - Announcement

Hobbypro has announced that it is organizing the 1st Picco Cup Asia in Hong Kong on the ACO racing track on the 1st – 2nd of November. It will be open for both 1/10 & 1/8 classes and they wish to welcome any driver that wishes to attend this event. So far Alberto Picco, New World Champion Daniele Ielasi, Patrick Schaefer and Robert Pietsch will come to HK and attend this event together with more than 120 drivers already confirmed from Hong Kong, Macau, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan & Singapore.

More information can be found here.

September 7, 2008

Backbone transmitter skins

Japanese RC graphics company Backbone were in contact to tell us about their range of products that include a wide variety of Transmitter skins. Available in a wide range of colours as well as designs, they can be applied to the main pistol grip transmitters currently on the market like the Sanwa M11, Futaba 3PK & 3M as well as the KO EX-10 Helios & EX-1 UR.

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September 7, 2008

Team Cobra Racing Tires & Tools

New from Team Cobra Racing is this Python buggy tire that will be available at the end of October. The Python has been designed to cater for the racer that requires a universal tyre with a strong low profile side wall and minimum flex and it claims to work on any type of surface in any weather condition. Also new are sets of weighted 6061 T6 aluminum clutch shoes for use in 1/8th buggy clutches. The same company have also released new tools in the form of a new spring steel glow plug spanner and a 6 piece tool kit that comes in a handy pouch and which includes 4 hex drivers and a phillips and flat head.

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September 7, 2008

ABEC35 Xray XB808 clutch bearings

ABEC35 have announced the release of these new 5 x 12 x 4mm blue rubber shield ball bearings for the Xray XB808 clutch bell. Great price without compromise in performance the rubber shields also offer better protection from dirt than stock metal shields. ABEC35 also carry 13 x 19 x 4mm and 8 x 14 x 4mm for the same buggy.

Source: ABEC35 [abec35.com]

September 6, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd6

We received a report from round 6 of the Danish DRCMU Off-Road championship which was held in Ejstrupholm at the Midtjysk RC Arena. It was the second time this season that the club is hosted a championship event and again it was nice sunny weather on the Saturday. In Stock class it was Championship leader Jesper Rasmussen back in the fast lane and pushing his Kyosho very hard in the first round of qualifying in the damp but fast-drying conditions. He was the only racer able to make 13 lap and qualified ahead of Martin Kristensen in 2nd with local boy Sebastian Sørensen in 3rd.

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September 6, 2008

Scud 09R 1/12th GP Touring car

Due to be released in October, the 1/12th scale Scud 09R is a scaled down 1/10th scale gas touring car. Sporting a .09 engine, similar to that seen in the Spada, the car is 4wd with drive coming from 3 belts, and it has fully independent suspension as well as a 2 speed gearbox and other features found on a 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. Having a total width of 160mm, it will come ready to accept a suitable touring car body shell.

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September 6, 2008

AKA Grid Iron & Cross Brace tires

On the heels of its wildly successful launch of the City Block and I-Beam off-road racing tires, AKA is releasing two more tread patterns, the Grid Iron and the Cross Brace, just in time for the upcoming 1/8 IFMAR World Championship. These two new tread patterns begin shipping to better hobby shops around the world in late September. Like all AKA tires, these are available in all three compounds used by the factory drivers. That means there’s no ‘secret’ compounds that are only available to team drivers, AKA sells the exact same products used by their team drivers.

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September 5, 2008

Recio wins at Campeonato Metropolitano

Recio wins Campeonato Metropolitano

We have received a brief report from the final round of the 1/8th scale Campeonato Metropolitano which took place at the Hernan Matticoli track last weekend, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A familiar result as Kyosho driver Sebastián Recio was the winner, followed by his team mate Juan Pablo Golobic in 2nd with Serpent driver Juan Ignacio Matticoli taking 3rd.