A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> RB Products final report on the European Championships – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Brief picture report from the preperation day in Finland – Link [oople.com]
> Car Action report on the 2007 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> 2007 Upgrade/RCID Nitro Buggy Pointscore Series Rd8 – Link [ocrraceway.com]
> Brian Kinwald returns to racing this weekend – Link [2wdrc.com]
This weekend saw the latest round of the Belgian 1/10th Electric Touring car Nationals take place on the brand new MRCC track in Charleroi. The weather for the event was a mixture of sun and rain and in the Modified class it was a win for pole man Koen Joosens racing a Schumacher, while his brother Nick Joosens, also driving a Schumacher, was in 2nd ahead of Corally driver Olivier Bultynck in 3rd. The 19T class was won by Bernard Collen, in front of 2nd placed David Broze with 3rd spot going to Michel Mahieu.
View a full gallery of the event here.
Source: Alain Sergeys [nondidju.e-bulles.be]
Another great deal form our site advertisers – The Border – with the introduction of this amazing offer on the HoBao Hyper 8. To celebrate this months European Championships for 1/8th scale off road, the Border are offering the Hyper 8 kit, the same basic car that has just won the European Championships in the hands of Robert Batlle, for a mere EUR 299.99. Thats a saving of EUR 90 over the original price, and of course the Border also provide full spares support with all parts in stock, so be sure to get one now while stocks last.
To avail of this great deal, visit The Border here.
Multiplex have announced that they have started selling the Equalizer 5505 polymer battery balance guard. Simply connect this balancer between the charger and the LiPo cells and it will ensure the safe, complete and correct charging, and discharging, of your LiPo cells. Suitable for charging up to 5A and discharging at 500mA, the Equalizer also has an automatic sensor to shut off in the event of overcharging or overdischarging.
Source: Multplex [hitecrcd.co.jp]
Coming soon from Greyscale Racing is the MRCG, a pan chassis aimed at open-class racers who need a lower CG, more responsive handling, and more tuning options than a standard Mini-Z. Based on the Mini-Z MR02, the car features a mid motor layout and narrow battery configuration for more responsive handling as well as dual flex plate suspension, similar to that seen in the Mini-Z F1 cars. This is a true race car, with the ability to adjust the weight bias by adjusting the placement of the cells, while the front end of the car allows adjustment of the ride height, independant of the spring preload.
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Exotek Racing have announced details of their new conversion set for the Team Associated RC18. Using a RC18 kit as a doner car, the conversion turns this car into a proper race vehicle, with 2mm carbon fibre chassis plate, optimised weight distribution, new bearing supported mono bellcrank steering as well as a carbon top deck and a host of other upgrades. Compatible with the RC18T, B and R, expect it to be released soon.
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There seems to be new brush setters coming out all the time and today we have a new one from Kose for use Yokomo Max motors. Coming in anodised blue, it looks almost identical to the version released last month by Much More, and as expected it does all the things you expect a brush setter to do. Coming with a 7.8mm cutter it allows you to cut your brushes in 0.0, 0.3 & 0.5mm offsets.
Source: Kose [www.kose-rc.com]
We wrote about the new Kawada wheels back in May when they were just CAD images, now over 2 months later and they have the final production samples which you can see above. These wheels are suitable for the company’s M300RSX 1/12th scale and they have a larger diameter than the original versions and are also made very true, for precise handling. Expect them to go on sale on the 25th of July.
Source: Kawada [kawadamodel.co.jp]
