The 5th round of this Winter’s Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup took place at the Hudy Racing Arena this past weekend. The race schedule saw 3 rounds of qualifying and 3 finals. In the Modified Touring class Xray’s Martin Hudy took the winning honours in front of Marek Cerny and Jirka Vysin. Adam Janovic and Mateusz Ogonowski completed the top 5.
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The RSD TC6.2 bumper and brace kit from Reflex Racing is designed to add front end protection to the Team Associated TC6.2 car. By raising and elongating the bumper brace, the brace now butts up against the front bulkhead providing support to the bottom bumper screws, preventing chassis de-lamination in hard frontal collisions. Included in the set are a new foam bumper, the upper carbon fibre bumper brace and mounting hardware.
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Kyosho Germany introduce the Plazma Ra Red 50th Anniversary Edition 1/12th pan car kit. Building on the already known Plazma Ra kit, the Red edition comes with two optional roll dampers, optional rear wheel hubs and also an optional rear bulkhead. Otherwise the features remain the same as are the carbon fibre main chassis, symmetrical front end components, Futaba/JR compatible mini servo mounts and a large diameter ball differential.
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New from Team Titan comes the Blitz GT bodyshell for 1/8th GT cars. Mimicking a 2-door GT car, the realistic looking body is made for 320mm to 330mm wheelbase chassis, it features a rear wing support with three wing stays and the body is available moulded from regular 1.2mm or lightweight 1.0mm polycarbonate. Included are also pre-cut window masks, large diameter wing mounting hardware and two rear wings to achieve different downforce levels by simply swapping wings.
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MD Racing from Spain are currently working on a new 1/10th Formula 1 kit called the F14. The kit will feature a narrow, 75mm wide chassis, a sliding servo mount for easy steering Ackermann adjustment, adjustable wheelbase and a sliding rear axle mount for step-less rear axle height adjustment. The first prototype of the car, that is designed to 180mm and 190mm classes, will hit the track soon.
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O.S. Engine introduce the 8S low-profile cooling head for the R2101 on-road engine. Being of a shorter design with only 8 ribs the cooling head makes for faster engine heat-up and less temperature loss at speed in cold ambient temperatures. The part is a direct replacement for the engine’s stock cooling head.
Source: O.S. Engine [os-engines.co.jp]
Schelle Racing Innovations introduce two new wheel nut wrenches for metric 7mm and imperial 11/32″ hardware. The 2-piece billet aluminium wrenches are ideal to fasten and remove the often hard to handle serrated wheel nuts on 1/10th vehicles. The tools are black anodised, come with a laser-etched Schelle logo and the nut driver tips are of a replaceable design meaning you can easily swap between your metric and imperial cars by buying one tool and a second tool tip.
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F1Shop24.com have released their first products under the new F1Shop24.com brand in the form of 7075 aluminium screws. Available in several dimensions including 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm, the M3 screws come with countersunk or button heads and are ideal to upgrade somewhat boring looking standard black screws while offering a lower weight than steel fasteners.
Source: F1Shop24.com [F1Shop24.com]
