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RDRP B64 carbon fibre shock towers

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 07:41 AM PDT

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced new carbon fibre shock towers for the Team Associated B64 series of 1/10th scale 4WD buggies. First up is the front shock stay that utilises the standard kit geometry but sports an updated design for improved looks and greater durability, making it especially useful on those demanding dirt and astro turf tracks. The rear shock tower, just like the front part, is cut to match the standard kit geometry and it sports an updated design for improved looks and greater durability, but on top of this an additional lower row of rear camber link mounting holes allows for an optimised rear roll centre which can be beneficial in a variety of track conditions. Both the front and rear shock stays are cut from high-quality carbon fibre, they are available separately and fit the B64 and B64D buggies.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

Victor Pelaez scores win at Spanish 200mm Nationals Rd2

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 05:29 AM PDT

Last weekend the second round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Ronda track in Andalusia. The race took place in quite extreme conditions due to the high temperatures, and at the end of the qualifying it was Jonnhy Pastor to take the TQ honours, while Juan Hidalgo would line up in 2nd on the A-main grid after winning the Superpole race. In the main final though, it was Victor Pelaez who took the lead in the early stages of the race, never to letting it go and taking the win ahead of Raul Amella for a Capricorn 1-2, with the Mugen of Sergi Franch rounding up the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

Xray XB8 series soft, ribbed shock membranes

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 05:15 AM PDT

Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 series of buggies, trucks and cars are soft, ribbed shock absorber volume compensators. The membranes are of a softer material than stock which results in reduced shock rebound, making them ideal for bumpy or high speed tracks. Internal ribbings ensure they maintain their shape even when the going gets tough as does the heavy duty rubber material. The membranes come in sets of four and they fit the XB8, XT8 and GTX8 kits.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

CWIC Xray Racing Series UK – Announcement

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 04:59 AM PDT

Xray have announced the CWIC XRS UK racing series for the 2017/18 winter season. The races will be held at Christie Miller Sports Centre, Melksham with the series kicking off on the 15th of October and it finishes off with round 7 held on the 11th of March 2018. More information can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Polish On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 04:47 AM PDT

The third round of the Polish On-road National Championship was held recently in several electric and nitro classes. In the Touring Modified class it was Arkadiusz Smyk who took round TQ in Q2 and Q3 to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the finals. In the opening two A-mains Arkadiusz brought home wins to bag the overall victory from Bartosz Pochopień, who challenged Arkadiusz in A1 but made a mistake in A2. The podium was rounded out by Mateusz Ogonowski in 3rd.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Arkadiusz Smyk
2. Bartosz Pochopień
3. Mateusz Ogonowski
4. Jakub Michalski
5. Jakub Kłapacz
6. Wojciech Rzepecki
7. Tomasz Niemczewski
8. Kami Rzepka

In Touring Prostock it was again Arkadiusz Smyk who prevailed, bringing home his second win of the weekend. Krystian Kopacki would end the day on the 2 spot with Łukasz Mach completing the top 3 result.

Touring Prostock final results:
1. Arkadiusz Smyk
2. Krystian Kopacki
3. Łukasz Mach
4. Andrzej Trella
5. Tomas Hrkel’
6. Maciej Gałecki
7. Arkadiusz Lippich
8. Szymański Dominik

The Touring Stock 17.5T class had Bartosz Zalewski ending the day on the top spot with Krystian Kopacki 2nd and Paweł Trella 3rd.

Touring Stock 17.5T final results:
1. Bartosz Zalewski
2. Krystian Kopacki
3. Paweł Trella
4. Maciej Gałecki
5. Marcin Czachor
6. Dawid Reizer
7. Bartek Siembieda
8. Andrzej Wilk
9. Adrian Lippich
10.Sebastian Stępniak

Formula had Krystian Kopacki taking the TQ after the triple qualifiers from Łukasz Potępa 2nd. Krystian would also come out fastest in A1 while A2 went to Patryk with a large margin. In the third and decisive main Krystian ran into electronic issues which allowed Patryk and Lukasz to take the top spots and ultimately it was Patryk who took the overall win with Krystian 2nd and Likasz 3rd.

Formula final results:
1. Patryk Jeż
2. Krystian Kopacki
3. Łukasz Potępa
4. Sebastian Stępniak
5. Piotr Małopolski
6. Andrzej Wilk

Over to the nitro classes an in 1/8th on-road it was Tomas Hrkel’ with the win from Marek Janusz and Wojciech Bukryj.

1/8th nitro final results:
1. Tomas Hrkel’
2. Marek Janusz
3. Wojciech Bukryj
4. Piotr Szapałak
5. Marcin Marczyk
6. Rafał Pajor
7. Filip Szczepaniak

Elsewhere in 1/10th nitro it was again Tomas Hrkel’ who walked away with the day’s win from Paweł Trella and Michał Abramowicz.

1/10th nitro final results:
1. Tomas Hrkel’
2.Paweł Trella
3.Michał Abramowicz
4.Arkadiusz Lippich
5.Mirko Tropp
6.Maciej Gałecki
7.Jacek Zienkiewicz
8.Filip Szczepaniak

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Hitec H4 Plus DC/DC 4-port smart charger

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:22 AM PDT

Hitec have introduced their new H4 Plus DC/DC 4-port smart charger. Housed in an all-aluminium case the device features a 32-bit microprocessor, 128x64px back-lit display and four 150W charge outputs. With the Channel Bridge Function a total of 300W charge power can be achieved with the charger offering multi-chemistry abilities to charge LiHV, LiPo, LiFe as well as NiXX and Pb batteries. The DC charger furthermore offers built-in cell check functions as well as a Lithium chemistry battery discard function.

Features:
– Luxury High Performance 4-channel Smart Charger
– Full aluminium case
– 32bit high performance microprocessor controlled
– High quality 128×64 back light graphic LCD
– High Power 150watt x 4channel
– Hitec Channel Bridge Function (max. charge – 300watt)
– Lithium chemistry battery (Li-HV, Li-Po, Li-Fe, Li-ion)
– NiMH, NiCd, Pb Battery capable
– Li-xx storage mode (auto detecting)
– Ni-xx cycle charge & discharge (Up to 10-cycle)
– Built in cell check function (voltage level & capacity)
– Lithium chemistry battery discard function
– User name (12 character)
– Temp sensor can be connected
– Firmware can be upgraded by HPP-22

Specifications
– Function: Charger, discharger, cycle charger/discharger (Ni-XX), balancer (Li-XX) Battery Voltage displays (Li-XX), warning signals, safety features
– Compatible Batteries: Li-Po, Li-Fe, Li-Ion, Ni-CD, Ni-MH, Pb, Li-HV
– Available number of cells: 1-6 Li-Po, Li-Fe, Li-Ion / 1-15 Ni-MH, Ni-CD / 1-12 Pb (2~24v), Li-HV (1-6)
– Input voltage: DC 11~18V
– Charging current: 4ch (max 8A) x 150watts, (max 16A) x 300watts (with Hitec Bridge Function)
– Discharging current: 4ch (max 2A) x 20watts, (max 4A) x 40watts (with Hitec Bridge Function)
– Balancer connector type: MPX, Thunder Power, Flight Power
– Maximum permissible current: 65A & 13V
– Charging capacity: 600W
– Model memory: 10 model memory per channel
– Size: 205mm x 163mm x 52mm
– Weight: 1200g

Source: Hitec [hitecrcd.com]

Chan Chau-man doubles at Shepherd China Cup Rd2

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT

The second round of the Corona Shepherd China Cup was recently held at the SRC track in Shenzhen. In the 1/10th Open class it was Chan Chau-man who was the man to beat as he swept all three qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ. Also in the main final Chan Chau-man drove a flawless race, leading from the start to the checkered flag he took the win in front of Fai Ho and Ray Poon in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 1/10th Shepherd class, run with mandatory Shepherd Velox V10 cars, Chan Chau-man completed his podium sweep by taking another win that weekend. Ray Poon came in 2nd with Pong rounding out the podium. With this result Chan Chau-man claimed the second win in a row in the Shepherd Championship and increased his lead in the championship standings.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

HB Racing 817T series 185mm HD dog bone

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:43 AM PDT

HB Racing have introduced a HD centre driveshaft dogbone for the 817T series of truggies. The dogbone is thicker in diameter, which increases the strength and durability of the drivetrain. It is standard equipment on the centre/rear of the HB Racing D817T truggy and centre/front of the E817T truggy and it can also be used as a heavy duty option part on the centre/front of the E817 buggy.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

Schelle Racing Innovations SCX10 Onyx bearing set

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:37 AM PDT

Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations and made for Axial’s SCX10 series of off-road vehicles is the Onyx bearing set. Precision manufactured to ABEC-3 standards the ball races are lubed with premium Japanese Kyodo Yushi grease for a lower starting torque and thus greatly reduced drag compared to other greased bearings. They also are of a dual seal design with an outer rubber seal to protect against dirt contamination while the inner metal shield lowers operating friction. The ball races are ideal replacements for kit or RTR bearings with the Axial SCX10 set including 22 ball bearings.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

Mark Wallin wins at AARCMCC EP On-road State Titles

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 12:26 AM PDT

The 2017 AARCMCC EP On-Road State Titles were held at the Sydney Model Autosports track in the west of Sydney. The SMA track is a flowing technical track with a challenging layout to really test drivers abilities. The lead up to the meeting was dogged with bad weather which ultimately caused the meeting to be abandoned after the completion of qualifying. Saturday kicked off with a seeding run, each class was given a 5-minute session on the track, a drivers quickest three consecutive laps would then be counted for a total time that would seed the first three rounds of qualifying. In 1/12th Modified Mark Wallin went all in, using a set of brand new, un-cut and un-treated tyres and his decision proved to be a good one as he set a seed time of 52.068 seconds placing him at the top of the order for round one. The first round of 1/12th qualifying confirmed that Mark was going to have to work hard. After missing the seeding round, Ed Clark came out strong posting several quickest laps to take 2nd behind Mark in the round.

Disaster struck in round two as Mark was forced to retire on lap 8 with a stripped spur gear. Ed was able to take the win after a race long duel with Chris Peet. With a fresh rear axle in the car Mark was able to take another round win in 1/12th, and he only needed another round win to secure TQ for the finals. Everything was going to plan to take TQ in round 4 of qualifying, until Mark pushed a little to hard on lap 17, having a big moment. This allowed Ed to take the round win and the two were now tied on points going into the last round that would be held under lights on a cold track. Ed would have the home track advantage as Mark had never raced on the SMA track in these conditions, and so round 5 would be challenging. Mark was able to catch Ed at the start and take advantage of a rare error on Ed’s behalf to sneak into the lead. From there Mark settled into the lead, determined not to make the same mistake he had made in the previous round. When Andrew Shapland caught him he let him go as he was clearly faster at that stage of the race. Mark was able to take back the lead and then win the round after Andrew had an off on the front sweeper, securing Mark Wallin the overall TQ. Unfortunately the drivers did not get to run the finals as Sunday was rainy so the 2017 AARCMCC NSW Titles were declared
using the qualifying results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]