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T-Pro 1/8th buggy rubber-only tyre sets

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 08:30 AM PDT

T-Pro have announced the soon release of their rubber-only 1/8th buggy tyres. Coming in sets of four tyres including inserts and a cleaning set, the tyres will become available in all treads and compounds and they fit most of today’s standard 1/8th scale buggy rims.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

IFMAR EP On-road Worlds warm-up – Announcement

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 08:08 AM PDT

The warm-up race for the 2018 IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships will be held on the weekend of the 29th of April at the Welkom RC Arena in Welkom, South Africa. It is a joint event with round 2 of the SARDA Nationals and the race also marks the opening of the new asphalt indoor facility. Scotty Ernst has been confirmed as race control and the announcer at this event with ten professional and International drivers attending the warm-up. The owner and host Antonio Caroli is working day and night to prepare the facility to ensure that a memorable event is presented with the track’ most important features are complete such as main building, asphalt track and drivers stand, toilets and showers, bar area, on site hobby shop and the kitchen and bar area. The purposely built pit tables will be installed next week and then all other cosmetics and final touches done over the next few months.

Jerome Sartel wins at French BL Champs Rd2

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 07:17 AM PDT

The second round of the French Brushless Championship was held at the Pierrefeu track last weekend. TLR’s Jerome Sartel took the TQ in the E-Buggy class and he would also come out on top after the A-mains to take the win from Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi 2nd and Team Associated driver Cyril Baldini 3rd. Over in the E-Truggy class it was again Jerome with the TQ and win, leaving behind TLR’s Felix Koegler and Mugen’s Gerald Delaguette in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Rayan Medjoubi

2018 Asian Onroad Championships Rd1 – Report

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 05:18 AM PDT

The first round of this year’s Asian Onroad Championships was held at Shanghai’s RCIv2 facility. In Modified Touring it was the two Team Destiny drivers Yugo Nagashima and Jin Sawada, claiming a win each in the opening A-mains, who would decide the race for the overall win. In the hunt though for a top spot also was 2nd qualifier Xray driver JJ Wang who had a 2nd and a 4th place finish coming into the A3 final. The top four on the grid got away cleanly at the sound of the tone and freight trained through the field with only 3-seconds separating them. They would carry this momentum along with super clean racing and finish the way they started. Yugo Nagashima would claim his second win and overall win. JJ Wang claimed 2nd and with his other finishes put him 3rd on the podium and Jin Sawada finished 3rd, but with his other finishes he would claim the over all 2nd.

In the Super Stock 13.5 Boosted Sedan class, it was the Jan Ratheisky and Tom Krageski show. The Xray German teammates provided the crowd with consistent runs and close racing. Waiting for them to make a mistake though was another Xray driver Lu Junqiao, who wasn’t far behind in all the mains. Although Jan took the win in the first two mains, he decided to run the A3 main for fun and just to show he was the fastest. After a fast 29-lap 5-minute run in the A2 and A3 mains, only one second separated Jan and Tom; talk about close racing! The finishing order was Jan Ratheisky 1st, Tom Krageski 2nd and Lu Junqiao 3rd.

In the Stock Touring 13.5 Blinky class, it was Jan Ratheisky and Tom Krageski again leading the charge battling it out for top honors. This time waiting for a mistake from the two was Yokomo driver Heng Heng. A 29-lap run was the target and Ratheisky was the only one that could achieve this and did in the A1 and A2 mains for the over all win. Again, just to show he’s the fastest, Jan ran the A3 main only to be denied the win by his teammate Tom Krageski. A huge crash at the beginning of the A3 claimed Ratheisky as part of it letting Krageski run away with the win. It wouldn’t be a clean sweep for Ratheisky as the two were laughing as they were walking off the drivers stand after the race. The overall finishing order was Jan Ratheisky 1st, Tom Krageski 2nd and Heng Heng 3rd.

First up in the in the Triple A-Main format was Formula 1 21.5 Blinky. This class had two clear front runners that were on a pace of their own compared to the rest of the field. Yokomo’s Toto Ebukuro from Japan and Germany’s Jan Ratheisky running Xray ran away with it in this class. Ebukuro held the TQ spot and it paid off when the tone marked the beginning of the F1 mains. Able to get clean starts, Toto lead the A1 and A2 wire to wire allowing him to capture the over all win. The left the door open for Ratheisky in the A3 main to win it and capture the overall 2nd place finish. Hiro Nakatani of Hiro Factory captured the overall 3rd place finish.

The Vintage Trans Am class was a different story from the Formula class before it. Everyone was definitely going for the win and they weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty doing it. One of the racers who had the biggest presence on the track had the smallest presence on the drivers stand and that was 9 year old Hao Hao running his Xray ride. Hao Hao started by making a strong point of his desire to win by capturing victory in the A1 main. Determined not to idly stand by and let this happen was American Bob Peterson nipping away at Hao Hao heels by challenging him in the first two mains. Meanwhile, towards the back of the pack, a fierce battle of battles was brewing between two sworn enemies on the track, RCIv2 track owner Rick Wang and AOC founder Scotty Ernst. As they were trading paint multiple times, they let the front-runners gain a bigger lead. Hao Hao and Peterson would tie in points, their races times would break the tie crowning Hao Hao as the over all winner. Peterson would take 2nd and Scotty would round out the podium.

One class that made everyone stop what they were doing and come watch the racing action was the 1/12 Modified division. Why? Because the Legend Masami Hirosaka was running 1/12 scale after a 10-year break from the class. In practice, Masami showed he still had the magic by keeping on pace with this Yokomo teammates, who are the fastest Japan had to offer. Would Masami’s pace translate to a win in the mains though? Not if his teammates had to say about it. It was a fast run and clean passing through the back markers that was going to grab you a win and Yokomo’s Toto Ebukuro was having the best luck doing this along with his Yokomo teammates and brothers, Toshi and Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa. Masami was in the mix staying on the blistering 53-lap, 8-minute pace. When the dust had settled, Toto would claim a A1 and A2 win and sit out the A3 main with the over all win. Toshi and Masami would battle out in the A3 final with only a 2-tenth lap time difference between them. A couple of bobbles at the beginning of the race by Masami was all that was needed to allow Toshi run away with it the rest of the run. Toshi would go on to open his lead up by a full lap and take the win. The overall finishing order was Yokomo sweep with Toto Ebukuro taking 1st, Toshi Yanagisawa 2nd and Masami Hirosaka 3rd.

Some of the cleanest race starts of the weekend were in the 1/12 Stock category. Although this class was running stock motors, this class was one of the fastest of the weekend laying down close to 10-second-flat lap times allowing 45-lap runs in a 8-minute race. Leading the charge was a couple of Yokomo and Hiro Factory rides. Yokomo driver Heng Heng and Hiro Nakatani of Hiro Factory were the stand-outs and either could have been the victors in this class. Hiro would claim first strike in the A1 laying down a 44-lap/8:00-minute run hoping to carry the same momentum in the later mains. Heng Heng was one of only a few that were able to pull off a 45-lap run and he would do it in the A2 and A3 final laying down the fastest runs in the 1/12 scale division of the weekend; no one even came close. Heng would go on to wrap things up with two wins and the over all win. Hiro settled for a 2nd place finish and Yokomo driver Hua Hua finished 3rd.

Source: AOC [aocrc.com]

HRC Racing 4mm gold-plated tube connectors

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT

Coming from HRC Racing are gold-plated 4mm female connectors for a range of applications. They are of a heavy duty design and they are ideal to create long-lasting input or output ports for starter boxes, DIY power distribution boxes and more. A sturdy lash allows to attach all sorts of wire and the connectors come in sets of two.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

Philipp Uber wins at Chiasso club race

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 03:51 AM PDT

The Swiss Chiasso club recently held a club race and in the Touring Modified class it was Philipp Uber with the win. Local hero Antonino Mangiaracina seemed a bit quicker in the finals, however Philipp would take profit of a DNF and new tyres, meaning he would be able to secure the win as Markus Streuli rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

Modify Wind 30mm machined aluminium cooling fan

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 02:27 AM PDT

Coming from Modify is their new Wind 30mm machined aluminium cooling fan. Offering popular 30x30mm dimensions, that make it usable for both ESC and motor cooling, the fan unit is housed in a CNC-machined aluminium case for durability and looks while the high-performance motor allows for super strong cooling thanks to 22,000RPM at 7.4V input. The fan is available in black/orange, black/gold and black/red anodising and with an universal or ESC plug.

Source: Modify [modifyrc.com]
http://www.modifyrc.com/

Protoform 1969 Camaro Z28 VTA body – Coming soon

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 12:31 AM PDT

Protoform have announced the soon release of a 1969 Chevy Camaro Z28 body shell as an addition to their current line of Vintage Trans-Am body shells. No further information have been given so far but you can expect full details including images to surface very soon.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

T-Works MBX8 aluminium servo saver shafts

Posted: 12 Apr 2018 12:09 AM PDT

T-Works have introduced a set of aluminium servo saver shafts for the Mugen MBX8 off-road buggy. They are machined from lightweight yet durable 7075-T6 aluminium and come hard-coated for wear. Using the alloy shafts over the kit’s standard steel items will reduce overall weight if needed.

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