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Xray Racing Series Austria – Report

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 06:17 AM PDT

The Xray Racing Series Austria was held at the 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt club in Vienna, Austria recently. Four classes of Touring Modified, Stock 13.5, Stock 17.5 and FWD were offered with the race attracting multi-times European Champion, Jan Ratheisky. In Modified the fight for the victory was between Jan Ratheisky and Patrick Gollner. After a tight four qualifiers Patrick was able to secure all four rounds for the overall TQ from Jan Ratheisky and Sascha Klug. In the opening final Patrick was able to take the victory. However, it became more exciting in the second leg as Patrick made a small mistake and had to give the victory to Jan. Thus, the tension for the third final was even greater. Ultimately it was Patrick who would prevail, taking the win from Jan in 2nd and Sascha in 3rd.

Touring Stock 13.5 saw Jan winning all four qualifying rounds. The final races were also a 1-man show from Jan who was able to win clearly from Rene Petrik 2nd and Markus Fuhrmann 3rd. Touring Stock 17.5T saw a clean sweep of Jurgen Linsberger with Christian Machalik and Fabian Fuhrmann coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In the hugely popular Touring FWD class, that drew the most amount of entries, it was Jan Ratheisky with the overall TQ and win from Andreas Teubl and Roman Kernegger.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Geneva Model Car Series Rd3 – Report

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 06:02 AM PDT

Round three of the Geneva Model Car Series took place with 40 drivers attending the popular no additive racing series. Both Touring Car 13.5T boosted and Formula classes were run on this time’s short and twisty layout that made for lap times in the mid twelve seconds range. In the Touring Car class it was Bastian de Marco, who took the overall win, in front of Arnaud Soulignac and Walter Pollet-Villard. In Formula, it was Daniel Ghirlanda with the overall win in front of 2nd placed Sylvio Kiesewetter and 3rd placed Chrigu Baeriswyl.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Trinity ultra lightweight aluminium pinion gears

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 05:35 AM PDT

Trinity have introduced their new ultra lightweight aluminium pinion gears. Offering a minimalistic design and a thin appearance, the gears are over 25 percent lighter than previous gears, and are comparable with thin plastic gears in terms of weight. The latter however are very delicate and can often strip, with the alloy gears offering exceptional strength for their low weight and thin design. The hard-coated gears are available in 64 pitch and 48 pitch variants and in a wide range of tooth sizes.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

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Dash Ai V2 programming card

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 05:09 AM PDT

Coming from Dash is the new Ai V2 programming card for all Ai series electronic speed controllers. The upgraded hard- and software makes for a high degree of user-friendliness while allowing for quick and easy ESC programming without the need of a PC.

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

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Ramp introduce new XB4/2, B6.1 & B74 carbon optionals

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 05:00 AM PDT

Austrian brand Ramp have announced the release of new option parts for the Xray XB4 and XB2, as well as the Team Associated B6.1 and B74 buggies. First up is a carbon fibre shorty LiPo mount for the XB4 buggy. The design allows to use it with both 18.5mm tall LCG and standard height 25mm packs while adjustable battery stops do away with unsightly foam blocks to secure the battery in its current position. The set contains a carbon fibre strap, two battery posts, screws and clips. Also new are new design carbon wing protectors for the Xray XB2 and XB4 as well as the Team Associated B6.1 and B74 buggies. The protectors offer a large contact surface for less stress on the wing during upside down action, while four different mounting screw positions allows to adjust stiffness and overall downforce.

Source: Prihorse [prihorse.at]

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Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria Rd2 – Report

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 04:16 AM PDT

The second round of Xray Racing Series Alpe Adria was held in Zagreb, Croatia recently. The weekend started with practice on Saturday followed by a round of times practice and the triple qualifiers on Sunday. In Touring Stock it was Zeljko Selman with the overall TQ, in 1/8th GT Fabio Callegari came out fastest after the qualifiers, in 1/8th IC Track it was Nejc Mihelic with the overall TQ and in 1/5th TC Marko Grigic put himself on top of the timing sheets.

In the Touring Stock 13.5 finals it was Patrik Pozgaj taking the overall win in front of Zeljko Selman and Fran Ivan Skoric, making it an all-Xray top 3.

In 1/8 GT it was the pole man Fabio Callegari taking the win in front of Sanjin Svetlicic and Tomislav Pelin.

In 1/8th IC Track the win went to Nejc Mihelic in front of Jernej Vuga and Bjan Miklozic for another Xray 1-2-3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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RC Maker A800 MMCX Slimflex topdeck

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 02:07 AM PDT

RC Maker have introduced their new Slimflex topdeck for the Awesomatix A800X mid motor MMCX chassis. Designed to reduce the profile of the topdeck, it has been optimised to improve the flex characteristics in low traction asphalt and carpet conditions. It increases the overall torsional flex of the chassis both front and rear resulting in more overall grip. The flex can be altered by either using ST019 screw or removing it from the topdeck. Together with the use of the screws under the motor mount, owners can access a large range of flex characteristics, just like the standard topdeck, but with increased “overall” flex throughout the whole footprint. The rear brace is designed to act as a spring, restricting bulkhead flex at this point but not totally removing it like the standard topdeck. RC Maker recommend using their Med Flex Link, or Flex Dampener on the front of the front bulkheads to remove and excess “over-flexing” of the bulkheads. Additional flex can also be obtained by cutting the rear carbon tab on the topdeck with a Dremel, to increase the length of the flex point to further, increasing flex in the rear of the car. Recommended uses of the Slimflex topdeck include low to medium traction carpet with aluminium chassis, low to medium traction asphalt with carbon chassis and high traction asphalt with aluminium chassis.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

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Kyosho Ultima RB7SS 2WD stock racing buggy kit

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 01:16 AM PDT

Kyosho have announced the soon release of the stock racing specific Ultima RB7SS 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. The buggy build on the proven RB7 but includes some useful optionals for the highly competitive 17.5T stock motor class such as a lightweight aluminium ball differential, aluminium driveshafts and alloy front wheel axles. Also included are a slipper eliminator hub for the spur gear, a 0.6mm lightweight body shell and a revised rear suspension geometry for optimised roll characteristics. However, all parts are compatible with the standard RB7, allowing for easy parts carrying and the ability to use the stock specific parts in the “modified” buggy. The kit is rounded out by a low-friction 48dp aluminium pinion gear, as well as X-Gear springs, diff and high-graphite grease. The kit is meant to hit stores this July.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

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Team Associated 7.8×3.5mm blue aluminium washers

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 12:47 AM PDT

Coming from Team Associated are three new 7.8×3.5mm washers in 0.5mm, 1.0mm and 2.0mm thickness. The spacers are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come blue anodised for wear and looks. They work great as rear hub spacers – for adjusting the wheelbase – on the RC8B3 and RC8T3 series vehicles but are also usable on 1/10th scale kit. The 10-piece sets are available separately from now on.

Source: Team Associated [associatedelectrics.com]

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2019 RCRA Queensland State Titles – Report

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 12:23 AM PDT

The Sic Surface 2019 Queensland State titles saw drivers from the local clubs and some drivers from NSW come to race on the Charger’s RC race track on a lovely Queensland winter weekend. This one of a kind track with the Sic Surface coating, produces a high grip, low maintenance, long wearing track that stands up to the elements, Sic Surface is well known in Australia and New Zealand for their BMX tracks, and Charger’s RC track is the first RC track that the company had done, providing some great racing over the weekend. With the high grip track 2WD Mod was always going to be about how hard you could push the buggy, from early on it was going to be the battle between the Australian and Queensland current champ, Christopher Sturdy and his team mate Alex Bernadzik, Christopher Sturdy taking Q1, Q3 and Q4 to take out the TQ with Alex in 2nd and Mitchell Pratt in 3rd. A1 Alex Bernadzik took the win but in A2 and A3 it was all Christopher Sturdy taking the wins and the title over Alex Bernadzik with Mitchell Pratt in 3rd.

In 4WD Mod the pace was red hot with the 2018 state champ Christopher Sturdy taking Q1, Q2 and Q4 to take the TQ from Alex Bernadzik in 2nd and Mitchell Pratt in 3d. The finals were all Christopher Sturdy taking A1 and A2 to take the title from Alex Bernadzik in 2nd and Mitchell Pratt in 3rd.

Mod Stadium Truck was always going to be fun on this high grip layout and with the wind picking up all day they were really a hand full. Corey Tate was fast off the start taking Q1 and Q2, Paul Mason took Q3 and Simon Smith taking Q4 which gave Corey Tate the TQ. A1 and A2 were taken out by Corey Tate giving him the title with Young Junior champ Harry Lawance taking A3, the final results were, 1st Corey Tate, 2nd Harry Lawance and Paul Mason in 3rd.

In 2WD Short Course Truck and lucky for these guys the wind from Saturday had died down as the SC trucks are a hand full on the jumps, Q1 and Q2 were taken out by Kurt Bell, Q3 by Troy Milton and Q4 Tony Watson, giving Kurt Bell the TQ spot. Troy Milton took A1 and A3 to take the title with Kurt Bell taking A2, Final results were 1st Troy Milton, 2nd Tony Watson and 3rd Kurt Bell.

4WD 13.5T Stock was going to be a tight battle with a number of local drivers and some quick NSW driver’s here for the event, Nic Jolly taking Q1 followed by Paul Mason taking Q2 and Q3 with Gopal Pavlich getting it done in Q4, Paul Mason taking the TQ but A1 did not start well for Paul with a DNF giving Gopal Pavlich the win, A2 went to Paul Mason and he was leading A3 when a marshals foot was in the way and Gopal Pavlich got past to take the win in A3 and the title, followed by Paul Mason in 2nd and Luke Rich in 3rd.

One of the most hotly contested classes at the event, 17.5T 2WD Stock had a number of drivers that could take out the title, but everyone was chasing local Matthew Lawance. Q1 and Q2 honours went to Matthew Lawance with a pack of drivers close behind, Q3 was taken by another local Gopal Pavlich, Q4 was taken by Matthew Lawance to take the TQ. There was no stopping Matthew Lawance taking all 3 finals, with 4 other drivers taking spots in each final there was a tie for 3rd place, in the end 2nd place went to Paul Mason followed by Gopal Palich in 3rd.

The Junior 17.5 class is slowing growing in South East Queensland with the best local young drivers showing up and a fast young kid from NSW, to see who could take the title. Local young gun Harry Lawance was fast out of the blocks taking Q1 but NSW hopefully Tristen Rich took Q2, Harry bounced back to take Q3 and Q4 to take the TQ spot. The finals were all Harry Lawance taking A1,A2 and A3 to take the state title followed by Tristen Rich in 2nd and local Flynn Marsh in 3rd.

Thanks to Gary Sturdy for the report.

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