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Axial SCX10 II UMG10 6×6 Rock Crawler RTR

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:25 AM PDT

Horizon Hobby have introduced the new Axial SCX10 II UMG10 6×6 Rock Crawler RTR that delivers realistic performance with an authentic military feel. It features the unrelenting SCX10 II chassis for exciting fun on trails, dirt, gravel, and similar surfaces. For extreme off-roading with more “Get me out of here!” grip, six wheels are better than four. Built around the proven SCX10 II chassis, the UMG10 6X6 delivers exceptional crawler performance in a convenient, ready-to-run package — only a battery and charger are required. The military-style body captures the look of full-size 6X6 trucks, with scale features that include 1.9 military-spec wheels and tires, a working spare, and built-in mounting positions for front and rear LED lights. Waterproof electronics keep the action alive over snow, mud, and more. With its durable SCX10 II metal-geared transmission, rugged AR44 axles, full ball bearings, and more, the 6X6 truck lets even first-time RC drivers keep on going when the going gets tough. For realism that continues when the sun goes down, the truck can be outfitted with lights — a total of eight mounting locations are built-in for easy LED installation. Four LED lights are included – two white LED lights are mounted in the front bumper, and two red LED tail lights are mounted in the rear of the bed. The realistic moulded plastic grille features details such as a radiator, an embossed Axial logo, two clear marker lenses, and two headlight lenses. Additional scale details can be found throughout the body for an authentic military look.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

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RC Maker ultra-lite body height adjuster set

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:45 AM PDT

RC Maker have introduced their new ultra-lite body height adjuster set. Weighing in at only 0.3g each, they are the ideal addition to any touring car as they allow to fine tune the body height without raising the overall centre of gravity. They feature six different height settings and can be adjusted simply by removing the body pin, selecting another hole and sliding back in. With the adjustments around 1mm in height, it allows 6mm of up and down adjustment from a single body hole. The adjusters come in sets of four and they fit all brands of touring car with normal 6mm diameter body posts.

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

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RC-Lemans Series Rd4 – Report

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:37 AM PDT

The AMC Hildesheim track near Hanover in the Northern part of Germany played host to round 4 of this year’s RC-Lemans Series last weekend. The weather was good all weekend except from a quite heavy rain shower on Saturday evening. The fast LMP1 class saw local hero and point standings leader Timo Schad leading the way in the qualifiers where he made a clean sweep to take the pole position for the triple A-mains from Tobias Weist on the 2 spot. Joachim Behnken, Reinder Wilms and Josip Bogdanovic followed behind while the swift Altmann duo of Kai and Tim were absent at round 4.

In the opening A-main Timo and Tobias instantly opened up a gap on the field with Tobias eventually taking the lead after a nice pass coming out of Timo’s slipstream. The latter however took back the lead a couple of laps later and he also was able to open a small gap to bring home the win while Tobias had his problems to get through lapped drivers. A2 was pretty much a blueprint of A1, however this time it was Tobias who brought home the win while Timo had a bit of bad luck. In 3rd Reinder was on his own pace as he was in A1. The third and final A-main would bring the decision and Tobias was willing to bring home the overall victory, however he once missed the fast corner at the end of the main straight and scored a DNF which allowed Timo to shift into cruise mode to bring home the win in A3 and with it the overall victory. Behind him, Reinder came in 2nd from Joachim in 3rd. With the win at round 4 Timo already scored three wins this season and he can already seal the bag at the forthcoming round 5 held at the AMCA Apeldoorn club in The Netherlands. Behind Timo it was Tobias with the runner-up spot from Reinder in 3rd.

In the LMP2 Stock class local heroes Kai Asmer and Rainer Schad lead the way in the opening two qualifiers with the two sharing a TQ each. Thomas Stenger, in only his second RC-Lemans race ever, however would score the overall TQ some 66 thousands of a second from Rainer and Kai. Joachim Behnken and Michael Holla completed the top 5.

In the opening A-main Rainer unfortunately scored a DNF which allowed Thomas to take the win from tone to tone with a lap margin from Kai and Michael. In A2 Thomas set the sails to take the overall win early, however he was hotly contested by Rainer who was able to pass Thomas in the early stages of the leg. From there he never looked back and he took the win with a 3-seconds margin on Thomas while Kai came in 3rd. At the start of the deciding A3 Thomas had quite a mishap and he had to recover from being dead last. Up front Rainer and Michael were in a close battle with Thomas being able to recover to 2nd about half-way into the race. Thomas was hot on the heels of Rainer who made an unfortunate error some 10 meters before the finish line, allowing Thomas to take the win in A3 and with it the overall from Rainer in 2nd and Kai in 3rd. Special mention goes to young Florian Kölsch who scored a nice 6th place finish, coming from 8th on the grid, awarding him as best junior of the race.

Source: RC-Lemans [rc-lemans.de]

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SMJ TC wing endplates & 1.0mm foam tape

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:48 AM PDT

SMJ have announced the release of new touring car body shell accessories in the form of 1/10th touring car wing end plates and 1.0mm foam tape. Starting with the endplates, they come cut from high-quality polycarbonate material and are of black colour, doing away with the need to paint them prior to mounting. The plate’s dimensions are understood to comply with most sanctioning bodies and they are available as 4-piece sets in standard 0.8mm and lightweight 0.5mm thickness.

Also new is the Zero Gap 1.0mm foam tape that allows to fill gaps between the body shell and the front bumper. The tape can be used alone or in combination with SMJ’s 3.5mm tape and it comes as a 4-piece set of 160mm long strips.

Source: SMJ [smj-rc.com]

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Bezerk T4’19 2017 height shock towers

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:20 AM PDT

Coming from Bezerk and made for the Xray T4’19 are new, taller shock towers that match the 2017 shock geometry. Made from 3.0mm glossy carbon fibre, these towers allow to mount longer shocks from the 2017 specification car to the 2019 model which can be beneficial in bumpier or very low grip track conditions. The geometry replicates the 2017 towers and the two are available as a set from now on.

Source: Bezerk [bezerk.com.au]

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Exotek TRF103 HD motor plate set

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 12:13 AM PDT

Exotek have announced the release of their new heavy duty motor plate set for the popular Tamiya TRF103 formula car. The reinforced design greatly improves the rear pod durability of the car which is prone to bending or tweaking from rear impacts. The plates, machined from high quality 7075 alloy, match the stock geometry and provide threaded holes for mounting of an optional cooling fan on the left plate by using optional M2.5 screws. The set includes a left and a right hand side plate.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

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Davide Ongaro crowned EFRA 2WD Euro Champ

Posted: 24 Jul 2019 11:58 PM PDT

The 2019 EFRA 1/10th Electric Off-road European Championships are taking place in Pinerolo, Italy this week. The event, held at the AgriModel Pista Off Road Jonny RC club, kicked off with the 2WD portion that attracted 75 entries. In qualifying round 1 and in heat 7 of 8 Neil Cragg would do the first 11 lap run in qualifying with the top seeded heat still to come. With a number of drivers having mistakes early on it would be Davide Ongaro who would come through to take control of the heat and be the second driver to set an 11 lap run with the quickest time in the round, Neil Cragg would be 2nd and Martin Bayer 3rd.

Qualifying round 2 would start with heat number 3. It was Neil Cragg on top of the pile going into the top seeded heat but with a 10 lap run. Onto the top seeded heat and it was Ongaro with the early mistake this time. Lee Martin would take up the lead and be the only driver in round 2 to do 11 laps with a quicker time than Ongaro from round 1. Joona Haatanen would go second quickest with Martin Bayer in 3rd. Going into round 3 of qualifying made it 6 different drivers that could end up top 3 over night. Again Neil Cragg puts in his second 11 lap run in the 3rd round. Onto the top seeded heat. A number of different drivers led this heat from Lee Martin to Martin Bayer, Joona Haatanen and even Jorn Neumann led for a bit but it was Lee Martin that kept it clean to come through and set the fastest time of the day in 11-5:26.652 to be the top driver after 3 rounds of qualifying with Davide Ongaro 2nd and Martin Bayer 3rd.

The final day of the 2WD portion at the 2019 EFRA 2WD Off Road European Championships was possibly the warmest day so far with clear skies and bright sunshine and hot racing action. The 5th round of qualifying was ran in reverse heat order so heat 8 is on first. Neil Cragg was the first to have a crack at getting a good time on a track that was a bit slower than the day before. A few small errors saw Neil not have his best run. On to the top heat, Lee Martin, the overnight TQ was away first, his run started well but Lee made a few mistakes, and at the end of the heat it was Martin Bayer putting in the fastest time of the round on a 10-5:00.798. Special mention of Clement Body from heat 6, which ran last in this round, gets 4th in round to secure his place in the A-final for the second year in a row.

In qualifying round 5 the A-final drivers had pretty much been decided, only question was Renaud Savoya and Daniel Kobbevik for 10th. If Savoya made 10th or better he would replace Kobbevik in the A-main. But it would be Davide Ongaro putting in the only 11 laps run of the day to take TQ in rd5. Both Lee Martin and Davide Ongaro with 2 TQ’s in round, with Lee lining up first as he had the faster time. Michael Orlowski would finish 2nd with David Ronnefalk finishing 3rd.

Onto the finals, Lee Martin led the first lap of A1 and then crashed in the triple. Ongaro got into the lead with Orlowski and Bayer chasing him. The gap was about the same until the next to last lap when Ongaro crashed and Orlowski took the lead. It was a 1 lap shootout for the win with Orlowski winning followed by Ongaro and Bayer. In A2 Lee Martin again made an early mistake and Ongaro took control. Bayer gave chase with Joona Haatanen in 3rd and that is how it finished. Before A3 three drivers could take the win, Ongaro, Bayer, Orlowski. Early on Lee Martin ran wide and Ongaro got through and started to pull away. The pack gave chase with Lee Martin running second but Orlowski and Bayer got past and tried to chase Ongaro down but he was too far ahead. Ongaro takes the win in leg 3 and wins the race. Orlowski 2nd and Bayer 3rd.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

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SWorkz S35-3 wide rear suspension conversion kit

Posted: 24 Jul 2019 12:58 PM PDT

Coming from SWorkz and made for the S35-3 buggy is a wide rear suspension conversion kit. The kit is already used by the SWorkz factory drivers with great success as it allows to generate more corner speed in certain track conditions. The set includes a new hard-coated 7075 aluminium main chassis, a lower, wider rear shock tower, new rear suspension arm mounts as well as new design rear hubs that can be used on the left and right hand side of the buggy.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

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Avid Triad HD 1/8th scale wing buttons

Posted: 24 Jul 2019 12:46 PM PDT

Avid’s new Triad HD wing buttons are designed with strength in mind for those long and gruelling 1/8th scale mains. They are 2.5mm thick, they sport a 16mm outer diameter and several highlight cuts make for a low weight yet high rigidity. The Avid “A” laser-etched into the anodised alloy help to make the wing buttons stand out and they are available in a range of colours including black, blue, black/blue and black/gold.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

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Video – 1/10th A-main

Posted: 20 Jul 2019 12:40 PM PDT