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RDRP M17/MT-44 aluminium options

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 08:20 AM PST

Coming from Revolution Design Racing Products are new aluminium optionals for the popular Sanwa M17 and MT-44 radios. First up is an aluminium steering wheel usable for both the M17 high-end and MT-44 intermediate level radios. It is a quick and easy way to personalise the transmitter to the maximum as it is machined from high-quality aluminium and of a cool new turbine design that greatly enhances the overall appearance of the transmitter while offering improved stability for more precise steering action. The steering wheel is available in seven different colours including black, blue, light blue, green, gold, orange and red while machined silver colour edge details and a laser-engraved logo make the wheel stand out. The part is a direct fit and can be combined with RDRP’s new Sanwa M17 RDRP0501 dial and nut set.

Also new is above mentioned RDRP aluminium dial and nut set for the M17 radio. The set is a quick and easy way to personalise the transmitter to the maximum as the radio’s dials and hoop retaining nut are machined from high-quality aluminium and of a serrated design for better gripping and improved haptics. The dial and nut set is available in seven different colours including black, blue, light blue, green, gold, orange and red while machined silver colour edge details and laser-engraved logos make the parts stand out. The accessories are a direct fit on the M17 radio and can be combined with RDRP’s new Sanwa M17/MT-44 RDRP0500 aluminium steering wheel.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

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Micha Widmaier doubles at MRTO Challenge

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 07:28 AM PST

The 15th annual MRTO Challenge was held in Altnau, Switzerland this past weekend and it was SWorkz/Nosram’s Micha Widmaier who made the double by winning the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified classes. In 4WD Micha left behind Xray/GM Racing’s Nico Schmid in 2nd and Xray/Hobbywing’s Aaron Münster in 3rd while over in 2WD Modified Buggy it was Nico and Florian Schmid (both Xray/GM Racing) who would fill the top 3 spots behind Micha.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

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Mason Fuller doubles at RC Compound Winter Series Rd2

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 07:11 AM PST

The second round of the The RC Compound Winter Series was held this past weekend at the The RC Compound indoor dirt track in Des Moines, Iowa. The event attracted over 100 entries and in Modified 2WD Buggy it was Tom Rinderknecht with the overall TQ from Alex Vanderbeek in 2nd. The single 5-minute A-main event however saw 3rd place qualifier, Mason Fuller taking the win a super narrow 0.8 seconds in front of Tom Rinderknecht as Kaden Fuller came in 3rd to complete the all-TLR top 3 result. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Tom with the overall TQ and Mason with the overall win as Alex Vanderbeek (Team Associated) would round out the top 3.

Images: Mike Fuller

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Ielasi Tuned Hummer Evo 3.5cc nitro off-road engine

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 06:21 AM PST

Coming soon from Ielasi Tuned is their new Hummer Evo 3.5cc nitro off-road engine. Basically new engine compared to the previous Hummer 7T WC, the Evo sports an updated crankcase and a redesigned 5-port sleeve. This results in a more universal engine that is ideal for both competition and club level racers alike thanks to an optimised performance/mileage ratio. The Novarossi-based Hummer Evo will become available very soon.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

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Simon Reeves wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd3

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 05:47 AM PST

Round 3 of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy out was HB Racing’s Simon Reeves with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated’s Lewis Jones in 2nd by roughly a second. Xray’s Callum Niblett would complete the top 3 result, finishing the A-main on the same lap as Simon and Lewis.

Image: Simon Reeves

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Kohta Akimoto takes back-to-back Stock’s Combat win

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 05:35 AM PST

The Japanese Stock’s Combat Western Stage race was held at the RC Maniax Arena in Osaka, Japan last weekend. The event saw Kyosho’s Kohta Akimoto taking a back-to-back win in the Invitational 2WD Buggy class, following a victory at the previous round held at the RC Champ Stadium at the end of October. Yokomo’s Yusuke Sugiura, freshly crowned JMRCA Nitro Buggy Champion, came in 2nd from Xray’s Hanako HaeIn Daigaku in 3rd.

Image: Kohta Akimoto

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MRCZ Open Invitational race – Report

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 05:20 AM PST

The MRCZ club, one of the longest running electric racing clubs in Belgium, hosted their annual Open Invitational race last weekend. The Open Invitational started over 20 years ago mainly as a 1/12th race, but evolved to an event with a mixture of fun classes and more competitive categories over time. The event is held over two days, with three rounds of qualifying on Saturday followed by two more on Sunday and also triple finals for each category. The categories that attracted most drivers were Stock 13.5 Touring, and Stock 13.5 1/12th scale. The fun categories consisted of Fun 17.5T, GT12, Tamiya Truck and Touring FWD.

The Stock 13.5 Touring class was run using Volante tyres, but open motors and a fixed 5.0 gear ratio. This class attracted the most competitive drivers with 2016 Belgian stock champion Rico Claeys, French ace Manu Wagner, former Belgian stock champion Stefan Rommens, EFRA European 1/5th champion Giovanni Verbrugghe, multiple Belgian Modified runner up Mitchell Van Es, multiple mModified race winner Thomas Stockman and the pre-race favourite Florian Joos, who won the Stock class the two previous years. Despite running three year old battery packs and predominantly being a Modified driver, Mitchel showed his class by claiming P2 in the first three qualifiers in front of the more experienced Stock drivers. Thomas Stockman seemed to hold the best cards in hand to claim P3, but from Q3 onwards Manu Wagner regained his speed he showed during free practice by claiming P3 just 0.5s behind Mitchell Van Es. Despite running an Xray T4’17 with an now outdated Mazdaspeed 6 shell, Giovanni Verbrugghe, showed his talent by always finishing in the top 5.

On Sunday morning however things changed as Manu Wagner setup changes to his new T4’20 seemed to work and he claimed 2 P2 spots in front of Mitchell who unfortunately had to withdraw from Q5. As predicted the TQ spot went to Florian Joos who won all five qualifiers in great style. He was the only driver to hit sub 10 seconds lap times with his new Xray T4. Manu Wagner (Xray T4’20) from France would start from P2 while Awesomatix driver Mitchel Van Es had to settle for P3, in front of Thomas Stockman (Xray T4’19) and Giovanni Verbrugghe (Xray T4’17).

Florian Joos took the holeshot in A1 and built a 2-second lead by lap ten when disaster struck. A lapped driver opened the door for the leader to pass, but accelerated too fast and hit Florian from the back. The young Belgian driver had to be marshalled and this allowed Manu Wagner into the lead. In the meantime Mitchel was running in a solid P3 while Thomas was safe in P4. The biggest battle went on between Giovanni Verbrugghe and Stefan Rommens. Giovanni forced his way through in the chicane and Stefan had to be marshalled to recover. In the meantime, Florian was back in Manu’s slipstream and tried to pass. Manu however was able to hold his nerves and kept the door shut. Florian was on the inside two times but backed off to avoid a collision. On the last lap, he went for a gap, but the two cars collided Manu took the victory after Florian waited for him to recover. Mitchell crossed the line in P3, in front of Thomas and Giovanni.

Manu made a setup change to his car for A2, but despite also setting a sub 10-second lap time, his war was more difficult to drive. Florian easily won with a lap in front of Manu with Thomas only four seconds behind. Mitchell had to retire from the race on lap 26 with a broken spur gear, so Rico Claeys took a great P4 just in front of Stefan Rommens.

Florian once again took the holeshot in A3, but unfortunately his car died in the chicane. This allowed Manu into the lead, which he kept until the end. Mitchel was running an intelligent race in order to cement his P3 podium spot and he just paced himself to keep Thomas at bay, while Giovanni Verbrugghe and Stefan Rommens rounded off the top 5. After the race, a broken ESC extension cable was culprit for Florian’s withdrawal. The overall rankings were Manuel Wagner (Xray), Florian Joos (Xray), Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), Thomas Stockman (Xray), Giovanni Verbrugghe (Xray).

The 1/12th scale has traditionally been very strong at the MRCZ club. This also showed with the 18 driver’s strong entry list. Pre-race favorite was Rico Claeys who just came back from a strong P5 finish at the annual Masters of foam 1/12th scale race. Rico was running a VCD 1/12th scale car, a conversion kit made by Benedict Vantomme, a local 1/12th scale guru. 1/12th scale Stock is all about the ideal combination of car setup, driver skills and the optimum configuration of motor timing and roll out. Rico lost Q1 to Florian Joos, who did his first ever 1/12th scale stock race. Florian also held the upper hand in Q2 until lap 23 when his front suspension was damaged in a crash with a Rico. Florian managed to bring home the stricken car in P2, but Rico literally dominated the entire field from that point onwards. The battle for P3 was fought out between Ian Bekaert (Capricorn), Tom Adams (VCD) and young Niels Degryze (Xray). While Florian tried to overcome his power deficit by running super tight lines, he never managed to finish another qualifier. A backmarker or mechanical gremlin always halted his all or nothing approach and left the door open for some very exciting battles for P2. Q5 proved to be the deciding run. Rico once again masterly put the hammer down and recorded an incredible 50-lapper in that run. Equally impressive was young Niels’ pace by claiming a fine P2 spot with the second fastest runtime of the event. This allowed Niels to secure the P3 starting grid. Tom Adams also had a great run and his P3 spot in this qualifier gave him a P4 overall starting spot. The order was Rico Claeys (VCD), Florian Joos (Xray), Niels Degryze (Xray), Tom Adams (VCD) and Ian Bekaert (Capricorn).

The finals would however prove to be a lot of work as the difference between Rico and the 10th qualifier was seven laps. As A1 was about to start Florian Joos had a mechanical problem on his car. The race organiser decided not to wait and this left the P2 starting spot open. Rico did what was expected of him and he dully delivered by leading the race from start to finish. Young Niels resisted the pressure and he took a popular P2 finish, leading home Ian Bekaert who managed to pass Tom Adams for P4. Tom finished in a fine P5 finish posting some very fast lap times.

A2 went again Rico’s way with a start to finish victory. In the early stages, Florian did everything he could to stay in touch, but made a mistake on lap nine, losing eight seconds. This promoted Niels to the P2 spot and the youngster really did a stellar job posting very fast lap times. On lap 44 however Niels had an issue with a back marker and fell into Ian’s claws. After a couple of rough laps from Niels, Ian was promoted to P2, but had to settle for P3 in the end after a Florian came stormng through the field to claim P2. Tom Adams rounded off the top 5.

A3 seemed to be a carbon copy of A2 with Rico taking the holeshot and Florian clipping a corner early on. Tom Adams made a great start and moved to P3, but his efforts were undone when the person marshalling Florian’s car involuntarily obstructed his car. Niels in the meantime also crashed out of contention leaving the door open for Ian to challenge Rico’s lead. Rico and Ian fought a hard battle and Ian made a move on lap 13. Unfortunately the cars touched and Ian waited for Rico to be marshalled. This allowed Florian into the lead. Thanks to a fresher battery, Florian finally found the speed he needed the whole weekend and managed to ease away. Ian took a fine P2 spot while Rico was running out of his front tyres. Tom Adams finished A3 in P4, In front of Angelino Deneef. The final ranking was Rico Claeys (VCD), Florian Joos (Xray), Ian Bekaert (Capricorn), Niels Degryze (Xray) and Tom Adams (VCD).

On Saturday and in the FWD Touring class, the battle for pole seemed to be going between Peter Roeygens (Raceopt) and Jannick Rommens (Awesomatix). On Sunday however, Joerie D’eer raised his game by claiming the two fastest qualifiers with his Xray and giving him the coveted P1 starting position in front of Peter Roeygens, Jannick Rommens, Patrick Room (Tamiya) and Hubert Cathelain (Tamiya).
The overall victory was a cliffhanger as both Joeri and Peter won a final. A3 would thus decide the overall ranking. Despite setting a faster single lap time, Peter Roeygens had to settle for P2 while Joeri claimed the overall victory. The overall ranking was Joeri D’eer (Xray), Peter Roeygens (Raceopt), Jannick Rommens (Awesomatix), Hubert Cathelain (Tamiya) and Patrick Room (Tamiya).

The Fun 17.5T category run according to the rules of the Belgian nationals with Volante tyres and a fixed timing 17.5 motor. Qualifying went to Christophe Libeer (Xray), followed by Rony Claeys (Xray), Kenji Van Craeynest, Yelten Baekeland and Pieter Braeckeveld. After some exciting finals, Christophe took the overall victory in front of Yelten, Rony, Marc Joosens and Kenji.

The GT12 race was won by Toni Bekaert (Capricorn), in front of Jurgen Degryze (Xray), Jos Sannen, Fabio Zanetton (Schumacher) and Raoul Connehaye.

Rony Claeys took the overall victory in Tamiya Trucks in front of Olivier Cornard, Jan Houtmeyers, Lorenzo Vandepoele and Patrick Room.

Thanks to David Joos & FBA E-Onroad for the report.

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Destiny RX-10SR 2.0 4WD electric touring car kit

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 04:42 AM PST

Destiny have officially unveiled their new RX-10SR 2.0 4WD electric touring car kit. The car makes use of a redesigned chassis, top deck and motor mount with a new layout shifting the motor further towards the front while retaining a somewhat rear positioned layshaft and main gear. The result of the updated weight balance are better steering response and cornering speeds. Also new for the 2.0 is an updated battery position and mount that allows to let the battery sit at an angle, further optimising the car’s overall balance. Other new features include ultra low profile shock absorbers with hard-coated aluminium shock bodies, updated front and rear carbon fibre shock towers to make use of the shorter shock absorbers as well as redesigned 7075 aluminium upper bulkhead covers with updated camber link positions. Also part of the package are high-grade suspension parts made by Xenon Racing and also front double joint spring steel driveshafts for chatter-free steering action. The kit comes including a 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis and it will hit stores very soon.

Features:
– New high-quality hard-coated short shock absorbers with POM pistons and 20mm damper springs
– New design front and rear shock towers
– New design front and rear 7075 aluminium upper bulkhead and linkage mounts
– New design single-piece 7075 aluminium floating servo mount and bell crank steering system
– New design belt ratio to shift the motor forward, making for more steering response and cornering speed
– New design high-grade composite front and rear lower suspension arms, steering knuckles, C-hubs and rear hubs made by Xenon Racing
– New toe-in battery mounting design utilising 7075 aluminium battery mounts
– Front spring steel double CVDs
– 7075 aluminium front and rear suspension mounts. Three different size of suspension mounts to makes wider range adjustment on track width from 40.7-49.5mm
– Plastic eccentric bushings for suspension. Fine adjustment of toe-in and toe-out angle in 0.3 degree per step
– 7075 aluminium front and rear lower bulkheads
– 7075 one-piece motor mount design with special function of multi chassis flex adjustments
– Transmission ratio changeable to compatible with difference race classes, track size or condition
– 2.25mm USA high-grade graphite materials for narrow design main chassis, 2.0mm for upper deck and 3.0mm front and rear shock towers
– 2/4/6 degrees caster inserts for C-hub
– In-line steering knuckles
– 7075 aluminium wheel adaptors
– Full set low-friction coating aluminium damper balls and ball studs
– 7075 aluminium rear cvd dogbone
– High precision 4-gear differential with 7075 aluminium lightened outdrives
– High-quality and lightweight plastic front spool set
– 7075 aluminium steering and upper link turnbuckles
– Bearing supported front and rear anti-roll bar system
– 64P 112T Xenon Racing spur gear
– 26 high grade ball bearings

Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

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Clement Boda doubles at Coupe des Champions race

Posted: 25 Nov 2019 03:57 AM PST

The Coupe des Champions race was held in Colombier-Saugnieu, France this past weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest electric off-road racers. In 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy it was young Team Associated racer, Clement Boda who would prevail as he took the overall TQ from TLR racer, Renaud Savoya and the two would also battle for the overall win with the better end for Clement who would snatch his first win of the day in front of Renaud in 2nd and Xray’s Mathieu Briere in 3rd.

In 4WD Mod Buggy it was again the duo of Clement and Renaud who would dominate the qualifiers with the two ending tie on points, however it was again Clement who would hold the upper hand to take the pole position for the triple A-mains. In the finals Renaud would score a win in A1, however the final two legs went in Clement’s favour who took a second overall win with Renaud in 2nd and Xray’s Patrick Auvinet Jr. in 3rd.

Images: Clement Boda

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