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Axial Wraith 1.9” RTR scale rock crawler

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 08:51 AM PDT

Axial Racing have introduced their new Wraith 1.9” ready-to-run scale rock crawler. It builds on a refined chassis with increased ground clearance, new skid plate and lower rails. A front battery mounting location and a chassis-mounted steering servo as well as single-piece AR44 axles, adjustable oil-filled shock absorbers as well as licensed S30 compound Nitto Grappler tyres are also part of the package as are a detailed polycarbonate body shell with plastic scale details such as the grill and radiator. Two large LED headlights make for visual impact as does the replica V8 engine receiver box under the hood.

Features:
– Impact resistant high-strength composite plastic full tube frame, front positioned battery tray for easier access and better weight distribution, new lower rails and skid plate for added clearance
– Four wheel shaft with WB8 HD Wildboar front and rear driveshafts with updated design
– Dual slipper design with pad on each side of spur gear to increase surface area, 32-pitch gearing for high-torque applications
– Bevel gear differentials
– AR44 single piece high-pinion gear axles 6mm above centre for added ground clearance and better driveshaft angles
– 540 size, 35T brushed, integrated cooling fan motor
– Spektrum STX2 2-ch radio
– Dynamite AE-5L speedo with LED head light and tail light output
– Tactic TSX45 151oz/in high torque, metal gear, dual ball bearing, chassis mounted steering servo
– Receiver box accessed under hood, shaped like a V8 engine
– Multi-link solid axle, 4-link design suspension for rear optimised to reduce axle steer and torque twist
– Oil-filled clear coat polished aluminium body King shocks with precision machined pistons, pre-load tuning, and ride height adjustable
– Moulded polycarbonate body with moulded plastic grille, moulded inner fender wells keep dirt from entering chassis
– Licensed Nitto Grappler, large block tread, sticky R35 firmness compound tyres
– KMC Machete XD229 wheels, mounting Bead Diameter 1.02″ (26mm) wide, outer diameter 2.12″ (53.9mm), plastic construction with satin
silver finish

Source: Axial Racing [axialracing.com]

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Picco EFRA 2099 Performance off-road exhaust

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 08:12 AM PDT

Kyosho Europe have introduced the new Picco EFRA 2099 Performance off-road exhaust. Designed for the use with the new Blast engines, the exhaust system utilises an updated and reshaped long-type manifold with the whole setup ensuring a more linear power curve over the whole RPM band. While being designed for the Picco Blast engine, the exhaust also fits Novarossi and O.S. based power plants.

Source: Kyosho Europe [kyoshoeurope.com]

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John Wiita TQs & wins at ROAR Carpet Nationals

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 07:41 AM PDT

ProLevel RC of Chesterfield, Missouri held the 2019 ROAR Electric On-road Carpet Nationals last weekend. In the competitive 1/12th 17.5 class John Wiita took the overall TQ after the qualifiers with Kevin Van Ert in a close 2nd. The opening A-main then saw Kemp Anderson with the win, however coming out on top of the pack in A2 and A3 secured John the overall title as Kevin van Ert came in 2nd with 4-2-2 finished. Jeff Dayger, coming from the 4 spot on the grid, would obtain the final podium spot for an all-CRC top 3.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

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Hot Race Tyres Bangkok 1/10th buggy tyre

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 04:07 AM PDT

Coming from Hot Race Tyres is the Bangkok 1/10th scale buggy tyre. Developed especially for clay surfaces, such as the Pinerolo track, the tyre will offer exceptional performance and wear in these conditions and it is available as 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear variant in super soft, soft, medium, clay and astro-specific rubber compounds.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

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Hiro Seiko introduce new on-road lightweight screw sets

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 02:41 AM PDT

Hiro Seiko have announced the release of new lightweight screw sets for a range of on-road kits, such as the Awesomatix A800X Evo, Serpent F110 SF4, Xray T4F, and the Yokomo YRX12’19. The screw kits are available as full titanium or mixed titanium and aluminium sets, with the latter including titanium for the lower and alloy screws for the upper areas of the chassis. The Awesomatix, Serpent and Yokomo specific mixed sets include natural titan and silver anodised alloy screws while the Xray set utilises orange anodised alloy fasteners to match the car’s alloy parts. Using the screws will lower the vehicle’s overall weight while offering higher corrosion resistance and cooler looks than the standard steel fasteners.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

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Azarashi Type-Q11 210mm M-chassis body shell

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 02:11 AM PDT

Coming soon from Azarashi is the Type-Q11 body shell for 210mm M-class on-road cars, such as the Tamiya M-chassis kits. The comical recreation of a certain German sports car is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate and it will fit most 210mm M-class chassis. Included with the clear body shell comes a detailed decal sheet that contains head and tail lights, grills and window frames.

Source: Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]

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Essex Carpet Clash Rd4 – Report

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 01:53 AM PDT

The latest meeting and round 4 of the new Essex Carpet Clash took place this past weekend. With a decent turn out, all drivers entered in the early hours to another great track, that was flowing, fast and fun to drive. Qualifying saw a mix of different drivers taking the top spots in both four and two wheel drive, showing that the track was fast, but small errors made for lost points in the round scores. Four wheel drive saw Ed Kerry take three of the four rounds and lined up ahead of Luke Mills. Two wheel drive ended with Kyle Moon taking pole having taken the 1st two rounds. The remaining grid positions to 5th saw best time coming in to play with drivers split on points.

In the opening 2WD A-main pole man Moon would lead the pack away and never look back having a steady and consistent run. Car 2, Ellis Stafford made a couple of early mistakes giving up the 2nd position to Venables. Both drivers makes a mistake later in the race meant this is how it would finish for the top 3. Leg 2 again saw a steady run for Kyle Moon, but he was kept on his toes, closely followed by Stafford and Venables ready for any mistake that could. Stafford made the first mistake allowing Venables to move up a place, but later gave it back. Another battle taking place on track was the position for 4th and 5th between Joe Howson and Jon Hazlewood, that switch positions by both making small errors. Leg 3 would see Moon set out and drive away from the pack with Stafford and Venables in toe, but on lap 3 saw both having an error dropping them back to mix with the rest of the pack. Howson managed to promote himself up to 3rd by making good on others mistakes while Stafford held back Hazlewood to hold on to 4th. Overall it was Moon from Venables and Stafford.

The first leg of the 4WD finals saw a race between the top 5 all circulating and pushing each other from the rest of the pack. Kerry, who had the lead from the start, got tagged by a back-marker four laps from the end. Although he chased Kerry couldn’t catch up in time which handed the lead and the 1st leg win to Joe Howson. Leg 2 saw a better final for Kerry, but some were luckier than others, with Jackson getting tangled up with Mills after a great move on the inside as they jumped over the crossover. Luke Mills, Mark Lewis and Joe Howson had a 3 way battle but it was Mark that would come out on top for the 2nd place spot. Leg 3 and it was a flag to flag finish for Kerry securing the meeting and championship win. Jackson had a decent run and finished a comfortable 2nd in this leg, where it was a race to the line for 3rd between Mills, Shedd – moving up from 10th on the grip – and Lewis. The final top 3 order would be Kerry from Howson and Lewis.

Round 5 and series final is in two weeks time on the 24th of March, to round off what has been a great opening start for this new club in the south of England.

Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]

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Rebels Race Rd6 – Report

Posted: 14 Mar 2019 12:54 AM PDT

The sixth and final round of the Rebels Race series was held in Prague with total of 75 entries for the five classes. The track utilised ETS carpet and a really fast layout. In Modified, it was Matej Sulc, who TQed three rounds of qualifiers ahead of Petr Grof and Karel Kratochvil. The final standings then stayed pretty much the same as Matej won the opening two finals for the overall with Petr and Karel completing the podium.

In Stock the battle for the highest spot on the podium was open till the final A-main with Simon Horak, Karel Kratochvil and Jakub Plechac all in the mix. Simon won all four qualifiers to take the TQ spot and the opening final was really interesting as Simon and Karel made a mistake from the first place so Jakub could easily win it. In the second leg Simon came out on top while Karel snatched the final A-main win. Overall it was Simon from Karel and Jakub.

In Formula, Simon Horak took the pole position in front of Jan Kanina and Lukas Vopat. Simon also grabbed the overall win, with Jan and Lukas swapping their positions after the finals.

In the super fast 1/12th class it was pretty much a Marek Fric show, who won the qualifiers and two of the three A-mains ahead of Jirka Svoboda and Marcel Dostal.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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