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November 29, 2024

Shepherd Velox V8.3 1:8 Onroad Chassis

In the first new kit release since taking over Shepherd Micro Racing, Zen Racing has announced the upcoming release of the Velox V8.3 1:8 Onroad Chassis. David Spashett’s Zen Racing took over the former German specialist nitro onroad manufacturer 18-months ago and the Velox V8.3 is build around a new pocketed chassis for fine tuning to track conditions. The result of what Zen Racing say was ‘a huge amount of development from the team’ to ‘deliver a car that can not only compete at the highest level but is also easy to set up, drive and maintain’, the car also gets new gearbox bulkheads and new “Lightspeed” 2-speed gearbox. In total Zen Racing outline 14 new parts on the car full details of which will be revealed shortly.

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November 28, 2024

Axon TC10/3 High Big Bore Shock5 Conversion

Axon has announced its latest new High Big Bore Shock Conversion for its TC10/3 1:10 Electric Touring Car, the latest conversion denoted as ‘Shock5’. This damper upgrade package was developed by the Japanese manufacturer for the recent IFMAR 2024 ISTC World Championship in California. The new design and performance will further lower the centre of gravity and improve driving performance. Features of the Shock5 Conversion include a 4mm lower centre of gravity achieved with new short shock and exclusive low damper stay. This provides stable cornering performance and sharp feel. They have also adopted new O-rings with Low friction micro O-ring II installed. The use of special polymer blended silicone greatly suppresses expansion caused by silicone oil and improves performance stability. Another feature is the interchangeability with continued use of the following parts from the Shock4 conversion – Upper cap, Spring dial, Diaphragm, Piston E-ring and 6mm Hex ball.

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November 28, 2024

MST S15 Pandem 1:10 Drift Bodyshell

Another iconic Japanese car culture body shell from RC Drift car manufacturer Max Speed Technology (MST) who have announced this 1:10 S15 Pandem. With a 257 mm Wheelbase and 198 mm Front/200mm Rear width, the body is a replica of the Pandem wide body kit Nissan Silvia S15 which first went into the production in 1999. Formed as a single unit to ensure precise and authentic detailing while significantly reducing the complexity of shell assembly, ABS accessories include side mirrors, wipers, front and rear light buckets, and exclusive S15 ducktail spoiler. Already offering a range of body shells of iconic cars like the recently released EVO5, MST will confirm a release date for the S15 shortly.

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November 27, 2024

2024 1:10 Onroad World C/ship Chassis Focus Index

Exactly 10-years after it hosted its first World Championship, the very unique Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand was once again the challenging battle ground for the 10th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Onroad World Championship. A track thats high traction challenged even the very best drivers in the world, following more than a week of action it was Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp who came out on top and in doing so became only the second driver ever to win both an Electric and Nitro Touring Car World title, the other driver being Naoto Matsukura who was once again in the mix this year. Having already written about the official manufacturer stats in our race coverage, during our time in Bangkok we managed to photograph 11 cars from 5 different manufacturers which will have now compiled together for our latest event Chassis Focus index.

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November 27, 2024

Mikimodel MS1.0 ‘Special Parts’ Suspension Arm System

New from Italy’s Mikimodel and created under its ‘Special Parts’ line is this new suspension arm system for the Yokomo MS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car. They are entirely carbon arms, with molded insert and uniball for camber adjustment with a fixed caster of 4th degree anterior and 2nd degree posterior. The research of the design but above all the research of the materials itself was extremely complex with it taking a long time arrive at the final solution. The arms make for much easier driving compared to the standard kit arms offering much more consistency and above all avoids anomalous behaviour due to the previous plastic which it was too soft. They are sold as a kit and also separately. A tork wrench for fixing the carbon plastic is also supplied with the kit.

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November 26, 2024

Collina joins Elceram

Czech RC electronics newcomer Elceram has announced the signing of top Italian Touring Car racer Mattia Collina. A finalist at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships at Finishline RC Raceway in California, the factory Schumacher driver has been testing Elceram RC electronics in the last few months and will now use their unique ESC in his touring car while also becoming part of the company’s development team. Elceram has more than 50 years experience with producing ceramic parts and ceramic printed circuits boards (PCBs), hybrid integrated circuits, sensors, power electronic modules and special electronic components for electronics and microelectronics for many different industries and in 2023 decided to capitalise on that experience for development and production of special power modules, such as ESC, designed specially for RC racing.

Source: Elceram [Facebook]

November 26, 2024

2024 Speed King Tour Rd6 – Report

The popular Japanese based Speed King Tour travelled to the World JAM indoor carpet track in the Gumma prefecture for the sixth & final round of 2024 where factory Xpress driver Yugo Nagashima took the TQ and win at his home track. Another local star Toyoki Yamada would finish second in the TC0 (Modified) class with Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa completing the all Xpress podium. Overall it would be Ryosuke Yamamoto who becomes the Series Champion. In the TC1 (Stock) class, Top Qualifier Mizuki Sekiguchi made small mistake handing first place to Tsubasa Yoshimura who stayed ahead of Sekiguchi who then cane under pressure from Keisuke Kaneko but couldn’t get by and had to settle for third. The overall title would go to Akihiro Onoda. In the TC2, the stock class running a G Force motor & ESC, Hironori Kurishima showed untouchable speed to take the win ahead of Kouji Imai. Kouji Nishimaki completed the podium from 9th on the grid. The TC2 title was taken by Rento Sasaki.

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November 26, 2024

Orlowski to defend MIBO International Touring Car title

Defending MIBO International Touring Car Champions Schumacher and the British manufacturer’s star driver Michal Orlowski are to return to the third edition of the Czech based race next February to defend their title. Orlowski took the 2024 title when he beat the Mugen Seiki of inaugural MIBO International race winner Ronald Volker at the unique indoor event. While a lack of mechanic hampered Orlowski’s plans to race both Touring Car and Offroad this year, the recent Florida Carpet Championships winner and reigning 1:10 2WD European Champion has entered to do both in 2025, the race taking place at the Sports V Hotel in Hrotovice on February 07-09. Organised by former international touring car racer Michal Bok, having only opened registration for the annual event less than a week ago, the 2025 MIBO International has already surpassed 125 entries. With a capped entry limit allowing for a relaxed schedule and plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing, the race is officially a two and a half day event and gets underway on the Friday evening with practice to allow for travel Friday morning. The Offroad track will cater for 2WD and 4WD Buggy and ‘Offroad Kids’, while on the onroad track the racing action will cater for Modified, Stock & FWD Touring car with a 1:12 GT 13.5T class as well as ‘Onroad Kids’ being introduced for 2025.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]