Destiny Japan has released a new clamp design single bell-crank steering set for their actual RX-10SR3.0 touring car. It features two different linkage width options for a better steering response adjustment. Three different Ackermann angles are selectable. Hold up by two pieces of 5x9x3mm large ball bearing to increase the stability. The set mounts on the kit servo floating servo mount directly.
Destiny Part No: O10416
The Awesomatix factory team is happy to add a father and son duo to their lineup of British racers. Olly Jefferies and his son Harry have teamed up with the brand around car designer Oleg Babich and team manager Max Mächler.
Read the official Awesomatix announcement:
It’s our pleasure to announce the addition of Harry and Olly Jefferies to the Factory Team.
The 16th time BRCA champion and multiple A-finalist at ETS, EC’s and WC’s brings a huge load of experience and knowledge to the Team. Olly will not only drive himself, he will be also the chief mechanic for our young gun Harry Jefferies!
We are looking forward to seeing the Jefferies Family at several events in the UK and maybe more!
Harry and Olly’s comments;
“We are both extremely happy to be joining Awesomatix. We have always been impressed with the quality and forward thinking designs adopted…..can’t wait to get to the track!”
It was a full capacity entry for EWS Round 1, making it the biggest ever event as the series started it’s 12th year.
In the LRP Modified Touring class, Kyle Branson picked up where he left off last year, with the Series Champion taking all four qualifying rounds. Behind him, Alex Thurston, who won the season finale last year was consistently second, fending off Elliott Harper, making his return to indoor racing, who would start third on the grid. Harley Eldridge was best-of-the-rest and took fourth on the grid, with Stefan Chodzynski rounding out the top five.
The A Final saw a good start, and Kyle looked to maintain his advantage for Xray. The race was clearly for second place as Elliott appeared to have a faster car than Alex at a number of points in the race, but Elliott could not get his Schumacher past Alex’s Yokomo, and so the overall top three remained in their starting order for the whole five minutes. Harley and Stefan also held on to their grid positions to leave the top five as it was in qualifying.
In Rush Stock Touring, Zak Finaly put his Xray on pole position, taking all four rounds, with his team-mate Tony Broad second in each qualifier just behind Zak. Martyn Ross had a great time for Awesomatix and qualified third overall, with Billy Fletcher and Ricky Copsey making up the front half of the A FInal grid.
In the final, Zak had a commanding win, with Tony having a rather lonely race in second place, not close enough to challenge Zak but comfortably ahead of the third place battle. That battle was the place to watch, with Martyn doing a great job to hold off Billy and Ricky for the whole race, again meaning the top five finished up in their starting order.
In the Ride/MB Models Front Wheel Drive class, Ben Moorey was in command in qualifying, securing the top spot for Schumacher, ahead of the Schumacher engineering boss, Aaron Rose. Nathan Parker would line up third with his Awesomatix, ahead of Andrew Cooper and Andy Faulkes.
The final was a masterclass from Ben who took the win, lapping everyone up to third place by the end! Behind, Aaron and Nathan dropped back early on and then had a great fight through the field to eventually regain their starting places by the end. The close racing also gave Craig Woods the chance to move up to fourth, with Andrew ending up in fifth. With this being the first time the “ETS Spec” of a limited gearing and 17,500 rpm limit was in place, the close racing proved this is clearly the way to go!
Next up, the EWS International race takes place in November over a full weekend, where all the usual suspects will be joined by a number of star drivers from Europe!
The third new battery pack from LRP in a row is the Graphene-4.1 5100mAh LCG Stock Spec LiPo. The battery pack has a height of 20mm and a weight of 248g (+-4%).
This battery is interesting for everybody who is racing in 1:10 scale touring car stock classes, especially on carpet where a low centre of gravity is aways a benefit.
Toni Gruber (HongNor) and Jörn Neumann (Sworkz) have taken the IFMAR titles at these year`s world championships in Australia.
While Gruber won the 1:8 GT class with his HongNor car after a great drive in the final, Jörn Neumann was able to win the electric class with his Sworkz ride after the triple A-Mains.
The whole ETS Family likes to congratulate both drivers for an outstanding job – well done!
Jörn Neumann celebratring with his crew after sealing the deal in 1:8 GT Electric
Toni Gruber in front of the media after becoming IFMAR world champion in 1:8 GT Nitro
Famous RC super star David Ronnefalk has teamed up with the Xray brand after parting ways with former chassis sponsor Mayako.
In a first statement, Xray announced:
XRAY is happy to announce that the IFMAR World champion and EFRA European champion David Ronnefalk joins XRAY factory team to race the 1/8 off-road, 1/10 off-road and 1/10 TC classes.
David’s best achievements:
– IFMAR World Champion
– Multiple EFRA European Champion
– Multiple Swedish National Champion
– Multiple The Dirt Nitro Challenge Winner
David says:
“I’m very excited and happy to announce the news of me joining XRAY.
It’s no secret what this brand is capable of in terms of its development program in creating quality products achieving the best results. I’m really looking forward to be a part of this process and to work close with the team to achieve our common goals.
I feel very confident starting the new chapter of my career together with XRAY, I’m sure we will be able to make great things happen together. Can’t wait to start to work and meet up with everyone again.“
The sixteenth season of the Euro Touring Series is at half-time. The ETS circus will stop for RD4 at the Transworld Hotel Auefeld in Hann. Münden (GER) in November, until RD5 will take us to the famous Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun (GER) in February 2024. Daun was the last race of the season in the last few ETS campaigns, and now the season finale will take place in March in new facility in Wiener-Neustadt (AUT).
The ETS team is looking back on three great outdoor races in Apeldoorn, Aigen-Schlägl, and Andernach which all attracted 200+ drivers to come and race with us. In times where some other racing series had been struggling with entries, we are proud and happy to have this amazing support from all of YOU.
A secret of this success are the great locations we can visit each and every year. The AMCA Apeldoorn is a big part of the ETS since many years and everybody likes to be there. We will do everything to keep Apeldoorn on the schedule for next season.
After racing in Aigen-Schlägl for the first time in 2022 with “only” 148 entries, the ETS sticked to the location for 2023 as we only received amazing feedback after the first event there. Everything developed well, and this year we have seen 202 racers on the list of entries – a clear upwards trend which means that we will also try to come back to Aigen in the upcoming ETS Season #17.
Finally, there is not much to say about Arena33 in Andernach. This track saved the ETS in the Covid-19 pandemic where we raced there many times to keep racing alive. Also afterwards, the ETS was always meeting in the hometown of Marc, Toni, and Uwe Rheinard to race on the ground of the DJK Andernach. Right now, we are feeling a little “Andernach Overload” from the last years which means that we will try to replace Arena33 with a different location for the new season.
It is never easy to find a good track for ETS racing with a motivated club, a good infrastructure, covered pits, and everything else we need for proper ETS racing. We will switch our radar on to see what we can do to get something fresh onto the race calendar of season #17.
For this moment we like to say THANK YOU again to all the fantastic clubs and people which helped us to make the outdoor season a real blast!
The next three races will see the ETS racing on carpet again. For RD4 in Hann. Münden we have already 240 entries and it would be nice to break the wall of 300 there. After the Germany races of RD4 in Hann. Münden and RD5 in famous Daun, our season final race will take place in the fantastic Arena Nova in Wiener-Neustadt, AUT. We are already super excited to travel to a new location which looks simply fantastic.
We have updated the rules for indoor racing on our website. Here are the most important facts again:
Gearing for all our stock touring car classes: max. 4,5
Tires for TC: Matrix EPC-028
Tires FWD: Ride RI-26082
Tires for F1: Contac
Body Shell List: No changes
All championships are still open and we can expect some great fights when it comes to carpet racing again. Until then, we wish everybody a lot of fun racing RC cars and preparing for the ETS indoor events. A preview report will follow soon before ETS RD4 🙂
See you soon at the track.
Uwe, Scotty, and the whole ETS team!
Today is a special one as we are able to announce the location for the final race of ETS Season #16 2023/24. We will have our season final race at an amazing place called “Arena Nova” in Wiener Neustadt, AUT. The season finale will happen from 21. – 24. March 2024!
Due to the immense help of Sascha Klug and the 1.MRC Wiener Neustadt, the ETS is able to step into this fantastic facility for the season final. Thank you to everybody who has helped us behind the scenes to make it happen, and especially to the mayor of Wiener Neustadt who supported this project right from the start.
Arena Nova is a huge event complex with 4 different halls. From sport events to cultural events and fairs, Arena Nova is able to host almost every event with capacities from 100 up to 5000 spectators. The ETS will race in hall number 3 which has a size of 1.920 m2 (48 x 40 m) and a foyer with another 370 m2. It looks like the perfect location for RC racing and our season final will be a good one for sure.
ARENA NOVA Betriebs GmbH
Rudolf Diesel-Straße 30
2700 Wiener Neaustadt
Austria
Nearest Airport: Vienna International (62km away from Arena Nova)
Hotels: There are many Hotels in each category around Arena Nova and it should be easy to find what you are looking for.
It is still a long time to go, and the ETS in Hann. Münden (RD4) and Daun (RD5) are not even raced, but if you don`t want to miss out the great season finale of ETS Season #16 2023/24, save the date and mark it in your calendar. We will open the registrations in a couple of weeks and we already super excited to go to a new place which just looks awesome!
Another new battery pack from LRP. Replacing the Graphene4 5900mAh shorty, the new version comes with the capacity of 6200mAh for even more runtime. The battery pack has a height of 25.1mm and a weight of 224g (+-4%). This shorty is interesting for everybody who is racing 1:10 scale FWD, Formula 1, as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy and Truck.
LRP has just published a new version of their famous Graphene4.1 LiPo Batteries.
It is a hyper LCG shorty pack with 3700mAh at 7,6V.
The pack was created especially for stock racing and here is the official announcement from LRP:
Stock Racers asked for it – we deliver!
The GRAPHENE-4.1 3700 HV Hyper LCG Stock Spec Shorty Hardcase Battery – 7.6V LiPo – 135C/65C #432287 is out now!
We have been frequently asked for the Lowest Internal Resistance (IR), Lightest and Lowest Center of Gravity (LCG) Shorty Battery possible.
So how did we go about it?
We use the case of the very popular G4.1 4200 Modified battery (#432273) with Hyper LCG design of just 18.5mm height for the lowest possible centre of gravity and put the lowest IR cell construction possible inside and this makes the all new 3700 Stock Spec battery (#432287). The battery comes in at only 155g (+-4%).
A clear testament to LRP’s commitment to excellence!
Latest technology paired with proven High Voltage technology, 5mm gold connectors and our trademark blue seethrough hardcase.
Available right in time for the upcoming carpet season!
