LATEST ISSUE - August 2010

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Xray Column - Juraj Hudy reports in from another busy month and brings our readers up to date with what’s happening at Team Xray.
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Olly Doubles Up - The penultimate round of this seasons BRCA 1:12 Nationals took place at Maritime Raceway in Kent. Good results for certain drivers could have meant that the championships were wrapped up with a round to go, but this proved not to be the case…
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Associated RC10B4.1 Brushed RTR - The venerable RC10B4 is probably the most popular 1:10 2WD off-road competition buggy in use today. We take a look at the latest iteration of the RTR version of the kit.
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Xray XII Link - In keeping up with battery developments, many of the 1:12 competition cars now feature link-style chassis to accept a LiPo pack. Xray, a company not to rest on their laurels have tweaked their XII platform with some chassis changes as Luke Burley found out.
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HPI E10 Gran Turismo Ford GT - Inspired by the popular PlayStation console, this HPI E10 Gran Turismo Ford GT brings together all the excitement of gaming and RC cars in one neat package. With everything you need in one box it is a great entry-level package.
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Sub-£80 and 2.4 - Core RC’s new Code stick radio combo belies its RRP with an impressive spec and 2.4GHz operation. Steve Brooke tries out the radio and offers his opinion on the cost-cutting package that will appeal to a wide range including recreational users and racers alike.
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Darren Loves Deerdale - After a solid performance at round one of the National series, Darren Bloomfield proved his prowess on the Astroturf at round two where he blew the competition away to take his first win of the year.
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Crisis Talks - Racer interviews double British and European Champion Chris Kerswell about his season, as we take a close look at his V-Dezign cars.
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Boys in the Hood - After a success meeting in 2009, Robin Hood Raceway hosted the second round of this year’s 1:10 off-road National series at their facility in North Nottinghamshire and Racer was there to capture all the news.
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Losi Mini High Roller - Its another Mini adventure from Losi! This time though, they’ve aimed their magical shrinking machine at their recreational fun truck and created the Mini High Roller, a mini truck packed with attitude. Racer takes a look to see if any of the appeal has shrunk in the miniaturising process or not…
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Making Charging a Breeze - The Fusion Breeze Plus is a low-cost charger and very simple to use, making it ideal for the first time buyer or younger user. With built in safety warnings and protection, our tester found out all there is to know about the LX40.
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LRP Column - The 2010 racing season has started in the best possible way for LRP. Only four months into 2010 and they have already had success at every major electric RC race in Europe as Jurgen explains in his monthly article.
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Havin’ It Large - Peter Rameswari reports from the first round of the BRCA Large-Scale On-Road Nationals held at Brookland.
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Tamiya Sand Scorcher - The second of Tamiya’s high profile re-releases is the Sand Scorcher. The model celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Sand Scorcher, and it includes a raft of improvements like newly designed die-cast front and rear suspension arms, front axle, and wheel hubs, reinforced front uprights, redesigned oil dampers and original blister pack style packaging and the famous detailed hard plastic body.
   

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Smith Stars - Round one of the 2010 BRCA 1:10 TC Nationals kicked off at Mendip and whilst Schumacher’s Chris Grainger continued where he left off in 2009 in the Modified class, it was Associated driver Zak Smith who came of age in Pro Stock to take his first ever National round win. Read our full report in the September issue.
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Tamiya CC-01 Unimog – the latest addition to the CC-01 chassis range is this Mercedes Benz Unimog 406 Series U900. First shown at the annual Nuremberg Toy Fair in February, the multi-purpose truck body sits above Tamiya’s proven CC-01 off-road chassis. We handed our review sample over to Paul Constable who has been out of RC for a few years to see how things have changed, and what he thought of the kit.
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Schumacher Cougar SV – the CAT SX 4WD buggy was eagerly awaited and once on the shelves of the shops, it became an instant hit and very popular amongst the club racing fraternity and higher. So when the Cougar SV 2WD was announced, it too had created massive interest with its design ideas and principles. With the team drivers highlighting the car’s ability at the highest level, we couldn’t wait to build up our review sample and see what it has to offer the racer.
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Team Magic M8ER – with Team Magic, you always get something a little different. Their M1-B off-road nitro buggy had some radical design features that set it apart from the competition with the body on and off the chassis! The new electric powered M8ER is no different. For a start you get a very low-slung body shell that locates on the side guards to add great dirt protection. Inside, you find that the chassis is ready to run, save for batteries as well as interesting ideas when it comes to the chassis and suspension. To find out more, pick up next month’s issue of Racer, one same 5 August.
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Fast and Furious - Eden Park Raceway hosted the third round of this year’s BRCA 1:10 Off-Road National Championships on their multi-surface track located on the Kent/South-East London borders. Blessed with good weather over the two racing days and some revised track changes from previous years, the event is one of the standout weekends in the 1:10 off-road race calendar and 2010 was no different…
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Green With Envy – Mendip and Wombwell hosted the first two rounds of this year’s National Championship in 1:8 on-road. Alongside our technical articles that support the on-road nitro class, Andy North, one of the UK’s top racers will be reporting from the Nationals with all the news and gossip from each round. In September’s issue, we bring you full reports from rounds one and two that saw wins for Serpent’s Mark Green.
• Also featuring - The latest RC news from around the world, the most up-to-date kits, hop-ups and spares available, as well as race reports from around the country.

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