Serpent Nations Cup, Dutch team win Leg 1
It looks like the racing in Lisbon, Portugal is very tight with the experienced 3-man Dutch team taking the lead after day one in this years Serpent Nations Cup.
Team Netherlands denied host nation Portugal a home win in the opening leg of the 2006 Serpent Nations Cup claiming a 3 point victory over Team Portugal(4) at the end of today’s (Saturday) 24 races.
Portugal initially headed the standings but problems in the 4th round of today’s competition saw the Dutch team of Danny Leewis, Rob Kuijpers and Stanley Bauer overtake the local to secure the Leg 1 winners trophy.
Good consistent performances by defending Champions Great Britain puts them just one point adrift of Portugal (4) to hold an overnight podium placing.
Read the full report from day one here
Source: Serpent [mytsn.com]
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Xray win the 2006 Curitibano Championship
Xray have a report on the Curitibano Championship in Brazil in which Fabiano Franco driving his Xray T2 won the Championship.
XRAY TEAM BRASIL was very satisfied with this season. This round was full of XRAY T2 cars. In the TOP eight, 4 drivers were using the XRAY T2 chassis and 1 driver was using FK’05. FS MODELSPORT was very proud to see that and to announce that XRAY T2 was the champion of Modified Class.
For the full report go here
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Schumacher Cup 2006
Team Xray have a report from the recent Schumacher Cup 2006 that took place in Denmark. The race report is by Martin Lissau who finished 2nd in the event with his Xray T2. Read the full report here
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Friday, October 13, 2006
Worlds Flashback Part 2 – Xray column
In his second and final column concerning this years off road Worlds, Xray chief designer Juraj Hudy gives of us the latest news and behind the scenes information from this epic event.
The entire team has worked very hard during the last few months testing plenty of new ideas to be well prepared for this most important race. Winning the European Championship and the latest excellent results world wide were giving us great confidence, and we landed at Jakarta with nothing less than 100% preparation and motivation.
Hit the link to read the full column, definitely worth a read. Read the full column.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Friday, October 13, 2006
Crazy Small Stadium Truck from Team Losi
Just when you thought your 1/18th trucks were small enough for you, along comes this little gem from Team Losi. Coming in at 1/36th scale, this amazing 2wd off roader literally fits in the palm of your hand. And they haven’t skimped on the features with this car having fully independant suspension with friction dampers, Differential-equipped transmission and electronic speed controller.
Packed with a Ni-MH battery pack, independent suspension, differential equipped transmission, automatic peak charger and 27MHz Team Losi radio system, the Micro-T has the speed and handling to tackle everything from the tabletop to the tile.
More pics after the jump… (more…)
Friday, October 13, 2006
Cabezas wins EFRA GP & Spanish Nats
‘Serpent Driver Development’ team member Oscar Cabezas took victory in the EFRA Spanish GP at Elche over the weekend and with it the Spanish 1:8 National Championship title.
Qualifying on the front row of the grid, the 19-year-old got away from the line perfectly getting the jump on pole sitter Sergio Montesinos. Once in front Cabezas took control of the race and at the 15 minute stage had a commanding 1 lap advantage over second.
Maintaining his lead Cabezas took his Mega MF powered Serpent 960 to a superb victory and his second EFRA Spanish GP win.
Source: Serpent [mytsn.com]
Friday, October 13, 2006
Losi 8ight body by JConcepts
Makers of some pretty sweet off road bodies and accessories, JConcepts, have made a body for the Losi 8ight as part of their Illuzion range.
It features enhanced hard edge side pod styling with runner flow channels on the sides designed to move the air more efficiently to the wing. The roof of the body has been dramatically wedged and Illuzionized for that aggressive look.
This body comes in 2 thicknesses of Polycarbonate and features a protective film, window masks and decal sheet.
Source: Product Page [JConcepts] via NeoBuggy.net
Friday, October 13, 2006
Futaba 2.4GHz Module & Receiver
Futaba release their version of the popular 2.4GHz radio module that have been seen taking over in the back of radios at race tracks worldwide.
TWICE as much data, almost NINE TIMES faster, and EIGHT TIMES smoother than the competition!
It’s the ultimate in accuracy for servo travel — and a real advantage for on-road and touring cars!
As the article states, these are bold claims, considering the current batch of 2.4GHz modules havent been seen at the sharp end of the grid much due to their seemingly slower reaction speeds compared to their 27 and 40 MHz alternatives.
Read the full report here
Source: RC Universe (rcuniverse.com)
Thursday, October 12, 2006
