EP Buggy Worlds open in Finland
The 2011 IFMAR Electric Buggy World Championships was officially opened this evening in Vaasa, Finland with a short ceremony at the Pitkamaki Motorsport Centre where over the next 7 days two World Champions will be crowned. Having had rain in the build up to the 14th running of the championships, which first ran in 1985, the arrival of sunshine today was perfectly timed to greet drivers and their teams.
View our event coverage here.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Capricorn magic gum, teflon grease & white springs
Capricorn have released some new general purpose products for gas racers including their own magic gum cleaning putty which is made from Italian gum and will extract dirt and grime from even the tightest of spaces. Other new items include a general purpose teflon grease and soft white front and rear springs for the LAB C01.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Speedmerchant Xray XII conversion kit
Speedmerchant are releasing their conversion kit for the Xray XII 1/12th scale car. Taking all the information gathered at the Nationals and testing weekly since, they have come up with this conversion. The new parts see the wheel base lengthened for more traction and stability as well as a widened front track for more predictable cornering. The rear suspension geometry has also been revised to get rid of any binding while the revised shock geometry offers more rear traction. The new chassis can accept the battery in 3 different positions, standard position, with over 1/2 inch for/aft adjustment, and offset/inline on either side of the chassis. They have also switched out the progressive springs for their linear tweak springs and moved them in-board, which they found to work much better on the lighter LiPo based cars. Finally they got rid of the single side to side damper for a pair of their proven damper tubes as they found the tubes to be much more consistent for racing.
View the conversion kit parts here
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Arrowmax NT1 ventilated brake disc
Arrowmax have released this new brake disc for the Xray NT1. Made from high quality steel, the specially designed holes and their positions offer good ventilation, and also reduce weight, to prevent over heating even during highest friction.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Kyosho Inferno ST-RR Evo competition kit
Kyosho have updated the Inferno ST with further enhancements to create the most powerful version yet in the form of the Inferno ST RR EVO. The RR EVO adds the small diameter flywheel adopted from the 1/8 Buggy World Champion Inferno MP9, strengthened straight cut bevel gears and dial-adjustable big bore shocks for precision setting. The newly designed body combines a low profile form and forward cabin with the MP9’s rear wing to produce sure-footed rear grip and superior maneuverability. Expect a September release.
View more information and images here
Saturday, July 16, 2011
KM Racing H-K1 waist twister system
KM Racing have introduced their ‘waist twister system’ for the H-K1 chassis. An update that allows the radio plate to float apart from the radio plate mounting blocks, it can be locked and unlocked easily for quick back to back testing. The unit itself requires a new radio plate as well as the set itself seen above and can be adjusted between a loose or tight setting enabling very smooth cornering. Making the car very smooth, it works particularly well on low grip tracks.
View the updated radio plate here
Friday, July 15, 2011
GM/Graupner High-Voltage brushless servos
New from GM/Graupner are these High-Voltage brushless servos or HBS for short, which combine the performance of brushless technology with all the advantages of the high-voltage servo. In addition to the unparalleled acceleration, greater efficiency and no wear of carbon brushes, these servos can be supplied with an operating voltage up to 8.4V. Direct connection of 2-cell LiPo battery packs is now possible with no problem, in addition, these servos also provide top performance at an operating voltage of just 6V. Precision manufacturing and assembly and top component quality provide the servo drive system with uncompromising power and speed. Available in 3 different versions, best suited for 4wd off road, 2wd off road and on road touring car.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Serpent Cobra aluminium servo saver
Serpent have released this new coated aluminium servo-saver for the Cobra buggy and truggy. CNC machined from aerospace quality aluminium with it is super-strong compared to the kit nylon version and is a direct replacement with no modifications necessary.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Friday, July 15, 2011
Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Rd3
The 3rd round of the Swiss National Championship was held at the beautiful track of Lostallo in the South of Switzerland. Already during qualifying Shepherd driver Marco Müller showed a good performance with his Velox V8 “eleven” taking the pole-position about 1 sec in front of his Shepherd teammate and World Championship finalist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd. Both drivers had no problems to win their semi-finals while Müller took the pole-position for the 45min final as he had the faster time. At the start of the final Müller defended his first position and increased the gap on the rest if the field step by step. At no time of the race he was challenged and crossed the finishing line convincing 2 laps in front of the Mugen pairing of Luca Martinelli and Silvio Hächler.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Friday, July 15, 2011
