Saturday, January 6, 2007
EFRA Euros for Off road to be re scheduled? Categories - Industry, Gas, Off Road, International, Racing - comments closed
According to a report by Philip over at Neo Buggy, the European A Championships for 1/8th scale off road, that is being held in France this summer, is to be rescheduled due to a clash with the Tour de France. The problem is “A clash with the Tour de France in the proximity of the hosting city Auxerre would create massive problems with hotels etc.”. This seems to me to be just bad planning on behalf of the organisers to have just overlooked something like this. We will learn more soon and keep you informed.
Source: Neo-Buggy [neobuggy.net]
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Serpent release new website Categories - Industry, Serpent, Racing - comments closed
Serpent have today launched their all new website, serpent.com, which is a major upgrade from their previous site mytsn.com. Having been present online since the early days of the internet (it was the first web site i ever visited back in the early 90’s), Serpent have been a pioneer in their use of the web in presenting their products and news and this new site is simply the next step in the use of that technology.
What you see in front of you is a totally new platform complete with some neat new features, with more to come online soon such as RSS feeds, and a simple and easy to use interface. Our site of course will continue to be updated regularly with news from around the world as well as continuous product releases.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
HPI have once again kept us informed of the air times of the very well received RC Racing show which goes out on European cable channel Motors TV. This episode will show the concluding final of last years electric World Championships along with more kit reviews and insights.
If you missed the first two episodes you can watch them here and here.
Hit more for the full list of air times… (more…)
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Yatabe Arenas new drift track Categories - Industry, On Road, Racing - comments closed
The Yatabe Arena, one of Japans most famous and best racing facilities has today opened is new all weather drifting circuit. This is a great facility for an immensely popular class and we will hopefully see similar dedicated facilities pop up around the world as this class continues to grow. The first drifting event in this new facility will take place in February.
Source: Yatabe Arena [yatabearena.com]
Earlier this month we mentioned that website TWF8.ws was to auction the actual RB engine that Yannick Aigoin led and nearly won this years 1/8th buggy World Championship with, well that auction has now ended and the winning bid for this great engine was $800. The engine was kindly donated by Rody Roem of RB products for this sale so all this money will be donated the UNICEF, a great gift in this season of giving.
Source: TWF8.ws [twf8.ws]
Sunday, December 17, 2006
RC Pro Series moves into the Caribbean Categories - Industry, Events, Racing - comments closed
The guys at RC Pro Series sent us a mail informing us of their expansion into the Caribbean. This is the full announcement:
“RC Pro is proud to announce the formation of the new Caribbean Division for the Nitro Offroad Series. The RC Pro would like to welcome Rafael Sabatier as the Caribbean Director. Rafael is located in Puerto Rico and will be setting up the schedule, working with the tracks and officiating the RC Pro events in the Caribbean. We at RC Pro look forward to working with the existing organizations in the Caribbean to promote the hobby to the general public and give the racers and tracks more worldwide exposure. This new division will run in the points series like all divisions and receive invitations to the National Finals. As of this year racers in RC Pro can score national points in any division. Division points for a division championship can only be scored in your division though. This means you can now schedule a racing vacation in the Caribbean and still score RC Pro points!”
Read more about the RC Pro Series here.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
ROAR release their 2007 rule book Categories - Industry, Racing - comments closed
Something of interest to our US readers, or at least those that still take part in ROAR sanction events. The US governing body, ROAR, have made their updated 2007 rulebook available to download from their site.
Among the welcome changes are the updated vehicle diagrams supplied by John Kelishes at ProLine, a long-standing ROAR affiliate. These really look sharp. Thanks John and ProLine! Also thanks go to EFRA for supplying the great looking dimensioning diagrams which are now being used worldwide on 200mm touring cars.
Download the rulebook from this page.
Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]
Monday, December 11, 2006
EFRA clarify rule on Sintered magnets Categories - Industry, Electric, Racing - comments closed
EFRA (european governing body) have released a notice regarding the introduction date for their rule change that allows sintered magnets, something we briefly mentioned back in the start of November. The guts of the statement are as follows:
The sintered magnets and delta wind will be allowed on EFRA races as from 02.04.07. This means, that the following proposal accepted by the section meeting at the AGM 2006 takes effect on 2nd of April 2007:
2.2b: b) Brushless Motor
d) Winding: Delta and Y wounded stators are permitted. Only circular
(round)pure copper is permitted. There is no turn limit.
Rotor: Output shaft diameter must be 0,125″ (3.175mm). Only one piece, two poles Neodymium or Ferrite magnetic rotors are permitted.
You can download and view the letter here (PDF).
Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]
