Saturday, October 28, 2006
The Serpent 960 of Sukenari Sahasi Categories - Serpent, Gas On Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Central RC, a large importer, shop and track owner in Japan, have released pictures (and setupsheet) of the Serpent 960 of their top driver Sukenari Sahasi. The car is the one that Sahasi will use in next weeks Japanese 1/8th scale Nationals. As you can see from the pictures the car has been extensively softened with modifications to the car that allow it to flex more than that of the standard 960. The car has also been lightened as is the norm with any top driver trying to extract the miliseconds from their car.
You can view pictures of his car here.
Source: Central RC [centralrc.co.jp]
Friday, October 20, 2006
Serpent F180 launched at iHobby Expo Chicago Categories - Serpent, Gas On Road, Cars, Shows, Products - comments closedSerpent have just announced the launch of their long awaited F180 chassis. This 1/8th scale car is a true scale F1 car with grooved rubber tires, front and rear brakes as well as inboard suspension and an F1 type exhaust system that goes out the top of the body, at the rear.
The Serpent F180 has been officially launched at the iHobby Expo in Chicago. Presented to the attending press and dealers at the Molzer Mowery Racing stand, details of the cars specifications and launch date have also been announced.
Full specs and release dates for the 2 versions were also announced.
Hit the jump for more pics (more…)
Monday, October 16, 2006
French ‘Classique’ class in pictures Categories - Gas On Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
I came accross this great site, RC Contact, which aside from reporting on the very French Classique class (2wd, no wishbone suspension) has pages of pictures showing peoples weird and wonderful creations for this class. The beauty of this class is that the simplicity of the chassis encourages people to create their own. The picture above is a really cool concept design for this class, but there are others that aren’t so slick. There is also a nice history section with images that show cars throughout the years.
Check out the history section here
Check out the many weird and wonderful concepts here
