June 5, 2014

Elliott Boots wins at BRCA E8 nationals Rd3

Elliott Boots wins at BRCA E8 nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the BRCA Truggy and E8 nationals was run in Wakefield, North Yorkshire last weekend. The all dirt track is also playing host for the Nitro national championship round 3, so it was also a good time to be getting practice and test tyres in readiness for that Championship round. In E8, 1/8th Electric Buggy, Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was able to TQ 2 of the 3 rounds of qualifying which would give him the overall TQ and pole position for the main A-final later in the day in which he was able to make a clean break at the start of the race. He then started to give himself a good lead over Darren Bloomfield, who was chasing hard but after a few minutes into the race Elliott was able to pull a comfortable lead and was able to manage his final, which he would then win after nearly lapping the whole field. With 3 wins from 3 rounds for the series and only 2 more rounds left to go Elliott has also taken the national series adding another British championship crown to his CV.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]


June 5, 2014

Scorpion 540-size competition brushless motors

Scorpion 540-size competition brushless motors

Some time ago we reported about Scorpion Power System, long known for their high-performance aircraft brushless motors, entering the car market. After extensive testing with the help of internationally experienced drivers like Meen V. and Charlee P. the motors are now ready to hit the market. We have no detailed information about the specifications and features but looking at the image Scorpion dealer/distributor Spec-R released, the motors build on a 3-piece can with a heatsink middle part with large ventilation openings who also act as windows to check the winding markings. The front and rear endplates sport huge milled out sections, again to help with airflow. Also visible are heavy duty solder tabs. For now the motors will become available as 4.5T to 8.5T “Modified” and 10.5T and 13.5T “Stock” variant.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]


June 4, 2014

World Champion returns as ETS makes first visit to Luxembourg

World Champion returns as ETS makes first visit to Luxembourg

In contrast to the tight boards style track of Round 4 held at the fahr(T)raum Museum in Mattsee, Austria, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series travels for the first time to Luxembourg this weekend (6-8th June) to what is rated by many drivers as one of the greatest outdoor tracks in Europe – Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg”. The penultimate round of the championship, the event marks the return of former champion Jilles Groskamp, the reigning World Champion having some great memories of the track as it was where the Tamiya Racing Factory driver won his first major title back in 2009. Another significant name on the 240 plus entry list is that of r/c racing legend David Spashett who despite many years of being involved in the championship as a sponsor will make his first race outing. Amassing an impressive 4 World Championship titles and 13 European crowns, Spashett will go up against the biggest current day names of the sport including Groskamp having entered the Ride Modified class in which he will be driving an ARC R10.

Continue reading the announcement here


June 4, 2014

Rex on-road & off-road engines by Novarossi

Rex on-road & off-road engines by Novarossi

Italian nitro engine manufacturer Novarossi introduce their new line of Rex engines for on-road and off-road use. All engines base on quality blocks combined with high performance parts to ensure reliable power output. The range will include .21 buggy engines such as the R21 Plus8 8-port, R21 Plus5 5-port, and Paloma.21 7-port engine as well as the R28-7M 7-port truck engine. On-road racers may welcome the R-Flash.21 9-port ceramic main bearing engine and the as well as the standard bearing R35 Plus 21 Tuned 9-port offering. For the 200mm 1/10th class Novarossi have the Rex R-Flash.12 Tuned 3-port ceramic main bearing engine up for grabs. All engines come with a characteristic blue anodised cooling head with laser-etched writings.

Click here to view the engine’s specifications


June 4, 2014

RB 18T & 20T steel pinion gears

RBPinions

RB introduce two new pinion gears for the RB E One and E One R. They are cut from high-quality steel and give additional gear ratio possibilities not only to RB’s electric 1/8th buggies but also all other electric vehicles that use these type of pinions.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]


June 4, 2014

Matias wins 3rd round of Portuguese buggy nats

Matias wins 3rd round of Portuguese buggy nats

Last weekend the 3rd round of Portuguese national 1/8th off-road championships took place at the 2010 EFRA European Championship track in Guarda. This track is well known for being very hard and demanding not only for the drivers but especially for the cars, tyres, and engines. In the final Xray’s Miguel Matias came out successful in front of his team mates Nuno Rebelo and Bruno Coelho. Joao Lopes and Tiago Aguiar completed the top 5 result.

Click here to view the top 12 result


June 4, 2014

Belgian SCT Cup 2014 Rd3 – Report

Belgian SCT Cup 2014 Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Belgian SCT Cup was hosted by the Belgium Power Team based in Merchtem. The club is a regular host of the Cup and always good for a great time. This year the track had been changed to a more technical layout with a pretty challenging and big off-camber turn. Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated) kept the momentum of his overall win in previous race and took the first Pro2 qualifier with a 3 seconds margin on Nicolas Evens (TLR). Julian André in 3rd is struggled with his car on the astroturf surface. The second leg saw Nicolas posting the fastest time ahead of Philippe and Edouard-Benoît Michez (Team Associated). Philippe then went on to take the final leg to take the overall TQ spot, ahead of Nicolas and Julian.

Click here to continue reading the report


June 4, 2014

Adam Drake doubles at the Tale of Two Cities race

Adam Drake doubles at the Tale of Two Cities race

Last weekend was the Tale of Two Cities race at Hal’s Hobby Warehouse in El Paso, Texas. The event kicked off with practice on Friday and racing took place Saturday. TLR’s Adam Drake TQ’d both in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy class. In the 30 minute Nitro final Drake got a clean start and was able to lead start to finish while he also came out successful in the E-Buggy class.

Click here to view the E-Buggy podium