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June 27, 2012

Daniele Sieber wins Rd3 in East Germany

Last weekend the 3rd round of the East German Championship took place in Mühlau. Shepherd racer Daniele Sieber was attending the event and found a good setup for his Sonic powered Velox V8 “eleven” resulting in excellent laptimes during Saturdays practice. On Sunday morning three qualifiers were held. With a big gap Daniel secured himself the pole-position followed by young Toni Gruber and Benjamin Schumann. In the 20 minutes main final he had a huge lead after 8 minutes giving him the chance to relax a little bit. He cruised to the victory 3 laps in front of Toni Gruber with Michael Kammer finishing 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 26, 2012

Shepherd Velox V10 ‘twelve’ kits

Shepherd have announced that their new Velox V10 ‘twelve’ kits are now available. The kit inlcudes the new rear end for a ball-raced rear anti-roll bar as well as stronger body posts for the front and the rear. The ball-raced anti-roll bar has a much better response leading to improved traction when accelerating while the new stronger body posts feature adjustable plates to fine tune the height of the body in 3 steps. Of course the Velox V10 ‘twelve’ relies on many established features like the ‘Direct-V-Brake System’, easy differential maintenance, adjustable servo saver and many others.

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June 26, 2012

Xceed ZX-12 & ZX-21 DS5 engines

Xceed have introduced their onroad line of engines for 2012. The ZX-12 line features an improved carburetor with nicely anodised green aluminium inserts, new head design and color and updated porting and crankshaft timing for more high end power. The ZX-12 DS5 is available in regular and EM version and both types also in a Powerpack version too, complete with polished inline pipe-set. The EM version has hand selected ABC-sets, aligned conrods, and light shafts with silicone. The ZX-21 line also has the newly styled and colored heads, improved carburetor with nicely anodised green alu inserts. The DS4 was already setting new standards in racing in 2011, and the same quality and performance is carried into 2012 as well, combined with good fuel-consumption. The ZX-21 DS5 is available in regular and EM version and both types in Powerpack version too, complete with polished inline pipe-set. The EM version has hand selected ABC-sets, aligned conrods, an extra 8.5mm alu venturi and light crankshaft with silicone.

View the ZX-21 engines here

June 26, 2012

Asuka Create XF 1/10th 200mm shell

Japanese company Asuka Create have released their long awaited XF 1/10th 200mm on road body. Designed to be very stable, this new shell has a good front and rear balance and was developed with a focus on this year’s Japanese National championships. Available now in 0.6mm and 0.7mm thick versions.

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June 25, 2012

Morganti & Wang win Byron World Challenge

The 2012 Byron Fuels World Challenge at Leisure Hour Raceway saw 80 entries competing in 3 nitro classes, GT, 1/10 Sedan and 1/8 On-road. After 4 rounds of qualifying, Paolo Morganti TQ’d in the GT class, current US National sedan Champion DJ Apolaro took TQ in the Sedan class while JJ Wang TQ’d the 1/8 On-Road class. In the finals, it was Byron fuel’s team drivers Paolo Morganti and JJ Wang taking home the winner’s trophy. Paolo Morganti driving his Serpent won both GT and 1/ 8 On road while Mugen driver JJ Wang dominated the 1:10 sedan class. Byron Fuels World Challenge is a cash contingency race, over $40,000 in contingency checks paid out in previous Byron Challenges, the biggest payouts in R/C.

View the podiums here

June 22, 2012

Patrick Nähr wins Rd3 in Southern Germany

Last weekend the 3rd round of the South German Championship took place in Amberg in the East of Bavaria. In total 49 drivers attended this event to score points for the championship. In the 1/10th class Patrick Nähr had a great day with his Sonic powered Velox V10 “twelve”. After he claimed the second place in qualifying he dominated his semi-final finishing 4 laps in front of the rest of the field lining up second on the grid for the main final. After an intense race at the beginning of the final he sneaked away finishing more than one lap in front of Dominic after 30 minutes. Steve Baumgarten completed the podium.

Continue reading the report here

June 21, 2012

Serpent 747 option parts

Serpent have released a number of new optional parts for their new 1/10th 200mm chassis, the 747. First up is this lightweight CNC machined upper bumper made from high quality carbon fibre, which comes complete with aluminium posts and fasteners. Next up is a CNC machined radio plate support made from 7075 T6 aluminium and grey anodized. This support will increase chassis stiffness in the central section of the car while the 2 mounting lugs on the side of the part, allow the optional carbon side stiffener, used to reduce flex. The final two parts are anti-roll bar and lower shock mount extensions, machined from carbon fibre, which allow the ARB to be mounted more to the outside and the shocks more to the outside for a harder setting on both.

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June 20, 2012

RS6 conversion for Tamiya TA06

R Sector have introduced their RS6 Conversion kit for the Tamiya TA06. Its unique structure allow it to maintain stiffness without a permanent upper deck, although when the removable upper deck is in place additional stiffness will be added to the chassis. The new layout means that the battery is now removed from the top with just two thumb screws. A specially designed one piece front steering bulkhead is connected to the chassis braces for a more rigid front end structure, while the rear chassis support is a critical part of the design because it is there to maintain the stiffness of the rear section and to protect the battery from the heat of the motor. Other features include a redesigned aluminium motor bridge for a wider selection of motors and the mounting of a high performance low profile cooling fan for better cooling.

View more images of the conversion here