Red RC

April 25, 2013

Collin & Wallace win SORC Rd1

Last weekend saw the start of the Scottish Off Road Championship hosted by Dunfermline District Radio Car Club. Round 1 of qualifying was a bit of a wet affair with Chris Mitchell setting TQ pace in 2wd and Kenny Clark setting the fastest time in 4wd. The lap times tumbled as the track dried out through the rest of qualifying, the early pacesetter of Chris Mitchell took TQ in 2wd and Kenny Clark managed to secure overall TQ for 4wd. Chris Mitchell the 2wd pole man was unable to convert his early pace in the finals it was the Schumacher SV2 driven by James Collins that took the win of all three legs of the 2wd A finals. For the 4wd finals it was much the same story as with 2wd, polesitter Kenny Clark unable to take the win, it was the Schumacher K1 of Martin Wallace that pipped Kenny by 1 second in leg 1, leg 2 was an even closer run thing between Martin Wallace and Ross Irwin, Martin just managed over the line in front of Ross beating him by 0.23 of a second and taking the overall 4wd win.

View the final results here

April 25, 2013

KM Racing H-K1 D-type servo saver

KM Racing have released this optional servo saver for the H-K1. The new upper part of the saver has now been made of plastic in place of metal so it is now lighter on top while the bottom part uses a D-type mount in place of the original hex. Parts are available separately or as a complete set.

View the complete set here

April 25, 2013

LeeSpeed 84 pitch spur gears & pinions

Leespeed 84 pitch spur gears & pinions

LeeSpeed Racing Design have introduced a new generation of 84 pitch spur gears and titanium pinions, available for any EP touring cars. The claimed benefit of 84 pitch is that it is quiet, improves acceleration timing and braking consistency due to more engagement of teeth, which translates to better and faster lap times. For the very same reason, it also will provide constant feedback to drivers throttle response due to a more refined gear ratio. They are available in a range of 118T up to 157T for spur gear and 30T up to 60T for titanium pinion while suitable for stock to modified, non-turbo to turbo.

Source: LeeSpeed [leespeed-racing.com]

April 25, 2013

Mark Green takes Rd2 of BRCA 1/8th Nats

The start of the 2013 racing season began with round 2 at Cotswolds 2 weeks ago. You must think there must be a typo error but we actually did start with round 2 since the scheduled first round at Wombwell had to be cancelled due to the snowy weather that hit the country in March. The entry for this round was lower than expected but still had a very competitive feeling which made for some close racing at all levels. Saturday was practice day and surprisingly the track was dry which enabled drivers to run their new engines in and also run their new cars for the first time. The lap times upfront are around the low 15 second bracket and if you can break consistently below this mark, then that is the golden ticket to having a good shot at TQ. The man to beat was Kyle Branson who was setting lap times consistently in the 14.7 second bracket and was clearly the class of the field with Mark Green being the next best. The remaining drivers of Wood, North, The Hastings duo, Dransfield, Thurston, Carr and Frost where in close pursuit.

Continue reading the report here

April 24, 2013

JConcepts RC8.2 Silencer body

Seen first at the Worlds in Argentina and then used to win this year’s DNC, JConcepts have finally released the the Silencer for the RC8.2, a brand-new, ground up design which has new elements created for the highest speed circuits. A narrowed, Finnisher stance cockpit allows more fuel tank access a smoother high-speed transition and increased flow around the engine heat-sink. A deep recess around the heat-sink area with dual channeling out the rear provides air escape along with rear-end stability, while the Silencer side-pods have a clipped rear-end, narrowing the rear by angling just in front of the rear tires. The extended runner features are placed on the rear-end of the body enhancing the force placed on the rear pods during high-speed acceleration. The main pods are heavily chamfered and a more heat-shrink design over the pipe, fuel tank and electrical / linkage make up the main pods. The end result has the body looking extremely low-profile with heavy JConcepts edginess and appeal. The Silencer is capped off with a cock-pit “shark fin” for more high-speed tracking stability and increased roof stiffness.

View more images of the Silencer here

April 24, 2013

Kinwald & Due win Short Course Showdown Rd3

Round 3 of the Short Course Showdown made it’s way to Trackside Hobbies located in Brookfield Wisconsin. The new track layout had been down for a week or so. The track was wet and still holding a lot of moisture due to the fact that the outside weather was cold and wet for the last few weeks. On Thursday Drivers started to arrive and get their pit spaces picked out and setting up camp for the weekend.

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April 24, 2013

Joseph Quagraine wins RedBull GP in Moscow

Last week end a RedBull GP was held at a Hobby Expo in Moscow Russia. There were over 200 entries all together in a race that covered all the electric offroad classes. This was the debut of the production JQ Electric 1:8th Buggy. There were three JQeCars at the event, and all three made the main, JQ, Dmitry Malyshko and Timo Jalas. The racetrack threw some curve balls to certain drivers with two jumps that crossed over the diagonal main straight. Tricky to jump, and marshall. In the end Joseph Quagraine would take the win ahead of Serpent driver Jörg Tiit in the 2nd with JQ driver Dmitry Malyshko completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

April 24, 2013

Alexander Hagberg reports on Xray Challenge Greece

The Xray Challenge Greece was held last weekend at the FRT track outside of Athens and this report is by Alexander Hagberg. ‘The track is huge by its size, comparable to the famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. It has been the host of numerous EFRA European Championship events in the past, so the quality of the track is very good. This time, the race featured the 1/10 GP and 1/10 EP Modified classes. A total entry count of around 50 had joined the event which was held over one day. The weather was sunny and reaching well over 20 degrees C, which meant perfect racing conditions.

Continue reading the report here