July 15, 2014
Hiro Seiko introduce new lightweight screw kits for some of the latest car kits around. Coming as all-titanium or mixed titanium and aluminium sets, the screw kits significantly reduce the weight of the car – between 17g and 33g, depending on the vehicle they are used on – while adding a cool look at the same time. The latest additions are titanium kits for the Yokomo B-Max2 in MM and MR configuration, the Team Associated B5M, the Xray RX8’14 and NT1’14 as well as the Tamiya TB Evo.6. For the Evo.6 Hiro Seiko also have a mixed set with titanium…
July 7, 2014
…the Nitro-West-Masters standings with 357 points. Christian Wurst follows in 2nd with 354 points and Uwe Baldes is in 3rd with 352 point. In 1/10 scale TQ went to European B champion Thilo Toedtmann who was testing a Capricorn chassis instead of his regular Xray NT1. He left the Shepherd duo of Benjamin Lehmann and Melvin Diekmann clearly behind. But the finale was a different story with lots of retirements. Already at the start, the race was over for Dirk Zschaebitz as a front belt broke on his Serpent 747. Also Toedtmann was struggling right from the start and he…
July 3, 2014
…Gargiulo In the highly competitive 1/10th 200mm nitro class Spataro was leading from the start to the last two laps when a mechanical problem forced him to hand the first place to Mario Spiniello who was driving a very smooth final. Biagio ultimately came in 2nd while Giuseppe Musolino completed the top 3 result. 1/10th 200mm final result 1. Mario Spiniello – XRAY NT1 2. Biagio Spataro – XRAY NT1 3. Giuseppe Musolino 4. Marco Li Puma 5. Davide Stefanizzi 6. Tony Centonze 7. Luca Cazzolo 8. Salvatore Giliberto – XRAY NT1 9. Rosario Giamo 10.Alessio Mazzeo Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
June 10, 2014
…– Serpent/O.S. – 118 laps 2. Christian Wurst – Serpent/IDM – 116 3. Uwe Baldes – Xray/Orcan – 112 4. Philipp Römer – Xray/Orcan – 108 5. Danny Claes – Motonica/O.S. – 105 6. Martin Figge – Shepherd/Sonic – 100 7. Ralf Vahrenkamp – Serpent/Novarossi – 98 8. Rainer Rosskothen – Mugen/Novarossi – 81 9. Ralf Wacker – Mugen/Novarossi – 81 10.Tobias Hepp – Xray/Orcan – 12 The TQ in VG10 1/10 scale class was taken by newly crowned European B Champion Thilo Toedtmann who scored 46.483 seconds with his Orcan-powered Xray NT1 to keep the strong Shepherd triple of…
April 28, 2014
…the 20 minute race to earn pole position for the main. Dormagen winner Puepke came in second in front of Rausch, Nenner and Diekmann. Bernhardt managed to win semi final A in front of Weyhoven, Fleischer, Thiele and Krings. Toedtmann pushed his Orcan-powered Xray NT1 right from the start to open up a gap over his rivals but finally lost the win because of engine troubles due to not mounting the end plate properly. So he could managed to finish in third position. When the checkered flag dropped Bernd Rausch celebrated the win and was glad to be back in…
April 22, 2014
Blacktarmac introduce the double reverse clutch version 2.0 for .12 nitro engines. Offering improved quality and performance, the clutch set includes a new harder spring, a new 7075 Ergal 31mm flywheel, clutch shoes made from a highly durable material as well as new high-quality ball bearings. Available for the Xray NT1, Capricorn Lab C-02 and Shepherd Velox V10 the set also includes a lightweight 30mm flywheel for lower rotational mass, a 32mm all-round flywheel and a hard-coated 7075-T6 Ergal clutch bell. Source: Blacktarmac [blacktarmac.it]…
April 16, 2014
Xray introduce the latest incarnation of their World and European Championship winning NT1 1/10th nitro on-road in the form of the 2014 Spec kit. Compared to its predecessor the car features only subtle refinements such as a new chassis and radio plate, a new fuel tank mounting system, a new smaller 2-speed gearbox and an updated front middle shaft mounting system. Other new features include redesigned shock towers, shocks and a new battery mount. The new features are meant to make maintenance and setup even easier while also adapting the car to harder hand-out tyres, as designer Martin Hudy describes…
April 14, 2014
…stage of the podium. His Mugen fellow Dieter Fleischer finished fourth ahead of Bernhardt while Rausch had to retire seven minutes before the chequered flag to end on seventh position. Chassis-wise four Shepherd Velox V10 Pro made it to the finale alongside with each two Mugen MTX5 and two Xray NT1 as well as each one Serpent 747 and KM HK-1. 1/10 scale result: 1. René Puepke – Shepherd – 101 laps 2. Benjamin Lehmann – Shepherd – 99 3. Daniel Toennessen – Mugen – 9 4. Dieter Fleischer – Mugen – 95 5. Arndt Bernhardt – Shepherd – 95…
