Round three of the West German Nitro On-road regionals, a qualifier to the German Championships, was held at the Hamm track over the weekend. Serpent’s Michael Salven would end the day on the top spot with team mate Merlin Depta a lap down after the 30-minute encounter. Christian Wurst (ARC) would complete the podium result in third, another lap down.
This last weekend saw the BRCA Touring Car Nationals head to Adur near Brighton on the south coast of England. Unusually for the UK the drivers were blessed with great sunshine all weekend and with low winds the track conditions were quite different to the previous weekend’s Schumacher BTCC race. Schumacher’s Elliott Harper was in a different league this weekend TQ-ing the first three rounds of qualifying just using one set of three allocated sets of Sorex 32RY tyres. In Pro Stock James Hart (Schumacher) was taking the fight to current BRCA champ Zak Finlay (Xray) putting in some strong performances to line up second on the grid.
Round four of the RC Lemans Series was held at the EVMC club in Velp, The Netherlands over the weekend. Following cold and rainy low-grip conditions at the previous rounds all drivers were looking forward to a sunny weekend with asphalt temperatures of about 50 degree Celsius. In the LMP1 Modified class Sven Stoffels took the TQ only a couple of tenth of a second from championship leader Tim Altmann. Reinder Wilms matched Tim’s time down to a hundred of a second over the five minute run. Behind the three Philipp Paul, Kai Altmann, Tobias Weist, Andy Dick and Joachim Behnken were not far away, promising some exciting A-mains.
Cox have introduced the a new touring car chassis tool in the form of the carbon fibre tweak rod with bulkhead alignment block. The design revolves around the bulkhead alignment block that allows to build straight and tweak-free bulkhead assemblies, offing a width of 19mm and 22mm, covering most of today’s touring cars. As the for anti-tweak rod, the 15mm high-quality carbon fibre rods, with cut outs for the spur gear and topdeck screw, are coupled using the alignment block and used like a usual anti-tweak tool but the multi-piece design allows for much easier storage and transportation.
Italian company BMT have introduced a 30T side belt pulley for the BMT984 car. Machined from high quality aluminium for a light weight the pulley is finished off with a special coating for reduced wear and friction, making for improved durability and drivetrain efficiency. Due to being one tooth bigger than the standard 29T pulley the new part is also meant to improve steering and top speed.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
VBC Racing have introduced two new option parts for the WildfireD08 touring car. First up is the LCG centre balance weight set. Making use of a central 12.5g weight and a second, attachable 18.5g weight the set allows to easily add weight, up to 31g in total, to the centre of the car. The parts run beside and underneath the belt which makes them still easy to reach for swift weight distribution changes. Also new is the stiff upper deck made from a special carbon fibre. Additional carbon layers make for improved torsional rigidity compared to standard carbon fibre, resulting in a stiffer feeling. Still 2mm thick the top deck, marked with a gold-colour dot, is a direct replacement for the stock part and ideal for high-grip asphalt tracks.
Arrowmax have introduced the first in a line of new LiHV battery packs. Made from 5200mAh 110C/55C LiHV cells the battery offers an increased nominal voltage of 7.6V compared to the 7.4V of standard LiPo packs. Using LiHV-compatible chargers a 2S pack can be charged up to 8.7V or 4.35V per cell, allowing for higher output voltage. LiHV packs are also good to be charged to the standard 8.4V for sanctioned races with the flatter discharge curve compared to regular packs making for more punch towards the end of a run. Arrowmax’ 5200mAh pack measures a standard 139x47mm while offering a low-profile height of 22.5mm. The hardcase battery pack is equipped with the now-standard 5mm through-type connector tubes.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Brilliant RC have introduced their all-new TCX bodyshell for 200mm nitro touring cars. Developed in cooperation with top drivers like Dirk Wischnewski, the body is made in Germany from high-quality polycarbonate with its design ensuring very good overall traction in combination with great steering response. The EFRA 2056 homologated shell includes Easy Fix lightweight wing mounting hardware in the form of composite bolts and nuts, whose large diameter prevents the wing from tearing off in the event of a crash. The body is available un-cut or as pre-cut and pre-drilled version with the wheelarches, body posts, window and fuel tank holes already cut for chassis such as the Shepherd Velox V10, Xray NT1, Serpent Natrix and Mugen MTX6.
