Yokomo have announced that Germany’s Marc Rheinard will run the company’s all-new YRX12 1/12th pan car at the forthcoming IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships in Beijing, China. The Tamiya Factory driver already chooses Yokomo buggies for his 1/10th off-road outings and he will now also run the Japanese manufacturer’s competition on-road pan car at an international level.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Yokomo have announced the upcoming release of their new YRX12 1/12th scale pan car kit. The car features an all-new front suspension design based on the double wishbone suspension of the previous car but with a focus on high-speed cornering as well as ease of setup and maintenance. The front end now sports a pushrod design for optimised cornering stability with adjustable roll centre and track width settings remaining for suspension fine-tuning purposes. The previously used anti-roll bar was dropped for a simpler design and to reduce overall weight. Also new is a sliding upper bulkhead arrangement for easy caster angle adjustments with the bulkheads and pivot balls can be spaced down in order to create reactive caster settings.
Roche have introduced the 2016 edition of their P12 1/12th scale pan car kit. Based off of the previous P12 the 2016 car comes with a range of updates such as a 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis and a new floating servo mount with fully adjustable servo position. Also new are the upper and lower motor pod plates for optimised chassis balance and the kit also comes with a new 7075 aluminium rear chassis brace mount, selectable battery plate positions, and a new O-ring battery mount. Other features include redesigned aluminium front lower arm tubes for countersunk screws, new and adjustable centre shock positions as well as a new centre damper shock cap, a new front bumper and reinforced 4.3mm aluminium ballstuds.
The opening round of the North German Nitro On-road Championships was held at the Munster track, located between Hamburg and Hanover. In the 1/10th 200mm class Kristof Sielaff would grab the pole position for the 30-minute A-main with his Siemotu Nova-powered KM car. The main final then saw Kristof defending the top spot and he would end the main one lap ahead of Rico Kröber (Capricorn/Orcan) and Kai Bode (Serpent/Siemotu Nova). Stefan Heisterkamp (KM/Siemotu Nova) and Bernd Hasselbring (Shepherd/Orcan) would complete the top 5 result.
Source: Siemotu RC Engines [facebook.com]
This past weekend the first round of the Onroad Piston Cup was held at the the Raco2000 track in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The race started on Saturday in cold but dry conditions and the damp track would soon start to dry, allowing for good practice conditions. On the weekend the club also hosted the second round of the German LeMans Series so all drivers had the chance for some timed practice too. On Sunday the racers were greeted by a sunny sky, almost no wind and a dry track. Racing was mainly down to the guest Pro10 LeMans series cars and the Formula class as there were no entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th nitro classes with the 1/5th scale Touring class also only attracting two drivers.
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Coming from CSO are 4.5mm offset aluminium wheel adapters for 1/8th GT and off-road cars. The specific width of the adapters can greatly improve the cornering ability of GT cars, making for less understeering and thus faster corner speeds. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium, they come laser-etched and in black, orange or blue colour.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
Reds Racing have introduced their all-new M7 WCS V3.0 Factory Tuned 3.5cc nitro on-road engine. It features a new crankshaft for increased power output and reliability as it is made from a specially-coated carbon steel. A silicone filling of the crankshaft reduces the inertia of rotation and the engine also comes with a new cooling system and a Japan-made 7x19x6mm front bearing. The package is rounded out by a redesigned crankcase and combustion camber insert as well as the Gen2 venturi and a new low-speed needle.
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Hobby Pro USA have introduced their new 24K gold-plated stainless steel screws. Made from high-grade 12.9 steel for reduced wear and sporting a 24K gold-coating the 3mm fasteners are available as counter sunk or button head variant in six different dimensions and as 10-piece packs, covering most 1/10th scale applications.
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