Round 4 of the 2012/13 BRCA 1/12th Scale Nationals took place at Plymouth in the southwest of the UK last weekend. It had been 2 months since the last national so some of the drivers were a little rusty, although many had been racing at local club or regional events in January.
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The new Torque .21 EdoMod X-Type on-road racing engine from Picco comes with a new long stroke design to further improve low and mid range acceleration. The components have been ‘hand modified’ by Edoardo Picco using his extensive experience and thousand of hours of testing resulting in improved reliability and performance while maintaining good fuel efficiency. A balanced 14mm ‘turbo’ silicone-filled crankshaft helps improve fuel flow and reduce weight, while a hand modified rear back plate improves fuel flow. Furthermore a lightened CNC machined piston has been made from high percentage silicone alloy billet, a large size finned turbo combustion chamber insert gives better heat dissipation, the engine sports a larger yet ultra light weight cooling head, Swiss quality 14mm main bearing (ceramic ball bearing are available as optional) front and rear and to complete the package, a composite slide carburetor with 8.0mm and 9.0mm venturi inserts.
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The penultimate round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With the event being held just one week before the BRCA Winter National, the event was fully booked many months beforehand, with some EWS-regular drivers missing out on getting their entries secured in time. The Superstock class once again saw a number of top UK National drivers competing, along with three drivers making the journey from Ireland to race. The high level of competition meant five close rounds of qualifying, highlighting the fact that the EWS is now considered the UK’s premier indoor on-road championship.
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HiroFactory in Japan have released this new aluminium adjustable servo saver set for the Tamiya high torque servo saver. The new part gives a more positive feeling to the steering while also helping to increase the response. The Ackerman is also adjustable with just one screw and you can adjust the steering further using the three included carbon plates.
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RC Awesome, the Swiss Awesomatix distributor, has introduced this new 300 x 400mm setup board which is made in Switzerland. Made from tempered glass, it sports a sandblasted Awesomatix logo to show your allegiance to the Russian manufacturer and as you would expect, while perfectly flat it is not light, weighing in at 2.135kg.
Source: RC Awesome [awesomatix.eu]
Seen in a teaser image a while back Protoform have now released full details on the all-new PFL128 race body. This body takes styling cues from a “new for 2013” LMP2 racer slated to run in the WEC Championship along with 24h of Le Mans. Air management and body rigidity were the prime considerations when re-designing the front fenders and lengthening the side recesses. The PFL128 meets all EFRA (#31531), IFMAR and ROAR body rule requirements and includes headlamp decals, as per ROAR rules. It is available in three weights of genuine lexan: . 040” (regular weight), .030” (light weight) and .025 Lexan® (PRO-lite weight for expert racers only). Included with the PFL128 is protective outer film, body side-stiffeners (w/hardware) and decal sheet.
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Xceed have announced two new engines for 2013, the ZX-21 DS6 EM and the ZX-12 DS6 EM, both on-road racing engine. The .21 comes with a new long stroke design to improve even more low and mid range acceleration. The components have been ‘hand modified’ by Edoardo Picco using his extensive experience and reliability and performance has been improved while maintaining good fuel efficiency. The .12 engine has a redesigned ABC set and combustion chamber have been redesigned also improving durability and reliability. The ZX-12 EM delivers great power over the entire rpm range, with very good fuel efficiency, with special attention given to mid range acceleration due to the increased traction from the latest generation of 1/10th touring chassis’.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
Last weekend was the sixth Mibosport Cup presented by Yokomo. This race attracted about 110 drivers from Czech Republic and many other European countries. As usual the race was held for a variety of electric onroad and also offroad classes such as 2WD and 4WD buggy, Stock Zero 17.5T, Modified TC, Formula and Yokomo GT. Also Dash for Voucher Race was added to main race and it was again great show. The organizer drew one of the offroad categories – final B 4WD and the fastest driver was Marcel Dostál.
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