Early last month we brought you CAD images of the new Tamiya TRF417, the successor to the double World Champion 416 chassis. Well today we have received the first photo (click to enlarge) of the car along with the definitive features list and the full list of newly designed parts.
Xray is proud to announce that the 2010/2011 Euro Touring series will be supported and sponsored by Xray. Both the ETS organisers and the Xray company have agreed to create a mutual cooperation that will see the Slovakian company become a primary sponsor of the world’s biggest r/c touring car championship. This is a great news for all Xray drivers as the Xray factory team will be available at all six rounds of the ETS to provide full support and service. Xray guarantees that their service team will also be available at every race with a complete range of all spare parts and will provide technical and set-up help to all Xray drivers. Just look for the familiar Xray tent.
Read about the FREE Xray promo package here
With the Mugen MRX-5 only just released some days ago, CSO have already released these new dogbones for the rear of the car. Made from high grade 64 titanium, these shafts are lighter than the kit versions yet remain ultra durable. Sold in a pair.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
The Inaugural Acorn Racing Cup for EP On-Road will be held on the weekend of the 24th of October in Glenmarie, KL, Malaysia host of the 2009 off road FEMCA race. This is the first race that is being held by Acorn Innovations since the company started and it is going to be open to 2 classes, F1 and Stock on-road touring. The race will have 3 x 6 minute qualifiers, followed by a 3 x 6 minute finals. There is no restriction on the brand of batteries or cars for this race but handout matched batteries from Acorn Racing will be issued for the second finals of the A-mains in both classes. Drivers from all over the world are welcome and along with a lot of attractive prizes to be won, the winner of the A-main gets a 1 year sponsorship deal directly from Acorn Racing.
More information on the event can be found here.
Capricorn RC have released these new one-piece engine mounts for the Serpent 733. Designed to dramatically reduce engine temperatures, it helps increase the stiffness of the chassis and testing has so far shown good results. Available in aluminium or in brass for extra weight in an area that matters.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
With the start of the 2010/11 Euro Touring Series just one week away the organisers of the world’s biggest r/c touring car championship are delighted to announce they have concluded a deal with Yokomo that will see the Japanese company become title sponsor. The fourth season of the ETS, the championship will be known as the ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ and backs up the company’s continued commitment to the competition r/c market in Europe in what has been an ultra successful season for their BD5 Touring Car. 2010 has been a very fruitful year for the team with factory driver Ronald Volker claiming five major titles in Europe winning the DHI Cup, both the Indoor and Outdoor EFRA European Championships, the LRP Masters along with the highly competitive German National Championships.
European 200mm Champions Capricorn have sent us the first CAD images of their new 1/8 Competition racing car. The Italian company tell us that the prototype has already been running for some weeks, getting a lot of important testing done. Based on the winning knowledge gained from their 1/10th chassis, Capricorn have developed this model applying the most innovative solution and technologies. A super low centre of gravity aids the handling, while ease of access to all the parts and an intuitive and fast set up system make the car enjoyable to work on. They expect to perform further testing and development in this final part of the year and aim to have the car ready for the start of the 2011 season.
The last round of the Danish 1/10th scale nationals was run at GRRC club. The track is very nice but hard to drive without any mistakes. Shepherd driver Martin Lissau arrived at the track already on Friday, but as the conditions were not the best there was not much practice action. On Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Martin Lissau took the pole-position with his Velox V10 in front of Claus Ryeskov and Martin Hansen. The 30 minutes final was run on Sunday afternoon. The temperatures were really cold and Lissau had some difficulties to find the correct engine setup. He took a time-out to adjust the engine and had to start from the last position of the grid. But already at the first pitstop he was back in front and never looked back for the rest of the race. With this result Lissau had enough points to secure himself the Danish 1/10th scale nitro championship title.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
