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October 7, 2010

First Images – Capricorn 1/8 Competition racing car

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.

View more images here

October 7, 2010

Danish National title for Martin Lissau

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]

October 6, 2010

Serpent S811, S120L & S100 springs

Serpent have today released lots and lots of springs. First up for the S811 Cobra are the addition of 7 new hardness of spring for front pink 4.8lbs, blue 5.0lbs, purple 5.2lbs, green 5.4lbs, grey 5.6lbs, yellow 5.8lbs & white 6,0lbs and for the rear pink 2.8lbs, blue 3.0lbs, purple 3.2lbs, green 3.4lbs, grey 3.6lbs & yellow 3.8lbs. Also for the Cobra is a new harder servo saver spring. For the S120L and S100 there is a new selection of optional side and main springs that will also fit most other linked pancars. The new side springs include 4,5lbs, 5,0lbs, 5,5lbs, 6,0lbs, 6,5lbs & 7,0lbs while the main springs are 12lbs, 14lbs, 16lbs & 18lbs.

View the different type of springs here

October 6, 2010

Yokomo R12 premounted tires

New for the World Championship winning R12 1/12th scale chassis, Yokomo have released this range of front and rear pre mounted tires. The R12 uses a proprietary rear wheel which has a different offset to other 1/12th wheels and so requires the use of these rims. The foam supplied is good for both carpet and asphalt and the tires diameter comes pre trued to a moderate size, which is good for beginners but needs to be trued for faster drivers.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

October 6, 2010

Xray deal for Nicolai Nielsen

Team RcHouse in Denmark have announced the signing of one of Denmark’s top Super Stock drivers. After a long period of dialog they have secured the services of the experienced Nicolai Nielsen to be their new team driver. Looking forward to many great results in the future, Nicolai will drive the Xray T3 and other products from Team RcHouse and NorthTQ. Nicolai had the following to say about the deal:

To come to this choice to switch my Serpent car has been a long and difficult choice to make. After nearly three years running the Serpent S400, in which time I have accomplished some of my best results, e.g. two Danish National championships, a DRCMU regional championship and an ETS round win, it was in no way easy to make the final decision. It has been some good years. So my thanks go to Serpent MRC, ARRC by Allan Rasmussen and New Heading, for all your help and support through this period. Thanks guys! It’s been priceless. But after my talks with Kim Lindegaard from Team RcHouse, I’m sure my agreement with them will bring more good result. I’m really looking forward to drive my new Xray T3 and hit the tracks, to see what can be accomplished with this new gear in this new team.

Source: RcHouse [rchouse.dk]

October 6, 2010

Francesco Tironi wins Rd3, takes Italian 200mm title

Last weekend saw the 3rd and final race of the Italian 1/10th 200mm Nationals take place on the Leno track in the north of Italy, just east of Milan. Mugen/Sirio driver Francesco Tironi dominated and took the victory at the end of the 60 minute A-main. 2nd spot went to Xray/Max driver Walter Salemi, with Xray/Sirio racer Luca Redaelli in 3rd. In the F1 class, Claudio Codazzi (Xray/REDS) took the win followed by Marco Zagni (Xray/Max) in 2nd, who took the class title, and in 3rd Michele Scaglioni (Xray/Sirio). In the F2 class, the young 12 year old Michele Adami (Xray/BOSS) was victorious in front of Lorenzetti Mattia (Shepherd/IDM) and Biagio Verbicaro (Xray/Sirio).

View more photos from Rd3 here

October 6, 2010

Sirio .21 RVS clutch system

Following the successful launch of the .12 RVS clutch back in August, Lavorazioni Meccaniche S.r.l – Star Motor Engineering have now produced a new .21 RVS clutch system. The new clutch system uses the same new design and way of working as the previously released version, with the weights and shoe working in a completely different way to increase performance and acceleration of the engine. The power clutch kit has a lightweight flywheel with a new ‘flat design’ and the Italian company has also worked to balance it to get the most performance from the engine. All parts such as the spring catch, flywheel nut and spring nut are made from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium for maximum lightness, while the new clutch disk is hardened for durability. Expect the new clutch system to be released in late December.

View an exploded view of the clutch here

October 5, 2010

JJ Wang & Howard Zou win at King Power Cup

The King Power Cup EP & GP touring car race was held at the RCP track in Southern China over the October Chinese National Holidays. King Power, makers of electric motors and batteries as well as other racing parts was the main sponsor for the race and racers from around China participated in the two day event with race organizer Energy-DL in Guangzhou managing the event superbly. In the EP Open class, JJ Wang took TQ and won the race with his HB TCX. In the GP touring class, Taiwanese Xray driver Howard Zou TQ’d and won the event edging out Shanghai Mugen driver JJ Wang in a heated battle that saw some very exciting qualifying strategies and racing displayed by both drivers.

View the GP podium here