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July 1, 2011

Haifeng Wang joins HPI China racing team

HPI China has announced the signing of Haifeng Wang to their racing team. Wang is the indisputable top EP on-road driver in China. Starting his RC life in 2005, Wang achieved astonishing progress, not only by racing talent but also through hard work. He undertook all National 1:10 EP Onroad Championship event (TQ and win) from 2007 to 2010 and became a star of the industry. In 2009 Wang challenged himself by joining the 4WD GT Class at the Tamiya Asia Cup and took the TQ & win without problem. In 2011, he again embraced his reputation by top qualifying and winning the 11.5T Stock Class at the TITC. Wang will now continue his story at HPI & Hot Bodies.

Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]

July 1, 2011

Nicolai Lindegaard takes SuperStock Rd2 in Denmark

The 2nd round of the Danish 1/10th touring car championships was last weekend at the well known ‘Rainbow’ Track in Glostrup in Denmark, which hosted the Euros back in 2005. There was 17 SuperStock Drivers and 9 Modified drivers and Xray driver Nicolai Lindegaard sent us this report. On Saturday we did some very small setup changes having tested a lot in the weeks leading up to this race and so the car was fast, very smooth and easy to drive. The grip wasn’t so high but we didn’t change a lot of set-up because we expected more grip on the race day. The track is very nice with a very good flow so we were very excited to the Sunday’s race.

Continue reading the report here

July 1, 2011

Capricorn 1/8 setup system & C-801 chassis plate

Capricorn got in touch to tell us about their new 1/8 scale setup system and ultra lightweight chassis for the LAB C-801. The setup is specially designed to allow the adjustment of the the rear camber and toe settings without the need to remove the body mount. Cut-outs in the aluminium camber and polycarbonate toe plates leave room for the body mount. This makes for fast and easy set-up changes. The updated ultra lightweight chassis for the LAB C-801 features a re-designed front area with additional material removed under the front bulkhead area resulting in more torsional flex creating an increased steering response with the positive effect of saving some weight.

Click here to view pictures of the chassis

July 1, 2011

Fabricio Zamperetti wins Brazilian Light championship

This year’s Brazilian 1/8 scale on-road championship was run in a single event at the Fazenda Vesuvio circuit in Indaiatuba. The qualifying was dominated by Rafael Bob Vieira with Anderson Becheli starting from second, Deiverson Gomes from third and Fabricio Zamperetti starting from fourth position on the grid. Come the final Fabricio Zamperetti secured himself the win and therefore the Brazilian Light championship some four laps ahead of TQ Rafael Bob Vieira, Deiverson Gomes with another lap down and Tiago Amicci who scored 149 laps after the 45 minute final.

Thanks to Fabricio Zamperetti for the report

July 1, 2011

Xray RX8 Alu lower suspension holder

New from Xray for their RX8 1/8th scale chassis is this aluminium lower suspension holder. CNC-machined from the highest-grade Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, this ultra-strong construction helps increase lifespan and durability.

Click here to see it mounted

June 30, 2011

Serpent S411 aluminium options

Serpent have released more new optional parts for their newly released S411, with the introduction of some new aluminium parts. First up are these aluminium track-rods (M3x38mm) and aluminium camber-rods (M3x26mm) to replace the kit spring-steel version, for those drivers looking for extra weight savings. Serpent have also produced a 19T anodized aluminium middle shaft pulley. This new part is very light and offers a lower wear rate with less debris staying on the pulleys surface than the kit version.

View the new aluminium pulley here

June 30, 2011

Serpent 966 super-light gearbox

Seen at the World Championship back in April, Serpent have released their new new super-light gearbox for the 966. The current Serpent gearbox system has been in use for a very long time, and the Serpent design has become the industry standard, with small revisions only. Stronger engines, research, racing and new insights have fueled the new gearbox design and the goal was to reduce inertia, fluent power transfer and increase reliability even further. The gears have been improved, made lighter, more durable with improved gear mesh. A new aluminium flange which seats the German made one-way bearing is lighter and the bearing is seated more in the inside of the flange for better balance. A new aluminium bell is stiffer and thicker to stand the force of the shoes better and the bearing is in the center to create even forces on the bearing. A new aluminium brake-pulley adapter features 3 steel pins, and also requires a new brake-disk which is also included, and a new mono-type side pulley/pulley-adapter.

View more images of the gearbox here

June 29, 2011

Pedro Rombouts wins Rd3 of Dutch 1/10th Nats

Round 3 of the Dutch 1/10th 200mm National Championships was held last weekend at the technical Gouda track in the middle of the country. Saturday’s practice was very wet and so nobody got any track time to find a setup for this tricky track, meaning Sunday’s early qualifying rounds saw some people struggling. Qualifying in the NK class went the way of reigning Champion Pedro Rombouts, with Arco de Jong, Sander Borghoff and Remy Moller completing the top 4. In the final the top 2 remained unchanged with Pedro taking the win by less than a lap from Arco, with Dennis van Lameren completing the podium in 3rd. In the Nomac class it was Bart van de Water that was the clear winner from Ad Vissenberg in 2nd with Marcel Haenen in 3rd spot. The Kyosho Sport class was won by Jos Remmerde from Wouter Horselenberg and Mark Been while in the Kyosho Start class Mats van Kleef won with Lars Hovingh in 2nd and Danial Khalesi 3rd.

View the other podiums here