More new items for the LAB-C01 from Capricorn with the release of these 15 and 25 gram chassis weights. Made from the same material as their one piece heavy engine mount, they not only add weight to the model in the correct place but they claim that it help the chassis thermal dissipation to help lower the global engine temperature. Available soon.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Mid May saw drivers from all around South Africa attend round 2 of the National Championship in East London. In the 1/8th class Wayne Joelson driving a Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X who was top qualifier and went on to win the 45 minute final by 5 laps. Second place was Steve Munslow while in third place overall was James Brauns making it a Mugen Seiki 1-2-3. In the 200mm Nitro Touring Class, Rowan Bower with his Mugen Seiki MTX4R won the 30 minute final from the TQ position, setting a new lap record. Second place was Dave Wiseman with Russell Attenborough in third. The next round of the Championship takes place at the coastal city of Durban on 17/18 July, 1 week after the Soccer World Cup Final.
Thanks to Wayne Joelson for the report.
Xray have released yet another way to fine-tune your T3 or T2 based car with these new 4.9mm quick roll center holders. This matched pair of CNC-machined high-grade aluminium holders, marked H1 and H2, are 1mm higher with the same length than L1 & L2 holders, allowing the car to roll more. May be used at either front or rear. Using these in the front makes the car turn easier. Recommended for high-carpet traction tracks because it decreases in corner steering and helps to prevent traction rolling. Using the H roll-center holders in the rear increases corner steering and speed.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
In an effort to keep in step with what’s running up front on the real 1:1 oval tracks, Protoform is proud to release the all-new D-HD Oval race body. Once again this body is a natural evolution of previous designs and features all the state-of-the-art aero-tweaks that are standard on the Nationwide Series stock cars. The left side now allows even more clearance for the extremely offset batteries that are so popular. The testing has indicated that D-HD body allows your car to turn in as hard as any Protoform body design to date. It’s suited for carpet racing as well as capped tire asphalt racing.
View more images of the new body here
To satisfy the demands of serious racers, Team Shepherd have introduced aluminium lightweight wheel axles for the Velox V10. The rotating mass could be reduced by more than 60% which improves the acceleration significantly. Additionally the handling of the car improves as the un damped mass is reduced, too. The CNC-machined wheel axles are made of special aircraft aluminium which offers optimum strength and durability. A special hard coating prevents the axles from excessive wear and an extra hole for the CVD pin simply doubles the lifetime.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
More new items from Capricorn for the LAB-C01 1/10th 200mm chassis. Developed with a view to the World Championships in Houston, these new parts aim to improve the performance of this European ‘B’ Championship winning car. The new front wire anti roll bar kit comes with 2.4mm, 2.5mm and 2.6mm thick bars together with all the items necessary to mount it to the car. Also new for the front of the car is the optional front solid axle which is supplied with everything you need to use it including the pulley.
Click here to view the front spool
The annual Much More UK GP took place last weekend on the Stonehaven track in Scotland. The race is split into two days of racing with the Pro Stock running on Saturday and the Modified on Sunday. In Saturday’s qualifying it started off slightly wet in the morning but was dry by round 1. It was Associated driver Tom Jefferies that took pole position for the double leg finals in front of John Simpson, with Cameron Mac Donald in 3rd. Two leg wins, including a recovery drive in the 2nd run, gave Jefferies the win ahead of TOP driver Dan Rowlands in 2nd and Keiran Smart taking the 3rd spot. In Sunday’s modified class the rain made a return and saw 3 wet rounds of qualifying and it was Jefferies again that claimed pole ahead of Rowlands in 2nd and Mac Donald in 3rd. The first A-main saw most drivers running with wet tires and changing to slicks to the final leg. Some exciting racing saw Tom Jefferies once again claim the win ahead of Cameron Mac Donald in 2nd who was fending off some serious attention from Dan Rowlands.
Developed to solve the problem of your rim deforming when the temperature gets too high, the C.Andy’s Carbon ring is a lightweight solution to keeping your wheels round. After some experiments with carbon fibre, which is a great material due to it’s stiffness and low weight, they developed these carbon rings which fit perfectly into the rim and weigh only a few grams plus the high durability makes it possible for them to be used many times. After success with the Carbon Ring in 1/12th and 1/10th scale they worked together with front running 1/5th scale racer Markus Feldmann, to develop the 1/5th carbon ring. This was difficult because the 1/5th scale cars have problems with the high temperatures due to the brake disks which are located in the rims. But it was successful and now you can get the carbon ring for 1/12th electric, 1/10th electric, 1/10th scale nitro, 1/8th on road as well as 1/5th touring.
