Kyosho America have announced the opening of Route 241 Raceway inside their headquarters in Lake Forest, California. R241 was conceived and built as a means to provide the best facility for their extensive Mini-Z and dNaNo RC racing vehicles. Starting from May 1st they will be opening the doors to the public every Saturday and Sunday sans Holidays.
New from Orcan for the Xray NT1 and NT1R is this handy fuel level indicator decal. Simply apply it to the specified place on the radio plate next to the tank and when you lift your car, with the nose to the ground, you can now easily identify the remaining amount of fuel. The decal displays the measurement in 5ml increments and is available in orange and white or black and white.
Source: Orcan [smi-motorsport.de]
After a long winter the Dutch Nationals got underway last weekend at the famous AMCA track in Apeldoorn. The biggest group of competitors was found in the 13.5T stock class. There was also a group of ProTen-drivers who revamped their championship in 2010. It was soon clear the first round of qualifiers would be the quickest. Due to the warming track the later runs would be almost a second a lap slower. Victim of the early pace was Benny van Oers, winner of last years final, who had to start from pole in the B-final.
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New from Capricorn RC for their LAB-C01 1/10th 200mm chassis are these softer material suspension parts. The new material helps ensure better traction and handling and the parts will eventually make their way into the kit but for now are available separately. Available from Monday, the new parts include front and rear lower and upper wishbones as well as the rear uprights and front steering blocks.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
German company Shepherd have released a number of new optional parts for the Velox V10. First up is this center body post set which can be mounted on the front upper wishbone brackets. The additional stability of the body results in an improved downforce and less bending of the body. The high quality aluminium part is anodized blue and all the necessary fixing materials are included. Tested successfully at the World Championship warm-up in Houston the new one-way / solid front axle combination allows the user to adjust the Velox V10 to specific track layouts. Without disassembling the front end the axle can be changed from a independent one-way axle to a solid axle and is supplied with all the parts necessary to do so. The set includes pins to lock the one-way, o-rings to secure the pins, the pulley, an additional belt washer and super lightweight outdrives. Finally and specially created for US-style tracks with hard boards, the aluminium servo saver offers the extra stability that is needed and survives even hard crashes. The ackermann can be adjusted very easily by sliding the upper part back and forth like with the standard one and it is anodized in shiny blue to fit to the other aluminium parts.
Las weekend saw the Austrian outdoor season get underway with the first race of the Austrian championship in 1/10th Modified. The race was held in- Wr. Neustadt and the weather was very nice with lots of sun all weekend. The track was very short, with a lap time of about 12 seconds, very bumpy and the grip was very high and saw many good drivers have a lot problems. After 4 qualifying rounds it was local driver Martin Schuster that took the TQ in front of Tamiya/Speedpassion Team driver Thomas Pumpler, with Patrick Gollner in third position. In the finals it was Thomas Pumpler who could take an easy win, taking victory in the first two finals with his, with Martin Schuster finishing second and local guy Martin Szunyogh in third completing a podium lock out for Tamiya.
We were sent the following report from Jeremy Cupps on this year’s Texas Biggie, running in its 33rd year. With great weather great people and most important some good racing, the Biggie format is a fun one we run a total of six qualifiers, 2 on Friday, 4 on Saturday and the mains on Sunday. Well Friday’s qualifiers started I was on a good pace and ended 2nd after the first run, I was happy with the run but knew I could go faster. The 2nd run went like the first, I improved my time but was still 2nd on the grid. After the first day of qualifying I was happy with the performance of my car, the 966 was very easy to drive, after securing a spot in the final I was preparing to go after the TQ for Saturday.
Continue reading Jeremy’s report here
We have shown you CAD images of the new H-K1 prototype IV back in April and today KM Racing have sent us photos and more details on their new 200mm chassis. The car is currently in production and they are aiming for a May 20th World release. As these photos are still of the prototype, there will be some changes from this version and the final production version. Firstly the foam bumper will be using a different plastic bumper top plate as standard, with the carbon bumper top plate shown in the pictures will be sold as option. A receiver box will be included as standard, the shock springs will be black in colour as standard and finally the KM Ultra lightweight clutch system will be included as standard.
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