O.S. Engines have announced the high performance 12XZ on road engine. Overall weight has been trimmed to the bare minimum, while special modifications deliver awesome power and dependability. The crankcase and liner port are newly designed to increase torque at low to mid-speed while holes machined into the aluminum outer head decrease weight and improve cooling.
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Finishing off an exciting year of indoor carpet racing, the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series had it’s final stop at the CarCar RC club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The series has had stops in Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge, Alberta, and Regina, Saskatchewan. There was over 100 entries for the 4 day event, with practice Thurs evening and Friday, and qualifiers and mains on Saturday and Sunday. We received the following report from the event.
Yeah Racing have announced a number of new after market items for the F103 chassis including this aluminium knuckle arm & servo saver set. This set aims at improving the performance of the F1 chassis by introducing various adjustable setting functions such as the camber angles, which can be changed by the installation of 3 different angle (-1°, -2°, -3°) steering blocks. Also the length of the aluminium front knuckle arm is adjustable in order to set up different toe-in and toe-out angles of the wheel and finally an extra o-ring is included to allow the chassis height to be raised or lowered. Yeah Racing have also designed a new rear single piece aluminium motor mount for the F103RM and GT, which is super lightweight, stiff and allows the rear wing to be adjustable.
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New from Xray, for the T2’009, T2‘008 or T2R Pro, is this strong rear shock tower, which is CNC-machined from premium extra-thick 3.5mm high-grade graphite to minimize breakage. It features the same shock and roll centre positions as the stock shock tower but has increased strength and reliability for high-competition racing or extreme racing conditions.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
SpeedMerchant have shown some photos of their new line of LiPo friendly chassis’. Cars getting the LiPo treatment will be their current Formula Rev5 and their 200mm World GT in both 3.7V and a 7.4V saddle pack version as well. They will also have a 7.4V 235mm car for the European market, or anyone who wants to go really fast across a parking lot. The Rev5 and World GT cars will be available as conversions for those racers who already own the car and all of them will be available as complete kits, with part numbers and pricing coming in April.
To celebrate the 1/12th scale World title of Japanese driver Naoto Matsukura, Yokomo have released a World Champion Edition of the Associated RC12R5. The car is essentially the same basic car from Associated but with extra tuning parts from the Japanese company that were used by Naoto to take his World title. The rear end gets most of the attention with new rear blocks, differential hub and central body post mount plate holder, all machined from aluminium and anodised blue. The new parts help stiffen the rear of the car and improve stability as well as improve rear grip.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Designed by Josh Cyrul, the all new TOP Racing chassis will be called the Photon. Designed to be suitable for both asphalt and carpet racing, the car has a super low centre of gravity thanks to the fact that most structural components lay on the main chassis, which minimizes material volume and mass above the main chassis. The shock towers are also mounted directly to the bulkhead without the use of a bulkhead cover, eliminating unnecessary parts and lowering the cars CofG.
Last Saturday, Broendby Racing Club in Denmark organised the 6th round of the Danish championships, which took place in the middle of a big shopping centre, just outside Copenhagen. There were 50 drivers in attendance in both SuperStock and Modified 1:10 Touring Car Classes. The venue was right in the middle of the center, and with all the shops open, there were a lot of spectators throughout the day making it a a perfect showcase for the sport.
