Mckune Design have released their new simple Low Centre of Gravity shorty weight plate. The plates are made from super thin .75mm thick brushed stainless steel, yet still weigh 25 grams each. They will fit under any 2S shorty LiPo and can be stacked for additional weight.
Source: McKune Design [mckunedesign.com]
Last weekend the Swedish Nationals was held at the newly resurfaced Skarpnack track in Stockholm. The track was really in super condition, super flat and high traction and the weather was also great with the sun out all weekend. The total entries was quite low it was a quality field with Niclas Nilsson (Serpent), Alex Andersson (Yokomo), Andreas Johansson (Serpent), Markus Elmerfors (Xray) and Magnus Vässmar (Schumacher) all looking fast after Friday’s practise. Qualifying kicked off on Saturday with 3 out of 5 rounds counting and it was Magnus who took 2 from 3 rounds on Saturday leaving the TQ to be decided in Sunday’s 2 remaining rounds. Niclas had 1 TQ and Alex two 2nds overnight.
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Teamsaxo have released this new V2 version of their F1-200 upgrade car kit which transforms the F1-200 into having a 199mm wide track width and a 266mm wheelbase. Along with the new lightweight chassis plate, this V2 version includes a new ackermann servo saver as well as servo mount together with a new upper pod plate and rear battery mount for different battery layout configurations.
The 2015 Futaba/O.S. Racing Nitro Challenge is in the books and it was an incredible event and this year featured an excellent but challenging track from Sik Track Designs (AKA Levi Jackson). With all the top guns from the Midwest and factory drivers Ryan Lutz, Joe Bornhorst, Josh Wheeler, Matt Gosch, and Michael Paige, the competition was going to be tough. The format for this race is different than most races with practice on Thursday evening and on Friday. With the first round of qualifying on Friday night under the lights. The final 2 round of qualifying on Saturday and the raffle, Dash for Cash, and all the mains on Sunday. This race features double A Mains for both Pro Buggy, Pro Truck, and E Buggy.
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The 5th round of the Pro10 RC Lemans series was held this past weekend at the track from the MCC Rhein Ahr in Bad Breisig/Germany. The event was also the warm up for the upcoming Pro10 Nationals in 4 weeks. The track had high traction and got more over the weekend however with rain in the 4th and final heat of the fastest Modified group the other groups could take advantage of it. With 2 rounds counted, in the modified class it was defending Champion Tobias Weist took the TQ spot in front of Tim Altmann, both from Germany and Patrick Miltat from France in 3rd with Andreas Dick and Kai Altmann completing the Top 5.
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This past weekend MHF-u Skarpnäck organised the Swedish championship at their newly repaved Flatenbanan in Stockholm. The event saw racing in 1/10 Nitro touring, electric touring and 1/8 gas Track. An unusually sunny and warm weekend made for great atmosphere and really good track conditions for everyone participating. The new asphalt gave good traction and the builders had succeeded with a silky-smooth track with no bumps whatsoever – and it was also very nice to look at. In the 1/8 Track class it was Mattias Ericsson who got the TQ with his Mugen. It was obvious that fuel consumption was very tight over the five minute qualifiers with some participants being forced to refuel at around the four minute mark. Roland Strom, Running a Serpent/Max combo, was among the few to manage the whole five minutes on a single tank of fuel which gave him the third starting position in the A-main behind Mattias Ericsson and Marcus Lindner.
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T-Work’s have released this line of shock bushings for Team Associated RC10 B5/B5M 1/10th buggy. Made from hard coated 7075-T6 aluminium they come in a set of 4 and are a direct replacement for the kit versions.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
New through Zen Racing in the UK, the Pocket Pit lap counting system uses a small line of sight infrared transponder to send a predefined code to the track side receiver box. The receiver box in turn connects to a mobile device using Bluetooth to automatically count and time your laps using a real time stopwatch within the Pocket Pit app. You can therefore listen to your lap times live as you race using headphones or through your devices speakers. Lap times can be saved with notes enabling you to keep a database of setups for the tracks you race. Currently available for iOS only it requires 3x AAA batteries which are not included.
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