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July 4, 2013

Simon Balk wins Mid-German regionals Rd2

The second round of the Mid-German nitro on-road regionals took place in Ettlingen. The event was planned as a two day affair, but unfortunately there was heavy rain on Saturday and no driver had a chance to complete even one lap in dry conditions, but come Sunday the rain stopped and the sun came out. Qualifications started right after one round of practice and it was Simon Balk who took TQ followed by Hartmut Rose, Holger Kraft and Dennis Sting who rounded up the all-Xray top 4. The low traction made for high tyre wear and everyone in the main final was unsure about the right tyre strategy. Simon Balk opted for a change around the 15 minutes mark but the remainder of the field tried to bring home the cars on one set of tyres. After the start, Simon was able to pull away quickly and build a big gap on the rest of the field, which was necessary for his strategy. After a fast tyre change, Simon had a comfortable lead in front of Hartmut Rose and Dennis Sting, who was fighting with Michael Holla directly behind him. At the last corner of the race, a wheel nut came off and sadly Dennis lost his third position handing Michael Holla the remaining podium spot.

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July 4, 2013

SRC 1/8th on-road option parts

Sprint RC from Italy introduce new option parts for the Serpent S977 and several other nitro on-road cars. First up is the C08 gear box set for the S977 that allows the use of smaller 0.8 module gears from Serpent 1/10th kits. Included in the set, that also moves the engine 1.5mm further back, is a new middle layshaft, gear and one-way housings, a 3-bearing clutch housing, clutch shoes and 17/22T pinions. The set is rounded out by updated engines mounts and will make for better acceleration and bottom to mid-range response. Also new are carbon fibre quick change levers for the front and rear axles. They are made from 4mm carbon material and weight only 3g in total, minimising vibrations and improving tyre wear over conventional metal levers. Last but not least come 20 micron hard coated drive shafts. They offer a super low weight and best possible durability and are usable on virtually every 1/8th on-road car.

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July 4, 2013

SkyRC Cheetah 60A motor & ESC combo

SkyRC introduce the Cheetah 60A sensored brushless motor and speed controller combo set. Based around a 60A speedo the set targets cost oriented 1/10th and 1/12th scale stock racers. The controller is useable with 2S to 3S LiPo batter packs, offers a 6V/3A BEC system, optional fan unit, direct solder tabs, an integrated on/off switch and easy programming via the included programming card that allows the adjustment of parameters such as cut-off voltage, brake and punch settings. Part of the set is also a rebuildable sensored brushless motor with 12.5mm rotor, vented can design and pre-soldered connector tubes. The combo set is available with your choice of a 8.5T or 10.5T to 21.5T stock motor.

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July 4, 2013

On the Grapevine – Kirchberg

My latest travels took me back to Austria, this time for the concluding round of the two race Euro Nitro Series ‘Pilot Series’. I don’t make any apologies for the fact that onroad nitro racing is my favorite class as it was the accidental discovery of a small club of 1:8 Onroad club racing in a car park over 25-years ago that got me and my father, and then my brother, hooked on a sport that myself & my brother now have the pleasure of calling our occupation. It took a number of months of hard saving and ultimately a rather big contribution from my father to get started out with a second-hand Associated RC250 (younger readers may need to Google this high tech chassis!). Unfortunately after only a few races my Super Tigre engine, originally designed for use in an rc airplane, expired when the ends of the crank decided to have a falling out and split. With my short but very enjoyable r/c involvement now in serious jeopardy, the engine failure would actually prove to be a key moment in my professional life as with no money to buy a new one I turned to the idea of sponsorship. Picking up the Golden Pages (an Irish business directory), on my third call I struck gold with full size car battery company Exide agreeing to sponsor me a new engine and from this moment I took a keen interest in the area of sponsorship and public relations as I typed up a report, had photographs developed and posted them (no e-mail back then) to Exide and my growing list of sponsors. The experienced gained from doing this lead me to being asked to help a friend, who raced karts, to write a report for a local paper and from there I ended up working professionally in 1:1 motorsport for over 15-years before going full circle and returning to RC racing when I was asked to do some press work for VRC and Serpent in 2004. The 1:10 200mm European Championships in Madrid in 2007 would the be first event Red RC ever would attend and report on, so you can see why I will always have a close affection for onroad nitro.

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July 4, 2013

Dutch electric on-road nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2013 Dutch Nationals took place in Utrecht on the big and flowing track of RACO2000. In the touring car Modified class it was Chris van der Hagen who took TQ in front of Sidney Blokker and Robert Krens. Due to electrical problems of Chris, Sidney won the first A final in front of Robert and Gerrit-Jan Toeters. The second final saw a battle between Sidney and Robert, both on new tyres, but after a small mistake of Robert it was Sidney who won the final again in front of Robert. Johan Ackermans took the third spot. The last final saw a super fast Sidney again who won in front of Johan and Chris.

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July 4, 2013

Yeah Racing touring car body gauge

Yeah Racing now have this 1/10th touring car body gauge available. The part is designed to check body height, rear body height, wing overhang and wing chord/end plates to make sure the body complies with ISTC and BRCA regulations. Made from aluminium the foldable gauge comes in blue or gun metal colour with white markings.

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July 4, 2013

S-Workz S104 4WD EK1 4WD buggy kit

At this year’s Nuremberg International Toyfair S-Workz, already known for their 1/8th electric and nitro off-road buggies, showed a prototype of their first ever 1/10th electric 4WD car and now the vehicle nears its public release. The S104 EK1 is based on a very narrow aluminium chassis and sports some very interesting design features such as a front pivot ball suspension, ‘1/8th-ish’ wheel axles with large diameter wheel hex adapters and wheel nuts as well as a forward-biased weight distribution with a rear battery mount for 2S LiPo saddle and 98mm shorty packs. The shock towers are cut from silver-colour carbon fibre with the rear item being of a split design with a lower aluminium camber link brace for added rigidity. Mounted to the damper stays are big bore aluminium oil-filled shock absorbers with mud deflectors to protect the shock shafts and seals. Included with the kit comes an aggressively shaped cab forward body shell with add-on polycarbonate dirt shields for the main chassis plate. It is understood that the kit will hit the stores by the end of August.

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July 4, 2013

Jansa wins 200mm class at Czech Republic champs

Jansa wins 200mm class at Czech Republic champs Rd3

The third round of this year’s Czech Republic nitro on-road championship was held at the Blansko circuit, a tight and technical track that was prepared with sugar water in order to improve the traction available. The 45 minutes final saw a hard battle between the top 4 drivers with the KM driver Pavel Jansa coming out on top, after being able to grab the first place with only 30 seconds to go.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]