November 12, 2009
The French National Cup for 1/10th scale gas took place recently in Normandy in the North of France. After qualifying, it was Mugen Seiki driver Thomas Desmaries that took the pole position ahead of Kyosho driver Nicolas Bougnoteau in 2nd and Basile Concialdi driving the Xray NT1 lining up in 3rd position. In the final, there was a race long battle up front with Desmaries or Concialdi inseparable after 45 minutes of racing. In the end the race was won by Thomas Desmaries, only 2 seconds clear of second place Basile Concialdi, with the last step of the podium going…
June 18, 2009
…Jacky Mouton (Kyosho RRR/Novarossi) – 143 Laps 4. José Rosas (NT1/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 143 Laps 5. Mathieu Wullyamoz (Mugen/Novarossi) – 142 Laps 6. Arnaud Chaussard (NT1/RB) – 141 Laps 7. Basile Concialdi (NT1/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 139 Laps 8. Fabien Warembourge (Serpent/RB) – 123 Laps 9. Thomas Eytard (NT1/RB) – 64 Laps 10.Michael Derderian (NT1/RB) – 16 Laps National class results 1. Benjamin Brasset (NT1/Novarossi) – 96 Laps 2. Julien Colas (NT1/Novarossi) – 96 Laps 3. Leclercq Arthur (NT1/Orion) – 96 Laps 4. Anthony Husson (Kyosho RRR/Orion) – 95 Laps 5. Anthony Buyer (NT1/RB) – 95 Laps 6 .Ludovic…
May 12, 2009
…driver Mikael Fransson. Final results 1. Alexander Hagberg – 170 laps – Xray NT1 – Merlin Fuel 2. Magnus Vässmar – 169 laps – Kyosho 3. Mikael Fransson – 169 laps – Mugen 4. Per-Ola Hård – 167 laps – Serpent – Merlin Fuel 5. Alexander Andersson – 166 laps – Kyosho 6. Markus Hellquist – 165 laps – Kyosho 7. Ola Westholm – 163 laps – Kyosho 8. Edwin Suneson – 163 laps – Xray NT1 9. Bengt Andersson – 162 laps – Xray NT1 – Merlin Fuel 10. Johnny Karlsen – 156 laps – Kyosho Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]…
April 20, 2009
…41 with Nicholson close behind Reade on track, a passing incident lost a handful of seconds for Reade and the race swung into Nicholson’s hands. Reade regained composure and continued his pursuit of Nicholson, but the Kyosho / Sirio was holding it’s own on track and crews were equal to the task in the pits. Kerr was haunting the two leaders on track but fell short of the finish and allowed Jeff Hamon through for the third place on the podium, Simon Nicholson and Chris Reade held their positions to the finish line. Thanks to Harry Sinanian for the report….
April 15, 2009
KM Racing have released their own line of racing foam tires for both 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale 200mm. Coming pre mounted on durable white rims, the 1/8th scale wheels use a 6 spoke design similar to the Kyosho wheels, while the 1/10th rims use a 12 spoke lightweight design. Made using high quality Italian foam, they are available in the usual range of shores. Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]…
April 13, 2009
Our Creme egg infatuated friends at oOple have been reporting all weekend from the Neo 09 race, the annual indoor buggy race which this year takes place in the UK. Associated racer Ryan Maifield took TQ in Electric 8th and took the first and third leg to take overall victory. The third leg had to be re-run after a disastrous error when it was run for 5 minutes instead of 10 – but Maifield won both anyway. Ryan Maifield won from Italian Losi racer Ricardo Rabitti in 2nd and Lee Martin 3rd. In the main gas class Maifield didn’t have…
April 3, 2009
Introduced in 2005 the Team Orion CRF engines made some impact on the market with their completely different crankshaft design that was developed by Fabrice Ramella. Hence the name ‘CRF’ (which stands for Concept Ramella Fabrice). The idea behind the CRF technology is to have better control over the mixture that flows from the carburettor through the crankshaft into the combustion chamber. Usual crankshaft designs sport a gas channel that is level with the crankshaft itself. This causes turbulence that can slow the flow of the mixture down. Secondly the mixture hits the crankcase back plate straight on which can…
February 12, 2009
…and precisely. Other tools include a exhaust spring hook & front anti roll bar blade adjuster, a flywheel wrench that makes the installation or removal of your flywheel from any engine a breeze and a new Knife Edge stepped tip reamer, marked at 7mm, 9mm, 11mm, 13mm and 15mm for easy reference. Finally, for keeping your glow plugs at hand for a quick change during a race, Kyosho have release 2 new aluminium glow plug holders, a red version for standard plugs and a purple version for turbo plugs, both holding up to 8 plugs in each. Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]…
