S-Workz have been in touch to tell us that team driver Hu way Ping has won the 2011 China National Championship in Zhengzhou. The reigning and 4 times National champion was using new S-Workz 2012 prototype chassis with some future available BK1 optional spring parts to have this great result. S-Workz will soon announce their new 2012 version S350 BK1 and original BK1 option parts.
Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]
Jörn Neumann put in a great performance at this week’s electric off road European Championships in Pau France. Qualifying 2nd overall behind 2wd Champion Lee Martin in the shortened schedule, after heavy rain washed out the previous day, Jörn lead the Team Durango charge, with team mates Hupo Hönigl qualifying right behind in 3rd. The field was strong, with two former/current World Champions and 6 former/current European Champions in the A-main. Jörn took the opening two legs of the A-Final to take the overall win in a close fought battle with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg and become the 2011 4WD European Champion. Having already won the title, Jörn sat out the third leg of the A and Hupo took up the fight, taking second which he held to the line for 4th overall. Lee Martin took 2nd overall with Neil Cragg in 3rd.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
Team Associated have released the TC6 screw set in lightweight blue aluminium. These 97 screws include socket head, button head and countersunk head screws, specifically M2x5 SHCS (12), M2x4 BHCS (8), M2.5×4 BHCS (3), M3x6 BHCS (22), M3x8 BHCS (9), M3x6 FHCS (38), M3x8 FHCS (2) & M3x12 FHCS (3).
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Last weekend saw the 3rd round of Taiwan On Road National Championship take place in central Taiwan, hosted by Titan RC Track. The beautiful beach side and newly refurbished course attracted a total of 73 pilots from all around the island. Classes included 1:8th scale, 1:10th 200m and 1/10th EP 190mm and with the growing popularity of the electric power RC cars the biggest group was EP 1/10th scale which attracted 48 drivers.
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Xceed RC have released a line of 17mm Rally game tires & wheels for the 1/8th GT class. Mounted on stylish grey spoked rims, they are available in soft, medium and hard versions.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
Robitronic have extended their line of Expert chargers by the LD16z and LD108z. The Expert LD 16z features an intelligent charging circuit enabling the unit to simultaneously detect even multiple errors like a broken cell, user error etc. and hence provide safe charging. Featuring a built-in AC adapter the charger is usable with 11-18V and 110-240V, incorporates a cell balancer for LiPo batteries, different charge and discharge programs and comes including power and several charging adapter wires.
S-Workz have introduced their new SST tool series. Featuring high quality hardened tips and a lightweight ergonomic handle for ease of use, they come in a wide range of sizes. Hex wrenches come in 1.5mm to 2.5mm, with the 2.0mm & 2.5mm also available in ball versions. There is also a flat head screwdriver, a 4.0mm & 6.0mm Philips driver, a 5.5mm & 7.0mm socket driver as well as a spring/caster clip hook tool.
Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]
This year saw a tight battle at the top of the Finnish 1/10th 200mm National Championships, with 3 different race winners in four races. The first two races were held in small tracks which are more suited for Electric racing and the last two races were held in larger European type tracks. After 4 races it was a clean sweep for Mugen in the standings with Teemu Saarinen winning, Sami Munck came second and Tony Raikas third.
