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June 8, 2011

Adrian Bernsten dominates Rd2 of Swedish Nats

The 2nd round of the Swedish Nationals was host by MHF Skarpnäck on ”Flatenbanen” in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and Norwegian racer Adrian Bernsten sent us this report. The race was held during the weekend of 4th – 5th June. Classes included were 1:8th scale and 1:10th 200m. I competed in both classes using Xray cars and Capricorn engines. This track is the biggest in Scandinavia and we had approximately 18seconds laps with the 8th scale cars, and 20seconds laps with the 10th scale. This track really showed the difference between good and bad engines. Even though top speed was important, the track was also pretty technical so you also needed good bottom power as well. With my Capricorn LAB-E01 SQ engine in my NT1 and the Capricorn LAB21-BC engine in my RX8 I didn’t have any problems with the power at all, as my engines was of the best during the whole race in both classes.

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June 8, 2011

CSO LAB-C801 clutch bell

CSO products have released this new clutch bell for the Capricorn 1/8 LAB-C801 on road car. This high quality clutch bell has been made form hard coated 7075 T6 aluminium, which at only 3.7g is lighter than the original kit version.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

June 8, 2011

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8th Rd3

Mendip hosted round 3 of the 2011 BRCA 1/8th scale championship over last weekend, with the prospect of a very competitive race and good weather which should provide high grip levels. Saturday as expected was very warm with an ambient temperature of around 26 degree C with a very high cross wind but this did not seem to affect the cars on track. The usual top drivers were present apart from Neil Diver who had work commitments but was to arrive on Sunday. The grip levels initially were low which allowed all drivers to setup their engines prior to fine tuning the chassis setup.

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June 8, 2011

Hungarian Offroad Championships Rd3 report

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Hungarian Offroad Championship was held in Apaj, a small village about 50km’s from the capital city of Budapest. The event was organised by RCOR, the biggiest Hungarian RC club. They prepared well for this event, once again they arranged permanent marshals so drivers did not need to help after their heats which was quite good news in the very hot weather, around 35°C, and huge dust. Trackside buffet was taking care all of our dining needs. Their track is very versatile, it has all kind of jumps (table, double, triple, step-down) and corners (sweeper, harpin, chicane) especially the long high-speed banked corner after the main straight where you can make your laptime with a big brave heart or sky rocket the car on the ruts into the fence.

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June 8, 2011

Huge RC FF11 FF03 conversion

Over 6 months in development by former World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya, Huge RC have release the FF11 FF03 conversion. The prototype was used to win this year’s FWD class at the TITC in Thailand, with the design aimed at making the car more rigid, tunable and reliable on the track. The kit features a narrow 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis allowing it to rip through corners as well as a 2mm carbon fibre top deck held in place by 8 screws which can be removed to adjust flex. A new battery mounting system, utilizing an o-ring and aluminium mounts keeps it in place while tape slots allow it to be secured further. Other features include 3mm carbon fibre front and rear shock towers, one piece aluminium front motor mount and blue anodised aluminium lower bulkheads, which are symmetrical in design allowing the bulkhead to be interchangeable front and rear.

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June 8, 2011

Azri Amri wins round 2 of MNC 2011

The second round of the Malaysian National Championship (MNC) was held recently at the Kota Raja track in Klang, where FEMCA 2005 was held. The track was just lightly refurbished with a thin layer of tarmac being laid, with the island being rebuilt and new paint on the track, it is set to be a very exciting race. This round is again a tough fight for all racers, the track is a mixture of semi-technical and high speed, with a straight of about 150ft, it calls for good balance of top speed as well as torque out of the corners in the infield.

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June 8, 2011

Yuichi Kanai wins Team C Buggy Cup

The Team C Buggy Cup was hosted by TZ Racing Track Beijing this past weekend and attracted more than 70 drivers from Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and China including Japanese former World Champion Yuichi Kanai. It was Kanai who TQ’d and won the one hour A-main, leading from the first lap. The 2nd spot went to Lam with his TP powered Durango, with Li in 3rd with his GO powered MBX6. In the electric buggy class, Team C driver Tommy took an easy win with his T8E in the 8 minutes final.

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June 8, 2011

Xray machined steel screw pivot ball

New from Xray for the XB808 buggy and XT8 truggy are these CNC-machined steel screw pivot ball for mounting the shock absorbers to the shock tower. Sold in a set of 2, they replace the screw and collar that comes standard in the kits.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]