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October 7, 2010

First Images – Capricorn 1/8 Competition racing car

European 200mm Champions Capricorn have sent us the first CAD images of their new 1/8 Competition racing car. The Italian company tell us that the prototype has already been running for some weeks, getting a lot of important testing done. Based on the winning knowledge gained from their 1/10th chassis, Capricorn have developed this model applying the most innovative solution and technologies. A super low centre of gravity aids the handling, while ease of access to all the parts and an intuitive and fast set up system make the car enjoyable to work on. They expect to perform further testing and development in this final part of the year and aim to have the car ready for the start of the 2011 season.

View more images here

October 7, 2010

Serpent S811 spur gears

Continuing to release parts for their S811 Cobra, Serpent have released two new spur gears for the buggy. Available in 44T and 48T, they have been precision machined, from special hardened steel. Each gear sports the Serpent logo and the number of teeth for easy identification and are supplied with the seal.

View the 48T spur here

October 7, 2010

Danish National title for Martin Lissau

The last round of the Danish 1/10th scale nationals was run at GRRC club. The track is very nice but hard to drive without any mistakes. Shepherd driver Martin Lissau arrived at the track already on Friday, but as the conditions were not the best there was not much practice action. On Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Martin Lissau took the pole-position with his Velox V10 in front of Claus Ryeskov and Martin Hansen. The 30 minutes final was run on Sunday afternoon. The temperatures were really cold and Lissau had some difficulties to find the correct engine setup. He took a time-out to adjust the engine and had to start from the last position of the grid. But already at the first pitstop he was back in front and never looked back for the rest of the race. With this result Lissau had enough points to secure himself the Danish 1/10th scale nitro championship title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 7, 2010

DirtChamp Design TimeR

Seen for the first time at the toy fair in Germany, the first product introduced by Swedish company DirtChamp Design is the multiuser RC Lap Counting system called TimeR. A unique link to your laptop PC enables you to follow the racing action in real‐time. Since no cables are required the level of simplicity is yet unseen in RC lap counting. They believe that TimeR will revolutionize the way people race RC Cars. Clubs can now easily afford their own lap timing system, the basher can set up a track in their backyard and race for the win, and the racer now has the perfect tool to become the next Marc Rheinard, Adam Drake or Ryan Mayfield. After a fully booked pre‐order list, the Swedish RC Multi User Lap Counting system is now ready for worldwide shipping from the company website.

Source: DirtChamp Design [dirtchampdesign.com]

October 7, 2010

Losi 1/10 ReadyLift XXX-SCT RTR

New from Losi, the XXX-SCT is a ROAR legal, 1/10-scale SCT based off of a race proven platform that will provide racers and bashers alike realistic looking Sean Geiser ReadyLift licensed body as well as performance driven components in a RTR or BND configuration. The 1/10 ReadyLift XXX SCT RTR comes ready to run and ready for action. It has a 2WD, ROAR-legal short course chassis, aluminum oil-filled shocks and a LiPo compatible ESC. This 1/10 truck also features a Losi radio system with 2.4GHz DSM technology, a Sean Geiser ReadyLift licensed body with sponsor decals and generous ground clearance.

View more details and images here

October 6, 2010

Serpent S811, S120L & S100 springs

Serpent have today released lots and lots of springs. First up for the S811 Cobra are the addition of 7 new hardness of spring for front pink 4.8lbs, blue 5.0lbs, purple 5.2lbs, green 5.4lbs, grey 5.6lbs, yellow 5.8lbs & white 6,0lbs and for the rear pink 2.8lbs, blue 3.0lbs, purple 3.2lbs, green 3.4lbs, grey 3.6lbs & yellow 3.8lbs. Also for the Cobra is a new harder servo saver spring. For the S120L and S100 there is a new selection of optional side and main springs that will also fit most other linked pancars. The new side springs include 4,5lbs, 5,0lbs, 5,5lbs, 6,0lbs, 6,5lbs & 7,0lbs while the main springs are 12lbs, 14lbs, 16lbs & 18lbs.

View the different type of springs here

October 6, 2010

Orcan magnetic storage box

There is always a lot of small parts on the bench, in the workshop and also trackside and it is often an issue where to put them somewhere so they don’t get lost. Orcan is now offering a new small but very useful magnetic storage box. The round metallic container features a screw closure and is an excellent aid to tidy up your work desk and the magnetic side takes care that even the tiniest parts will not get lost.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]

October 6, 2010

Pilotage Thrasher 1/18 SC truck

Pilotage, the manufacturer that operates the chain of ‘Pilotage – World of Fun’ specialty hobby stores in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia & Israel and the Hong Kong based web store have announced the upcoming release of a new and innovative 1/18th short course model truck. Only releasing this teaser image, the model, called the Thrasher, will be equipped with a brushless power system which supports LiPo batteries. The chassis features two ball differentials, fully adjustable suspension and metal oil filled shocks. Pilotage plans to release this exciting new model towards the end of the fourth quarter of 2010. More information will be available closer to the release date.

Source: Pilotage [pilotage-rc.ru]