April 15, 2010

SMI launch Orcan Shop Austria

SMI launch Orcan Shop Austria

Site sponsors SMI, together with Gerhard Kandelhart have launched Orcan Shop Austria. By launching this shop, SMI Motorsport is striking a new path and going to extend the availability of the increasingly popular Orcan products with the first shop outside Germany. Gerhard ‘Kandi’ Kandelhart, has for more than 15 years been one of the most successful and experienced Austrian sportsman in RC racing, and will be the owner of the Orcan Shop Austria (www.orcan.at).

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April 15, 2010

Belgian Mini-Z Series Rd1

Belgian Mini-Z Series Rd1

Last Sunday, the 11th of April, saw the first race of the Belgian Mini-Z Series (BMS) 2010 take place in Leuven with 2 classes in attendance, Expert and LM Stock class. Top Qualifier in expert was Robby De Veirman with 47 laps, while in LM stock class it was Steve Deblaere who was fastest, with 46 laps, only one lap less than expert, with a stock motor.

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April 15, 2010

RB chrome decals

RB chrome decals

French engine company RB have introduced a new range of chrome decals. Available in 5 different versions, each sheet contains the RB logo in various sizes and colour combinations ranging between chrome, orange and black and some additionally sport the Speedline or RB Fuel logos.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]


April 14, 2010

TecnoPower B01-21 buggy motor

TecnoPower B01 buggy motor

Having brought you the first photos and information on the new B01 engine from TecnoPower, the Italian company has released further details about their new buggy motor. The engine features a chrome-plated 5-port liner with 5 intakes and 1 exhaust for high durability and long life, with the fully machined silicon charged aluminium piston sports specially designed lubrication rings for low friction properties between the piston and sleeve. The new developed slide valve carburetor and 7mm venturi allows quick and easy tuning to specific race conditions and to keep things as simple as possible for the user, this specific carburetor has only 3 possible adjustments, high speed-needle, idle-needle and air-screw. The SG, or now also called SPT, style 14mm crankshaft in the B01-21 is made from a special steel containing an unique composition that has been heat-treated, machined and finished to perfection and with no need for extra counter weights it’s also lighter. The special shape of the crankshaft, and specially developed internal diameter, provides a special flux for an optimum fuel-air mixture.

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April 14, 2010

Maxime Favrelle wins French 1/10th Nats Rd2

Maxime Favrelle wins French 1/10th Nats Rd2

Shepherd are reporting on last weekend’s second round of the French 1/10 On-Road National Championship that was held in Nantes in the West of the Country. With 27 entries in the Elite class and 60 entries in National class, it was a really good participation. The qualification was very tight and saw Adrien Bertin taking the TQ in front of Thomas Eytard, Maxime Favrelle and Basile Concialdi who took the last spot for the direct final. In the final Favrelle had the best start and managed to increase is lead to 1 lap over the rest of the field in the early stage of the race, but his engine stalled after the first half of the race and he lost some time. With a strong and aggressive run Favrelle could manage to recover and take over the lead again just a few minutes before the end. At this time Desmaries was on 2nd position, but also his engine stalled and he dropped down to 7th position gifting Basile Concialdi with the runner up spot, just in front of Thomas Eytard.

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April 14, 2010

Arnaud Mathieu confirmed at Motonica

Arnaud Mathieu confirmed at Motonica

Motonica have announced that Arnaud Mathieu has joined their French team to run the P81 Pro throughout the 2010 season. The partnership has already proved successful with Arnaud winning the Elite class at last weekend’s 2nd round of the French National Championships.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]


April 14, 2010

Roche BD5 Steering brace & Universal wing plates

Roche BD5 Steering brace & Universal wing plates

New from Roche for the Yokomo BD5, is this carbon steering brace. Made from 2.5mm carbon graphite, the steering Brace will give the front end a little more flex than the standard alloy steering brace and this will add a little bit more steering to the car. For all touring cars there is these new carbon wing holder plates. Designed to be used on wing installations for every touring car, it will provide additional support to the wing mount to maintain the structure of the wing in the event of a crash. Both will be available in May.

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