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October 4, 2010

VRC Column – Retro, Multiple screens & Beta testing

VRC is planning to offer you some other r/c racing experiences than just the latest and fastest that’s on the market today. Vintage r/c cars are one of them. We have already modeled a PB9 International, one of the last generation of simple non-suspension cars from the late seventies. We are now looking into the physics of such models in order to make them drive like they did in those days. The vintage cars may draw old school racers back into r/c and perhaps even inspire them to get their kids involved in radio controlled model car racing. Who knows what this will bring to r/c, and if for nothing else, we at VRC will be proud of bringing these old cars back to life again.

Continue to read the column here

October 4, 2010

Wayne Joelson wins African Cup for 4th year

The 7th Annual African Cup for On Road Gas cars was held the last weekend of September at the TRAP facility outside Pretoria. Temperatures were in the mid 30 degrees Celcius and with a 1 hour final, this race would be the toughest in Africa. Current South African Champion Wayne Joelson with his Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X finished 1st for the 4th consecutive year, with second place going to his team mate Steve Munslow, with EDAM driver Arnold Vermaak in 3rd.

Thanks to Wayne Joelson for the update.

October 4, 2010

Patrick Jongenelis wins Dutch stock title

Patrick Jongenelis has won the 2010 Dutch Electric touring car stock nationals. Driving a GM powered Xray T3 the title went down to the 6th and final round of the series with different pole sitters and race winners at each race. Patrick held the lead going into Rd6 with a slim advantage of only 1 point ahead of Ronald Aarts in 2nd, Rob Janssen in 3rd and Wesley v Dijken in 4th and these racers were all in with a chance of victory. The final race was won Janssen and this moved him to 2nd in the series, Patrick Jongenelis took 2nd which clinched him the title, with Wesley V Dijken taking 3rd on the day. Ronald Aarts had motor failure in one of the legs and could only manage 8th, dropping him to 3rd in the overall standings.

View the final championship ranking here

October 4, 2010

Cube Racing Truggy Sports 5400mAh 14.8V LiPo

Cube Racing have released this Truggy Sports 5400mAh 35C 14.8V LiPo pack, suitable for 1/8 buggies & truggies. Providing great power and long run times, its carbon pattern hard case protects the battery from impact damage. This 4S pack comes pre wired with balancer port and deans connector.

Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]

October 4, 2010

KM Racing H-K1 option parts

New from KM Racing for their H-K1 chassis are these new option parts, starting with their new wishbones. Featuring more carbon than the originals, these new front upper & lower and rear lower wishbones are stiffer and give less flex for more precise handling. For mounting your body securely there is a new front and rear carbon body plate. And finally for tuning the cars set-up KM have release a range of rear anti-roll bars from 1.8 to 2.3mm.

View the other parts here

October 3, 2010

Traxxas Rally VXL

Traxxas introduce the Rally VXL, the only R/C vehicle designed to give you the experience of hanging it out gymkhana style in the turns and powering down the straights with the perfect blend of speed, power, and traction. The specially tuned suspension and tire compounds let you ride the slip angle with thrilling precision, putting your skills to the test as you master the art, right in your own driveway. The Velineon brushless power system combines with 4-wheel drive to give the Traxxas Rally VXL road-ripping muscle that rivals the full-scale racers. Officially licensed BFGoodrich rally tires deliver authentic style and performance, and the tough, wide-body design features cutting-edge graphics that could only come from Traxxas.

View the feature list and more images here

October 3, 2010

Kyosho V-One R4 teaser

Kyosho Germany are teasing the next iteration of their double World Champion winning V-One platform with the impending release of the V-One R4. We have no other information on this new car apart from what we can see in the CAD images in the background of this image, which seems to be a longer and narrower fuel tank as well as an ultra low profile. More information as we get it.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

October 3, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– XRAY Presents all-new T3 2011 Specs
– XB808 Wins Danish Nationals R4
– T3 2nd at 2010 Polish National On-Road Championship
– XB808 Wins Georgia Championship R6
– T3 2nd at 2010 International Indoor Championship
– XB808 & XT8 Podium Finish at ACT Titles, Australia
– T3 Dominates Belgium Nationals R6

Click here to view the round-up