Last weekend saw the second round of the Campeonato Argentino de Touring in Rosario, Argentina. A difficult race for the leaders, Sebastián and Juan Pablo had a hard fight throughout the race with both drivers need to stop for tyres. At the end of the race it was Xray/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio that took the win from team mate Juan Pablo Golobic with Kyosho/Picco driver Hernan Lebenbau in third place.
Ronald Volker is the pace setter here at the end of controlled practice with the LRP/Yokomo driver posting a fastest lap of 16.55 to top the time sheets from Marc Rheinard who was on a 16.70. The World Championship runner up switched from an LTC-R to the Speed 6 body for his last run and felt it made his BD5 easier to drive. Volker is running a new chassis, top deck and harder suspension arms on his Yokomo, which are designed to make the car more suitable for European traction levels, and the German is very happy with the results. Slighlty concerned about the weather, he is confident that if it stays dry he is in good shape for qualifiying.
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LRP have released their new LiPo battery parallel balancer, seen last week at the European Championships in Austria. Especially developed for the use of LiPo and LiFe batteries and automatically recognises the cell condition of all 2-5 cell batteries. If the condition of the cells is not equal, an automatic equalizing of the cells starts and balances the cells during charging to ensure all cells are 100% equal. The micro-controller-regulation guarantees a particularly high precision. The balancer is not as positioned between the charger and the battery as usual, but is connected in parallel and therefore there is no influence on the charger and its functions.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
As seen at the European Championships in Austria, RB Products have released further details about their 45% fuel. Developed by the RB R&D Team, they claim this fuel is a significant advantage for the buggy engine, with increased power, reduced consumption, more torque and stable idle. The vast majority of the RB Team used this RB 45% fuel at the 2009 European Championship in Austria with excellent results. The use of this fuel requires an additional 0,1mm head shim.
Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]
Team Epic have released this 11.1V Li-Po, 1600mAh, 25c soft case battery pack for use in the Traxxas Mini Revo & Slash and most other vehicles of this size. Higher performance than using a single Ni-MH battery pack. Fits right in Traxxas vehicles and comes with Traxxas plug for easy plug and play set-up. Team Epic have also been showing off a preview of their new 1 cell 40C 5000mAh LiPo pack for 1/12th scale racing which you can see below.
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New from Schumacher for the Mi4 are these shorter and stiffer new wishbones. The new design enables the car to have more corner speed and traction under almost all track conditions. The overall car width is maintained through the use of washers at the pivot block. Available in both Carbon Fibre material for the high end racer and Medium Flex material for improved impact absorption. Also available are these Xtra Flex 4 degree front caster blocks that will give more steering compared to the Medium Flex ones released previously.
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Titanium Racing have released this new upgrade product for the Schumacher Mi4. This new layshaft has been shortened to reduce the possibility of rear end tweak and it eliminates the link between the left and right hand side of the bulkheads. This allows the two top carbon torsion plates to operate as they should, providing a great degree of controlled independent flex. Made from aluminium, this shortened lay shaft claims to provide for a more uniform and deeper flex, aiding rear end traction. Most notably transmission noise has also been reduced thus increasing transmission efficiency.
Source: Titanium Racing [titaniumracing.com]
Xray have released their all new High-dynamic Centrifugal-Axial (XCA) clutch set. This complete clutch set includes redesigned components which create a more dynamic clutch engagement suitable for most racing conditions. Included are a super-lightweight flywheel, new black reinforced clutch flyweights, new smaller and super lightweight clutchbell, smaller diameter yellow clutch shoe, new medium-hardness clutch spring and new alu clutch disc. All components were designed and long-term tested by the factory racing team. Pinion gears are not included.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
