February 27, 2008

Diggity Designs Kyosho RB5 rear tower

Diggity Designs Kyosho RB5 rear tower

Following on from the release of the first generation shock towers for the 2wd Kyosho RB5, Diggity Designs have now released the second version of the rear shock tower. Made from super strong 4mm thick carbon fibre, and coming supplied with all the necessary hardware, this new shock tower has more material across the top than the previous version and the upper camber link mounting holes are separated, not all connected as on the previous type.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]


February 27, 2008

Nacho Lopez wins Rd1 Spanish Nats

Nacho Lopez wins Rd1 Spanish Nats

Tecrotec driver Nacho López carried forward his current run of form to last weekend’s opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nationals, held in Cádiz. Both practice and qualifying were run in wet conditions and this left Nacho having to start from the semi finals. On Sunday, the Picco powered driver was able to win his semi and start the main from 5th position behind Carlos Peracho and Oscar Cabezas, among others. After some problems for Cabezas the fight was then between Peracho and Nacho with the latter managing to conserve his tires better and was able to take the victory by 4 seconds at the end of the 45 minute final. Shepherd racer Carlos Peracho was 2nd with Victor Gonzalez a further 3 laps back in 3rd. The next round of the Nationals will be held on the Valencia track, host of this years 1/8th scale European Championships.

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February 26, 2008

Daily News Round-up

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Review of the Inzane Pro 27AAA 1/28th scale – Link [reflexracing.net]
> Eddie Colon takes S400 to foam victory – Link [serpent.com]
> oOple reports on the 2008 Batley Super Cup – Link [oople.com]
> Team Serpent Finland take 1-2 at FinTrack – Link [serpent.com]
> R/C Vintage Trans-Am Racing series – Link [usvintagetransam]
> RB report on the GP Off-Road from Capua-Italy – Link [rbproducts.com]
> Cabezas breaks track record in Spanish 1:8 opener – Link [serpent.com]


February 26, 2008

Shepherd Micro Racing Velox

Shepherd Micro Racing Velox

Shepherd Micro Racing have announced that they have finally released the Velox, 1/8th scale nitro on road chassis. Packed with innovative and high performance features, the most noticeable of which is the all-new Velox ‘Direct-V-Brake System’ (DVB-System), a system that provides durable and powerful braking through the use of rear axle mounted brake disks and a cable activated braking system. Upon applying the brake on your transmitter, the cable pulls two rear levers that clamp the brake pads against the twin, long life, ventilated disks providing strong and consistent braking performance every time. At the front of the Velox is the car’s steering servo saver that sports a quick one-step easily adjustable Ackerman setting. Using one screw, the user can loosen, easily adjust the setting and re-tighten the front part of the servo saver, enabling quick Ackerman adjustments even while on the track.

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February 26, 2008

Dynamite EP4600 6 Cell Flat pack

Dynamite EP4600 6 Cell Flat pack

Dynamite have released this 4600MAh 6 cell pack in a flat configuration. Featuring EP cells, this pack overs long runtimes, even exceeding rated capacity and they have been designed for low resistance without cell damage under high amp loads. Supplied with a Traxxas connector, it can handle the high currents associated with brushless application.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]


February 26, 2008

Dmitriy Chub wins Rd1 Ukraine Champs

Dmitriy Chub wins Rd1 Ukraine Champs

The first round of the Ukrainian Championships took place recently at an indoor track in Nikopol. The race was open to both touring car and buggies and in both it was LRP team driver Dmitriy Chub that took the win. Racing a Tamiya chassis in each class, he TQ’d the touring class and won ahead of team mate Nikita Dimbitskiy, with Xray driver Anton Buga in 3rd. In the buggy class, it was Evgen Brajko that was quickest in the qualifying session, but he dropped to 3rd by the end of the final behind 2nd placed Andriy Boyko, while Chub managed to work his way to the front and take the win.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]


February 26, 2008

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd6

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd6

oOple have a report from last weekends sixth round of the Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters, held at the indoor track in Worksop. With the ‘National Indoor Finals’ held at the save venue in a months time – it was a chance for drivers to get some practice in before that event, so there were 12 heats in total. The 4wd class saw the win go to the Richard Lowe driving the JConcepts BJ4 WE, who had qualified 2nd behind X-Factory racer Ellis Stafford, while in 2wd the victory went to pole man Mark Stanley racing a Losi. Contained within the same report, is a review of the new range of TrakPower hard cased LiPo packs.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]


February 26, 2008

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Wars World Cup

Olly Jefferies wins Carpet Wars World Cup

Last weekend saw the running of the Carpet Wars World Cup, a 2 day event that saw International interest with Marc Fisher making the trip from Germany for the race. After Saturdays qualifying it was Kevin Brunsden on pole but a quick run in the final qualifying heat on Sunday saw Olly Jefferies take the top spot by 0.6 of a second. Leg 1 of the finals saw some problems for the front runners and this allowed Glen Doman through for the win ahead of Elliot Harper, with Olly recovering to 3rd. The 2nd leg was better for Olly, taking the lead from the start and converting it into the win in front of Harper and Doman, while the final leg was again won by Olly, who took the overall win, in front of Elliot in 2nd who claimed the overall runner up spot and Glen coming home in 3rd overall.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]