The recent fifth round of the Chilean National IC Track Championship saw Shepherd’s Alvaro Jara walking away with the win in the 30-minute 1/8th scale A-main event. Cristobal Ugarte (Serpent) came in 2nd, six laps down while Joaquin Silva completed the top 3 result, another five laps down. With the win Alvaro keeps his championship hopes alive, fighting with Francisco Lara for the overall title.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Xray and made for their T4 line of touring cars is a fully adjustable shorty LiPo battery holder with weights. The set for shorty LiPo batteries allows to move the batteries front to rear by 4mm but also left to right for easy and comfortable weight transfer adjustment. The design of the battery mount also eliminates any negative chassis flex, making for a more equal left-to-right turning of the car. The included 40g brass weights set the battery in a central position for a perfect weight balance. In general, using a shorty battery with the low profile weights allows to lower the weight of the car which helps to make it easier to drive, more stable in the chicanes but in the same time it improves the rotation of the car. Xray recommended the layout especially for the modified class on carpet or small asphalt tracks.
Coming from BMT and made for their 016GT 1/8th GT kit are new aluminium front and rear pivot balls. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming hard anodised for wear, these super lightweight suspension balls replace the standard steel parts, making for over 66g of weight saving when outfitting the complete car using the alloy balls. A front pivot ball weighs in at 5g while the rear parts weight in at only 2.4g. The pivot balls are available now.
2-Speed from Germany have announced the release of the new TSP-Racing T80 BHS standard and T62 BHM low-profile competition servos. Starting with the T80 BHS, the standard-size servo utilises a brushless motor for a torque of up to 36kg-cm at a speed of down to 0.071s at 8.4V input. Steel gears and an aluminium case make for high durability and best possible heat dissipation in long nitro mains. The low-profile brushless-powered T62 BHM is capable of speeds of down to 0.06s and a torque of 15kg-cm, making it ideal for most 1/10th scale applications. Steel gears and an alloy case ensure rigidity and cool looks. Digital technology provodes strong holding torque, high positioning accuracy and quiet operation. Both servos come equipped with all-black wires for a professional appearance and they will become available by mid-June.
The Besancon track in the eastern part of France hosted round 3 of the French Electric On-road Championship last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Remi Callens and Loic Jasmin in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains it was still Hugo with the number 1 spot, thanks to winning A1 and A3, while Loic moved up a spot to finish on the runner-up spot. 5th place qualifier, Alexandre Duchet would obtain the 3rd and final podium spot.
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The second round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track this past weekend. Saturday’s qualification was held in mixed weather conditions with the day starting off dry but becoming a wet affair during the lunch break. In the 1/8th class it was Luca Martinelli with the TQ from Mattia Pesenti, Ales Haydekr and Jürg Nydegger. The final then saw Mattia Pesenti leading the field in the opening stages, however a crash with another driver at the 12-minute mark disturbed his race as he had to change tyres. A few minutes later Mattia was already chasing Luca Martinelli for the lead but a longer than expected tyre change 18 minutes to the end was another set back for Pesenti. Mattia then tried his best to close in on the leader again but he would run out of tyres and had to settle for 2nd overall behind Luca Martinelli. Rudi Scherrer came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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Coming from T-Works and made for the Roche P12 Evo 1/12th scale pan car are a lightweight titanium turnbuckle set as well as several screw kits. Starting with the turnbuckle set, the links are made of high-quality 64 grade titanium and the kit consists of toe, camber and servo links that are topped off by a suitable 4mm turnbuckle wrench. Using the lightweight parts will add visual impact while scrubbing overall weight. Also new are a total of four screw sets with the range including a red anodised all-alloy kit, a mixed aluminium and titanium UFO head set, a full UFO head titanium kit as well as a gold colour plated steel screw set. The alloy and titanium sets will greatly reduce overall weight while the gold colour steel screws mainly add visual impact.
Coming from WRC Racing and made for their F18 formula car is an independent rear wing mount set. The kit allows to install the rear wing on the main chassis and thus fully independent from the rear power pod, a design that helps to improve stability while increasing traction and making the car easier to drive. The mount is constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre, making for a low weight and easy assembly.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
