ARC have introduced an aluminium upper deck for the R11 2018 electric touring car. The item is cut from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes black anodised and with silver edge details. The part is especially useful when running a carbon fibre chassis on medium-low carpet tracks as it makes for a stiffer chassis assembly compared to an all-carbon setup while allowing for more torsional flex than an aluminium chassis.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Coming soon from RC Atomic is their DRZ 1/28th scale RWD drift chassis kit. The suspension is adjustable in terms of camber, caster and toe angle and it is understood that it will come including a drift gyro and that it utilises Kyosho body shells. The carbon fibre chassis kit is set for a release in February and more information and images should become available in time for the release.
Made for their P12 1/12th scale pan car is Capricorn’s new aluminium lower pod plate. Sold separately the alloy plate is meant to be used in combination with the optional aluminium chassis. The part was designed for the use on high-grip surfaces and its thickness remains the same as the graphite version.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Sunpadow have announced the signing of Portugal’s Bruno Coelho to their factory team. The IFMAR World Champion will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries to power his Xray cars and buggies from now on with his campaign including all major national and international events.
Source: Sunpadow [arc-chn.com]
Following his departure from long-time body shell sponsors Protoform, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg will be using Mon-Tech Racing bodies from now on. The former World and European Champion will be using Mon-Tech product in all classes he attends while also helping with the development of future products. Mon-Tech Racing’s Alberto Montecchi says: We are extremely happy to have Alex [as] part of our Family and good luck for the incoming season.
Source: Mon-Tech Racing [mon-techracing.net]
Ronald Volker has claimed an 8th win at the DHI Cup. The Yokomo driver secured the victory at the 18th running of the Danish Classic with a convincing win in the deciding A-Main. Having had a messy opening lap in A2, with Yannic Prumper the main benefactor to take the win, Volker went into the third encounter determined to return to the form he has shown when he took all four qualifiers. While suffering a scare when his car hit a bump on the opening lap, the World Champion quickly established a lead that he would extend to over 2-second by the finish. For Prumper his weekend would net a Yokomo 1-2, the German clearly delighted to competitive again after a lean 2017 season. Completing the podium in Odense would be Marc Rheinard, the Infinity driver having gone into the final leg with a chance of the win but unable to get by Elliott Harper soon enough to do anything about Volker.
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Shepherd have announced the signing of top Australian racer Ric Bartolozzi to their team. Ric is one of Australia’s most successful drivers, winning several 1/8th national titles, State Championships in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes, and he also is a triple World Championship semi-finalist. Ric joins a very strong and growing Shepherd Australia team, which will see him compete at most major events in 2018.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The MCSS Althengstett club in Germany hosted the 2018 MCSS Open electric on-road race this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class, that only attracted ten entries, it was Marco Kaufmann with the TQ after the tie-breaker from Thimo Weissbauer 2nd and Tim Wahl 3rd. In the hotly contested Touring Sport class, attracting 46 entries, Max Mächler came out fastest after the qualifiers from Daniel Wohlgemuth and Valentin Hettrich.
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