Continuing to release parts for their S811 Cobra, Serpent have released two new spur gears for the buggy. Available in 44T and 48T, they have been precision machined, from special hardened steel. Each gear sports the Serpent logo and the number of teeth for easy identification and are supplied with the seal.
The last round of the Danish 1/10th scale nationals was run at GRRC club. The track is very nice but hard to drive without any mistakes. Shepherd driver Martin Lissau arrived at the track already on Friday, but as the conditions were not the best there was not much practice action. On Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying were scheduled. Martin Lissau took the pole-position with his Velox V10 in front of Claus Ryeskov and Martin Hansen. The 30 minutes final was run on Sunday afternoon. The temperatures were really cold and Lissau had some difficulties to find the correct engine setup. He took a time-out to adjust the engine and had to start from the last position of the grid. But already at the first pitstop he was back in front and never looked back for the rest of the race. With this result Lissau had enough points to secure himself the Danish 1/10th scale nitro championship title.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Seen for the first time at the toy fair in Germany, the first product introduced by Swedish company DirtChamp Design is the multiuser RC Lap Counting system called TimeR. A unique link to your laptop PC enables you to follow the racing action in real‐time. Since no cables are required the level of simplicity is yet unseen in RC lap counting. They believe that TimeR will revolutionize the way people race RC Cars. Clubs can now easily afford their own lap timing system, the basher can set up a track in their backyard and race for the win, and the racer now has the perfect tool to become the next Marc Rheinard, Adam Drake or Ryan Mayfield. After a fully booked pre‐order list, the Swedish RC Multi User Lap Counting system is now ready for worldwide shipping from the company website.
Source: DirtChamp Design [dirtchampdesign.com]
Serpent have today released lots and lots of springs. First up for the S811 Cobra are the addition of 7 new hardness of spring for front pink 4.8lbs, blue 5.0lbs, purple 5.2lbs, green 5.4lbs, grey 5.6lbs, yellow 5.8lbs & white 6,0lbs and for the rear pink 2.8lbs, blue 3.0lbs, purple 3.2lbs, green 3.4lbs, grey 3.6lbs & yellow 3.8lbs. Also for the Cobra is a new harder servo saver spring. For the S120L and S100 there is a new selection of optional side and main springs that will also fit most other linked pancars. The new side springs include 4,5lbs, 5,0lbs, 5,5lbs, 6,0lbs, 6,5lbs & 7,0lbs while the main springs are 12lbs, 14lbs, 16lbs & 18lbs.
View the different type of springs here
There is always a lot of small parts on the bench, in the workshop and also trackside and it is often an issue where to put them somewhere so they don’t get lost. Orcan is now offering a new small but very useful magnetic storage box. The round metallic container features a screw closure and is an excellent aid to tidy up your work desk and the magnetic side takes care that even the tiniest parts will not get lost.
Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]
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This week sees a large scale test underway at the host track for next month’s 1/8th scale buggy World Championships in Pattaya Thailand. A large group from the US team are present as well as racers from Asia and Europe, getting to grips with the new track layout. Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke sent us some track shots and also included a video showing some on track action.
New for the World Championship winning R12 1/12th scale chassis, Yokomo have released this range of front and rear pre mounted tires. The R12 uses a proprietary rear wheel which has a different offset to other 1/12th wheels and so requires the use of these rims. The foam supplied is good for both carpet and asphalt and the tires diameter comes pre trued to a moderate size, which is good for beginners but needs to be trued for faster drivers.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Team Powers have introduced this new 1S 3.7V LiPo battery for use in 1/10 & 1/12 pan car chassis’. This high quality 5600mAh 50C cell sports a black carbon look hard case for impact protection connects to your ESC through bullet connectors.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
