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2016 Chinese National Onroad Champions crowned

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 04:03 AM PDT

The 2016 Chinese Nationals, organised by the Car Modelling Association of China, was once again run at the amazing 3-Circles owned ARC International Raceway in Xiamen in the south east of the country. The facility featuring both an onroad and offroad track, set side by side and overlooked by a huge 200m long 3-storey pit area, driver stand & viewing area played host to 260 entries competing in 9 different classes in both onroad and offroad. With offroad still to be completed, onroad was run first and after 3 extremely warm and humid days, interrupted by rain, we saw 4 new National Champions crowned.

In the 1/8th Nitro on-road class, Gary Huang from GuanZhou did a clean sweep of qualifying, taking all 3 rounds before going on to win the 45 minutes long A-main by a comfortable margin. At only 22 years of age, this is his first National titles. Another youngster Li came second after suffering a mechanical issue with his steering, while 3rd place would go to the out going National champion You, who was forced to run in first gear for much of the race due to a coming together with another car early in the race.

In 1/10 Nitro Touring, Veteran racer Fai Ho from Hong Kong took the title after a very stable and mature drive. The top qualifier would run a controlled race while also benefitting from a mechanical problem from early leader Li. Li would recover and take a disappointed 2nd. The final podium place would go to Lao, at only 13 years old he is quickly making a name for himself having also TQed the EP touring class.

For the 1/10th EP touring class, Huang would capture his second National title by taking wins in both the second and third round. TQ holder Lao from GuangZhou, the early favourite following his pace in qualifying took the first main before both nerves and bad luck created some costly mistakes in both the 2nd and third mains, meaning he had to settle for second. Taking third, another Veteran racer Kwok would secure the position with two 2nd place finishes.

The 1/12th pan car class would see another youngster shine, 12 year old girl Xu, who would prove to be too quick in the rain interrupted qualifying to claim TQ in her first ever National. However experience would prevail and veteran racer Rocket from Shanghai would ultimately take the title. Lu would finish second following two 2nd place finishes, while Liu claimed third after winning the 3rd and final main.

Full coverage of this event (in Chinese) along with image gallery can be found on Red RC China.

Schelle XB2 Nova slipper conversion & top shaft

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 03:36 AM PDT

Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced the Nova slipper conversion for the Xray XB2 buggy. The popular Nova slipper clutch is of a 3-plate design that is meant to offer better driving feel, improved durability, and a lower rotating inertia. The weight is 12 grams for the entire clutch assembly using the included 81 tooth spur gear, making it ideal for stock racers. The Nova slipper clutch has 20 percent more torque capacity in a compact package that helps to put more power to the ground while lasting longer between rebuilds. For fine-tuning purposes the set includes two slipper pads of each material Schelle offer and a tuning guide to help racers learn how to tune the clutch for different conditions from slick to astroturf. Also included are a 81T and 69T spur gear as well as the Schelle XB2 Nova aluminium top shaft that is also available separately.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

Powerstar PH-8012 low-profile servo

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 03:20 AM PDT

New from Powerstar comes the PH-8012 low-profile servo. The standard voltage servo pulls up to 8kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.12s and it features metal gears, a middle heatsink case, hidden O-ring seals and it comes in black, pink and blue colour with laser-etched graphics.

Source: Powerstar [powerstar-racing.com]

T-Works B6-series titanium turnbuckle sets

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 03:08 AM PDT

Coming from T-Works are two titanium turnbuckle sets for the Team Associated B6 and B6D. First up is the hybrid titanium set that uses titanium shafts and aluminium hex units, making for a very low weight and cool looks. Also new are the plain 64 titanium turnbuckles that are of a standard design. Both sets fit the B6 and B6D and they include suitable 4mm wrenches.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

Team Associated Factory Team alloy wing buttons

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 02:49 AM PDT

Team Associated have introduced the Factory Team aluminium wing buttons for 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. The wing buttons help keep the wing secured during the heat of battle and the buttons have been recessed to allow for a more solid fit between the wing and wing mount. The machined and black anodised parts fit 1/10th on-road and off-road vehicles as well as 1/8th buggies and trucks.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

HNMC Grand Prix – Announcement

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 01:50 AM PDT

The Herts Nitro Model Club have announced the HNMC Grand Prix for the weekend of the 29th of August. The open tyre event is run to BRCA rules and it will be held on the club’s popular multi-surface track, running 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy as well as E-Buggy classes. The event starts off on Saturday with controlled practice, Sunday is reserved for five rounds of qualifying with christmas tree mains held on Monday. Sign-up for the event is available here here.

Völker, Ratheisky & Gosvig TQ at EFRA On–road Euros

Posted: 02 Jul 2016 01:44 AM PDT

The 2016 EFRA 1/10th Electric On–road European Championships are being held this week at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. After five rounds of qualifying in very hot weather conditions it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who put his car on the 1 spot for the triple A–main events with Xray’s Bruno Coelho coming in second. Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) rounds out the top 3 result for now.

Modified qualifying top 10:
1. Ronald Volker – Yokomo
2. Bruno Coelho – Xray
3. Marc Rheinard – Tamiya
4. Alexander Hagberg – Xray
5. Michal Orlowski – Schumacher
6. Viljami Kutvonen – Awesomatix
7. Victor Wilck – Serpent
8. Elliott Harper – Schumacher
9. Frederik Sudhoff – Awesomatix
10.Christopher Krapp – Tamiya

The Touring Stock qualifying was an all–Xray affair up front with Germany’s Jan Ratheisky taking three of the five rounds to take the overall TQ from teammates Mike Gosvig and Alexandre Duchet.

Stock qualifying top 10:
1. Jan Ratheisky – Xray
2. Mike Gosvig – Xray
3. Alexandre Duchet – Xray
4. Steve Favrelle – Xray
5. Tom Kragefski – Xray
6. Mattia Collina – Xray
7. Max Machler – Awesomatix
8. Davide Bertuzzi – Xray
9. Blazej Orlowski – Yokomo
10.Noah Asendorf – Xray

In the inaugural Formula class event it was quick Dane, Mike Gosvig (Xray) who came out quickest after the qualifiers from Serpent designer David Ehrbar. Jan Ratheisky (Xray) completes the qualifying top 10.

Formula qualifying top 10:
1. Mike Gosvig – Xray
2. David Ehrbar – Serpent
3. Jan Ratheisky – Xray
4. Martin Hudy – Xray
5. Oliver Bultynck – Roche
6. Stephen Lander – MD
7. Matteo Berlincioni – n/a
8. Hector Albarracin – MD
9. Herbert Weber – VBC Racing
10.Andrej Vnucko – Xray

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]