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| Chassis Focus – Alexander Hagberg Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:04 AM PST Chassis – Xray T4 ’17 Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Hagberg top seed at ETS season opener Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:44 AM PST Alexander Hagberg has topped seeding at the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. Only 11th fastest in the first of the two timed practices, the Xray driver would find much improvement on his second attempt to set the fastest 3-consecutive laps by 0.138 of a second from Tamiya’s Akio Sobue, the Japanese driver also finding a chunk of time. Having been second fastest in TP1, reigning champion Bruno Coelho would better his time but such was Hagberg & Sobue’s improvement he would drop to third. Topping the first practice, Ronald Volker would slide to 6th, the Top 6 separated by just under 4/10ths of a second. Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Hagberg top seed at ETS season opener Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:39 AM PST Alexander Hagberg has topped seeding at the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. Only 11th fastest in the first of the two timed practices, the Xray driver would find much improvement on his second attempt to set the fastest 3-consecutive laps by 0.138 of a second from Tamiya’s Akio Sobue, the Japanese driver also finding a chunk of time. Having been second fastest in TP1, reigning champion Bruno Coelho would better his time but such was Hagberg & Sobue’s improvement he would drop to third. Topping the first practice, Ronald Volker would slide to 6th, the Top 6 separated by just under 4/10ths of a second. ‘We improved the car a lot with set-up changes’, was Hagberg’s reaction to topping the times. The former ETS race winner continued, ‘the car was loose in the rear in the first one because of the track so we changed the car to counter that and now it was better’. Feeling his T4 was ‘good to drive the whole run’, the Swede said, ‘I feel confident for qualifying’ adding on his car set-up he ‘won’t touch it’ for Q1 which will bring a close to day 1 of the new season. Having struggled with a lack of steering in TP1, Sobue switched from a carbon to an aluminium chassis on his TRF419 describing it as ‘better’. While happy to get more steering on the ‘very loose track’, the ETS podium finisher plans small changes for the first qualifier saying ‘I still need more (steering)’. While seeding is on 3-laps, Sobue feels he has a ‘similar 5-minute pace so he is looking to be in the mix in Q1. Team-mate Marc Rheinard would drop to P8. The German said while his car was ‘not as loose as before it is still pushing’. Asked if he followed Sobue’s chassis switch he reply, ‘I am running alu but it’s different to Akio. Our cars also have different diff and shock positions’. ‘We didn’t change the car but the feeling is like driving on ice’, was how Coelho summed up the final practice adding, ‘I have no feeling, it is just floating over the track’. Describing how the car is feeling as ‘strange’, the Vice-World Champion said they have to change the car for qualifying but added, ‘we will try to not change it too much but adjust small details’. Setting the fourth fastest time, Viktor Wilck said, ‘It felt more loose than before’. The Serpent driver continued, ‘we changed the diff but it wasn’t enough’. Looking to qualifying, the Swede will keep the same diff but now change the shocks and toe-in adding ‘I need to make it a little easier for 5-minutes’. In terms of the track’s low traction he said ‘I think it will stay like this for the rest of the event’. With an easier to drive car Viljami Kutvonen was pleased with his second practice. Putting in the 5th fastest time, the Awesomatix driver said fine tuning of the car’s unique damping had made his A800 ‘more easy to drive’. Planning some further ‘very fine tuning’ he said ‘my 5-minute pace looks promising’ and ‘I will try to drive more clean than anyone else’. Making it two Awesomatix’s in the top heat Freddy Südhoff would set the 10th fastest time. Joking afterward the final practice that he was announcing his retirement from racing as the news of Nico Rosberg’s retirement from Formula 1 circulated the pits, World Champion Volker said, ‘the car was easier to drive and I had a trouble free 4-minutes but obviously it was too easy to drive as my position over 3-laps dropped’. Improving his time by 4/10ths, the Yokomo driver continued, ‘the 4-minutes was very good as I was able to do the same lap time throughout the whole run but I was bit surprised by my drop off in position. Like I said before the track layout is not difficult so everyone would be close’. With the ‘track condition difficult’ he said, ‘we will make changes to get more steering but without making it more loose in the rear end’. Behind Volker, team-mate Naoki Akiyama would set the 7th fastest time with Meen Vejrak also putting his BD8 into the Top 10 with the ninth fastest time. In the Xray Pro-Stock class Swiss Xray driver Noah Asendorf was fastest ahead of ARC’s Lars Hoppe who won in Hrotovice two years ago. Germany’s Tom Krägefski would complete the Top 3 with his Xray but the big news would be reigning champion Jan Ratheisky lack of pace. In Pro Stock he was only 20th and in Formula, a class he has reigned over for the passed 4-seasons, he was only 9th fastest. With Formula’s new Scorpion Power handout electrics getting a very positive reaction from racers it was Roche driver Olivier Bultynck who was fastest from Serpent’s David Ehrbar with former Champion Herbert Weber completing the top 3 with his VBC Racing chassis. View the complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2016 08:00 AM PST Chassis – Awesomatix A800 AH Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| 2016 IFMAR Worlds track added to VRC-Pro Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:40 AM PST Virtual RC have announced the addition of this year’s IFMAR 1/8th Gas Buggy World Championship track to VRC-Pro. With 2016 IFMAR World Champion David Ronnefalk on the VRC Worlds drivers list, this is your chance to re-live the 2016 IFMAR event in Las Vegas, trying to beat David on his own turf. 3D track designer and artist Tony West was pushed to the limit by the beta test team to make the track as close to the Worlds track as possible, including the many holes and bumps that occurred after all the hard racing during the event. Having to master such a beaten up track will present a new challenge and experience to VRC racers. The 2016 VRC Worlds kick off with 1/10th Short Course trucks on December 6th, then 1/8th E-Buggies will follow on the 13th, and 1/8th Nitro Buggies with David Ronnefalk on the 20th of December. Source: VRC-Pro [vrcworld.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:47 AM PST Chassis – VBC D09 Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Jeff Hamon doubles at XRS Australia Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:39 AM PST The inaugural Xray Race Series Australia race was held at Sydney’s Moorebank raceway. 57 entries were received over the three classes, 1/8th, GT and Nitro Tourer. The Saturday was open practise with three rounds of qualifying and bump-up finals on Sunday. Good weather and a well organised meet allowed all the races to be completed with everyone enjoying some close racing and friendly atmosphere. There were even some interstate competitors that flew in from across the country to join in. With the track hosting next year’s nationals it was a good opportunity to get some track time for the non-locals.
In the 1/8th class 15 entries battled it out with Aaron Lee taking TQ. In the B-final Nathan Hallard took the win from Ben Dunn and Scotty Elliot. The TQ curse struck again with Aaron Lee (Shepard) and Jeff Hamon (Mugen) having a race long battle, Aaron suffered with some slow pitstops and a couple of offs, Jeff Hamon taking his second win of the event with Aaron Lee second, veteran Stewart Grant (ARC) rounded off the podium in third. GT again saw 15 entries. Tim Moylan (Mugen) took the TQ by 9 seconds. In the B-final David Chen took the win from Bruce Berg second and Daine Parsons third. All three were bumping up to the 30-minute A-final. In the main a close battle between Tim Moylan and Rick Seymonsbergen ended when both struck issues during the race. This allowed up and coming young racer Aaron Horsnell, who drove a very consistent race, to come through with 10 laps to go to take the lead and win. Rob Parrington in second and Rob Russell in third. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Volker sets pace from Coelho in first practice Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:17 AM PST Ronald Volker has set the pace in the first timed practice for the season opener of the 10th running of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. Racing at what has been a very happy hunting ground for the German with 5 wins from the 7 times the ETS has travelled to Hrotovice, Volker was fastest over 3-consecutive laps from reigning champion Bruno Coelho with just 3/100ths separating their times. Behind them Viktor Wilck was 3rd fastest a further 3/10ths back with last year’s race winner Marc Rheinard fourth as all drivers reported unexpectedly low levels of traction. Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Volker sets pace from Coelho in first practice Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:13 AM PST Ronald Volker has set the pace in the first timed practice for the season opener of the 10th running of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. Racing at what has been a very happy hunting ground for the German with 5 wins from the 7 times the ETS has travelled to Hrotovice, Volker was fastest over 3-consecutive laps from reigning champion Bruno Coelho with just 3/100ths separating their times. Behind them Viktor Wilck was 3rd fastest a further 3/10ths back with last year’s race winner Marc Rheinard fourth as all drivers reported unexpectedly low levels of traction. With Modified first to run this morning and drivers putting the low traction in the single free practice down to being first on the freshly laid track, Volker said, ‘after a 5-hour break everyone expected higher grip but it is still quite loose. For everyone it felt loose’. With the track built using new ETS carpet, only the main straight section of carpet has been previously used at Mibo Cup races. On his BD8’s performance, the World Champion said, ‘By the middle of the run the car felt better and was well balanced so so far I’m happy but we will see how much the track will change’. He continued, ‘as a layout it’s very good but there are no key parts so I think it’s going to make for very tight racing with a lot of drivers being able to run a similar speed’. Running an almost identical fastest lap time to that of Volker, a 14.847 compared to Volker’s 14.849, Coelho felt his Xray was ‘working very well’ but his tyres were ‘lacking traction’. Using a different set to those which he used in the morning’s free practice he said ‘(the tyres) were not as good’. Pleased that he has a good car to work with he will leave it unchanged for the second & final timed practice and just fit a different set of tyres. Commenting on his P3 time Wilck said, ‘Speed wise it was OK, it is very very loose to drive but it was very similar feeling for everybody’. Putting this down to track conditions, the Serpent driver added, ‘The car slides every corner. You can control it most of the time but it’s on the limit’. For the final practice the World Championship podium finisher plans to run a different set-up saying he wants to make the car ‘more consistent’. ‘No grip and no idea why’ was how Rheinard described track conditions. In what is widely rumoured to be his final race for TRF, the 3-time Touring Car World Champion having been a loyal Tamiya driver all his career but the Japanese manufacturer opting to stop its factory team, he said the practice was a case of ‘trying to keep the car on the track and drift around’. In talks with two manufacturers for 2018, he continued, ‘normally ETS carpet is consistent from the start to the end but here we are sliding around with no side bite’. Running a little toe-in on his TRF419, he plans to increase it for the final practice in a hope of getting a bit more stability from the car. Posting the 5th fastest time Yokomo’s Naoki Akiyama was pleased with his early pace but like his rivals, described the track as loose. Liking the track layout, the Japanese said he will most likely leave his BD8 unchanged and while happy with his 3-consecutive lap time feels on a 5-minute pace there is room for improvement. The 17-year-old Worlds Finalist concluded, ‘I need to improve my driving to be more smooth’. Competing the Top 6 ahead of Yokomo’s Meen Vejrak, Awesomatix’ Viljami Kutvonen said, ‘I think I have the pace but the car is very difficult to drive, the rear is pretty loose’. Having raced at a recent round of the Mibo Cup, the Finn said ‘the traction is a lot less today’ adding, ‘and I don’t expect it to improve’. With this in mind he added, I will just try to make the car easier to drive and if the traction improves it will be a bonus’. Kutvonen’s team-mate Freddy Südhoff would take his example of the A800 to the 9th fastest time behind VBC Racing’s Yannic Prumper and ahead of Schumacher’s Elliott Harper. View the complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Active Hobby TA07 Pro motor plate & suspension mounts Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:26 AM PST Japanese company Active Hobby Products have introduced new option parts for the Tamiya TA07 Pro touring car kit. First up is an aluminium motor plate machined from high-quality material and coming blue or black anodised. Extra machining makes for a lightweight yet sturdy construction that also incorporates belt tensioner functions thanks to adjustable pulley and bearing holder shafts.
Source: Active Hobby Products [active-hobby.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| T-Works MP9 TKI3/4 carbon fibre transponder mount Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:00 AM PST Made for Kyosho’s MP9 TKI3 and TKI4 buggies is T-Works’s new carbon fibre AMB transponder mount. The part is cut from high-quality material and it fits right into the buggy’s radio plate assembly, making for low weight, good stability and improved looks. The plate is usable with all AMB-pattern transponders. Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Exotek introduce new 2WD option parts Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:42 AM PST Coming from Exotek are a range of option parts for several popular 1/10th 2WD buggies such as the HB Racing D216, the TLR 22 3.0 and the Team Associated B6. Starting with the D216 part, the Flite motor plate is a fully CNC-machined affair made of high-quality 7075 aluminium. The vented design will keep the motor running cooler and longer for that extra edge. Aggressive cut outs allow the heat that builds up inside the gear cover to vent out thus lowering overall motor temperatures. The extra machining also reduces the weight down to 11.8g but the critical motor mounting areas are still intact to maintain solid motor mounting and gear mesh. Extra cut outs on the bottom side make sure that debris is ejected for free running gears. The part comes polished, anodised in black and laser-etched.
Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:19 AM PST Host – Mibo Sport The most visited venue on the Euro Touring Series calendar, the hosting of the opening round of the Season #10 is set to be its seventh but also its last with the Vienna Model Show expected to replace it. Only missing off the calendar once since joining the ETS in Season #3, it instead hosting in the inaugural round of the Euro Offroad Series in 2012, the venue while out in the Czech countryside has always proven popular with racers. The appeal of the venue is that the track, the restaurant, the bars and a bowling alley are all housed under the one roof – the V Sport Hotel. With racers completely booking out the hotel for the weekend, most international arriving via Vienna airport which is around 2-hours away, the low cost of the food & drink is also very popular with drivers. For many drivers racing this weekend’s ETS encounters will not be their first visit back to Hrotovice since last year as many have taken part in the popular multi round Michal Bok run Mibo Cup. Michal and his father are the kingpins of making this event happen and over the years have worked with the hotel to improve the venue with such things as the addition of LED lighting and most recently the addition of pit rooms which can fit 120 drivers freeing up the main pit area. In terms of this year’s track layout it is once again built in an area 30 metres wide and 24 metres deep. Commenting on the layout, this being the place where he made his carpet debut 2-years ago, reigning champion Bruno Coelho said, ‘it’s very tight and technical so there is not going to be much difference between Modified and Pro Stock as you never use full throttle other than on the straight. It’s a fun layout’. Asked what he felt was the main feature of the track he picked out ‘the section in front of the driver stand’ describing it as ‘difficult’ because ‘you arrive super fast there’. Top Qualifier and winner here last year, Marc Rheinard gave the layout out a thumbs up describing it as ‘nice’ and adding the key to a good lap was ‘just stay away from the dots’. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:38 AM PST The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 1 brought racing excitement to the capital city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hosted by SarCar it was a great season opening race weekend and with two major changes this season, there was lots of anticipation for the opener. On track, the new CRC Black Carpet was the star attraction, presenting the first opportunity for most racers in Western Canada to try this new carpet. The second major change was the AAA Main finals format. In the Touring Modified class the TQ, Team Awesomatix’s Wayne Mah would take the leg 1 win from Danny Buck (Xray) in second and privateer Josh Carter third. Then a break in leg 2 for Wayne would see Danny capitalizing with a win, Josh second. An epic battle in A3, which saw them cross the line just a few seconds apart, Danny posting the faster lap, but Wayne taking the win and first overall, and Josh third. Touring Stock, the biggest class of the weekend, TQ Wayne Mah (Awesomatix) would win the first two mains, and sit back to watch the rest of the action. Fighting for the rest was Way Mah and Ryan Berry. The results were Way, then Ryan in A1 and Ryan, then Way in leg 2. The third main would bring the tie-breaker with Way, then Josh Carter, then Ryan, for a final order of Wayne, Way and Ryan. In what ended up being just a fun race, World GT TQ, privateer Josh Carter would win the first two mains and then watch the action in the third. Phil Ursulescu would take both second spots and Dale Ruptash would take third. Ivan Chan took the A1 win in Mini, followed by Daryl Siba and Tyson Schlechter. A2 would see Daryl come back, Ivan second, and Chris Jackman jump up to third. In the exciting final round, Ivan would come back to take first overall, with Daryl and Chris taking second and third in the round, and in the final results. Scale Spec had Cam Spence taking the first win, followed within two seconds by both Dennis Beck in second, and Lance Radke in third. The next leg would be exactly the same, so Cam would be a spectator for A3, where Lance and Dennis would again finish within a couple seconds, for a final podium order of Cam, Dennis, and Lance. In 1/12th Stock, the second biggest class, it was Jason Lochthwe that would take the wins in A1 and A2. So the battle for second was on in A1 between Xray’s Ryan Rice and Ivan Chan. A2 had Warren Sippel, then Ivan, while in A3 Ivan came in front of Warren to give the final result of Jason, Warren, and Ivan. 1/12th Modified was definitely the most dynamic class all weekend, with three different winners. Josh Carter would take the A1 win, and then have mechanical DNFs for the next two rounds. TQ Jason Lochthwe and Ivan would take the rest of A1. Jason, Ivan and Dean Temple would take R2 while Ivan, Taylor Mogard and Jason would take A3. In the end, it was Jason, Ivan and Taylor. In another just for fun race, Formula, Jason Lochthwe would take the TQ and overall win by a full lap over Ivan Chan. Round 2 of the WCICS will be at PRCC in Penticton, British Columbia. Source: WCICS [wcics.ca] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| RC Concept powers Ben Sterling through to 2018 Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:14 AM PST RC Concept have announced the signing of Australian Off-road frontrunner, Ben Sterling. Ben is well known around the world and brings in some 16 years of knowledge in the industry. The 2016 Victorian State Titles holder will work together with the Australian RC Concept distributor to support all RC Concept users in Australia and he had this to say: Firstly I would like to thank Alpha for the past 3 years. It has been an absolute pleasure working with them and evolving their company and product. Thanks so much for RC Concept for giving me this opportunity to run their great engines and also 1/8 EP electronics for the 2017/2018 seasons. I can’t wait to race this awesome package. Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Reedy 540-SL4 sensorless brushless motor Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:03 AM PST Coming from Reedy is the 540-SL4 sensorless brushless motor for ready-to-run vehicles. Due to its 4-pole configuration, the motor offers high power, efficiency and reliability as it is needed for demanding RTR applications. The 3300kV rating provides plenty of speed with 2S LiPo batteries but installing a 3S LiPo battery makes for even higher speeds. At the same time does a high-strength rotor provide plenty of torque and resists overheating better than 2-pole alternatives. The motor comes pre-wired with flexible silicone wires that ease wire routing in tight spaces and work in conjunction with 3.5mm bullet connectors to reduce power-robbing resistance and heat. The package is rounded out by triple insulated windings, a hardened steel shaft, and oversized ball bearings. Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com] FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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