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April 29, 2008

Davide Tortorici takes Italian Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Italian 1/8th scale buggy Nationals took place last weekend at the Valley Sporting Club track in Alberobello and after the semi finals it was Losi driver Riccardo Rabitti that lined up on the pole position ahead of Crono team driver Davide Tortorici. In the final however, despite setting the fastest lap times, Rabitti could only manage 3rd position, only 1 second behind runner up Fabio Boero racing a Mugen, while the race win went to Tortorici, who managed to bring his Crono RS7 home over a lap in front.

Source: RC Revolution [rcrevolution.net]

April 29, 2008

Xceed On-Road Car Stand

More new products from Xceed RC who have introduced a new addition to their line of racer friendly products with the release of this handy car stand. Suitable for most scales of on road vehicles, electric and gas, it has been made from a single piece of 2mm thick black anodised aluminium. Sporting the Xceed logo laser etched into the top and sides, the feet and top platform feature foam pads for helping to prevent your car and stand from moving around your work bench. A nice added feature is the inclusion of 4 holes in the top surface for sitting your shock absorbers into when refilling them.

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April 29, 2008

Serpent 960 OS2 wheel axle shim

Serpent have released these new 1mm thick spacers that are suitable for the optional OS2 front wheel axles on the Serpent 960’08, allowing easy adjustment of the front offset. Machined from aluminium, the spacers are tapered on the face that presses against the wheel bearing, ensuring that they don’t damage the bearing by rubbing against the outer part of the wheel axle bearing. Sold in a set of 4, they are used in combination with the standard 0.2mm thick wheel axle shims.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 29, 2008

Xceed Zytec 1/8th Body shell

Xceed RC, in collaboration with Italian company Sprint RC and former F1 mechanic Pietro Corradini, are pleased to announce this new Zytec 1/8th scale body shell. Tested extensively by World Vice Champion Andrea Cristiani, its design allows for great top speed and good cornering traction thanks to its low and flat front and side wing design. Also incredibly stable at high speed as well as under braking, the new shell sports clearance at the front for the shock tower and upper wishbones as well as having very stiff sides thanks to a special built in shape. Available in 1mm and 0.75mm thick versions, it is on the 2008 list of EFRA homologated body shells (#31501).

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April 29, 2008

Swauger & Burch wins RAMS 40th race

The R.A.M.S. club of Northern California, located in Santa Clara just south of San Francisco, had a race to celebrate the clubs 40th year of continuous running. For this race they had a full turnout of 130 entrants for both sedan 10th scale and 8th scale which included some old members who were invited out to the race and as a result many past members showed up and brought out their old cars and radio gear. The racing saw the 1/8th scale TQ go to Mugen team driver Mike Swauger, while in Sedan it was Jeffery Lin from OFNA that took top honours. With each class getting a 45 minute A-main, held in perfect California sunshine, it was Mike Swauger that won in 8th scale followed by Kyosho racer Jim Adkins and Ron Collangi, also a Mugen driver, in 3rd spot. In the sedan class it was Ralph Burch that took the win with his Xray followed by Jeffery Lin for OFNA, and young Kyosho driver Michael Palazzola in 3rd.

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April 29, 2008

LRP HV2 VTEC 4000 Race pack

LRP HV2 VTEC 4000 Race Stick pack

More new products from LRP who have released this Race stick pack, which uses the VTEC 4000 Longlife cell, an extremely though cell that can be stored over a long period of time without any disadvantages. Suitable for a wide range of applications, the pack has a low internal resistance and complies with EFRA, BRCA and DMC regulations.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

April 29, 2008

LRP S8 BX RTR 1/8th Buggy

LRP have released the RTR version of their 1/8 scale S8 BX, which claims to offer more race proven features and performance than any other ready-to-run buggy in its class. Equipped with components of highest quality the S8 BX provides maximum power, easy-handling and pure fun right out of the box. Its special angled engine mount puts the included LRP Z.21R Spec.2 ‘RTR Spec’ pull start in ideal position for an optimal centre of gravity for perfect driveability on every surface, either on rough grounds, parking lots or on the racing track.

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April 29, 2008

Xray T2 008 Alu Chassis Brace

Xray have released this Alu chassis brace for T2’008, which has been CNC-machined from high-grade aluminium. It is recommended for carpet tracks with medium to super-high traction. Also suggested to use when the used tires have a lot of natural traction (for example soft compound tires) but also for tires which have type of insert which create a lot of air inside the tire. This will make the car easier to drive with smoother steering and the car will not “stop” in the corner.

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