CSO Racing products have released 2 new chassis plates for both the Serpent 733 (above) and the Kyosho V-One RRR Evo 2 WC. Both chassis’ have been CNC machined from 3.1mm thick 7075 T6 aluminium and then hard coated for a stronger and longer lasting finish.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
Mugen Seiki Europe have introduced the full factory built MBX-6 M-Spec 1/8th scale buggy. Built to Mugen’s specifications, this car is great for both seasoned racers as well as beginners and comes with all the differential and shock oils, shock springs, ride height, camber and caster adjustment straight from the Mugen race team. The car will become available soon and will just be the rolling chassis minus engine, tires, radio and electronics.
Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]
The 33rd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj takes about fitting in development and testing of their various projects around their very busy Summer racing schedule.
As with every other team, we have worked very hard before this particular battle. Work has been done both off and on the track; the huge amount of work would not be feasible for a single person but rather required the combined teamwork of the racing and R&D teams. After the Off-road warm-up in Austria back in May, we were ready to participate at the official Nitro Touring Euros warm-up in Italy. However, due to some very important work and projects in the factory we had no free time and as such we had to skip the official warm-up and find an alternative date for private testing.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2010 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Touring Car World championship will permit the use of LiPo batteries after agreement was reached at the IFMAR AGM between EFRA, who proposed the rule, and ROAR, who already permit the new generation power in their National Championship. Held during the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Switzerland last week there was talk ahead of the electric section meeting that EFRA and ROAR could not agree on the dimensions of the LiPo packs as the European Federation proposed a smaller pack than those already permitted by the Americans, who since allowing LiPo have built up a list of 120 approved packs for racing. Gladly the two federations put the best interests of the racer first and on Saturday morning IFMAR Vice-President Dawn Sanchez confirmed to Red RC that LiPo will be permitted for the 2010 Worlds. Full details of the exact ruling on the LiPo packs which will be published shortly on the IFMAR website. The use of LiPo batteries has been adopted by most national federations and hopefully EFRA will add continuity to the sport at their AGM in November by approving LiPo for next year’s European Touring Car Championships.
Held in Mäntsälä in Finland, this year’s Rebellion Race will be the warm up event for the 2010 European Indoor Championships (25-28/02/2010) and will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of October. The track is located 45km from Helsinki’s main airport and the 19 x 30 metre track area will use Calandra Racing Concepts HD carpet, the same being used at next months IIC race in Vegas. Running with LiPo batteries, the event is open to a maximum of 120 drivers and entry is based on a first come first served basis.
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The follow up to the company’s Ultra Space Charger, released back in December of last year, the new Ultra Space Charger 2.0 from CS Electronic offers a whole host of updates. The biggest change for the 2.0 version is the latest software that has been specially developed for LiPo cells. Apart from some cosmetic changes such as a new silver control panel, the charger now includes the EHR balancer for 2s – 6s packs, the USB interface and software and the new adapter wires that come fitted with Tamiya-style connector.
New from KM Racing for the Mugen MTX-4 are these new lightweight items to mount the O.S. Speed 12XZ engine. First up is this new one piece engine mount that has all the advantages of a monoblock, such as less strain on the crankcase and ease of mounting, yet has been machined for extra weight savings. Also new is the lightweight carbon fibre top deck which thinner by 0.5mm from the previously released version to make it easier to use with the O.S. Speed 12XZ engine.
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Last weekend saw the Swedish Nationals for 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy held in Trelleborg, Sweden. In the 2WD class it was PerErik Nordman that took TQ by setting the fastest times in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualifying rounds along with setting the fastest lap time with his Kyosho Ultima RB-5 SP. Nordman continued his domination in the first final and won it in front of fast 1/8 Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk. PerErik also took the second final and was therefore crowned the Swedish champion in 2WD.
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