October 13, 2011

North East Super Series Rd4 report

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The fourth and final round of the North East Super Series took place at the Barnstormers RC Raceway in Chester, New York. In 1/8 Nitro Buggy Jamie Grayek was able to take TQ honours and secure overall Win in Points Series with Jimmyjames taking a 2nd and Jeff Legassy rounding out the top 3. With  the main race set to be 30 minutes it would prove to be a battle with multiple lead changes. Problems for Grayek early in the race would allow  Serpent’s Stephen Plackis to lead out followed by Jay Bless of RC-NYC,  Kyosho’s Jimmyjames and Serpent’s Jay Livingstone. Around the 5 minutes mark a wheel to wheel battle would brew between Plackis and Bless with Jimmyjames and Livingstone in tow. Plackis and Bless would swap the lead multiple times with Jimmyjames still running in 3rd and Livingstone running 4Th. Around the 15 minute mark car contact between the leaders would slow them down allowing Jimmyjames to take the lead. He would lead out with  heavy pressure from Bless and Plackis but would not look back and was able to take the Win with Bless, Plackis and Livingstone in tow.

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October 13, 2011

Sebastian Recio wins Argentinian championship

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Capricorn got in touch to tell us that Sebastian Recio has won the recent Argentinian 1/8 scale on-road championship. The race took place at the 2007 World Championships track in Cordoba. Sebastian (Capricon/Novarossi) was able to get TQ after qualifying and also won the main final in front of Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) and Agusto Quinteros (Serpent/Novarossi).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]


September 26, 2011

German 4WD off-road nationals report

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The German 4WD off-road nationals took place on the weekend of the 10th and 11th of September at the demanding high-grip astroturf track of the Neuffen club near Stuttgart. 74 drivers attended and it was Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann who TQ’ed the Modified class with his DEX410 buggy after five rounds of qualifying followed by Markus Metsch (Team Durango DEX410) and Christopher Krapp (Kyosho Lazer ZX5 FS2). The finals saw Jörn pulling away in each of the three A mains securing him another national title with Markus in 2nd and Christopher in third position overall.

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September 17, 2011

Justin Gilkison wins C.O.R.C. championship

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The Canadian Off Road Championship concluded with the last race of the three-race series over the weekend of September 3rd and 4th at Kelowna, B.C. X Factory driver Justin Gilkison made the trip up from Sultan, Washington for the event. The Championship series is three races and Justin was unable to attend the first one, so the pressure was on at Kelowna. He TQed Mod Truck with his mid-motor X-60 and also won the class meaning he could take the championship in just two races.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]


September 17, 2011

JConcepts B44.1 Finnisher body

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After releasing the Finnisher body shell for the Associated B4.1 JConcepts now comes up with the 4WD variant in the form of the B44.1 Finnisher shell. Designed with aspects learned from the Punisher line of bodies, the new design provides an even more aggressive look with included details which remain crucial to performance. The increased windshield angle provides a steady force upfront during mid-flight wind gusts on large jumps and forward cab placement changes the performance and visible bias which helps steering rotation in low traction corners. The side-pods have been simplified and JC chamfered to remove unwanted changes in height to neutralise the at-speed handling. The B44.1 Finnisher body is a drop fit for the Associated B44.1 buggy and comes including two 6.5″ wide Hi-Clearance rear wings used by Ryan Maifield at the IFMAR World Championships.

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September 16, 2011

Edam Esprit 1/10 on-road chassis

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Edam got in touch to show us a preview of their new 1/10 scale electric on-road chassis. The car features pivot ball suspension parts as seen on 200mm nitro chassis combined with a three belt drivetrain and a very narrow carbon fibre chassis as normally seen on 190mm touring cars. Depending on the setup and tyre used an overall width of 190 to 220mm is achievable with a wheelbase of 258mm and an overall weight of around 1600g. The car is developed for an “unlimited class” use with 3S 11.1V LiPo batteries and up to 3.5T motors and GTP as well as normal touring car body shells.

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September 16, 2011

Elangears EL-01D multi-chemistry charger

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New Korean company Elangears introduce the EL-01D multi-chemistry charger. The single output charger makes use of 11 to 18 VDC and charges up to 6S LiXX, up to 14 cell NiXX and 2 to 20V Pb/Lead batteries with a charging current as high as 7.0A. Incorporated in the matte black and orange case are a yellow-orange backlit LC display, auto-balance system and a menu operation using a singe touch button. The company is currently working on their website so in the meantime please check their Facebook page using the link below.

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September 16, 2011

Robitronic Mantis updated version

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Robitronic release an updated version of their Mantis 1/8 scale nitro 4WD stadium truck. The new version comes with a 2.4GHz 16-model memory transmitter, genuine Savöx SC-0252 Servo steering and throttle servos, receiver battery pack and charger, a new 4.6cc 8-port big block engine, L/R thread turnbuckles all round, full ball bearings and front and rear anti-roll bars as well as big bore shock absorbers with 3.5mm piston rods.

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