April 23, 2012
…Race2theWorlds challenges r/c racers across the world to compete in one long, on-going online event. Until June the 17th anyone can try to qualify for the R2tW top-200 at any time they like. In the following week there are 2 more elimination rounds to reduce these 200 racers to just 100. These 100 racers will then compete against each other in an epic battle for the top spot. Racers with prior international racing experience are excluded from the contest. Already more than 650 racers from around the world have registered for the R2tW event. Full information can be found here….
April 16, 2012
Last weekend the Modell Rennsport Club St. Gallen hosted the 1st round of the Swiss Nationals in the track of Sitterdorf and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. The weather forecast wasn’t good so I prepared all the stuff for the rain (air filters, engine, tyres, etc.). We arrived at the track on Friday morning and it was cloudy and cold but no rain so we could test the car. My father and I worked a lot on the setup with the help of Traugott Schär. The track had really low grip on Friday and we had to find the…
April 9, 2012
…laps 5:13.325 with the fastest lap of 17.814sec. 3rd to 5th were separated by 0.4 seconds. In round 2 of the qualifying, things did not look too different from round 1, where Azri Amri ran away with the fastest time of all with Michael Lo following close behind. Coming in 3rd was M Shah from Ipoh, but it proved that round 2 of the qualifying would be a slower run for all drivers, Azri Amri remained in the preliminary TQ position. Round 3, the final round of qualifying is coming and racers who are waiting to surpass Azri Amri has…
April 7, 2012
Day 2 of the FEMCA champs is in the bag and in was the turn of the 4wd class to get some practice at the Yatabe Arena followed by 5 rounds of qualifying with 3 to count. A notable absentee is reigning Japanese National Champion and factory Yokomo driver Naoto Matsukura who is missing both qualifying days, having an important school exam this weekend, but will show up on Sunday and hope to bump up from the lower finals into the main. In today’s qualifying it was Thai Yokomo driver Meen Vejrak that sits on pole position with 3 round…
March 14, 2012
…in very quickly. The chassis dyno can accommodate most 1/10th, 1/12th, and 1/18th, RC pan cars, dirt oval cars, touring cars (with front wheels propped up), buggies, etc. Direct ‘motor only’ testing is a bit more work to set up, but it provides an additional level of precision because it removes some more variables. If you are looking to find small differences, direct ‘motor only’ testing can be worth the effort. Whichever test method you are using, your overall goal is to turn the slave motor as fast as you can with the least amount of amps. Source: McPappy [mcpappyracing.com]…
March 9, 2012
…Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj gives a deeper look into the new XB9 buggy platform in particular the suspension and drivetrain design. The correct and optimum suspension geometry and the flex of the suspension parts are of course very critical to the handling and performance of a car. For the XB9 we have used the same style and type of suspension which was well proven on the 808 platform, but of course a lot of testing and different prototypes were worked around. Read the full column here. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
March 5, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceG5Z3MNS-Q[/youtube] All A-main videos from yesterday Gran Canaria ETS Rd3 event are now online, including the embedded video above showing Christopher Krapp taking his and Kyosho’s first ETS victory. To view all the other mains as well as the full event coverage go to the Euro Touring Series site here….
February 29, 2012
…The 19 years old German, who is an IFMAR World Championship and multiple EFRA Euros A finalist, will not only use the RDRP tools and accessories to work on his cars during his 2012 race campaign but also help to develop new on-road related option parts, tools and accessories. This is what Christopher has to say about the deal: I really look forward to work with the guys over at RDRP to help develop and test new on-road option parts, tools and accessories and I am proud to be part of the growing team of dedicated racers. Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]…
