December 29, 2010
…managed to finally conclude their long, exhausting 45 minute battle. Followed by Chris Stack from Australia, who -according to his testimony in the race talk forum- was struggling a lot with the AI cars. The VRC competition committee would like to thank everybody who participated in the 2010 World Championship 1:10 for their contribution and sportive racing attitude, and we wish that you will enjoy lots of racing progress in 2011. We sincerely hope to see you put your r/c skills to the ultimate test in next year’s World Championship 1:10… yes of course at VRC Pro! Source: VRC [virtualrc.com]…
December 21, 2010
To gain comparable lap times and information during testing an consistent level of grip is indispensable. But when testing outside of a race weekend, an on-road asphalt track normally offers a poor level of grip at the beginning which increases lap by lap which makes a comparison of test results quite difficult. Xray/SMI team driver Dirk Wischnewski, a two-time European Champion in 1/10 scale nitro on-road racing, was facing this problem also. However he has come to a solution which makes his testing very effective. Wischnewski is using Track Max which is a special track treatment compound from Dutch based…
December 20, 2010
…weeks from now, the Reedy Race returns to West Coast R/C Raceway and there is still an opportunity to be a part of it. With a successful lottery entry system and the waiting list contacted, a few entries for the open class still remain. There is still a maximum of 150 entries between 2WD Open and 4WD Open and signups are only available on www.rcsignup.com and must be paid upon entry. Once they reach 150 paid entries, the event will be closed. A direct link to the Open Class entries can be found here. More information can be found here…
December 17, 2010
The 49th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, in preparation for the release of their upcoming Rx8 1/8th scale on road chassis, Juraj talks about how due to communism in his home country he was forced to develop and hand make his own 1/8th chassis’ and other equipment and how this all gave rise to the Hudy company and in turn Xray. In 1984 I redesigned the complete car and I was one of the very first in the world to make a real and complete…
December 11, 2010
Team Tekin have announced that top buggy driver Ryan Lutz will be running Tekin Redline motors and Tekin ESC’s in his Team Durango cars. Ryan has already outfitted his DEX410 1/10 4wd buggy with Tekin’s latest equipment and is due to test this Tuesday with Team manager Randy Pike. Ryan had this to say “Tekin is known for having the best electronics in the industry right now. After talking with Randy my decision for electronics for 2011 was easy. I can’t wait to run my electric cars!” Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]…
December 9, 2010
Orcan engines have been successful in the categories on-road scale (.12) and off-road (.21) for years and have achieved lots of national and international victories and championships. Starting with the 2010 season, SMI Motorsport from Germany is working on the development of an Orcan engine for the highest level of RC on-road racing, the 1/8 scale nitro class. A couple of drivers have been involved in testing the Orcan prototypes which are based on 7-port and 9-port engines from Novarossi and were specially prepared by Michael Heinrich (MH-Tuning). Powered by one of these Orcan test engines Uwe Baldes has achieved…
December 4, 2010
Site sponsor TopRC have been in contact to let everyone now about their special offers for the month of December. They are planning to update their site every day with a new special offer, with the first offers already online. Be sure to keep checking back to find some great deals. You can visit TopRC by clicking here….
November 29, 2010
Following some connection issues at the track in Hrotovice, Czech Republic, all the A-main videos from both the Modified and Pro Stock classes of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series Round 2 are now online. Check out all the videos here….
