November 18, 2010
…social network community. The team is optimistic at launching the external beta test towards the beginning of December. Beta testers will be selected from the active VRC v3 member base, not necessarily the top racers only as we also need the feedback from the beginning and average user. Besides testing the game features the beta testers will also have to test all the features of the VRC World social network and report back to special beta test forums about their findings. The beta testers will keep their membership after the beta test and will eventually be asked to invite 3…
November 15, 2010
…the rain did come back and it was raining heavily from green light to chequered flag. Because of the rain two teams – the Meister-Team with Karl-Heinz Meister, Matthias Meister and Michael Salven as well as the Team Shepherd Racing West with Andre Huntebrinker, Matthias Sielemann and Bjoern Hartlage – refused to join the race. While the Dream-Team Hepp/Schewiola/Levy pulled away from the very first lap, the race was mourning some early retirements. After less than 30 minutes the Team MRC Oberhausen with Christian Roenicke, Stefan Lautenschlager und Markus Bastians had to stop because water crippled all three Mugen. Short…
November 14, 2010
The 48th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column he goes into detail about the development and testing that went in to producing the new T3 chassis. Due to advancements in electronics in recent years, we have changed with the times and moved from brushed to brushless motors, and from NiMH to LiPo batteries. The T3 was designed for both LiPo and NiMH at its debut; some racers still used NiMH batteries, so we didn’t want the T3 to be LiPo only because many customers could be…
November 7, 2010
Continuing on with finding new stuff in the bits, we sat down with World Champion Atsushi Hara, who showed us his new self developed cab forward body shell. He has test this new body extensively and found it to have lots of downforce, thanks to not only the front cab, but the ridges going up the side of the cab as well as the rear winglets. This space behind the cab allows cleaner air to reach the wing for better balance, which he has found using one from another manufacturer. The body is expected to be released next month. View…
November 3, 2010
With the World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand only days away, Team Losi have been busy getting in some last minute track time before getting on the plane to go to Asia. Adam Drake and Mike Truhe went for some final prep work at Revelation raceway giving their Worlds ready Losi 8ight chassis’ a final shakedown. Red RC will be trackside in Pattaya from this Friday onwards so be sure to tune into our event page for updates. Source: Losi [losi.com]…
October 20, 2010
Racing in Southern California always provides a solid test of equipment and driver, with intense competition from some of the nation’s best, the Sidewinder Nitro Explosion is always a racers end of year measuring stick. This year the crew from Thunder Alley ran a dry surface condition which produced slightly more tire wear but allowed the best of the best to stretch their legs a little extra with the IFMAR Worlds approaching. Ryan Maifield driving his Associated RC8T-CE truck kit was a Punishing force all weekend. Mounting up a set of the trusty yellow compound Cross Hairs for the 45-minute…
October 18, 2010
Having shown you an action video followed up by CAD images of the new Cobra truggy, Serpent have released photos of the prototype which is being used for development work by Billy Easton. The proto-test car still includes the current version radio plate, but this will be replaced of course by the new one, which is almost ready. The proto-type is also fitted with some optional parts, as the final version is still to be decided. The body shell is fully aimed at pure performance and not yet the final version. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
October 15, 2010
…drivers received great support throughout the week. No other engine manufacturer had anyone there the entire test session besides Team Orion. Mark Pavidis as well as racing was onhand to provide support for AKA Tires. AKA released their new Impact Tire just before we left for Thailand and it worked very well. AKA also had some other things they were testing, but I cant talk about quite yet ; ) Along with Kyosho, Associated, and Losi, allot of other manufacturers were there testing as well including: Mugen, Serpent, X-Ray, OFNA, and Hot Bodies. With practice wrapping up Sunday night, we…
