September 21, 2010
Last Sunday the Dutch 1/8th scale National championship had its last race of the season, held on the very bumpy track of REAL80 in Groningen in the far north of Holland. The weather forecast was predicted a lot of rain starting in the morning but it stayed dry until the last semi final of the day. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole followed by Ilia v. Gastel, Jordy Blok and Gunther v. Stay. With rain falling in time for the main final, it was not only about who was the best racer in the wet,…
September 15, 2010
…cells and brushless motors. From a physics point of view there are only small differences between NiMh and LiPo but they still need to do more research on the discharge curves. With the brushless motors however more work has to be done on the speed controllers with the variable timing and how timing affects heat build-up on the motor. We hear that the game is close to completion and will go in to the Alpha test phase next month with the goal being for a full release in January. For more information about VRC go to the game website here….
September 15, 2010
The 5th Round of the Swiss 1/8th scale gas on road Nationals were held in the beautiful Swiss Alps on a short and bumpy track in Oey-Diemtigen. With dry and sunny weather all weekend, the first training sessions got underway on Saturday morning at 10am. All drivers were testing their material and setups on this track for the first time as normally everyone can test this on Friday afternoon, but the organizer had his own rules and there was no chance to change them. So the 7 minute training sessions in the morning were very hectic for all drivers. In…
September 14, 2010
…didn’t come easy as the bumpy surface provided a challenge for the experienced driver from sunny Arizona. After qualifying, Ryan was poised and ready for the A-main. Mounting up a fresh set of JConcepts Subcultures in green compound proved to be the ticket for the developing conditions for the A-main. In the E-buggy class Ryan made quick work driving from the pole position, straight into the lead and completely checked out. In a test and tune opportunity for the upcoming ROAR Nationals, the RC8e was completely dialed, thanks to some hefty driving, Subcultures tires and Punisher body, Ryan was the…
September 10, 2010
After years of testing with many hand-made test cars, then more than six months of pre-production testing this year, along the way winning the German Nationals, Team Durango are satisfied that the DNX408 is ready for release. If all goes to plan with production then they expect to be shipping late November this year. Source: Durango [team-durango.com]…
September 3, 2010
The 46th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column he talks about the company winning their long awaited first World title. I still cannot believe it and I am still dreading that I will wake up and realize that it is only a dream. I have been sitting in the airplane on the way home, and since we leave for the Electric Touring Car European Championship the same day we arrive home, I am writing this latest column for you with still-fresh memories and excitement from the…
August 28, 2010
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August 21, 2010
…tomorrow he has now tested rain tires with his rain car in the last qualifier but he said it was hard to test, as the track was drying again. Danish driver Martin Christensen is obviously happy with being 2nd and believes that he fully deserves this position having had a good pace all week. Having competed, and won, at this track at last month’s Nordic Championships the Capricorn driver is feeling confident for tomorrow’s 45 minute A-main. He has a second car ready for the wet, but feels its just tires that will make the difference and has seen other…
