January 10, 2010
David Ronnefalk has won the gas buggy class at the Nitromania X event being held in Belgium this weekend. The young Swede was top qualifier with his Team Orion powered Kyosho, but a poor semi final meant he would start the main final from 11th on the grid. Following some early lead changes Losi/Novarossi man Adam Drake took over at the front and extended his lead out to a lap followed by Ronnefalk in 2nd and Elliot Boots in 3rd. The Drake started to make some errors and with 11 minutes to go David was only 11 seconds behind and…
January 7, 2010
…and the Geman ruling body DMC, and as well EFRA and its responsibles, making possible to be able to host such important event with satisfactory dates for all Blocs. Consequently the IFMAR Official Sporting Calendar for the 2010 season is : 27th June to 4th July 2010: XV IFMAR World Championship 1:12th Electric Modified track & VI IFMAR World Championship 1:10th Electric Touring Cars. Venue: Burgdorf (Germany); Club website: http://www.mac-burgdorf.de/ 22th July to 1st August 2010: IV XV IFMAR World Championship 1:10th IC Track 200 mm. Venue:Gulfcoast Raceway, Porter, Texas (U.S.A.); Event website: http://www.2010ifmar200mmsedanworlds.com/ 7th November to 14th November 2010:…
November 26, 2009
From site sponsors Eurohobbies we have news about the launch of the new SpeedMind tires for 1/8 On-Road, 1/10 Touring Gas and 1/12 On-Road. These new tires are made with the best Japanese foam, coming factory-sealed to keep them as fresh as when they were made. For the 1/8 On-Road tires SpeedMind is innovating using only 2 foam bands on the 1/8 rear tires, providing improved grip. They are available now from Eurohobbies for Serpent, Mugen and Kyosho. For more information visit www.eurohobbies.es.…
November 25, 2009
…updated carbon fibre shock tower made out of high quality 3.5 mm CF. Long big bore shocks provide a vast amount of suspension travel for the long lower wishbones. Unlike some other truggies Xray’s XT8 truggy makes use of very long wishbones in combination with medium offset wheel hexes instead of shorter wishbones and long wheel axle extensions/wheel hexes. The result is a very precise mounting of the wheels with minimal amount of slop. Up front this also makes for an optimal roll radius resulting in the lowest possible steering forces for precise and fast steering response. As the suspension…
November 20, 2009
…pole the Italian wrapped up the title early winning the opening two Legs of the triple A-Mains with ease. With the crown secured the Losi driver set himself the challenge for the third leg of running a sub 42 second lap. Taking a hat trick of wins to complete the perfect event he came very close, recording a 42.078. Afterwards Rabitti said he was very happy to win but he must now turn his attentions to improving his performance in the nitro buggy category in which he lies 5th in the overnight qualification ranking. View our full event coverage here….
November 19, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILFfDg0dvQc Following on from part one, two, three and four of this five part how-to video series, this 5th and final episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on completing the setup steps and tweaking of the chassis, getting it ready for racing….
November 17, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2HJPG7KkU Following on from part one, two and three of this five part how-to video series, this 4th episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on the first setup steps, including setting the droop, ride height and camber. The remaining video in this series will focus on the completing the setup steps and finally tweaking the chassis, getting it ready for racing….
November 13, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdTtchKd8k Following on from part one and part two of this five part how-to video series, this 3rd episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on building the perfect shock absorber, mounting of the engine and checking the free movement of the suspension in preparation for applying the setup. The remaining two videos in this series will focus on the setup and tweaking of the chassis getting it ready for racing….
