May 5, 2009
…together with the Masters being scoring series points separate from the open guys. In the 1/8th final, pole sitter Josh Cyrul (Shepherd) led with Paul Ciccarello following closely behind. When the chequered flag fell, Josh won by 4 seconds over Paul with Brian Berry completed the top three. Eli Ezrow (Shepherd) grabbed 5th overall in 1/8th open but was the highest Masters racer and took the Masters win at the first event of the season. The next race for the Midwest Series is set for May 30-31 in Racine, Wisconsin. For the latest news about the Midwest Series, visit www.midwestseries.com….
April 28, 2009
CML in the UK have signed the current 1/8th scale British Champion Tim Wood to run Savox Servos in 2009. Tim will use the Savox SC-1258 servos to power his Serpent 966 car and joins David Crompton, Elliot Boots, Ellis Stafford & Jon Hazelwood all running the servos with great success. After Tim’s first test at Halifax, he had the following to say: Having tested the servos I am extremely happy with the performance. I found them to have excellent holding power and feel so much smoother than any I have ran before. Add to this the light weight, and…
April 22, 2009
The 29th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj reflects on the company’s beginnings and how no one at the time believed there was a market for his line of tools and tire truers and how he proved them wrong. I remember the statements like it was yesterday: “Are your crazy? Special aluminum tools for RC car racers?” Well, maybe I was crazy for deciding to go my own way and risk producing equipment and tools which were previously unknown/unseen and which the majority of racers…
April 15, 2009
…best overall X Factory buggy so far and the only further improvement we could think of would be a proper set of brass weights to fine-tune the weight (distribution). Specifications Scale: 1/10 Chassis: Composite plastic Drivetrain: 2WD rear Differentials: ball differential Suspension: independent double wishbone Shocks: alloy/oil filled/coil over spring Dimensions Length: 420mm Width: 250mm Wheelbase: 272mm Track – front: 221mm Track – rear: 208mm Weight: 1430gr Equipment Car: X Factory X-6 Squared [2wdrc.com] Motor: Team Orion Vortex Race 2008 6.5T [teamorion.com] Speedo: Team Orion Vortex Race Spec [teamorion.com] Battery: Vampire Racing 4000mAh 35C [vampire-racing.com] Option parts Nortech Racing ‘Whities’…
April 3, 2009
…driving style and fuel used the smaller 6.5 mm venturi increases the run-time by 30 to 45 seconds compared to the large 8 mm item. In most cases a leaner mixture is needed with the smaller venturi so make sure to adjust the carburettor accordingly. Track Test New nitro engines need a proper break-in and one thing we noticed when we mounted the Inferno ST-RR clutch onto the CRF 21 US Spec was that the engine has very little pinch compared to other similar motors. This should make for a relatively short break-in time but also means that you should…
March 31, 2009
…powered Serpent. Others like Michael Salven, Karl-Heinz Meister, Tobias Hepp and Chistian Wurst didn´t manage to come through the 30 minutes finale and hit the wall of shame on the same place. Bad weather did not only hamper most of the rc racing enthusiasts to test before the first race but rain and low temperatures on Saturday and Sunday didn´t give best conditions to the racers. Practise was limitid to 2.5 hours on late Saturday afternoon. On Sunday heat one to three were washed out by a wet track again while most of the drivers went into competion in heat…
March 29, 2009
…set-up or hand held unit) Size: 73x58x40 mm (with mounting plate) Weight: 150 gr (w/o wires) Parts included in Set: Speedo, Manual, Programming unit, USB cable, General software Price: ~ 140 Euros (ESC only) / ~ 85 Euros (Silver Arrow Comp motor) Available motors: 138806 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 8,5 T (2100kv) 138805 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 7,5 T (2600kv) 138804 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 6,5 T (3210kv) 138803 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 5,5 T (3900kv) 138802 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 4,5 T (4670kv) 138801 Silver Arrow Competition Motor 3,5 T (5780 kv) Review by Sebastian Suerstedt Image Gallery Featured…
March 22, 2009
…Orion Race Spec 3800 LiPo, a KO Propo PS-2367 connected to a Futaba R603FS receiver had the task of throwing the T2R Pro into the corners. Body-wise we went for the new Proline LTC-R which was painted by Kai of www.ok-gfx.com. Track test The track test was, well, a boring affair. This may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. In combination with Take-Off CS-27R tyres the T2R was a pleasure to drive. The rear of the car was nailed to the ground, the front only showed a slight but very controllable push mid-corner. Otherwise everything was perfect! Our initial gearing…
