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May 10, 2012

Bittydesign 2012 Striker-SR bodies

Bittydesign has updated their Striker-SR 1/10th scale bodies to 2012 spec. Developed with Italian top drivers including Francesco Tironi, in preparation for the Worlds in Thailand, they worked to obtain the best steering efficiency together with the highest rear stability. A completely redesigned rear wing gives the body a better general balance providing better feeling for the driver. The body is available for 1/10th 200mm gas as well as a version for 190mm EP TC on asphalt, and both versions come in lightweight 0.75mm thick polycarbonate.

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May 10, 2012

Shepherd V8 front flex radio plate system

After a lot of testing and small changes to ensure optimized durability Shepherd are happy to announce the all new front flex radio plate system for the Velox V8. Made from high quality German carbon the front flex system gives the car much more steering especially on technical tracks. The radio plate is split into two parts, the bigger rear part is fixed with the regular flex bracket in the rear and a simple aluminium post in the front directly behind the servo saver. The two parts are connected with two uniball rods allowing the front end to flex much more than with the standard radio plate.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 10, 2012

Zeppin Racing TC6.1 option parts

Zeppin Racing have introduced a number of new option parts for the Associated TC6.1 starting with these front and rear carbon shock towers. These new towers feature the same shock mounting holes as the kit part but are designed to be used with the new aluminium front and rear upper clamps. These new parts see the upper suspension links now mounted to the clamp instead of the lower part of the shock tower and allow for easy adjustment of the roll center through 3 different mounting holes. Finally there is a new lightweight spur gear hub which only weight 2.2g, compared to 2.8g for the standard part, but doesn’t sacrifice durability.

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May 10, 2012

Olivier Bultynck wins 3rd round of Belgian Nats

The third round of the Belgian TC Nationals took place last Sunday at Zwevegem MRCZ’s outdoor track. Practice on Saturday was only driven under rain and this weather was expected for Sunday, but thankfully it remained dry all day. In the Efra class qualifying there was a duel between Thomas Stockman, the leader in the standings, and Olivier Bultynck, the champion of 2011. It was Olivier who eventually took TQ in front of Thomas and Nick Joosens who took third place. Manuel Henriet placed himself fourth.

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May 10, 2012

Xray RX8 XCA reverse clutch set

For the RX8 Xray have released this complete XCA reverse clutch set. Easily adjustable 3 shoe clutch features clutch bell, clutch nut, flywheel nut and thrust bearing collar made from Hudy Spring Steel while the hard coated flywheel, clutch disc and spring cup are made from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium. The new reverse clutch design provides smoother and faster acceleration, while increasing the lifetime of the clutch shoe. Use of a new conical clutch washer spring gives more consistency.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 9, 2012

Schumacher GP 2012 report

With the Bank Holiday weekend up on us it was to West London Racing Centre for their Annual GP for 2012 being sponsored by Schumacher Racing. Entries were a little disappointing, maybe due to the adverse weather conditions that we have been recently experiencing in the UK. There were a total of 61 entries for this event and this being split between 17.5 Blinky, 13.5 Open and 10.5 Open.

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May 9, 2012

Brazilian 200mm nationals Rd1 report

The first round of the Brazilian on-road nitro nationals was dominated by Team Shepherd Brazil with victories in all three classes. Additionally more than 70% of the attending drivers were using a Velox V10, an impressive result of the hard work of Brazilian driver and distributor Eduardo Dulac who provided a tent and seats for all attending Shepherd drivers. In the “Masters” category it was current Touring B champion Luciano Aquino who crossed the finishing line in first position. He was joined on the podium by his new team-mate Edson Lima in third position who changed to Shepherd in late 2011. In the “Touring B” category Evandro Rocchie took the victory for Team Shepherd finishing 5 laps over the second placed driver while in the “Touring A” category it was Shepherd driver Gabriel Brito finishing 5 laps in front of second placed driver with Shepherd team mate Vitor Ohta competing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 9, 2012

Alex Thurston takes first British Nats win at Rd2

The second round of the British 200mm Championship was held at the superb Stonehaven circuit in Aberdeen, Scotland. The weather was very cold over the weekend and we even had a little snow during Saturdays practice. Mark Green was fastest with his Serpent 747 at the end of practice and actually set a new lap record of 15.1 seconds. New Capricorn signing Adam Catchpole was just behind Mark, running his LAB-C02 for the very first time. After Adam and Mark it was very close between the other top drivers of Simon Wood, Alex Thurston, Joe Kerry, Andrew Hastings, Matthew Cook, and Irish Champion Chris Steele who had made the trip.

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