Mark Green has announced a deal that will see him use LRP products this season. The multiple World Championship finalist and British National Champion, will be using the company’s range of nitro products such as their starter box, TX & RX LiPos and voltage regulators. The factory Serpent Novarossi driver will have a busy season competing in the 200mm World Championships, both 1/8th and 200mm European Championships as well as the British Nationals.
Seen for the first time at the 2009 Shizuoka Hobby Show back in May HPI have now released the RS 32, the company’s first 1/32 scale mini RC cars. A series of small cars with authentic drive performance they feature direct-drive 2WD, swing-arm suspension at front and T-bar suspension at rear, servo saver, 4 bevel diff gear, center suspension and a 2.4GHz radio set. All the necessary tools are included in the kit and you have a choice between the RTR version and the chassis set version, which is the combination of assembled chassis and body. Currently there is a 1991 Zexel Skyline, 1991 Taisan Klepper GT-R, 1991 Calsonic Skyline and 2 different coloured Skyline GT-R Group A racing cars. Also from HPI is the release of the officially licensed Renault R28 formula one shell for the Formula Ten chassis. The body is supplied with detailed decal sheets, which can also be purchased separately, and there is also a rear wing set, front wing set and barge board set to complete the authentic look.
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New from CSO Racing for the Shepherd Velox V10 is this new chassis plate and range of pullies. First up the chassis, which has been CNC machined from a 3.1mm thick slab of 7075 T6 aluminium and further hard coated for increased durability. Next up is a full range of drive pullies for the V10, including the 18T, 19T, 20T, 25 & 27T, which are also made from 707 T6 aluminium and hard coated, and feature holes in the side walls to allow dirt and debris to come out of the teeth, increasing the life of both the pulley and the belt.
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Corally have released new straight front and rear wishbones for their RDX Phi 09. The rear wishbones are designed to allow the mounting of the shocks and anti roll bar on the front side of the rear wishbones. Also the shock positions on the rear wishbones can also be positioned in between the standard positions just by turning the wishbone. Designed to fit onto the current Phi chassis, the wishbones are sold in pairs.
Source: Corally [corally.com]
Have followed the 2009 F1RCGP series in Japan throughout the year, we were sent the fine overall results from the season. In the end it was team Alex Racing’s Hiroshi Kamibayashi driving the Tamiya F103 Zen that took the overall title ahead of Tech F125 drivers Takatoshi Morita and Hideki Tamura in 2nd and 2rd. In the constructors title it was Futable F1 Racing, whose drivers Takatoshi Morita, Kimura Shinya and David Tse held them seal the title. Next seasons F1RCGP series will have 11 rounds, with the finale set to take place in Hong Kong.
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Serpent have announced that top Dutch 1/10th scale racer Daan Jacobs has returned to their team for the 2010 season. Having raced for Xray for the last two seasons, Daan will next year compete in the Dutch and German Nationals as well as the European Championships in Sweden with his Sirio powered 733.
I am looking forward to the season of 2010. But I also want to thank Xray for the last two seasons. They always support me great and I really enjoyed it, I want to thank my sponsor Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn Amsterdam (Griffioen) and of course the RC shop where I work, 2brothers RC. I chose Serpent also because it is a Dutch company and with the promising 733 car this is an opportunity to improve myself to become a more complete driver.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
As a relaxing way to work off the Christmas excesses, a fun three hour endurance race took place in Trutnov in the Czech Republic on the 26th of December. Teams consisted of two drivers using limited 17,5T brushless motors in their cars. A huge carpet track was built on a 20×30 meter area making a lap of 130 meters and so with the winning team achieving 672 laps, it meant a race distance of 87 kilometers. Eight teams took their place on the starting grid and by the end all but one team would finish. Batteries were changed approximately after 20 minutes and due to slower motors there were really small gaps between teams. In the end the team of Tom Knopp & Petr Grof, driving the Xray T3 emerged winners, 10 laps ahead of Zdenda Beneš & Michal Blahovský and Jiří Vyšín & Dan Nečesaný, the second and the third position teams only separated by 10 seconds after 3 hours.
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The HPI Challenge All Asia Finals 2009 was held at the world famous Radio Controlled Speedway (RCS) Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of December. Drivers gathered from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand to battle it out over 6 different classes. After 2 rounds of qualifiers on Saturday, the racers prepared themselves for their finals on Sunday which would see plenty of close racing throughout all the classes. In the Electric Powered Sport class it was Tanes M that took the win ahead of Vittaya L in 2nd, while Allister Lim from Singapore, who was running the new 4900mAh 34C 2S1P 7.4V Carbon Edition prototype from Acorn Racing, took 3rd after a win in the first leg.
Click here for the results in the different classes
