Italy’s Genius Racing has released a titanium Central Solid Shaft for their GTC8E 1:8 Electric GT Chassis. The reigning European Champion manufacturer, who recently secured the TQ honours at the 1:8 GT Nitro World Championship in Australia, claim the new shaft weights just 9 grams offering a significant weight saving over the standard kit shaft.
Source: Genius [genius-racing.com]
ACI Sport, the Italian Motorsport Federation and member of the FIA, has announced the 2024 National Sporting calendar for RC Car Racing. The sporting activity that will ultimately assign the official titles of 2024 Italian Champion will unfold across three blocks of EP classes: Touring EP (Modified, Stock 17,5T, FWD and GT 21,5T), LMP (1/12 OPEN, GT12) and finally Endurance, which represents a newly introduced sanctioned event for Factory and Private Teams. The 2024 sanctioned racing activity will kick off on 17-18 February with the “Italian Indoor Championships” to be held in RC Landia (Scandiano) for TOURING EP and LMP classes. Racing will then move to springtime when “Italian Cups” across three Divisions (Northern – Central – Southern Italy) will take place from April to June in both Touring EP classes and Endurance. Italian Cups will act as qualifying events for drivers/teams aiming for a spot to race in the “Italian Championships” which will be held in Fontanellato (Minicar Fontanellato) for Endurance on 31 August – 1 September and in Riccione (Road Race Riccione) for Touring EP on 21-22 September. Finally, the “Italian National Trophy” will be held in Lucca (Minicar Lucca) on 6-7 July and will cater Touring EP classes.
View full ACI Sport calendar here
As part of its latest product releases RC Maker has added two new SlimFlex Carbon Chassis for the Awesomatix A800R Electric Touring Car. The new A800R features a uniquely shaped chassis which provides a lot of ground clearance and roll. It is also very symmetrical front and rear. From their testing, RC Maker have found a wider rear profile than front to provide a front bias flex point, which provides great response with very confidence inspiring stability. The sides of the new SlimFlex chassis are narrow but straight, with a nice conventional, yet narrow profile front and rear. This has proven an improvement over the standard chassis, resulting in a more nimble front end initially, with great corner speed and predictability from the rear end. As well as the standard option, the SlimFlex Chassis is available in a hard version which features a significantly stiffer weave of carbon, which reduces the flex greatly. The flex of this carbon chassis fills a large void between a standard carbon chassis and an aluminium chassis, making it the optimum choice for med-high traction asphalt, and low-med traction carpet. Often track conditions can cause the need for an “in between” option, where an aluminium chassis is too stiff and makes the car too easy to drive and slower, and a carbon chassis is too aggressive or difficult to drive to be consistent. The hard carbon chassis is the perfect middle ground.
Mugen Seiki Electric Touring Car ace Ronald Volker has been confirmed to attend the inaugural Foshan International Invitational RC Championship in China on December 15-17. A country in which the German driver became the 2016 World Champion, he will make the trip to the new GDC Indoor Race Club track in Guangdong for the recently announced event. The hope is that having international electric onroad racers at FIRC will boost the level of competition among young local racers. Officially opened in May of this year, and at 800 square metres the largest professional indoor onroad track in China, a number of international team drivers are expected to be announced shortly. Red RC is excited to be making the trip to GDC to cover what the organisers hope will become an annual highlight of the international touring car race calendar.
Source: GDC Indoor Race Club
After a four year wait the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship was back and what a final we would witness at Infinity International RC Speedway in Japan. Following more than a week of action on track it was Infinity’s Dario Balestri who came out on top winning the World title for a second time and in doing so became only the second driver in the history of IFMAR’s original category to be a repeat winner. In terms of manufacturers it was great to see three different manufacturers represented on the podium. During our coverage of the race we managed to photograph 15 cars from 8 different manufacturers and have compiled them all in our latest Chassis Focus index.
New from California based brand R1 Wurks are these lightweight precision machined aluminium rear hubs for the Team Associated RC10B74 1:10 4WD Offroad Buggy. The hubs deliver a double advantage as they reduce the unsprung weight in your suspension system and enhance suspension precision. They also feature a dual set screws to improve the connection between the hub and hub insert on the hinge pin. In-house precision machined from high-strength 7075-T6 aluminium, they are direct fit, stock geometry and lightweight at just 7.95grams.
Australia’s RC Maker has released a number of its GeoCarbon parts for the recently launched Xray X4’24 1:10 Electric Touring Car. First up is their brand new GeoCarbon Bumper Plate with Stopper that sports their ever stylish, stealth and innovative design. The Plastic X4 Bumper and Stopper whilst effective, in RC Maker’s eyes doesn’t provide the most stylish solution to keeping your chassis safe in the event of a crash. The design integrates the stopper under the main bumper plate, lining up with a lower flat section on the front bulkheads. In the event of a crash, the force will be transferred through this lower section of the bulkheads and keep the chassis in tact, with minimal effect on the bulkheads. The 4mm thick heavy duty brace recesses over the small bumper posts enabling it to get low enough to align with the bulkhead. When tightening the upper plate, it clamps the whole assembly down tightly. The Carbon Front Bumper Mount Stopper is also available separately
Following the release of its latest SD2.0 1:10 drift chassis in June, Yokomo has announced the release of a Purple and a Red edition of the RWD chassis. The SD series of drift cars, which can achieve various specifications by reconfiguring parts, has evolved into the latest version, SD2.0. While keeping the basic design of graphite double-deck chassis and gear-drive RWD, a thorough review of the weight balance and changes to the front Ackermann ratio have been made to further accentuate the latest RWD drift style.
