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March 26, 2014

Tödtmann & Georgiades win in Greece

Tödtmann & Georgiades in in Greece

The first round of the Greek Nitro Series and Greek Touring Series started at the popular Fanatix track. The 200mm nitro class had German Xray driver Thilo Alexander Tödtmann taking the TQ position after the three 7 minute qualifiers. For the 45 minute final Thilo decided to use his Greek friend Doucakis as his mechanic and went for 4:30 minute pitstops while his main competitor Sotiropoulos J. was able to do 5:10 minute stints. But Thilo was able to compensate the larger amount of stops with a faster pace allowing him to take the win in front of 6-times champion John Sotiropoulos while Spiros Sotiropoulos completed the podium in 3rd position.

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March 26, 2014

Folman wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

Danielsen wins 6th Danish TC round as Holst takes title

The 6th and final round of the Danish National Championships was held at the former DHI-Cup venue in Odense, where this great event was born many years ago. A big and flowing track with technical chicanes made for perfect conditions and close racing. Since it was the final race of the season, the schedule saw 5 rounds of qualifying with the 3 best to count, followed by 3 finals. In the Pro Stock class the fight for the magic A final spots was though, with 3 drivers being in the fight for TQ. Patrick Folman, Niklas Engholm and Søren Boy Holst all won rounds in qualifying – often with less than a second to second spot. At the end Patrick took TQ in a tie-break, with only .087 second from the number 2 driver.

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March 26, 2014

SkyRC infrared thermometer

The SkyRC infrared thermometer helps to measure the temperature of nitro and gas engines, electric motors, speed controllers, battery packs and many more. The handy device offers 3-button operation and features a large, back-lit LCD screen to display temperatures from -40°C up to 380°C as well as the respective °F range. Offering four modes including a quick and scan mode the thermometer also stores the highest and lowest temperature and it is housed in a sturdy and ergonomically shaped plastic case.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

March 26, 2014

Roger Seim wins 4WD at PNW Showdown Series

The 2013/14 Pacific North-West Showdown Series hosted their final round this past weekend at 4-Seasons R/C Raceway in Olympia, WA. This 5 race series would hit the best indoor off-road tracks that the North-West has to offer in the past five months. Three races would be held in Washington and two races in Oregon. Each driver’s four best finishes out of the five races would count towards the overall championship. Kyosho/Team Orion driver Roger Seim would go into Olympia and finish off the series with a great result to lock up the overall 4WD Modified Buggy championship. Finishing 2nd overall for the series was Kyosho/Peak’s Tanner Day while Kyosho/Team Orion’s Thomas Tran who would complete the Kyosho ZX-5 SP podium sweep in 3rd.

Thanks to Joe Pillars for the report.

March 26, 2014

T.O.P. Sabre S4 soft carbon fibre upper deck

Successfully tested during the 2014 TITC race and available now is T.O.P. Racing’s soft carbon fibre upper deck for the Sabre S4 touring car. The optional top deck makes for an overall softer chassis setup and is helpful especially in high speed and high traction conditions.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

March 26, 2014

Vision Racing SCTE ball-raced drag links

Vision Racing now have ball-raced drag links for the TLR Ten-SCTE available. Made from 2.5mm quasi-isotropic carbon fibre the two separate length links are used to adjust the Ackermann angle of the front tyres in order to fine tune steering characteristics. All necessary mounting hardware is included and the links can be ordered as a set or separately.

Source: Vision Racing [vision-racing.net]

March 25, 2014

On the Grapevine – Trencin & Scottsdale

July of last year I opened my first report from the Euro Touring Series Finale with ‘The greatest R/C venue in the World’, that venue being the Hudy Arena. My first time to visit this track and the Xray factory, which are both part of the one facility, on returning to Slovakia 8-months later for the Euro Offroad Series’ first trip to the Hudy Arena I was still just as impressed by the place. This time round I would be working alongside my good Italian friend Ricky Acciari who would be looking after photography and on the 2 hour drive from Vienna to Trencin there was an air of excitement in the rental car. As it was Ricky’s first visit he was super excited about seeing the place in the flesh but I was even more excited about showing him around as if I actually had in someway had something to do with the creation of the place!! I didn’t but so impressive is the place I was proud our sport could boast such a facility. Asking EOS drivers their thoughts on the place all were nothing but impressed. Although I had taken the Xray factory tour on my previous visit Ricky was a damn good excuse for me to take it again and my appreciation for the work that goes into the production there grew even more as I picked up on things I missed the last time – like that each of the teeth on a XB8 diff crown gear are individually cut in a process that per unit takes 20-minutes!!!

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March 25, 2014

KO Propo Advantage Capacitor A board

KO Propo introduce the Advantage Capacitor A power capacitor board for brushless speed controllers. Designed to improve the speedo’s performance in the second half of the run the board also makes for improved efficiency and controller protection. The capacitor is usable with virtually every 1S and 2S ESC.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]