Red RC

November 24, 2010

Elliott Harper dominates BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd2

Last weekend saw round 2 of the 2010/11 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals take place at Ardent Raceway. On Saturday, Elliott Harper ran away with the stock class driving is Speed Passion powered CRC Gen-XL. He comfortably TQ’d ahead of current European champion Chris Kerswell, who is still getting to grips with his new Serpent car. The V-Dezign trio of Andy Griffiths, Matt Varah and Mark Stiles completed the top 5. Elliott cruised to a comfortable win in the A final. Chris Kerswell pushed hard to try and keep up, but took too many chances and a mistake left him out of contention. Matt Varah also made an error and would miss out on a podium placing. With Elliott in a clear lead, the focus of everyone’s attention was on the battle for 2nd; Mark pushed Andy all the way but just couldn’t find a way past in the dying laps, so had to settle for the 3rd step of the podium behind Andy.

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2010

Hiro Seiko steering sponge

Having received many suggestions and opinions about their transmitter steering sponge from their team drivers, Hiro Seiko have been testing this new version and have been very impressed by the performance. And now they have announced the release of this new version which not only has a new outside dimensions and material blending ratio, but they have also increased the hardness by 30%. The end result guarantees optimal grip and increased steering sensitivity.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

November 24, 2010

KM Racing Servo horns, clutch tool & glowplug wrench

KM Racing have released a number of new products including this line of servo horns. Made for use on your throttle servo, the spline has been made from aluminium, while the arm itself is machined from carbon fibre, making for a strong assembly. Available in 3 different versions for use with different brands of servos. KM have also released some new tools beginning with this universal clutch gear wrench which is primarily used for install and uninstalling pinions from clutch bells and includes the adapters necessary to firmly hold the bell itself. The tool can also measure clutch gap from 0.5mm to 9.0mm, hold the flywheel for mounting and finally includes a 17mm wheel nut wrench. The final tool is a simple glowplug wrench that is long reach and which also sports a clutch nut wrench on the opposite end.

View the new tools here

November 24, 2010

RB Copper & Teflon based greases

RB have developed a range of new greases, starting with a copper-based grease, perfect to limit friction and wear on gears such as bevel gears, driveshaft etc. and wont centrifuge for better durability. The second version is a Teflon-based grease, great for limiting friction and wear on ball bearings and differential thrust bearings and which is highly resistant to high temperatures. Both come in a double sealed container of 100g.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

November 24, 2010

Hudy Universal power tool tip handle

Hudy have released this Universal super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium handle for use with their range of power tool tips. Featuring a diamond pattern surface for unsurpassed grip, it uses a magnet to keep the tips in place. Hudy offers a range of power tool tips for electric screwdrivers, manufactured from world-renowned Hudy Spring Steel and available in most popular sizes. The end of the tips are manually grounded for maximum precision and perfect fit to the fastener, and additionally heat treated and hardened for maximum life.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

November 23, 2010

Schumacher Cougar SV gearbox casing & shock mount

Schumacher have announce the release of the following new products for the Cougar SV. Firstly is this CNC machined alloy 2 piece gearbox casing. Designed to be a super precision fit for ultimate alignment of the transmission assembly with an extremely tight seal to prevent dirt ingress. Made from tough 7075-T6 alloy, this unit also looks cool with its engraving and stealth black look. The heavier weight also gives more rear weight bias for improved traction. Secondly for the Cougar SV is this new shock mount. Something that the team drivers have been developing for some time, this new 4mm carbon fibre mount is drilled to sit 4mm lower than the standard version. This enables the front end to have more droop and less up travel, something the drivers have desired under a lot of conditions.

View the new shock mount here

November 23, 2010

Nak-suong Choi dominates Korean 1/8 onroad Nats

The KMRCA Korean 1/8 Onroad Championship took place recently at the Hitec Race Track in Oh-Chang. This race is held only once a year and is therefore the largest race for this class in Korea. After 3 rounds of qualifying Velox V8 pilot Nak-suong Choi was the top qualifier. At the start of the 45 min final Nak-suong Choi defended his first position and tried to increase the gap on the rest of the field. After a few minutes it was clear that nobody could keep up and he increased his lead lap by lap. In the end he crossed the finishing line in first position 6 laps in front of the 2nd placed driver Sang-jun Nam with Seung-won Choi in 3rd.

View the final standings here

November 23, 2010

DnM Tech MRX-5 clutch shoes

DnM Tech have released this range of clutch shoes for the car of the moment, the Mugen MRX-5. Available in yellow, red and dark red, the yellow is best suited for low traction conditions, the red is a good all round clutch shoe, while the dark red is best suited for high speed European style tracks.

Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]