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August 26, 2009

Xray Column – Testing Always last minute, Always new ideas

The 33rd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj takes about fitting in development and testing of their various projects around their very busy Summer racing schedule.

As with every other team, we have worked very hard before this particular battle. Work has been done both off and on the track; the huge amount of work would not be feasible for a single person but rather required the combined teamwork of the racing and R&D teams. After the Off-road warm-up in Austria back in May, we were ready to participate at the official Nitro Touring Euros warm-up in Italy. However, due to some very important work and projects in the factory we had no free time and as such we had to skip the official warm-up and find an alternative date for private testing.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 26, 2009

LiPo approved for 2010 IFMAR World Championships

The 2010 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Touring Car World championship will permit the use of LiPo batteries after agreement was reached at the IFMAR AGM between EFRA, who proposed the rule, and ROAR, who already permit the new generation power in their National Championship. Held during the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Switzerland last week there was talk ahead of the electric section meeting that EFRA and ROAR could not agree on the dimensions of the LiPo packs as the European Federation proposed a smaller pack than those already permitted by the Americans, who since allowing LiPo have built up a list of 120 approved packs for racing. Gladly the two federations put the best interests of the racer first and on Saturday morning IFMAR Vice-President Dawn Sanchez confirmed to Red RC that LiPo will be permitted for the 2010 Worlds. Full details of the exact ruling on the LiPo packs which will be published shortly on the IFMAR website. The use of LiPo batteries has been adopted by most national federations and hopefully EFRA will add continuity to the sport at their AGM in November by approving LiPo for next year’s European Touring Car Championships.

August 26, 2009

European Indoor Championships Warm up race

Held in Mäntsälä in Finland, this year’s Rebellion Race will be the warm up event for the 2010 European Indoor Championships (25-28/02/2010) and will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of October. The track is located 45km from Helsinki’s main airport and the 19 x 30 metre track area will use Calandra Racing Concepts HD carpet, the same being used at next months IIC race in Vegas. Running with LiPo batteries, the event is open to a maximum of 120 drivers and entry is based on a first come first served basis.

For more information please contact Olli Andersson (e-mail)

August 26, 2009

CS Ultra Space Charger 2.0

The follow up to the company’s Ultra Space Charger, released back in December of last year, the new Ultra Space Charger 2.0 from CS Electronic offers a whole host of updates. The biggest change for the 2.0 version is the latest software that has been specially developed for LiPo cells. Apart from some cosmetic changes such as a new silver control panel, the charger now includes the EHR balancer for 2s – 6s packs, the USB interface and software and the new adapter wires that come fitted with Tamiya-style connector.

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August 26, 2009

KM Racing MTX4 Options for O.S. Speed 12XZ

New from KM Racing for the Mugen MTX-4 are these new lightweight items to mount the O.S. Speed 12XZ engine. First up is this new one piece engine mount that has all the advantages of a monoblock, such as less strain on the crankcase and ease of mounting, yet has been machined for extra weight savings. Also new is the lightweight carbon fibre top deck which thinner by 0.5mm from the previously released version to make it easier to use with the O.S. Speed 12XZ engine.

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August 26, 2009

Nordman & Ronnefalk take Swedish buggy titles

Last weekend saw the Swedish Nationals for 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy held in Trelleborg, Sweden. In the 2WD class it was PerErik Nordman that took TQ by setting the fastest times in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualifying rounds along with setting the fastest lap time with his Kyosho Ultima RB-5 SP. Nordman continued his domination in the first final and won it in front of fast 1/8 Kyosho driver David Ronnefalk. PerErik also took the second final and was therefore crowned the Swedish champion in 2WD.

Continue reading the report here

August 26, 2009

Joern Neumann wins season opener in Germany

The opening round of the German 1/8th buggy Nationals were held last weekend in Senden. The event attracted 132 drivers and saw 4 rounds of controlled practice on Friday and 2 more rounds of practice on Saturday morning. In these 2 practice rounds, the 3 fastest laptimes in a row count towards reseeding the groups for qualifying and after that there were 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 counting. TQ went to Daniel Reckward, with Jörn Neumann in 2nd place and Tim Bremicker in 3rd. At the start of the 40 minute main final it was Daniel and Jörn that were battling it out for the victory. Jörn made a little mistake that cost him around 3-4 seconds and so Daniel had a 5 seconds lead. With Jörn pushing very hard he closed the gap and at the 30 minutes mark was able to pass Daniel and he never looked back. Joern took the win from Daniel Reckward in 2nd and Tim Bremicker in 3rd. The 2nd round is in 2 weeks in Osterhofen.

Image: Marc Kreisig

August 26, 2009

Barry Pettit takes East Coast Nitro Series Rd5

This past weekend the 5th round of the East Coast Nitro Series was run at the Outlaw RC Raceway in Aiken, S.C. This track is home to the classic ‘Watermelon’ and always provides true off road excitement with loam and sand, hard packed areas, and an ever changing racing surface of ruts and grooves. Young John McGinty took the Sportsman Buggy class and Randy Cooper, The Easley Ninja” took the Truggy class. The Pro Buggy class was won by Barry Pettit, who also TQ’ed the class. His Mugen MBX-6 was on JConcepts blue compound Crossbows with the new Profiled blue inserts throughout the entire day.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]