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March 6, 2007

Takaaki Shimo leaves Sirio

We have heard whisperings that former Japanese National Champion and World Championship Vice Champion Takaaki Shimo has left Sirio engines with immediate effect, although we have yet to receive confirmation of his new engine supplier. Shimo as we all know is a top Kyosho racer and very close to the factory and with this latest move further confirms a split between the Japanese car manufacturer and the Italian engine manufacturer, no matter how much Star Motor wants to deny it. Shimo joins fellow Kyosho racers Bertin, Collari, Cyrul who have all left Sirio with Collari choosing Novarossi and Cyrul and Bertin going for the Team Orion CRF engines to power their cars. We have talked a lot about this matter in the past and believe that there is definitely a shift within Kyosho to move away from Sirio but until we receive some official confirmation from either party we cant say for sure.

March 5, 2007

GM Racing Genius and programmer

GM Products Genius and programmer

More stuff from German company, GM Racing, with the release of new models to their range of Genius brushed / brushless speed controllers, namely the 50, 85 & 100. This new range features new software specially designed for model cars and boats, but also suitable for model aircraft and the Genius 85 and 100 sport a splashproof case, though only when used sensorless and as is the norm, the controller can automatically detect cell type, cell amount and motor type as well. Something to note is that Marc Fisher used a Genius 95 controller to win last months Snowbirds in 1/12th scale, so the pedigree is undeniable. Also available to compliment the GM Genius is this 2 line LCD screen programmer that allows you change the settings of the controller without the need for computer, something similar to what we saw from Quark.

More details can be found here (speedo) and here (programmer).

Source: Graupner [graupner.com]

March 5, 2007

GM Racing Evo3 and Dr. Speed Brushless motors

GM Racing Evo3 and Dr. Speed

GM have released two new ranges of brushless motors for both competition and sport applications. First up is the new Evo3 competition motor which is a highly efficient, reliable and top end performance motor which is sensored for smooth and reactive control and which features multiple, extra-thick, windings together with an extremely low-loss design and sintered neodymium magnets to ensure enormous power and high efficiency. With the ability to adjust the sensor timing and the motors use of large cooling slots, you can really get the maximum from this motor. The Dr. Speed sport motor is similar to the Evo3 but is intended for sport applications, with both motors are available in a large number of winds and wind types.

More details can be found here (Evo3) and here (Dr. Speed).

Source: Graupner [graupner.de]

March 5, 2007

Piktor Rush 2 clutch system

Introducing the original clutch system from the Piktor Rush 2 1/8th scale buggy. Continuing in Piktors aspirational way of telling us about their products they start by informing us how the best clutch to have is the one you forget, without worrying about it and the need for too much maintenance. It must also engage early enough to make the car easy to control, but also give maximum punch to propel you forward yet it must also slip a little bit to make it possible for the engines to breathe. The new clutch system in the Rush 2 does all this and more…apparently.

Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]

March 5, 2007

Borja Hernandez signs for Pro Line

Borja Hernandez

Top Spanish off road racer Borja Hernandez has agreed a deal to use Pro Line tires on his Mugen buggy and truggy for this season. Borja who recently finished 4th at the Neo Invitational race held in the UK last December had up until this point run for GRP.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neobuggy.net] Image: oOple [oople.com]

March 5, 2007

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 Rd1

French EP Off road Nationals Lique 10 - Rd1

Just a quick post to tell you that last weekend saw the start of the new outdoor season for electric off road in France with the Ligue 10 championships getting underway at the Pegase Racing-club. In the 2wd open class it was Olivier Demontfuma that took the round 1 victory ahead of Manu Moncada with JosÃ© Fonda finishing in 3rd. In the 4wd class the race went to Ansellem Xavier with 2nd and 3rd placings going to Cedric Avaro and Fabrice Lassale respectively.

You can check out the full report (in French) and plenty of pictures here.

Source: Petit RC [petitrc.com]

March 5, 2007

Chad Bradley dominates Canadian Winter Nationals

Canadian Winternationals

Yesterday we told you about the Canadian Winternationals that were held at an indoor facility last weekend in Red Deer, Alberta. Gary Guest may have been all dominant in the qualifying for the race but it was his Jammin team mate Chad Bradley that took the win in both Buggy and Truggy classes ahead of Gary Guest who finished 2nd in both classes. In the 1/10th stadium truck class it was Richard Mucha that won the event despite finishing behind Jay Halsey, who won the race but was racing with a 1/12th 4wd Jammin CRT-5 and so wasn’t officially classified.

More results to follow soon.

Source: OFNA [ofna.com] Image: Will

March 5, 2007

LRP release the A.I. speed controller

LRP A.I.

Yesterday we told you about the new Evil controller from Nosram, well if you prefer blue in your car here is the exact same product from LRP called the A.I. Aimed at the sports class the A.I., as with all modern speedos, can automatically detect the motor (brushed, brushless) and cell type (NiMh, Lipo) and can work with 4, 5 or 6 cell configurations. The standard version can handle brushed systems up to 10 turns and brushless to 12.5 turns, whilst the â€˜Proâ€™ version (above) can handle brushed systems up to 7 turns and brushless to 8.5 turns. LRP are also releasing their version of the Dragon brushless motor that we showed you yesterday called the Eraser so you just need to choose whether you like LRP blue or Nosram red, its that simple.

Source: LRP [lrp-electronic.de]