June 28, 2017
…high-strength 5mm pinion shaft. Features: – Element-proof design tackles water, mud and snow – 18.5mm rotor provides more torque and braking power – 5mm high-strength pinion shaft – 550 length can provides improved heat dissipation – 4-pole/12-slot crawler motor design – CNC machined 6061 T6 Billet Aluminium heatsink can – Crawler, rock race and trail rig specific – Neodymium sintered magnets – Rebuildable design – High-purity Copper windings maximise efficiency – Precision engineered for maximum energy conversion – Dual-plug sensor wire harness for use with all sensored and sensorless systems – High RPM ABEC5 oversized bearings Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com] http://www.teamtekin.com/roc412-hd.html…
June 21, 2017
…qualifying. In 1/12th Modified Mark Wallin went all in, using a set of brand new, un-cut and un-treated tyres and his decision proved to be a good one as he set a seed time of 52.068 seconds placing him at the top of the order for round one. The first round of 1/12th qualifying confirmed that Mark was going to have to work hard. After missing the seeding round, Ed Clark came out strong posting several quickest laps to take 2nd behind Mark in the round. Disaster struck in round two as Mark was forced to retire on lap 8…
June 19, 2017
…important for me to make the step to the Arrowmax LiPos. Slightly less known in the market, these high quality LiPos with their high power and high discharge rate (up to 130C) will be a good help for me to fight for the top positions in the F1 class, and at the same time deliver the reliable and constant power for my racing and testing in the touring car modified class. I will work closely together with the factory to test and work on future products. I am proud to be a part of this ambitious team. Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]…
June 5, 2017
…the qualifiers. In Pro10 Stock Timo Schad and Roger Eifler would battle for the overall TQ with both scoring two round wins. In the end Timo would prevail by eight hundreds of a second with Roger in 2nd. The Swiss GT class saw Andi Frattaroli taking the TQ from Michael Häuptli, Pascal Fässler who scored a round TQ each. Kai Asmer would line up in 5th on the grid. The Formula class top 5 was an all-Swiss affair with Giacomo Moretti taking the pole position from Leo Bottinelli und Roman Pichler. Reto Nauer and Andi Frattaroli came in 4th and…
May 23, 2017
…in front of Hächler and Pesenti. Hächler, Pesenti, Henzi and Hasler took part to the SuperPole race but unfortunately Hächler couldn’t start because he crashed his car during the final lap. Mattia took the lead until the last minute, when Hasler did three super fast laps in order to be in the A-Main with Kurzbuch. In the 1/10th Touring class Patrick Fankhauser took the pole position in front of Traugott Schär, Maurice Lüscher, Michael Schäfer und Roger Fasler. Due to the fact that drivers must keep the car they used on the last round, only Schäfer and Schär had the…
April 29, 2017
…doing three in a row in the opening rounds of qualifying but in Q4 McBride’s would force the decision to got to the final round. Setting a new fastest time this was to work to the advantage of the event’s former Buggy Champion. With drops of rain appearing during the fifth & final qualifier, Tessmann struggled with his tyre choice allowing McBride to take the win. The slowest time of the 5-qualifiers it didn’t matter because the Australian had banked the fastest tie breaker time a round early. Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here….
April 20, 2017
…of racing against the Yokomo driver. On the announcement confirming the Yokomo driver would make his EOS debut, back to back 4WD Champion Bruno Coelho joked on social media that he would not attend the fifth & final round of the 1:10 electric offroad championship. The Xray driver however is very excited to race Maifield as is 2WD Champion Michal Orlowski. Unfortunately an important school exam will mean the Schumacher ace will not get to race Maifield in his preferred class as he doesn’t arrive until Friday night when 2WD qualifying will be almost complete. Continue reading race preview here…
April 11, 2017
…his competitors battle while he was able to slip away and take the win in Truggy. While in 2nd place, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri would cross the line for his final lap, but having the unfortunate luck of a receiver coming unplugged from all the harsh landings, was unable to finish his final lap. This would move Mugen’s Cole Ogden from 3rd to take over 2nd on the podium. Tekno’s Joe Bornhorst and Ryan Lutz would put on a show in the Pro E-Buggy class with the duo finishing 1-2 and only 3 seconds apart after 10 minutes. Unfortunately for…
