Japanese r/c product importers, Team Honest, have released this new range of colour coded perfomance shock springs. The front springs are 20mm long and are available in 3 different colours, green – 1.9mm/6.5 volume, blue – 1.8mm/7 volume and yellow – 1.9mm/7 volume. Also available for the rear, the 26mm long springs come sold in 2 different versions, blue – 1.8mm/7 volume and green – 1.9mm/6.5 volume.
Source: Team Honest [teamhonest.jp]
RB Concepts have introduced the latest version of the RB sweatshirt that features a more stylish cut and has been made from ultra soft cotton. With the new RB design printed on the front, this sweatshirt commemorates RB winning its third World title back in 2005. Available in M, L, XL, XXL & XXXL sizes.
Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> OCM Release New care Pack for Series-1 DT19 Buggy – Link [rubeduderc.com]
> Sutrisno TQ’s & Win Dalton Touring Masters Cup – Link [teamxray.com]
> Some action from the 1/64th final in Madrid – Link [3hobby.net]
> Video from the 200mm Euros in Madrid, Spain – Link [video-rc.com]
> Xray correct their Effects of Shock Damping setup book section – Link [teamxray.com]
Neo Buggy are reporting that Advantage Racing have released a new range of 1/8th scale buggy tires. Sold in a variety of different patterns, all the tires are available in soft and super soft compounds, with a hard compound coming later in the year. All tires come with foam insert.
Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
The 2nd round of the 1/8th scale North German regional qualifiers was held last weekend at the AMC Hildesheim track, host of this weekends European 40+ Championships. With 25 drivers present in the class, most racers were at the track on the Saturday for setup work, track practice and the first qualifying runs. Kyosho racer Lars Hoppe, winner of the stock class at the 2006 DHI cup, set a new track record in his run but transponder problems at the event meant that the result didnt count and qualifying would be taken from the Sunday only, were Jürgen Stark took the pole position in front of Lars Hoppe in 2nd and Jens Stark in 3rd. In the race Hoppe could take the lead from the very start and pull out a 2 lap advantage to take the win after 30 minutes, coming home in front of Sepent driver Jan Asmer in 2nd and Mugen racer Konstantin Saritsaklis in 3rd.
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We have another announcement from our partners at the RC Pro Series, this time its to tell you that Kissimmee Raceway will host the 2nd Annual Kyosho US Fuel Sedan Championships, an event sanctioned by RC Pro, on the 26th to 28th of October. This event is open to all 200mm sedan racers and membership of RC Pro is not required.
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The 5th round of the BRCA 1/8th scale buggy Nationals was held last weekend at the Frankley track, once again under wet conditions. In qualifying it was truggy pro round 3 winner, and HoBao runner, Graham Alsop that took the TQ spot in front of Hong Nor racer Simon Willetts in 2nd while David Crompton driving another HoBao ended his qualifying in 3rd. At the start of the main final Graham Alsop and Simon Willets got away from the chasing group of Jamie Booth, John Hazelwood and round 4 winner Neil Cragg. After an unfortunate stop and go penalty for Simon Willets which took him out of the fight for the lead, Neil Cragg and Bloomfield were up front racing for the win. By the last fuel stop Darren had a 10 second lead from Neil who was pushing hard, but he couldnt catch him and thats how it ended, the battle for third was hard fought between Alsop and Booth both pushing like crazy but Graham held on to round out the top 3.
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Xray have a report on their site from the 2007 Russian Off-road Nationals held recently in Moscow. In qualifying it was Xray driver Artem Lopukhin that took the TQ spot ahead of Mikhail Diachenko in 2nd and Robert Karlinjsh in 3rd. The 45 minute final saw Lopukhin carry forward his great form from qualifying to take the win in front of team mate Iliay Korobkov in 2nd with Robert Karlinjsh ending the race in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
