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May 25, 2007

Robert Pietsch wins German South Rd3

German South Rd3

Robert Pietsch continues to win in the South of Germany as the 3rd round of the regional championships took place last weekend in Rosenheim. Qualifying on Saturday and Sunday resulted in Robert Pietsch taking the TQ spot on his home track with Thomas GÃ¼nsel in 2nd and Sebastian Feller in 3rd, all 3 drivers racing the Xray NT1. At the start of the main final, Robert took off into the lead leaving GÃ¼nsel and Feller to battle it out for the 2nd step on the podium, eventually being decided when Feller had a coming together with another car, dropping him back, but still managed to recover to 3rd behind the winner Pietsch and 2nd placed GÃ¼nsel.

Read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 25, 2007

LoGiudice takes RC Pro Mod Nats double

Johnny LoGiudice

Kyosho were in touch to tell us that their team driver Johnny LoGiudice has earned the title of RC Pro Series Modified National Champion for 2007 driving a Kyosho Ultima RB5 in the 2WD class and a Kyosho Lazer ZX-5 in the 4WD class.

During the final event of the season, LoGiudice took TQ and was well on the way to a win when a motor failure took him out of the running, but he had already accumulated enough points to capture the National Championship in the class. LoGiudice and Elliot Manchez, also driving a Kyosho Lazer ZX-5, qualified first and second. LoGiudice was a full second faster per lap and finished with a full lap on the entire field while Manchez finished in second. Congratulations to Johnny LoGiudice as the 2007 RC Pro Series 2WD and 4WD Modified National Champion.

Source: Kyosho America [kyoshoamerica.com]

May 24, 2007

Serpent carbon plate for LCG chassis

Serpent have released this carbon filler plate for use with their new LCG chassis plate that we showed you a while ago. The plate comes with the fastening material to fix it to the chassis and is suitable for mounting in the front of both the SPP chassis as a spare and the latest LCG machined chassis as an optional. What it does is, when in place it stiffens up the front of the chassis, which of course affects the cars handling dramatically.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 24, 2007

Sirio Power Clutch for NT1 & RRR

Sirio have released their new power clutch set that is suitable for use with the Xray NT1 and the Kyosho RRR range of 1/10th scale cars. The bell housing (above) is sold as part of the set and features cooling fins that allow the temperature of the clutch to stay low without the removal of material which could compromise strength, and reduce clutch shoe contact area. The bell housing is also available seperately and doesn’t come supplied with pinion gears, those that come with the Xray and Kyosho will fit.

Source: The Border [the-border.com]

May 24, 2007

Much More Motoreal Brushless Motor

Yet another exclusive first look at some new products by Much More, from our site partners RC Forum in Korea. According to the report, the Motoreal is one of the 2 new ranges of brushless motors soon to be released by Much More and these are the modified motor versions. These particular motors are available for on road touring class with 3.5 and 4.5 turns while the 2 off road versions come in 5.5 and 6.5 turns.

Source: RC Forum [rcforum.co.kr]

May 24, 2007

Protech Yada TRR Truggy

Belgian company Protech have released more details about their upcoming Truggy, the Yada TRR, that we first showed you when it was on display at Nuernberg in February. As you can see this truggy comes pre built as a ready to run and would not be considered a competition car by any means but still doesnt mean it wont be raced and we’re sure it will be up to the job considering its specs. Coming with a .26 engines, the car sports front CVDs, 3 gear differentials, high grade aluminium chassis and shocks, dual brake disks and is fully ball-raced.

Click here for the full spec list… content

May 24, 2007

Caster Racing droop tool

Caster Racing, the buggy maker who was recently purchased, have announced the release of this new droop gauge. Working in the same way as every other similar gauge, this black anodised version allows downstop settings to be measured, and set, between -4mm and 10mm. Available now.

Source: Caster Racing [casterracing.com] via Buggy Sport [buggy-sport.info]

May 24, 2007

Much More Prototype Brushless System

Much More Prototytpe Brushless System

Another exclusive from Much More for our site partners RC Forum with the release of these first pictures of the new prototype brushless speed controller and hand held programmer from the Korean Company. No specs have yet been released, but we are told that it is being tested by the company’s team drivers and from the looks alone, it looks good with the carbon finish and purple anodised heatsink. The programmer also sports a carbon finish and a large LCD display.

Click here to see a picture of the hand held programmer… content