February 9, 2011

Orcan 25Plus[+] fuel for .21 engines

Orcan 25Plus[+] fuel for .21 engines

SMI Motorsport have announced their new Orcan 25Plus[+] fuel, specially designed for .21 engines. Extensively tested, the new composition offers more power at lower engine temperatures and is clearly aimed at 1/8 scale nitro on-road cars. For off-road use the experts at SMI Motorsport recommend the tried and tested Orcan fuel with 16% and 25% nitromethane. The specific development of the Orcan 25Plus[+] is based on the Orcan 16Plus[+] which was launched a year ago and is the first choice in the 200mm touring car class. The new fuel is available from early March in handy 2.5-litre cans only.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]


February 8, 2011

Roche RC Yokomo, TOP & Tamiya drive train options

Roche RC Yokomo, TOP & Tamiya drive train options

Roche RC have introduced a number of new optional parts for Yokomo, TOP and Tamiya electric touring cars. First up is the heavy duty spool set, which is available in blue for the Yokomo BD5 and DRB chassis, while the red version fits the TOP Photon. Also for the Yokomo are some spring steel spool cups and spring steel universal drive axles, the axles also being suitable for the Tamiya touring car chassis.

View the other parts here


February 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 list of homologated bodies

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have been in touch with us to announce the definitive list of homologated body shells for the 2011 season. The different lists include 1/8th scale on road, Electric touring 190mm and Gas touring 200mm classes and you can download the PDF’s directly from here (1/8th), here (190mm) and here (200mm).

Source: EFRA [www.efra.ws]


February 7, 2011

Max Power XXL9 14.5 .21 engine

Max Power XXL9 14.5 .21 engine

Max Power have introduced their new XXL9 14.5 engine. A completely new 3,5cc on road engine featuring a 14.5mm diameter shaft. Fearing all the improvements of the XL9 TQR which we covered last week, such as the reinforced crankcase, new piston & liner set with revised wrist pin height, and new wider/lower/lighter cooling head, the big performance difference between the two engines is that the 14.5 will have higher top speed. Together with XL9 TQR, this will be the engine the Max Power team will in Miami for the World championships in April.

View more images here


February 7, 2011

Team Magic 200mm Prototype chassis

Team Magic 200mm Prototype chassis

During the Toy Fair we sat down with Italian Raimondo Gilletti, the man charged with working on the new Team Magic touring car for the Taiwanese company. Having just come back from working in Taiwan for the past few months we were shown the results of that collaboration in the form of these CAD images of the prototype which they are planning to produce. A change in direction for TM in terms of the look of the car, it is now much more conventional in its styling and configuration, which is not a bad thing. As with everything on the car, with the exception of the shock absorbers, the geometry is also completely new and that is ‘inspired’ by the current market leaders in order to give the car a solid base from which to develop further in the future. This design will go into the prototype phase by features and specifications may change before the car hits production. We were also told that the competition brand for Team Magic will become K-Factory, which this car will fall under.

View more images here


February 3, 2011

Xray RX8 1/8th scale on road chassis

Xray RX8 1/8th scale on road chassis

Xray have released information on their all new RX8 1/8th scale platform. We have talked with the guys on the Xray stand here in Nuremberg, played with the car and taken our own photos but as we write that story, here are the release photos and features list of the new car.

View more images and information here


February 2, 2011

TecnoPower 2011 engine line up

TecnoPower 2011 engine line up

TecnoPower, the engine brand from former on road World Champion Rody Roem, has announced its 2011 engine line up, which includes 3 new buggy engines, a new truggy engine and an all new line of .21 on road engines. Competition engines made for winners, with the experience of 3 world championship titles inside, the new buggy motors include the top of the line B03 and the new B02 and B02T. The truggy line has the new T02 and for the onroad motors there is the P01 and P02.

View details of the full line up here


February 1, 2011

Xray Column – RX8 The Making of Part II

Xray Column – RX8 The Making of Part II

The 50th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj goes further in depth into the design, prototype and production of the new RX8 1/8th scale chassis which is expect to be officially unveiled on Thursday of this week.

Early in 2009 I started with a ‘blank sheet’ in the computer, but with a very clear idea what I wanted to achieve. First of all I did not want to design anything revolutionary; in high performance model racing car design if you want to have a competitive car there is unfortunately no space for something different or revolutionary.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]