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Xray 1-2 in seeding as Coelho tops final practice at ETS Posted: 08 Feb 2019 09:31 AM PST Xray has claimed a 1-2 in seeding at the second round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany this evening, with Bruno Coelho setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the second & final controlled practice ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg. The reigning champion bettered the opening time set by Freddy Sudhoff by more than 2/10th while Hagberg also found 2/10ths to move ahead of Sudhoff who wasn’t able to better his time. One of the big improvers between rounds, Yannic Prumper would end up the top Infinity driver ending up fourth fastest ahead of team-mate Marc Rheinard who failed to better his CP1 pace. Again it was Christopher Krapp who would round out the Top 6 with a slight improvement in his time to remain in front of Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Xray 1-2 in seeding as Coelho tops final practice at ETS appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Xray 1-2 in seeding as Coelho tops final practice at ETS Posted: 08 Feb 2019 09:28 AM PST Xray has claimed a 1-2 in seeding at the second round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany this evening, with Bruno Coelho setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the second & final controlled practice ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg. The reigning champion bettered the opening time set by Freddy Sudhoff by more than 2/10th while Hagberg also found 2/10ths to move ahead of Sudhoff who wasn’t able to better his time. One of the big improvers between rounds, Yannic Prumper would end up the top Infinity driver ending up fourth fastest ahead of team-mate Marc Rheinard who failed to better his CP1 pace. Again it was Christopher Krapp who would round out the Top 6 with a slight improvement in his time to remain in front of Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker. ‘We made quite a lot of set-up changes and they were very good. We followed what set-up Alex had and now the car is working well’, was Coelho reaction after CP2. The World Champion added, ‘I am still missing a little steering but it’s super easy and safe to drive. If I force a little more I can’t go faster and all the time I am on full lock but our 1-2 in practice shows the car is working well’. Looking to tonight’s Q1, which will conclude the first day of action in Daun, the Portuguese driver said, ‘we need to discuss if we take the risk to change sometime on the car or not but I think what we have now looks good for 5-minutes’. Hagberg summed up CP2 by saying, ‘the car is on pace so it going not too bad. I’ll try to keep it like this for qualifying and go for a clean run’. The multiple ETS race winner added, ‘I changed the roll centre and it was a bit better that time. Myself and Bruno are running identical set-ups. I will stay with what I am running for Q1 and see where it takes us’. Explaining his failure to improve his opening time, Sudhoff said, ‘I tried a set-up change on the speedo and didn’t like the feeling. I adjusted the feeling and didn’t like it so I will go back’. The Awesomatix driver, who despite being a regular front runner has yet to register an ETS win, added, ‘My 5-minute rhythm is pretty good and it’s also good compared to the the others. I will keep the same car set-up for the first qualifier and just focus on getting a clean run in’. ‘Much better than before. It was pushing like hell in first two practices’, was Prumper’s response to how CP2 had gone. The former ETS race winner explain, ‘we changed to a geardiff, changed the ackermann and switched to a (Protoform) Type S body. The body feels fast but the (Zoo Racing) Preopard was easier to drive so I will use this for the first round (of qualifying)’. Also switching to a Type S body for the final practice having earlier ran Zoo Racing’s Preopard earlier, Rheinard said, ‘It was not what I had hoped for. They had similar speed but I prefer the feel of the shell I used before’. He continued, ‘I see Bruno ran the (ZooRacing) DXB in the last practice and he improved so I will try it for Q1’. A lower design profile than the Preopard, the former World Champion said, ‘The DXB should be a little more aggressive, the Preopard is a little lazy’. On his performance in the final practice, Krapp said, ‘It felt slower than it was. I made some changes on the front end and it didn’t make the improvement I expected. I will go back to how it was before and just push in qualifying’. The former ETS race winner concluded, ‘I’m enjoying the track layout’. In Pro Stock and Formula it was also to be Xrays that topped seeding. Nitro racer Léo Arnold was fastest of the biggest class of the ETS from DHI Cup winner Tim Benson. Winner of the opening round in Vienna Simon Lauter was third fastest ahead of his Awesomatix team-manager Max Machler. In Formula, defending champion & one of the busiest racers on the planet Jan Ratheisky set the pace from Vienna winner David Ehrbar and Matej Dobnikar. The Masters, former Pro Stock champion Alexander Stocker was the benchmark ahead of Toni Mateo while the new 17.5 Stock Touring Car class top seed is Spanish driver Luis Moreno from championship leader Daniel Pöhlmann. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
Performa Racing Graphene LiPo & LiHV battery packs Posted: 08 Feb 2019 07:04 AM PST Performa Racing have introduced their new line of high-performance Graphene series LiPo and LiHV battery packs. The range includes 2S and 4S standard and high-voltage packs for a variety of applications. Available 2S shorty batteries include two standard 25mm height 6000mAh 7.6V 120C (220g) and 5800mAh 7.4V 120C (220g) packs as well as two ultra low centre of gravity 16.5mm tall 4000mAh 7.6V 120C ULCG (125g) and 3600mAh 7.4V 120C ULCG (125g) variants. All are made using high quality Graphene technology cells for higher energy density, lower internal resistance, higher discharge rates, and a longer life cycle. The 4S packs, aimed at 1/8th electric off-road racing, include two standard-size 7700mAh 15.2V 120C (570g/138.5x47x48mm) and 6600mAh 14.8V 120C (560g/138.5x47x48mm) variants as well as the short-type 5500mAh 15.2V 120C (410g/106x47x49mm) and 5000mAh 14.8V 120C (410g/106x47x49mm) packs. The standard-size batteries feature rubber-protected balance ports and additional balancer wires while the shorter 4S batteries utilise built-in balancer harnesses. Like the above 2S packs the 4S variants are made of high quality 120C cells for exceptional performance and lifespan. Source: Performa Racing [performaracing.com] The post Performa Racing Graphene LiPo & LiHV battery packs appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:46 AM PST Freddy Sudhoff has topped the first round of controlled practice at the Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. After an almost 4-month break in ETS action, Sudhoff opened the second round of the championship by taking his Awesomatix to the fastest 3-consecutive laps ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho. Behind, Marc Rheinard almost matched Coelho on pace, his arch rival quicker by just 2/1000ths of a second. It was a strong start to the weekend for Xray with Alexander Hagberg and Elliot Harper making it three of their cars in the Top 5. Completing the Top 6 would be Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp with team-mate and winner of the season opener Ronald Volker 8th behind Infinity new recruit Viktor Wilck. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Sudhoff tops CP1 at ETS Daun appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:42 AM PST Freddy Sudhoff has topped the first round of controlled practice at the Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. After an almost 4-month break in ETS action, Sudhoff opened the second round of the championship by taking his Awesomatix to the fastest 3-consecutive laps ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho. Behind, Marc Rheinard almost matched Coelho on pace, his arch rival quicker by just 2/1000ths of a second. It was a strong start to the weekend for Xray with Alexander Hagberg and Elliot Harper making it three of their cars in the Top 5. Completing the Top 6 would be Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp with team-mate and winner of the season opener Ronald Volker 8th behind Infinity new recruit Viktor Wilck. Topping the times by almost 2/10ths, the same margin covering 2nd through 6th, Sudhoff summed up his early pace with, ‘it’s very good so far’. Fourth fastest in the single round of free practice, the German continued, ‘I was just running in my second set of tyres that and both sets have the same pace which is a good thing. I think we just need to fine tune the car now to get a good rhythm for the track’. Asked what he thought of the layout he replied, ‘I think it’s flowing. The only bad thing is the timing loop at the end of the straight. I think they need to make a rule that you cannot make full power on your last lap. I know its hard to control but the times are close and it could make a big difference’. Running the Russian manufacturers mid motor car, Sudhoff said, ‘the base is very good so for the last practice I just want to make some minor set-up tweaks’. While summing up the first controlled practice as having gone ‘good’, Coelho added, ‘we made some changes to the car and they weren’t the best’. With Sudhoff’s outright fastest lap 3/10th quicker than his, the World Champion continued, ‘the car was still good but we were a little slower than Freddy. We have something to change for the last practice which we think will be better. We will see how it goes’. ‘It’s pretty close up the front’, was Rheinard’s reaction after CP1. The Infinity driver continued, ‘the car felt pretty easy to drive. I was using the Zoo Racing Preopard body. It is good to drive and its stable in the rear but think I will go to the Protoform Type S for the next one. I will keep the car the same as it and play with the bodyshell’. On the track layout, the German said, ‘It fast and nice to drive but it could be a bit more technical’. Fresh from winning another Snowbirds National title in Florida last weekend, Hagberg said, ‘It’s always though when you little track time. Three rounds (of practice) is little time to fine tune your set-up so you hope it works well. This time it was on pace’. The Swede continued, ‘I have broke in both sets of tyres now so I can fine tune the set-up for the last practice’. Asked what he was looking for from his T4, he replied, ‘the track is very technical and the average speed his higher than last year so it is important to have good steering for the 180 corners’. Summing up his P5 pace with ‘Good so far’, Harper added, ‘I think the track has a nice flowing layout and my car is pretty balance. 3 Xrays in the Top 5 shows the car works well here’. Looking to make a few set-up changes to his LRP powered T4 for the final practice he explained, ‘I want to make the car more consistent over the run. If I can make it a bit easier to drive I can push harder over the 5-minutes of the qualifiers. I just need to make small tweaks’. Best of the Yokomo team with his P6, Krapp said, ‘I am still kind of getting used to the layout and to finding my rhythm. The shape of the hall makes things a bit different’. On his car the German said, ‘The car is pretty good to drive but their are a lot 180 corners so I need to get it to turn in more for them. I think I will change something on the front end for the last practice because the rear of the car is solid’. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
SWorkz M4 lightened low-profile serrated wheel nuts Posted: 08 Feb 2019 06:09 AM PST SWorkz have introduced their new lightened aluminium large contact surface wheel nuts for 1/10th scale vehicles. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming in black or gun metal colour, the serrated wheel nuts securely stay in place while offering greater wheel support thanks to the larger diameter which comes in handy especially when running on high-bite surfaces. The nuts come in packs of six and they are usable with most 1/10th scale off-road and on-road wheels. Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com] The post SWorkz M4 lightened low-profile serrated wheel nuts appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Samix TRX-4 brass differential case Posted: 08 Feb 2019 05:48 AM PST Samix have introduced a brass differential case for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck. Machined from high-quality material the case adds 17g of weight to one of the lowest parts of the truck, helping to add climb performance while also offering greater stability compared to the standard composite diff case. The part is a direct fit and it can be used on both the front and the rear axles. Source: Samix [rcsamix.com] The post Samix TRX-4 brass differential case appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Xray T4F FWD touring car – Coming soon Posted: 08 Feb 2019 05:31 AM PST Following a first teaser image, Xray have announced the soon release of their first ever front wheel drive touring car kit. The T4F will be a purpose-designed 1/10th scale competition FWD car, however full, official details will only become available in time for the release. Source: Xray [teamxray.com] The post Xray T4F FWD touring car – Coming soon appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Posted: 08 Feb 2019 04:42 AM PST Venue – Sporthotel & Resort Grafenwald For the second weekend running the small German town of Daun is under an RC Racing invasion. Last weekend the Sporthotel & Resort Grafenwalds was host to a record entry Euro Offroad Series encounter and now this weekend it is the turn of the world’s best touring car drivers to battle it out at Round 2 of the ETS. After a lengthy break of almost four months since the opening race of Season #12 in Vienna, the championship returns to Daun for a second time after the venue successfully debuted on last season’s calendar. Attracting over 320 entries this weekend, drivers get to race on the largest indoor carpet track of the season thanks to the unique shape of the tennis hall in which it is built. Covering an area of 830 square metres, the track which has switched sides in terms of its location in the symmetrical building making it now anti-clockwise in direction, is the work of racers Tobias Baumback and Marvin Gutting who started the built on Tuesday, the EOS track having been clear away Sunday night. 45m wide and 30m deep in the centre section, a quick modified lap is taking 15-seconds which is a second quicker than last year. A winner here at the EOS last weekend, taking the 4WD victory, reigning ETS Champion Bruno Coelho described the layout as ‘different’. Winner of the event 12-months ago he added, ‘I can’t say I don’t like the track but the flow is only OK. It has many 180 corners. You can’t really call it technical. You race it point to point where are normal layout you are combining everything together’. He concluded, ‘It’s something different and we need to work on the car for this’. Taking the top prize at the season opener back in October, Ronald Volker’s inital thoughts on the track layout were, ‘It’s different to last year’s layout. Now it has a lot of hairpins and we are running the opposite direction’. He added, ‘It lacks a bit of flow. It’s more point and shoot. Unfortunately we have only 3 rounds of practice which makes it tough to be on point for the first qualifier’. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
Yokomo YD-2EXIIS RWD drift car kits Posted: 08 Feb 2019 02:44 AM PST Yokomo have introduced the latest incarnation of their popular YD-2 RWD drift chassis, the YD-2EXIIS standard black and limited red edition. Both kits include an impressive amount of the latest upgrade parts including the new curved slide rack steering system that provides a smooth, precise and consistent steering feeling through to the highest of steering angles. This has been made possible thanks to a no-bump-steer design that also allows to adjust the caster and KPI options without affecting steering angle over bumpy parts of the track. In addition to the standard black edition Yokomo will issue a 300-piece red anodised limited edition. Both kits will become availably by end of February. Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com] The post Yokomo YD-2EXIIS RWD drift car kits appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Muchmore Hybrid X4 DC quattro charger Posted: 08 Feb 2019 02:26 AM PST Coming soon from Muchmore is their all-new Hybrid X4 DC quattro charger. Offering four independent 100W charging outputs the device is ideal for all multi-battery applications such as 1/8th scale on-road and off-road racing. The charges features large back-lit LC display, XT60-style outputs, XH2.5 balancing ports as well as a built-on XT60 DC input port for 10V to 18V power supplies. Temperature-controlled cooling fans ensure silent operation of the compact device that measures only 133.5×105.5x51mm. Specifications: Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net] The post Muchmore Hybrid X4 DC quattro charger appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
South East GT12 Regional Rd3 – Report Posted: 08 Feb 2019 01:31 AM PST The final round of the popular South East regionals was held last weekend at the Sidcup Club just outside London. Racing on a slightly larger track than the previous regionals, with a mixed layout provided very close racing. As the racing got underway the championship contenders Niall Cochran and Owen Smith would be very close on pace throughout qualifying. After four rounds Niall would line up on pole from Owen by just over two seconds. James Scott qualified in 3rd and young Josepth Moore completing the top 4. In LMP David Spashett showed what was possible by taking pole from a returning Ryan Coxail by two laps, Lee Palmer qualified 3rd and Ant Lockyer completing the top 4. The GT12 A-final was lead away by Niall followed closely by Owen, further back a few first laps incidents would shake up the order. As the Niall and Owen broke away on the opening lap, Niall having a car that had a little under steer allowed Owen to challenge, pulling off a great move to take the Lead. Niall fought hard but as qualifying showed the pace was so close, the gap remained for the whole race. Ian Andrews completing the podium in 3rd making his way up from 5th on the grid. In LMP again David commanded the final and would lead for the duration, Ryan and Lee would race hard with Lee taking 2nd and Ryan completing the podium. Overall it was Owen Smith taking the championship, Niall Cochran 2nd and Tim Hancock 3rd. The Junior Championship was also won by Owen Smith, with Joseph Moore 2nd and Darcie Smith 3rd. Source: BRCA [brca.org] The post South East GT12 Regional Rd3 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
Muchmore Impact Silicon Graphene LCG shorty batteries Posted: 08 Feb 2019 01:18 AM PST Muchmore have introduced their new Impact Silicon Graphene LCG FD4 LiHV shorty battery packs. Both sport dimensions of 95.8×46.8×22.5mm with the higher capacity 4500mAh variant weighing in at 192g while the smaller 3800mAh pack weighs in at 182g. Both are made of high-quality 130C cells and they are ideal for both on-road and off-road applications alike. Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net] The post Muchmore Impact Silicon Graphene LCG shorty batteries appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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