Crystal Clear HD Mercedes-Benz DTM AMG & Benz DTM Post – S10 Blast TC bodies

Crystal Clear HD Mercedes-Benz DTM AMG & Benz DTM Post - S10 Blast TC bodies

Hockenheim, Brands Hatch, Valencia, Zandvoort or Nürburgring –The DTM (German Touringcar Championship) is starting on your R/C track. Turn your electric touring car in to a real DTM car and experience a new dimension of racing.

Two of the most liked motorsportcars are now available as officially licensed bodies: the AMG Mercedes-Benz of the DTM Champion Paul Di Resta and the Deutsche Post Mercedes-Benz of David Coulthard from the 2010 season. The bodies are chrystal clear with all necessary
decals already cut-out. Make your S10 Blast TC or any other 1/10 TC car ready for the DTM!

Order. No.

 Item
122172 LRP Body Shell Crystal Clear HD Mercedes-Benz DTM AMG – S10 Blast TC
122173 LRP Body Shell Crystal Clear HD Mercedes-Benz DTM Post – S10 Blast TC

Crystal Clear HD Mercedes-Benz DTM AMG & Benz DTM Post - S10 Blast TC bodies

Link: LRP

NEW! Factory Team Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hexes

NEW! Factory Team Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hexes

Team Associated’s Factory Team aluminum 12mm Clamping Wheel Hexes clamp securely onto the axle, preventing the hex from getting stuck in your wheels, which allows for speedy wheel changes. The hex adaptors are CNC machined out of 6061-T6 aluminum and anodized Factory Team blue. The 12mm hexes use a 2-56 Socket Head Cap screw (included), which allows for the use of either a 5/64″ or 2mm Allen wrench. The hexes make a great upgrade for your SC10, or to convert your B4.1 or B44.1 to Team Associated’s new 12mm hex wheels.

#9893
12mm Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hex, SC10 Front
In Stock
UPC: 784695 098930

#9892
12mm Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hex, SC10 Rear
In Stock
UPC: 784695 098923

#9891
12mm Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hex, Buggy Front  (B4.1)
In Stock
UPC: 784695 098916

#9890
12mm Aluminum Clamping Wheel Hex, Buggy Rear  (B4.1/B44.1)
In Stock
UPC: 784695 098909

#9690
Buggy Front Hex Wheel, white (B4.1)
In Stock
UPC: 784695 096905

#9691
Buggy Front Hex Wheel, yellow (B4.1)
In Stock
UPC: 784695 096912

#9695
Buggy Rear Wheel Hex, white (B4.1/B44.1)
Available: August 2012
UPC: 784695 096950

#9696
Buggy Rear Wheel Hex, yellow (B4.1/B44.1)
Available: August 2012
UPC: 784695 096967

Link: Team Associated

Speed Way Pal FC Heavy Duty Aero Body

FC Heavy Duty Aero

Speed Way Pal FC Heavy Duty Aero Body

Speed Way Pal FC Heavy Duty Aero Body

Polycarbonate RC body thickness of only 1.0t 
durable body

Dedicated wing stay, dummy muffler 15Fai 
GT wing, aero-only mirrors, lights decal 
comes with masking seal

Link: Speed Way Pal

Cobra 811 Buggy Sport 1/8 GP

Cobra 811 Buggy Sport 1/8 GP

Serpent  Cobra Buggy Sport  1/8 4wd
#600 002

Features

Chassisplate
Chassisplate in  3mm  7075 T6 aluminium , with machined pockets to create flex and or make lighter. Kick-up angle on front for easier landings. Countersunk holes. Slots to locate the  front and rear suspension mounts precisely.  Angled sides to increase stiffness. Open pockets to access flywheel .  Laser engraved Cobra logo.

Bumper
Large rounded nylon bumper that withstands impact after large jumps, and makes landing more suttle.  Protects also the front swaybar assembly and front suspension brackets.

Chassis stiffners
Composite  stiffner front and rear, to give extra stiffness, but still allow some flex as needed.

Central diskbrake  system
Very low and centrally placed brake system for low centre of gravity with glassfibre brake disks, combined with thick steel plates which wont bend under pressure.

Radio-box
Composite radiobox which offers space for the lay-down steering servo and  the upright placed brake-throttle servo. Sufficient spacers are supplied for correct fitting of the servo’s.  The receiver and battery can be placed safely under the large cap. The transponder can be mounted in the central part, between servo and receiverbox.  The whole assembly including linkages can be taken off easily and fast in one go, when cleaning the car, or doing maintenance.

Servo arms and linkages
The servo arms have a splined insert to have the right fit per brand. The linkages runs very clean and tight and are easy to access to modify settings.

Suspension brackets
Durable nylon suspension brackets. Precision fit for the nylon roll center inserts  and pivot balls / pins.

Steeringblocks assembly
Composite steeringblocks combined with 10 dgr C-hubs  for precise steering. Steel wheel-axles with large size bearings    and larger inner     with precision threaded aluminum wheel-hubs . Flanged and serrated wheel nuts to guarantee that you will not loose a wheel nut in a race.

Front suspension
Durable oversized  lower suspension arms in strong composite nylon. On the lower sidel downstops setscrews are mounted. The lower shock-mounting pins are secured with a small grubscrew from the bottom.

Front anti-roll bar
The ballraced front anti-roll bar  system, consist of a spring steel bend wire, which is guided through the diff-cases and run in ballraced steel adaptors.  The wire is linked to the lower suspension arm, with a captured adjustable threaded pivotball, for very precise and low friction  operation.

Shocktower and bodymounts front
4.0mm thick anodized aluminum  shocktower with 3 upper positioning holes for the shocks and and 5 holes for roll-center positions.  1 centrally located adjustable bodymount , and 2 forward mounted adjustable bodymounts, all with flip-tops.

Angled steering system / servo saver
The bell cranks are angled to reduce the angle of difference between the total caster and steering plane. Therefore you will have less bump steer and a truer steering Ackerman through the entire range of suspension

Ackerman plates
With the design of the steering bell cranks when changing the Ackerman you will not need to adjust your steering tie rods. You simply will only need to adjust your end points on your radio.

Rear suspension arms
Durable oversized  lower suspension arms in strong composite nylon. On the lower side the downstops set-screws are mounted. The lower shock-mounting pins are secured with a small grubscrew from the bottom.

Rear  uprights  assembly
Composite uprights with 3 upper roll-center positions. Strong steel track-rods with L/R threading and strong balljoints  to pre-set camber. Steel wheel-axles with large size bearings  8X16X5 (2) and 15x21x4 (2) with precision threaded aluminum wheel-hubs with XX offset  .Flanged and serrated wheel nuts to guarantee that you will not loose a wheel nut in a race.

Rear anti-roll bar
The ballraced front anti-roll bar  system, consist of a spring steel bend wire, which is guided through the diff-cases and runs in ballraced steel adaptors.  The wire is linked to the lower suspension arm, with a captured adjustable threaded pivotball, for very precise and low friction  operation.

Shocktower rear
4.0mm thick anodized aluminum shocktower, integrated into the rear section for extra stiffness,  with 3 upper positioning holes for the shocks and 5 holes for roll-center positions.

Wingmount and bodymounts rear
Composite rear wing, with strong nylon adjustable rear bodymounts on wide body-support bridge located far enough to the rear, to support the bodies in best way.

Captured pivot pins and balls and bolted hinge pins
All steel hinge pins are either captured or bolted in place. This insures your chances to finish an hour long main event, while battling for the lead.  This relieves stress on the hinge pin when adjusting the kick up, or anti squat. Your pin is free to rotate to any angle without binding.

Shockabsorbers big-bore 16mm
Ccoated aluminum shockbodies with 4mm shock-rods.  Black anodized aluminium screw on shock-tops .   Pre-load adjusters with nylon spacers.  Shocks use  large diameter membrames and large diameter o-rings  and bushings to create a  supersmooth  and leak-proof package.  Large diameter pistons are held in place by a nut on the polished shock-rods tops. Open type spring retainer to let dirt out easy.

RCM shock springs
Short type colorcoded shock springs are supplied for the 1st standard set-up  Springs are grinded flat top and bottom, and checked individually for tension and length.
Compact geardifferentials
Very compact gear differentials with very smooth metal sintered gears, and steel shaft. Perfect sealing case with special gasket and o-rings.  Very durable outdrive cups in steel.   Hardened spring-steel diff-coupler 10T with connector running in 2 oversized bearings 8x19x6 and 13x19x4

Front cvd-set, rear dogbone style
Both front  steel riveshafts are being used with CVD system.  Durable steel driveshafts with hard steel pins. In the rear a dogbone type system is applied.

Strong steel transmission parts
The front and rear steel cardan shafts connect the differentials with the gearbox section.

Engine mount
Machined aluminium  engine mounts for a stable engine mounting .

Coil exhaust wire and alu mount
The tuned pipe is securely fastened with the coil spring and alumium holder.
Helps aid in the front to back movement of the pipe when chassis flex occurs. Helps to prevent damage to your exhaust gaskets.

3-shoe clutch
Full carbon 3 shoe clutch-set with medium type springs.  Easy to assemble with light and durable anodized aluminum flywheel.

125cc fueltank
Composite nyon fuel-tank with supersealing  springloaded shock-cap, bronze sintered clunk type filter and splash-side guard.  Side features slots to mount the supplied tube-guiders.  Tank mounts to chassis on longer composite posts with integrated rubber buffers to allow some movement and reduce fuel-foaming. The clunk system will allow the engine to continue running when the car is up-side-down.

Low profile air filter
Centralized air filter design to minimize cab width and height. Flexible rubber boot combined with strong nylon case to support the foam elements.   Excellent dense foam airfilter elements to keep your engines clean inside.

Body
Sleek, low style polycarbonate buggy body, with lines provided for cut out for engine and tank.

Rear wing
Large rear wing in durable nylon with good downforce and speial shaped for best airflow over and through the wing.

Oils and grease
The shock-oil, diff oil and some grease is supplied to meet the standard set-up.

Manual and set-up
Full color manual with easy to follow assembly steps, exploded views for easy spares ordering, a blank and standard set-up sheet for a good start set-up.

Decals
Black and white promo body-decals ; Serpent generic and Cobra ones.
Packing
Parts are packed according to the  steps explained in the manual.

Service and Support
The Serpent distributor, dealer or agent is your source for more info, but also the Serpent website and  the member section and the Youtube channel provides lots of information.

Needed to complete the car
-   radio and receiver
-   rx battery pack
-   engine and pipe system
-   wheels and tyres
-   fuel

Upgrading the Serpent Cobra Sport buggy
All the regular parts and the option parts of the race version of the buggy also fit this Sports-buggy.  This Sport buggy can also handle higher level racing fors ure, but to be even more constant and faster some optionals will help.  So you can select the sections which you like to upgrade step by step.  Start with shock springs  and anti-roll bars, which together with other diff-oils and shock-oils  and  tyres, will already offer a good tuning range.

Enjoy racing !

Team Serpent

 Link: Serpent

BRCA 1/12th Scale Circuit Nationals 2012 – 2013

The BRCA are pleased to announce it’s calendar of events for the 2012/13 National championship for 1/12th scale electric cars. As usual, the championships will be contested over 6 indoor rounds on carpet, with each driver’s best 4 scores counting towards their final placing in the series. During the season we will visit many of the established venues, but also a couple of new ones. The racing format has been re-evaluated with the hope of attracting more younger and less experienced drivers to the series by offering classes for slower motors and simpler cars as well as retaining the classic open modified class for those who wish to race it. Drivers from overseas are invited to race with us, as are UK based competitors of all ages and experience levels.

BRCA 1/12th Scale Circuit Nationals 2012 - 2013

The calendar and classes are as follows;

Dates
October 13th/14th – Teesside
November 17th/18th – Chesterfield
December 8th/9th – Tamworth
February 16th/17th – Plymouth
March 16th/17th – Stafford
April 20th/21st – Tonbridge

Note; There will be no national championship round on the usual January date due to a prestigious invitational race event being hosted by the BRCA at the Autosport International Racing Car Show. Several manufacturers have already been contacted in relation to this, but to find out more about this or the national series you can email 12csec@brca.org

Classes – Saturdays

  • 1/12th Scale Stock Class (for cars running 1S LiPo batteries, 10.5 turn brushless motors and approved ‘blinky’ speed controllers)
  • 1/12th Scale 17.5 Class (for cars running 1S LiPo batteries, 17.5 turn brushless motors and approved ‘blinky’ speed controllers)
  • GT12 Class (For Mardave V12 or Schumacher Supastox cars running ‘blinky’ speedos and a variety of different motor and battery types)

Classes – Sundays

  • 1/12th Scale Open Modified Class (for cars running 1S LiPo batteries, modified brushless motors and open speed controllers)
  • 1/12th Scale Sport Class (for cars running 1S LiPo batteries, 10.5 turn brushless motors and approved ‘blinky’ speed controllers as on Saturday)
  • GT12 Class (For Mardave V12 or Schumacher Supastox cars running ‘blinky’ speedos and a variety of different motor and battery types)

The winner of the Stock class on Saturdays and Open modified class on Sundays will be officially recognised as the 2012/13 BRCA national champions.

Booking in for events is done via the BRCA website and will be available soon. Further information can be found here;

Source: www.brca.org

Mark Moon Wins the Georgia Championship Series

Mark Moon Wins the Georgia Championship Series

Tekin team driver Mark Moon wins the Georgia Championship Series taking both the 2wd Buggy and 2wd Short Course titles. The 5 race format visited numerous tracks in the region. Mark showed excellent consistency always placing his Tekin RS Redline powered cars on the podium.

At the last round and finals Mark would Tq the Pro 2 Stock SC class and finish 2nd for the day taking the overall title. Again in 2wd Stock buggy Mark would wrap up the day with a 2nd place but 1st place overall for the points series title.

Mark used the Tekin RS and Redline 17.5 motors in both of his cars.

Link: Team Tekin

Team Losi Racing at the “Baden-Württemberg” Cup

Race report from Germany:

6th Round Baden-Württemberg Cup

The penultimate round of the popular “Baden-Württemberg” Cup in South Germany was held in Laupheim. The host club presented a challenging track with a lot of obstacles and jumps. So track time was crucial for the 70 entries in the buggy class and 50 entries in the truggy class. Saturday started off nicely with a dusty track and practice in heat order. However right before the start of qualifying the rains came which meant the rest of the day had to be canceled. Welcome to racing in Germany …  As the forecast promised sun for Sunday there was still a chance for a great weekend of racing. Sunday morning and the first of two qualifiers went to Hannes Käufler in the buggy class, followed by Jan Dalgaard Hansen from Denmark. Ralf Dennenmoser likewise continued his domination in the truggy category.

Max Stölzle was sitting second in both classes with two great drives! The finals went underway late and Hannes Käufler took a convincing victory with a 30 second gap over teammate Pascal Sass who found a great rythm and earned a stellar second place finish.

The truggy battle was between Ralf and Max, which developed late in the race due to a horrible start by Ralf. Ralf put on the pressure however it was Max who held his nerves and finished on the top spot!

All in all it was a satisfying Sunday for a disappointing Saturday!

Buggy Winners
1. Hannes Käufler (TLR / Spektrum / nVision / ProCircuit / Nitrolux / Ultimate Racing / Fastlane Graphix)
2. Pascal Sass (TLR / Spektrum / nVision / Proline / Byron Fuels)
3. Stefan Byesse

Team Losi Racing at the "Baden-Württemberg" Cup

Truggy Winners
1. Max Stölzle (TLR / Spektrum / Orion / AKA)
2. Ralf Dennenmoser (TLR / Spektrum / Sonic / AKA / Byron Fuels)
3. Guido Erler

Team Losi Racing at the "Baden-Württemberg" Cup

Link: TLR

EFRA 2012 EC 1/8 GP onroad

EFRA 2012 EC 1/8 GP onroad

Today the EFRA 2012 EC  1/8 GP onroad  has started with some days of free practise.

Live results will be posted here:
http://www.myrcm.ch/main?dId[E]=9396

Serpent’s  main aces are Salven, Green, Vangastel and Mazzeo, but many more present and also going for their best results !

Team Serpent is present headed  by Michael Salven.  Serpent parts support on the track is taken care off   by Scuderia Lechner /Serpent.

Together with Serpent distributor RRF  we will organise a Serpent Driver Meeting with a snack and a drink.

Serpent will keep you posted om the results.

Team Serpent

Link: Serpent

Likaris wins 2nd Rd of Greek Championship

Likaris wins 2nd Rd of Greek Championship

The second round of the Greek national championship took place at the Arena Race Track. After the four qualification rounds three Shepherd drivers were placed into the A final and three into the B final. In the A final Sidiropoulos and Likaris took second and third place at the grid.

After some thrilling 45 minutes the winner of the A final was Bill Likaris some three laps ahead of Sotiropoulos in second place with Christodoulou completing the podium on third place. Unfurtunately Costas Sidiropoulos (winner of the first race) was hit by some problems finishing in 9th position while another Shepherd driver Tsiugos finished the race in 7th position. The win brings Bill Likaris a good position for the 2012 Greek championship with Costas Sidiropoulos currently holding second place. TAG MODELS would like to thank all Shepherd drivers for the good performance.

Finale result:

1. Bill Likaris Shepherd Velox V10
2. John Sotiropoulos
3. Michael Chrisodoulou
4. Bill Totomis
5. Panos Antonopoulos
6. Nick Theodorpoulos
7. George Tsiugos Shepherd Velox V10
8. Nick Gerasimidis
9. Costas Sidiropoulos Shepherd Velox V10
10. Spiros Sotiropoulos

Likaris wins 2nd Rd of Greek Championship

Likaris wins 2nd Rd of Greek Championship

Link: Team Shepherd

XB9 Wins 2012 Israeli Championship

XB9 Wins 2012 Israeli Championship

Report by Asi Bitton
This will be the second straight winning XRAY group in the Israeli league’s for 1/8 off-road RC cars. The current season was undoubtedly Israel’s XRAY team with 7 wins out of 8: 5 for Meir Azuli and 2 for Omer Asayag. Meir was confident throughout the year even with the model 808 – 2011 and of course with the new model XRAY XB9.The basic set-up was always the starting point for each track, and usually some small changes and the car was ready. Driving well throughout with much courage and the knowledge that you could accurately control – and the durability of the car did not disappoint – pushed Meir and he improved all the time at tracks in the country.

XB9 Wins 2012 Israeli Championship

I think that in our tracks… beyond the control of the car, reliability & survivability are key factors to win. A connection is established between the drivers and their car and that was primarily because of the reliability and support of all staff. As time passes and we know more about XRAY cars, the designer’s reasoning becomes clearer to us and makes it easy for us to understand how to improve the car set-up.

For the competition held in May in Cyprus (tradition of recent years), I could not travel, but it was enough to hear what was missing and co-operation with Meir via telephone helped to set up the car. He took 1st place. Driving very fast and strong, and the forgiveness and flexibility of the vehicle, were the combination won the competition.
Aviv Maimon was one of the leading drivers of the team this year and although he did not win, he was a pretty obvious candidate for victory in all competition. Other drivers were in the Israeli league: Omer Asayag who won two tournaments each season, and he drove the XRAY 808 2011.

There are insufficient words to thank all the group members: Erez, Rami, Hovav, Guy, Dotan, Adi, Ofer ….. and many more. Almost everyone got onto the podium in different categories.

XB9 Wins 2012 Israeli Championship

Final championship results:
1. Meir Azulai -XRAY XB9
2. Yaniv Sivan
3. Itay Atedgi
4. Omer Asayag
5. Aviv Maimon XRAY XB9B final
1. Paul price
2. Erez Even Hen XRAY XB9
3. Asi Bitton XRAY XB9
It was a great year for the team that had won many trophies. We all eagerly await the beginning of the 2013 season in early September, to continue what we’ve ben doing for the past 2 years.

Link: Xray