October 24, 2018

Chassis Focus – Dominic Greiner

Chassis – Serpent 750
Engine – Novarossi Mito WCs
Fuel (handout) – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Sanwa
Body – Xtreme Hammer

Remarks – The reigning World Champion here in Homestead, Dominic is running the same Serpent 750 he debuted and took to victory at the season finale of the Euro Nitro Series in Fiorano, Italy.  The only difference to the car is that the preproduction parts have now been replaced with black finished production parts.

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October 24, 2018

Chassis Focus – Eduardo Escandón

Chassis – Shepherd Velox WC ’19
Engine – Novarossi Mito WCS
Fuel (handout) – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Sanwa
Body – Xtreme Hammer

Remarks – Eduardo is running the 2019 version of Shepherd’s Velox with the new car featuring an updated rear end.  A new rear axle accommodates the use of shorter arms which are now also mounted lower in the car.  As a result of the new arms the car also has new shocks positions.  While the parts on Eduardo’s car are prototype, the rest of the Shepherd team here in Florida are running the product parts from the new kit.  In terms of how the new rear end changes the car, Eduardo says it gives more rotation especially here at Homestead RC Raceway with the car much faster in the 180 degree corners.

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October 23, 2018

Chassis Focus – Naoto Matsukura

Chassis – Infinity IF15
Engine – OS Speed T12 03
Fuel (handout) – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Sanwa
Body – Protoform P47

Remarks – Right in the mix in controlled practice, Naoto is running what he describes as an ‘all standard car just with optionals’ adding the car has ‘nothing special’ on it.  His first 200mm race, he said the most interesting aspect of the car is OS’ new T12 03 engine.

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October 23, 2018

Chassis Focus – Robert Pietsch

Chassis – Mugen Prototype
Engine – OS Speed T12 03
Fuel (handout) – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Sanwa
Body – Xtreme Hammer

Remarks – Looking strong here at Homestead RC Speedway, Robert is running a prototype of Mugen’s upcoming 1:10 200mm kit release.  Featuring the same front end as the MTX6R the biggest change is a completely new rear end with both ends connected by a new chassis design.  With the rear having all new metal parts it follows the design of their 1:8 rear end and having less parts making it easier to work on the car.  In terms of performance Robert says the car has similar handling characteristics to it’s predecessor.

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August 19, 2018

2018 ISTC Worlds Winning Car

Bruno Coelho (Portugal)

Xray T4 ’18/19 Hybrid – Hobbywing Xerun V10 4.5T – Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Pro – Sunpadow 5600mAh Gold Label – Montech Racer body – Sanwa transmitter – BR BC1863X Servo

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August 19, 2018

Chassis Focus – Loic Jasmin

Chassis – Awesomatix A800X MMCX
Motor – LRP X22 4.5T
ESC – LRP Flow X
Batteries – LRP 6400
Tires – Team Powers (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Highest DLP650
Bodyshell – Protoform Type S Pro Light

Remarks – Joining team-mate Freddy Südhoff in the A-Main here at the World Championships in South Africa, top French driver Loic Jasmin is using Awesomatix’s A800X MMCX.  Like Südhoff, Loic also felt more comfortable with the Mid Motor configuration on the Welkom RC Arena indoor asphalt track because it offered more steering and rotation. In terms of set-up Loic’s car is similar to Freddy’s setup using the new C04M1+9.0 arms in front and C04M1+8.0 arms in the rear as well as the new AM105 rear stiffener.

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