Red RC Events

January 20, 2017

Chassis Focus – Ty Tessmann

Chassis: Xray XB4 2017
Motor: Orion VST2 Pro Lightweight 5.5T
ESC: Orion R10.1 Vortex Pro
Batteries: Orion 3800mAh XS
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/MKS
Body: Kit body
Tires (handout): Pro-Line Positron/Transistor
Remarks – Ty Tessmann is making his race debut with new sponsors Xray, driving the 2017 Xray XB4. having only received the car on the 3rd of January, the Canadian has spent all the time since then testing in California in preperation for the Reedy Race. A steep learning curve to know how all the adjustments work and to what extent, they have made a number of changes to their original setup since arriving at OCRC this week. Needing more steering, they have changed diff oils, front geometry and added more front and rear droop and so far they are very happy with the car’s performance. One interesting point is that he is using the XB2 wing on the rear of the car which is more flat than the kit XB4 version and which he feels is more consistent.

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January 20, 2017

Chassis Focus – Dakotah Phend

Chassis: TLR 22-4 2.0
Motor: Orion VST2 Pro Lightweight 5.5T
ESC: Orion R10.1 Vortex Pro
Batteries: Orion 4500mAh
Radio/Servo: Spektrum
Body: Kit body
Tires (handout): Pro-Line Positron/Transistor
Remarks – Reigning Reedy Race of Champions Champion Dakotah Phend is running his standard setup on his TLR 22-4 2.0. Having tested a number of changes on the car at OCRC last week, he reverted back to his base setup. One interesting point is that on the rear of the car Phend is using the original V1.0 rear hubs and driveshafts as he feels it gives the car a better flow through the corner as opposed the more aggressive cornering on the standard part.

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January 8, 2017

Chassis Focus – Merlin Depta

Chassis – Serpent Project 4X
Motor – LRP X20 13.5T (Handout)
ESC – G-Force TS16
Batteries – Arrowmax 7800mAh
Tires – LRP (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Savox
Bodyshell – Blitz GS-F II
Remarks – 2015 8th scale vice European Champion Merlin Depta concluded an impressive DHI Cup finishing 3rd overall from 3rd on the grid in the Super Stock division behind the wheel of the Serpent Project 4X. His example is pretty standard, only sporting some Arrowmax adjustable body posts as an option.

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January 8, 2017

New In The Pits – LRP Flow X TC Spec

We caught up with LRP’s Aleš Dobnikar who showed us an example of their new Flow X TC Spec coming from their first production batch. The speedo has a completely redesigned power and logic board, and now features very powerful FETs customised for LRP. Aleš was kind enough to open the unit for us so as to show the finishing and the FETs in detail. The system now allows for up to 220A of constant power, and as a prototype has already been crowned World Champion with Ronald Volker in China last September.

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January 7, 2017

Chassis Focus – Naoki Akiyama

Chassis – Yokomo BD8
Motor – Yokomo RP 4.5T
ESC – Yokomo RPX
Batteries – Yokomo 5000mAh
Tires – LRP (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R
Remarks – Yokomo’s rising star Naoki Akiyama has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying here at the DHI Cup and is set to start third on the grid for tomorrow’s A-Main. Using an aluminium chassis, his BD8 is pretty standard, titanium screws and turnbuckles being the only options used by the Japanese driver, together with a 40g centre weight.

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January 7, 2017

Chassis Focus – Wilhelm Skjöldebrand

Chassis: Associated B6
Motor: Reedy Sonic 6.0T
ESC: Reedy Black Box 410R
Batteries: Reedy 3900mAh
Radio/Servo: Sanwa/Reedy
Remarks – Promising 13-year-old Swedish driver Wilhelm Skjöldebrand is set to start the 2WD A-Main as best of the Team Associated cars here in Odense. His car features a JConcepts front wing, front and rear sway bars and an aluminium steering bellcrank. He is also using steel weight plates under the servo and the ESC, while the under LiPo weight is brass. They also decided to lift the gearbox by 2mm, this improving the forward traction on the car and giving a better feeling for the driver.

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Having covered our first ever 1:8 GT World Championship in Australia 2 years ago, Red RC is excited to be travelling to Santiago, Chile, for the next chapter in IFMAR GT class history where drivers will battle it out to become the 3rd World Champion of the Nitro class. This year will also see the crowning of the inaugural eGT World Champion as the electric class gains World Championship status having run as a World Cup race in Sydney.

Taking place at the very impressive Club de Aeromodelos de Chile (CACH) facility, our coverage of how the championships unfold has been made possible thanks to Sweep Racing, Energy Fuel and reigning World Champion chassis manufacturer Hong Nor. Sweep Racing are the official controlled tyre supplier for these World Championships while Italian fuel manufacturer Energy is the controlled fuel for not just the 1:8 GT Worlds but also the 1:8 Onroad Worlds which also take place at CACH later in the year.

Red RC is looking forward to travelling to South America, our last trip to this part of the world being for the 2012 1:8 Buggy Worlds in Argentina, with our coverage beginning on Wednesday, September 17th, with the first round of qualifying. We hope you will follow our coverage as we tell the story of how the sport’s latest World Champions are crowned.