August 6, 2014

Chassis Focus – Renaud Savoya

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Chassis – Xray XB8
Engine – Orion 321
Tyres – Sweep Revolt soft
Fuel – Runner Time
Radio/Servos – Futaba
Body – Kit
Remarks – Three time European Champion Renaud Savoya is running the 2014 XB8 with a few prototype parts on the car including new higher shock towers and a new rear chassis brace. The parts just completed days before the event, the new towers help the shock to get more up-travel giving improvements over bumps on power while the new brace, which is now mounted to the rear bulkhead instead of the shock tower as in the standard configuration, makes the car more stable, so much so that he is still looking to find more steering. Also trying Sweep’s all new Revolt tire in soft compound, the tire only being completed in limited quantities just before the race, Reno is waiting for the track to come to him as he is running the setup basically the same as from the warm-up race.

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August 6, 2014

Chassis Focus – Joseph Quagraine

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Chassis – JQ Racing The Car White edition
Engine – Reds R7
Tyres – AKA Impact Soft
Fuel – Nitrolux
Radio/Servos – Sanwa/Savox
Body – Kit
Remarks – JQ Racing head man Joseph Quagraine is running the latest White edition of his self designed The Car. Sporting some new soon to be released option parts, the most noticeable of which are the new white arms which are stiffer than the standard kit versions, there is also new shock towers that sport inserts for mounting the upper suspension links which offer a finer tuning of the position in increments as low as 1mm. Powering the car is the Reds R7 which sports a custom green head from the Italian company which could be a limited release item in the future.

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August 5, 2014

Chassis Focus – Robert Batlle

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Chassis – Mugen MBX7
Engine – Novarossi Keep Off 21 4S
Tyres – Pro Circuit Hot Dices Soft
Fuel – Nitrolux
Radio/Servos – Futaba/Xpert
Body – Kit
Remarks – Current World Champion Robert Batlle is running the MBX7 with a number of new pre production parts on the car. All around are new larger (1mm) bore shock absorbers while the rear versions are shorter as is the shock mount, the new setup helping the car over the bumps and on the landing off jumps. Up front Robert is also running new CVDs which give the car more corner speed. In terms of setup he is running his same setup from the Monday after the warmup race when he first tested the new parts and for tomorrow he is going to try +2mm rear hubs, the Spaniard not able to run his last practice session due to rain.

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August 5, 2014

Chassis Focus – Hupo Honigl

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Chassis – Team C T8 V3
Engine – Novarossi Keep Off 21 4S
Tyres – Pro-Line Lockdown
Fuel – Tornado
Radio/Servos – Futaba
Body – Kit
Remarks – Running a kit version of the Team C T8 V3, apart from some lightweight parts, this is only the Austrian’s second race with the car. Having driven at the track back in May after the warmup, the setup he ran with back then is nothing like his current setup having learned a lot more about the car in some additional testing back in Austria he has now found a good balance with the car. Having tried the new Pro-Line Fugitive tire earlier he switched to the Lockdown which gave him more steering, the former being better for if the track gets rougher.

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August 5, 2014

Chassis Focus – Darren Bloomfield

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Chassis – Agama A8 Evo FR Cup
Engine – Bullitt 219
Tyres – Beat Freeride Super Soft
Fuel – Piranha
Radio/Servos – Sanwa/Hitec
Body – JC Paint Arrow
Remarks – Having only just won the most recent round of the British Nationals, 2012 European Champion Darren Bloomfield comes into the Euros in good form with his updated Agama. While not the full new car, it does sport new parts on the car including lower shock towers and shorter shocks, new rear hub with options for 4 different lower mounting points and new anti-roll bar mounting points on the wishbones. The final car will sport a wider chassis plate and molded radio tray and when it goes on sale around September it will also include the aluminium steering rack as standard. Darren is running a new bodyshell from his painter JC Paint, called the Arrow, one of  three Agama drivers running the shell here in Germany.

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August 5, 2014

Chassis Focus – David Ronnefalk

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Chassis – Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI3
Engine – Team Orion RS
Tyres – AKA Catapult Soft
Fuel – Runner Time
Radio/Servos – KO Propo
Body – Kyosho Cab forward
Remarks – Reigning European Champion David Ronnefalk of Sweden is running a basic TKI3 here in Germany with the same setup he used to win the warm up race back in May. Choosing not to run the newly released harder front wishbones, preferring to run with what he is familiar with, compared to his standard setup back in Sweden the car uses the next step harder front grey spring on the car as well as laying down the rear shock towers one step. A point of interest on the car is the KO RSX2 servos with their metal case which are strong enough to enable David to run the car with basically no servo saver, the nut tightened down fully on the servo saver spring, with the plastic lever giving some give over the optional metal version.

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