Having released their range of Platinum 1/8th brushless motors back in February, Robitronic have now released a 9.5T and 10.5T version to add to the already available 6.5T, 7.5T and 8.5T versions. Featuring a sensored design for smoother response over non sensored versions, the timing is mechanically adjustable for fine tuning the motor’s performance to different track conditions. Sporting a sintered neodymium rotor with the now standard 5mm diameter shaft for use with regular 1/8th pinions, it comes supplied with a heatsink and ventilator.
Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]
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O’Donnell are reporting on their coast-to-coast adventure which began at the incredible RC Excitement facility in Fitchburg, MA, for the first annual O’Donnell East Coast Championship. During qualifying, East Coast factory O’Donnell team driver Mike Wilder showed that having the home track advantage does pay off. He piloted his brand new Z01-B SG buggy to the TQ position over West Coast superstar and factory O’Donnell driver Barry Baker. Not to be outdone, Baker went on to take the TQ spot in e-buggy with the Z01-E SG and the TQ spot in truggy as well, with his Z01-T SG. In the main events, however, Baker put on a driving clinic with the new line of SG vehicles from O’Donnell racing to claim victory. The following day, it was back on a plane to the West Coast for the annual O’Donnell West Coast Championships at the world-famous Revelation Raceway in Montclair, CA. During qualifying, O’Donnell Fuel driver Dylan Rodriguez lay down the TQ in both buggy and truggy. When the main events rolled around, it was a whole different story. The top spot changed hands throughout the race. In the end, O’Donnell factory driver Barry Baker, fresh off of his truggy win out East, let them know who the boss was as he piloted his O’Donnell Z01-T SG to victory over his O’Donnell teammate Mike Moralez.
Source: O’Donnell [odonnellracing.com]
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The ASC Celle held the fourth round of the Northern German electric off-road regionals last weekend. The race took place on the club’s newly built and very demanding astro turf track. 2WD modified saw touring car specialist Christian Ahrens (Schumacher Cougar SV) claim the TQ spot but technical issues saw him drop to 7th place in the A-final. Instead GM-Racing team driver Stephan Pieper put his Associated B4FT in 1st place followed by Sebastian Sürstedt (Atomic Carbon CR2) and Michael Vollmer (Associated B4FT). 4th place went to Maximilian Krohn (Schumacher Cougar SV). It was also Stephan Pieper who would win the 4WD modified A-main again with his B4, finding his 2WD faster than his 4WD Yokomo B-Max. Kyosho/Team Orion team driver Tim Benson drove his Kyosho ZX5 FS to second spot followed by Michael Breitrück (Kyosho ZX5) and Marco Eymer (Team Durango DEX410).
Thanks to Sebastian Suerstedt for the report.
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Hobbywing have released their new and improved Xerun 1/8th scale brushless speed controllers. Available in 80A and 150A, the former is perfect for buggy and truggy use, while the latter is mainly used for monster trucks that need power on demand as well as 1/5th scale Baja conversions. Both run the new 608 software for lower rpm torque and both come with an LCD programmer box.
Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]
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Last weekend saw the Nordic Championships take place in 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy at the Radøy raceway in Norway, not too far from Bergen. The race featured a really strong field with champions from Norway, Sweden and Finland in contention.2WD kicked off with a wet track making the standings a little unexpected initially, but with a drying track for the final two rounds the results really changed as PerErik Nordman came into shape with his Kyosho Ultima RB-5 SP2 and won the last two of the 4 rounds of qualifying making him the top qualifier.
Finals were quite exciting as the wind got stronger and track temperatures went up and down all through the afternoon. PerErik and Kjell-Gunnar Guttormsen battled all through A-main 1 but after a solid overtaking maneuver PerErik held a firm grip on the lead as he won the first round. A-main 2 ended with a DNF for PerErik after he crashed out and Kjell-Gunnar won the round making him a hot contender for the overall win ahead of the last round. A-main 3 saw PerErik scamper off to take the win with a solid run ahead of a fast David Ronnefalk and Ketil Petersen.
2WD podium:
1. PerErik Nordman – Kyosho/Orion
2. Kjell-Gunnar Guttormsen – Team Associated/LRP
3. Ketil Petersen – Team Associated
4WD was run on Sunday in fantastic conditions with a dry track and plenty of sunshine throughout the day. Practice showed this was a race about PerErik Nordman and 1/8th scale ace David Ronnefalk as they matched each other all through the event with quite a gap to third. Former Swedish Champion Otto Ausfelt was the only one who got close to the pace of David & PerErik’s Orion powered Kyosho Lazer ZX-5 FS2 cars.
PerErik and David split the four rounds of qualifying equally winning two rounds each, PerErik had a better time and took TQ with a margin of 0.6s ahead of David. David proved a little more consistent than PerErik through the finals as he won the race with a really strong drive in A-main 1 & 2. PerErik won the last round securing a 1-2 victory for the Swedish Kyosho team.
4WD podium:
1. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho/Orion
2. PerErik Nordman – Kyosho/Orion
3. Otto Ausfelt – Yokomo
Thanks to PerErik Nordman for the report.
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