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Chassis Focus – Simon Kurzbuch Posted: 19 Aug 2017 09:12 AM PDT Chassis – Shepherd Velox V8 “WC” Remarks – Claiming the overall TQ here in Aigen, Simon Kurzbuch is running the basic Simon Kurzbuch Edition of the Velox V8 “WC”. Over the standard car this includes aluminium wheel axles, titanium screws, Brilliant RC ball bearing set, brass battery plate, and 0.8 clutch. The Swiss driver said even on the set-up everything is pretty much how he normally runs the car. Image Gallery ![]() ![]() |
Kurzbuch on point with ENS Austria TQ Posted: 19 Aug 2017 09:01 AM PDT Simon Kurzbuch is the Top Qualifier at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria. The Shepherd driver secured his second TQ start of the season when, after a delayed start to Day 2 of qualifying at Aigen, due to overnight rain, he was fastest for a third time in Q5. An important bonus championship point for the reigning champion, starting behind him on the grid for the 45-minute A-Main tomorrow will be points leader Bruno Coelho. The only other driver to TQ one of the five qualifying rounds, the return of rain causing the cancellation of Q6, Robert Pietsch will line up third ahead of a competitive looking Silvio Hächler. Qualifying fifth, Toni Gruber makes it five different manufacturers at the front end of the grid with Lars Hoppe completing the Top 6. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. ![]() ![]() |
Kurzbuch on point with ENS Austria TQ Posted: 19 Aug 2017 08:51 AM PDT Simon Kurzbuch is the Top Qualifier at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria. The Shepherd driver secured his second TQ start of the season when, after a delayed start to Day 2 of qualifying at Aigen, due to overnight rain, he was fastest for a third time in Q5. An important bonus championship point for the reigning champion, starting behind him on the grid for the 45-minute A-Main tomorrow will be points leader Bruno Coelho. The only other driver to TQ one of the five qualifying rounds, the return of rain causing the cancellation of Q6, Robert Pietsch will line up third ahead of a competitive looking Silvio Hächler. Qualifying fifth, Toni Gruber makes it five different manufacturers at the front end of the grid with Lars Hoppe completing the Top 6. ‘One more step closer to getting to the top of the standings. We reached our first goal of the weekend and I hope we can end with a good result’, was Kurzbuch’s reaction after claiming his 7th ENS career TQ honours. Commenting on his run that secured him pole for the final, he said, ‘It was a really good run but at the end it was a little wet which made it difficult. I was afraid that I lost it on the last lap because it was bad again’. Yesterday a bad final lap prevented him from wrapping up the overall TQ in Q4 as Coelho beat him by 0.046 of a second. Chasing a hat trick of wins at the Aigen track, having clinched the title with his win here last year, looking to the final the Swiss ace believes tyre strategy is the biggest opportunity to find an advantage. The factory Novarossi driver said fuel consumption is ‘good’ but with the new surface changing the track from a tyre eater to one where wear is quite low he feels it important to have a good strategy for this change. Asked if he had decided on when and what tyre change he would make he replied, ‘I have to discuss it with my father this evening’. Summing up his qualifying, finishing 6-tenths of a second off Kurzbuch in what was to be the final qualifier, Coelho said, ‘the car was very good on the track but we made a bad tyre decision’. He continued, ‘we used small tyres but at the end it was difficult to drive because they were too low’. Asked about his chassis, his Q4 TQ coming with a damaged chassis because of a lack of time to change it after a big off in the third round, he said, ‘we checked it and the damage doesn’t effect it so we have kept it’. Chasing his first Aigen win, this only his second visit to the Austrian track, the Xray driver added, ‘I am confident for the final. My car is really good. We still need to discuss tyres. The wear is super low but for sure we need to change. It is not easy to calculate because we don’t have information from before and we don’t have this wear anywhere else.’ ‘I’m ok with P3’ was Pietsch’s reaction following the announcement Q6 wouldn’t run due to the rain. Top Qualifier here in 2015, he said, ‘I was unlucky in the last qualifier as I had an unglued rear tyre so I could have got a better position’. Asked about his approach to tomorrow’s final he said, ‘It is hard to say now because we are not sure about the rain. Cooler conditions are better for me but I think it might be warmer again. We will check tomorrow in practice what we will do’. Asked about the low tyre wear, the 2013 World Champion replied, ‘tyre wear is not a problem, it might be possible to do the race with no stop’. Securing his best ever ENS qualifying position Hächler said, ‘P4, I’m really happy with that’. The ARC driver was less happy with his final qualifying attempt however saying,’I had no grip once the rain drops started. It really affected my car more compared to the others’. Overall pleased with his car this weekend in the hot & dry conditions, the two time ENS podium finisher said, ‘I hope the sun is back tomorrow and the track is warmer. If its like that I change nothing for the final’. Asked about strategy he replied, ‘I have really good fuel consumption and I think I can save 1 or maybe 2 stops on some other drivers. The tyres I have to discuss but it would probably be hard to drive 45-minutes without changing’. Fresh from winning the 1:10 European Championship last week, Gruber said, ‘P5 is not bad but it is not what I wanted to get’. The WRC driver continued, ‘we still have the problem with the steering but we will test a lot of things in the practice tomorrow to try find the problem. If we can fix it then the car will be complete’. The German will go into the final as he would any other saying, ‘I will start the final like all finals, I drive safe at first. We think a lot about not changing tyres but maybe one change will be better, we will see tomorrow’. With the big focus on the 1:8 title fight, with the 1:10 field having less depth than normal due to last week’s Euros in France, it is Bruno Coelho who will start on pole. With drivers getting in all six rounds of qualifying, Coelho wrapped up the TQ in Q5 and capped off the day with a fifth TQ run in Q6. The only driver to top the winner of the season opener when he took Q4, Leo Arnold made it an Xray 1-2 on the grid. Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann secured 3rd ahead of team-mate Melvin Diekmann with ENS Germany podium finisher Marco Kaufmann completing the Top 5 ahead of Austrian Gerhard Kandelhart. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. ![]() |
Posted: 19 Aug 2017 05:48 AM PDT Chassis – Serpent 988 Viper Remarks – Leading the Serpent challenge at the end of the first day of qualifying, Merlin Depta is using new harder plastic parts the company has produced for the upcoming World Championships next month in France. Apart from that the German said the rest of his 988 Viper is ‘pretty standard’ with the exception of some of his own handy work. It turns out Merlin has his own CNC machines and his work is featured on the car in the aluminium throttle link and his carbon radio box. The radio box which features a 30gram tungsten weight gives the the car a better centre line balance, the weight offsetting the off centre weight and position of the engine. In terms of unique set-up being used on the car to get it more suited to the Aigen track, both himself and Dominic Greiner are running a ‘quite soft’ rear end set-up to help reduce the rear of the car twitching. He described the feeling as being similar to that experienced by drivers in Ettlingen. Image Gallery ![]() ![]() |
Nosram N22 540-size modified brushless motors Posted: 19 Aug 2017 05:16 AM PDT Austrian Nosram distributors MW RC Cars have introduced the all new N22 540-size modified brushless motor. It makes use of a lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium can with maximised cooling cut-outs for improved airflow and thus low operation temperatures. A heatsink design and black surface coating further helps with efficient heat dissipation while an optimised sensor design and timing range, dual-axis balanced sintered rotor and 4x10x4mm ABEC5 bearings help to get the most out of the new design. A unique, waterproof PreciSensor assures precise operation with any speed controller and the motors are available in 3.5T to 10.5T variants with odd and even winding options. Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at] ![]() ![]() |
West Coast R/C Works Rapide P12 servo mounting plates Posted: 19 Aug 2017 04:54 AM PDT Coming from West Coast R/C Works are Black Carpet Edition series carbon fibre servo mounting plates for the Roche Rapide P12 1/12th scale pan car. The first in a line of dedicated option parts, that are specially aimed at racing on the new generation of high-grip carpets such as the CRC black carpet and the gray and ETS floors, the mounting plates are designed to replace the original part and the bolt pattern ensures that the servo is mounted correctly and reliable on the chassis. The servo mounting plates are made from 3mm carbon fibre, they work on both high and low-grip surfaces and are available with bold patterns to directly mount the Futaba S9650/S9670, Futaba BLS671SV/BLS671SVi and Sanwa SRG-HR/HS. Source: West Coast R/C Works [westcoastrcworks.us] ![]() ![]() |
Chassis Focus – Silvio Hächler Posted: 19 Aug 2017 04:50 AM PDT Chassis – ARC R8.1 Remarks – ARC driver Silvio Hächler is enjoying a welcomed resurgence in form here in Aigen. While not helped at the previous round in Ettlingen by the fact a college exam meant he could only arrive on the Saturday, the Swiss driver has put his strong showing this weekend down to having had some valuable testing time with friend & reigning World Champion Simon Kurzbuch. In terms of his car, he said it features nothing special with the biggest difference in his package being his engines. The 2017 season OS Speed team signing is running the newly released R2103 and has been praising its performance throughout qualifying. Image Gallery ![]() ![]() |
Chassis Focus – Thilo Tödtmann Posted: 19 Aug 2017 04:38 AM PDT Chassis – Shepherd Velox V10 “WC” Remarks – Leading the Shepherd charge at the newly resurfaced Aigen track in Austria, Thilo Tödtmann is running the German company’s Velox V10 “WC” with the standard array of optional parts. Two key items on the car however are the use of a steel clutch instead of the optional aluminium version he would normally use. The reason for switching to the steel is because of the high temperatures experienced both in Thursday’s practice and yesterday’s qualifying. Thilo also feels it is better for the track’s inclines offering more overall consistency. The other main item on the car is the new Brilliant RC rear body mount, which made of carbon fibre is not only a lighter option than previous anti tuck set-ups, but offers better protection of the body during refuelling. Image Gallery ![]() ![]() |
Brilliant RC TCX carbon fibre body support Posted: 19 Aug 2017 04:33 AM PDT Brilliant RC have announced a new carbon body support for the brand’s TCX 200mm touring car body shell. Made from high-quality 5mm carbon material the body support prevents body-tucks during refuelling or after battles and crashes on the track. No additional parts are needed and it perfectly fits Brilliant RC’s TCX pre-cut bodies as well as other brands with a Shepherd chassis specific version coming very soon followed by dedicated variants for other chassis brands in the very near future. Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] ![]() ![]() |
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