2012

I wish all the best, a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all!

2012 is starting and new exciting projects are on my schedule (actually on my work bench).


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Greek National Cup - Orion R10Pro settings



TEAM ORION VORTEX R10PRO SETUP SHEET



KYOSHO Annual GRANDPRIX 2011

Every year KYOSHO organize their annual GrandPrix race at the BossSpeed race track in Japan.
As far as I know this track will be the host club for the 2013 IFMAR 1/8 Onroad World Championships.
Here are 2 videos showing in sequence the 20 minute main final in the 1/8th scale class.

and here is an older clip from the driver's stand showing the demanding layout of this technical track:

Sources: http://paintkura.blog85.fc2.com/

http://www.kyosho.com/

National CUP 2011 - Video

Here is a video edit from the first A-main of our National Cup. Track is pretty big and cars reach high speeds. In this Amain I suffered from cold tyres in the first few laps and had very little traction. Additionally my electronics had a conservative set up as I hadn't tested more boost and timing. I increased these two parameters for the 2nd Amain and car was much faster, improving by a considerable margin over the qualifying and first Amain runs.
Video recorded by friend, Chris Zotalis

National CUP 2011

A great action photo, shot by my friend Chris Zotalis.

So the final race of the year is now history and it went quite well for me since I won with some ease. Competition is not quite at the top level it used to be in this class as it has suffered a lot in the past few years with low number of entries and limited involvment from most hobby shops so it was expected that I would do well as I am one of the most experienced and involved in this class.

The positive part is that the race was nice and fun, the people participating enjoyed it and quite a few more have expressed their interest in competing in this class in 2012.  Should this be the case I am always more than willing to share my knowledge and assist any new or old racers to improve their performance.

Below is a series of photos from the car in its latest form in which I won the National Cup race for 2011 and at the end a .pdf file of my set up.

Set up sheet :

http://data7.blog.de/media/753/6069753_a49b1bf964_d.pdf

TF-6 body on

And final chapter for the TF-6, with the body installed. Certainly my toughest paintjob yet!

PICCO New Edo Mod Torque 2012

PICCO MICROMOTORI introduced their new line of high performance .21 engines for the 1/8 onroad class. All info is from their official website



Highlights:


• 7 ports + 2 bypass hard chromed liner
• CNC machined billet piston
• Balanced 14mm turbo cranckshaft with silicone insert
• Super aligned "Knife edged" aerodynamic connecting rod
• Separate large size finned turbo combustion chamber insert
• 14mm Swiss quality main bearing (ceramic bearings are available as optional)
• Bigger super lightweight cooling head
• Composite slide carburetor
• 8.0mm and 9.0mm venturi inserts

All available info here:TORQUE .21 2012 Spec EdoMod

ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 1/8 On road videos

I found two videos from the 3rd round of the Italian Championship in 1/8 onroad class. I think this is the country in which this class is most popular.

The track is at MELZO which I had visited in 2001 if I remember well.

1st video from Qualifying

2nd video showing Mr. Edoardo Picco of PICCO Micromotori preparing his brother's, Alberto, car. Interesting to see he is using the MRX-4 Mugen and not MRX-5.