RC Mag are reporting on the Kyosho Masters race which was being held this weekend at a track outside Paris. With a lot of international racers in attendance from all around Europe as well as Japan and the USA, it was to once again be an exciting event to showcase the products of the Japanese manufacturer. In the Elite buggy class it was Jerome Aigoin that took the top spot in qualifying in front of Linus Thern in 2nd, while in the truggy class it was again Jerome Aigoin who was fastest ahead of Cody King. In the buggy semi, Jerome had problems and wouldn’t move up to the main event which would see Linus Thern on pole position. In the race itself, it was Cody who would win the event, setting the fastest lap in the race, to finish in front of newly crowned Euro B Champion David Ronnefalk from Sweden, with another American, Tyler Vik claiming 3rd. In the truggy final, Jerome was able to make amends for his poor buggy race by winning the final by 7 seconds ahead of Linus Thern, while young David Ronnefalk took his second podium of the day in 3rd.

Buggy final results
1. KING CODY – 76 Laps in 45:00.628
2. RONNEFALK DAVID – 76 Laps in 45:13.378
3. VIK TYLER – 76 Laps in 45:20.043
4. LATTANZIO JULIEN – 75 Laps in 45:06.547
5. KANAI YUICHI – 75 Laps in 45:16.433
6. THERN LINUS – 75 Laps in 45:17.007
7. DEROCH STEPHANE – 75 Laps in 45:36.068
8. ROBIN – T TONY – 74 Laps in 45:37.228
9. LENZI SAMUELE – 73 Laps in 44:32.008
10. CHUNG TOMMY – 71 Laps in 45:09.283
11. ROBIN – D DAN – 58 Laps in 45:10.678
12. ADACHI SHIN – 12 Laps in 07:08.022

Truggy final results
1. AIGOIN JEROME – 35 Laps in 20:08.574
2. THERN LINUS – 35 Laps in 20:15.219
3. RONNEFALK DAVID – 34 Laps in 20:09.751
4. VIK TYLER – 34 Laps in 20:13.265
5. DEROCH STEPHANE – 34 Laps in 20:16.327
6. KANAI YUICHI – 34 Laps in 20:32.406
7. LEMKE FRANCK – 33 Laps in 20:01.965
8. KING CODY – 33 Laps in 20:18.423
9. CRADOCK MIKE – 33 Laps in 20:23.356
10. KAPICKA TOM – 32 Laps in 20:18.010
11. VOSTATEK HONZA – 32 Laps in 20:28.909
12. JACKSON KARL – 31 Laps in 20:34.955
13. EKENSTIERNA KEILIA – 30 Laps in 20:33.165
14. N’GUYEN JEAN CLAUDE – 27 Laps in 20:07.221
15. WILLETTS SIMON – 16 Laps in 09:25.347

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King & Aigoin win 2009 Kyosho Masters

Alien Power have released yet more new products with the announcement of a new Warp Micro ESC and Warp 2.0 brushless motors. The lightweight Warp Micro ESC comes in at only 30 grams , has a small footprint and works with sensorless brushless motors. Able to handle 4-9 cell NiMh & NiCd or 2-3 cell LiPo packs, it has a normal output of 25A peaking at 90A. The 2nd Generation Warp brushless motors are the results of testing from their team, and feature a newly designed black casing, optimized Internal cooling and a new 12mm sintered rotor. Available in a wide range of winds from 3.0T to 10.5T as well as ROAR spec 10.5T, 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T.

Source: Alien Power [alienpower.net]

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Alien Power Warp Micro ESC and BL motors

Back in February we brought you the first photographs of the new G4RS 2009 edition (formerly dubbed the G4II) from Team Magic, when we were shown Dario Balestri’s prototype car at the Toy Fair in Germany. Last month we showed you a video of that car testing at Gubbio, host of this years European Championship, at the hands of the double European Champion and now we have photos of the final G4RS 09 of Italian TM/Novarossi team driver Raimondo Gilletti. Basically in its production form, the car is very similar to the prototype with the exception of some different materials, such as the plastic front upper suspension brackets, aluminium chassis stiffeners in place of carbon and plastic rear lower suspension brackets. The prototype plastics have of course all been replaced with the final molded versions and overall the car looks complete. The car has some nice touches such as the super small diameter front and rear gear differentials, the low centre of gravity and centralised weight, the large scope for adjustment and the ability to change between a blade or wire type front ant-roll bar. Having been tested extensively by the Italian TM team of Balestri, Gilleti and Mario Spiniello, the car is expected to hit the market at the end of June, 3 weeks before it will attempt to defend its European title.

For more information on the new G4RS 09 you can contact Raimondo Gilletti (e-mail) directly.

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Team Magic G4RS 09 of Raimondo Gilletti

VP Pro have introduced a complete range of pinion gears for 1/8th scale electric conversions. Manufactured from high quality materials using a high precision gear machine, assuring ultra precise tolerances and concentricity, they come in all sizes from 12T – 18T.

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VP Pro 1/8th scale pinions