Serpent 966 Evo . . . Ready to rip.

Regular visitors will know that I recently got myself a Serpent 966 Evo with the intention of going 1/8 circuit racing.

After an extensive rebuild I have finally gotten around to fitting some electrics and an engine.

In the end I opted to use an engine that I already have, an SH PT21XT2-P8 with exiting gasses being disposed of by a matched SH pipe set.

This is a relatively mild engine and, at £200, not too expensive. That said it is still plenty powerful enough to get me into all sorts of bother! It will be quick enough to hold its own at Adur club meetings but will, I suspect, be a little out of its depth at national meetings.

I'm going 1/8 Circuit racing with a Serpent 966 Evo.

They say a change is as good as a rest and I'm not one for resting so change it is!

I am going have a little dabble at the F1 of RC racing, 1/8 on road.

I picked myself up a used Serpent 966 Evo. It wasn't in as good condition as I had hoped so I have been beavering away in my man cave for a couple of weeks executing a major overhaul.

This is the result of my labours.

I am now the proud, excited, owner of a very tidy Serpent 966 Evo.

It is fitted with a full alloy pulley set, blade roll bars and the Serpent 'flex' rear end.

1/8th scale European Championship Result

This is the preliminary result for the 8th scale European Championship held today in Luxembourg.

They are, at the time of writing, unconfirmed.

It was shaping up to be a great race between Collari, Balestri, Pietsch and Van Gastel until Balestri and Piestch ran into problems around 30 mins in to the race.

This meant that the different pitting strategies didn't get to play out and allowed Collari to keep Van Gastel under control to the flag.

A well deserved and, some would say, overdue victory for Collari.

Nr Vehicle   Pilot                 Country   Laps   Lap time   Absolute time  Best time  Med time

1     5        Collari Lamberto     IT        160     17.088     45:03.506       15.918        16.896

2     3        Van Gastel Ilia        BE       160     16.527     45:09.772       16.057        16.936

3     9        Vrielijnck Rick          NL       158    18.704     45:08.537       16.075         17.142

4     2        Romagnoli Michele   IT        157     17.967     45:04.670       16.121         17.227

5     10       Mack Oliver             DE       154     18.111     45:06.197        16.211         17.572

6     8        D'Hondt Robin        BE        121     20.842    34:32.967       16.283         17.131

7     4        Pietsch Robert        DE       115   1:07.172    33:22.570       16.099         17.413

8     7        Dankel Eric             DE       111      16.303     36:17.410       16.097         19.616

9     1        Balestri Dario          IT        110     17.465     32:21.665       16.123         17.651

10   6        Kurzbuch Simon       CH        96     17.318      31:36.651       16.213         19.756

Kyle Branson and Mark Green were highest placed Brits both running into trouble early and failing to finish their respective finals.

BRCA 8th scale National Round 5 Adur MCC

The great and the good of 1/8 scale gathered at AMCC on the sunny (yeah right!) south coast at the weekend for round 5 of the BRCA national champs.

Given the weather forecast it was unsurprising that the entry was a little down but, with one notable exception, all the top guys were there. There was no reason to expect anything other than some top quality on track action.

Fast local men (l) Dan Ghibaldan and (r) Nick Gilbert

BRCA 1/8 Circuit National at AMCC Image Gallery

It was a changeable and testing weekend for the F1 of RC racing.
Take a look at the pics if you don't believe me!

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Adur 1/8 National Image Gallery

Well done boys.
Report to follow.

BRCA 1/8 Circuit National at Adur MCC

I paid a visit to Adur MCC this weekend where they were hosting Rnd 5 of the 1/8 circuit National series.

I took a few good pics and will be posting a write up in the next few days.