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March 1, 2012

Exotek FGX-EFX F1 chassis conversion kit

Exotek Racing introduce the EFX chassis conversion for the 3Racing FGX Formula 1 car. Included in the kit are new top and bottom chassis plates cut from 2.25mm carbon, double-layer nose section, lowered front upper/inner arm mounts and new battery holders for “shorty” and normal-size LiPo battery packs. The conversion allows for two different servo positions to adjust weight bias. Enlarged bottom cutouts for improved motor cooling while the narrowed side chassis profile makes for improved chassis roll and reduced cornering scrub. Included are also two lighweight shock ball mounts, alloy posts and quality hardware.

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March 1, 2012

Team Durango DEX410 & ‘408 option parts

Team Durango release new option parts for the DEX410 and ‘408 line of 4WD off-road vehicles. Made for the DEX410 line of cars is the aluminium servo saver arm that replaces the stock plastic part with a CNC-machined and hard anodised aluminium version. The part offers increased strength over the kit item and is a direct replacement. The other new parts are volume compensating foams for the ‘408 line of electric and nitro off-road buggies. The foam is designed to be fitted above the shock diaphragm inside the shock cap and is intended to be used in conjunction with the company’s vented shock caps and offers additional support to the diaphragm when used with the vented caps. The compensators can also be used with the stock shock caps for increased rebound characteristics and extra tuning possibilities.

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March 1, 2012

Losi 1/24 Micro Truggy RTR

Losi announce the new Micro Truggy RTR 1/24 scale micro-size truck. The 156mm long vehicle features 4WD, shaft-driven transmission, adjustable coil-over shocks, micro all-terrain Kingpin tyres, threaded suspension pins, and a 2-in-1 ESC/receiver combo. Included in the RTR kit are a 27MHz radio set, 4.8V NiMH battery and Peak-detection wall charger.

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March 1, 2012

Answer RC 48DP hardcoated pinions

Now available from Answer-RC are 48dp double hard coated pinion gears. Each one is individually machined from 7075 aluminium and double hard coated for reduced wear. Depending on the size the pinions weight between 0.9g for a 14T and 2.1g for a 30T, sport a spare grub screw hole and even come with a spare screw.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

March 1, 2012

Airtronics TLS-01 telemetry data logger

Airtronics introduce the TLS-01 telemetry data logger to real-time display and record parameters like temperatures, speed, RPM, steering and throttle input and more. Compatible with the MT-4 2.4GHz telemetry transmitter and – with limitations – also the M11X, MX-3X, and other Airtronics FHSS3 surface systems, the data logger gives you knowledge of how the car handled and even how you drove and allows to compare data in a spreadsheet or database environment on a computer via Airtronic’s Windows-compatible interface system.

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March 1, 2012

KM H-K1 Evo II aluminium middle mount

KM Racing have released a new H-K1 Evo II upgrade part in the form of the lightweight aluminium middle mount. Made from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium the weight-optimised part sports a plastic bearing insert to improve the seat of the bearing for a smoother running drivetrain.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

February 29, 2012

East Coast Carpet regionals report

Last weekend the East Coast Carpet regionals were held at the MRH Raceway in Baltimore/MD. The race unofficially began on Friday. Racers started pouring in before the store even opened to try and get as much practice as possible. Friday evening laid host to a small club race so that some out-of -owners could get acquainted with the track and be fresh for the Saturday marathon of racing. The real fun started on Saturday, practice began promptly at 8am and the track filled immediately with cars from all the offered classes; 13.5 WGT, Stock TC, Stock 12th, and F1. The goal of the race was to provide a warm up for the carpet nationals in Texas, so the class structure followed what ROAR had laid out. This structure proved to be popular, as all the classes were sufficiently filled with a wide talent range. 3 qualifiers were ran in traditional format and the mains concluded around 11PM. Racers had a great time, some visiting us from up to a 6 hours drive away. We all are looking forward to next years event, and hope to make it bigger and better than the last.

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February 28, 2012

Naoto Matsukura wins JMRCA Kanto GrandPrix Rd1

This year the JMRCA introduced the Kanto 1/12 scale Grand Prix that is run at the World famous Yatabe arena in the Kanto region in which Japan’s capital Toyko is located. Seven meetings will be run over the year with round 1 was held at the weekend of the 12th of February. The race saw a total of 50 drivers in the 17.5T stock and modified class with the latter being dominated during the qualifying by CRC Gen-Xi driver Hayato Ishioka who took TQ from Yokomo ace Naoto Matsukura. In the finals it was Naoto who scored full points in front of CRC driver Toshiki Kunitomo and Kato (Yokomo) in third place. Fourth place went to TQ Hayato Ishioka.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]