Vampire Racing introduce their new line of highly flexible “flat-type” sensor wires. Made from tough yet easy-to-bend wire the sensor harnesses make for tidy wiring and the highly flexible design reduces unwanted tweak when used in pan cars. The wires come in seven different length including 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 175mm and 200mm, ideal for all applications from 1/8th to 1/12th scale.
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Team Orion soon have three new Vortex Mini-Z brushless motors for the Mini-Z VE available. Coming as 5600kv Stock, 8500kv Torque and 9500kv Speed variant the motors are designed to replace the stock brushless motor with a drop-in solution. All motors come pre-wired with gold-plated connectors.
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Yeah Racing introduce their new line of Hacktronic bruhsless speed controllers and Hackmoto XTA sensored brushless speed controllers. Starting with the speedos, available are three specific variants for touring car racing, drifting and rock crawling. The Hacktronic-T touring car ESC features widely adjustable punch and turbo settings to make the most out of Modified and Boosted Stock classes. The Hacktronic-D drift controller features additional RPM lock and throttle release curve settings specially designed for drift racing while the Hacktronic-C rock crawler controller incorporates a special software with crawler reverse and holding functions. All ESCs feature a 120A rating, 6V/3A BEC system, 1-2S LiPo compatibility and they come with a 25mm cooling fan unit. An optional programming box and USB interface allow for easy adjustment of all software parameters.
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The Castle Creations Sidewinder 8th is a sports speed controller for vehicles of up to 5kg of weight running a maximum of 6S LiPo battery packs. The 90A rated brushless speed controller sports a 5.5V BEC system that delivers 4.5A continuous and 8A peak current, it comes with 6.5mm bullet-type connectors build into its case and measures 62.2x56x34mm. Made for sensorless motors the speed is also of a waterproof design and it comes as a combo set including castles new 1515B-2200kv brushless motor.
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Atomik introduce the new Red 550 sensored brushless motor and 120A sensored speed controller. Starting with the motor, the power unit is especially designed for the use with 1/10th 4WD short course trucks, it is available as 4.5T and 7.5T variant and compatible with Traxxas’ VXL-3s speed controller, making it a good update for brushless TRX models. As for the controller, the 120A rated unit comes pre-wired with 12AWG wire and EC3 connector, it includes a 200mm sensor wire and works both with sensored and sensorless motors. The motors and controller are available separately or as combo including the 4.5T or 7.5T motor.
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Kawada have special stock class brushless motors available in the form of the BRX line. The 540-size motors come in several specifications including JMRCA-legal 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T as well as “outlaw” 17.5T, 21.5T and 30.5T variants. There also is a 3.5T modified motor available. All motors feature a vented and black anodised aluminium can, gold-colour front and back plates as well as L-shaped solder tabs and they come with specially selected rotor diameters that range between 12.5mm and 13mm.
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Italian engine manufacturer Reds Racing, known for their Mario Rossi tuned high-performance nitro engines, now also enter the electric motor market with the introduction of the VX 540 sensored brushless motors. Build around a CNC-machined 6061-T6 heatsink can with large venting holes the motors feature balanced sintered rotors, high-purity copper windings, heavy-duty solder tabs, high RPM ball bearings and a red anodised timing shield. Beside 4.5T to 8.5T modified motors Reds Racing will also have dedicated 10.5T to 17.5T stock racing motors available.
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Hirosaka, the new brand of Masaki Hirosaka father of RC legend Masami, have released their new line of competition electronics. First up is the PRO Racing ESC which features a complete aluminum casing which provides maximum surface area for heat dissipation and can handle up to 3.5T motors with a continuous current of 140A with a burst current up to 960A. Weighing 40grams it can work with sensored and sensorless motors. Also new from Hirosaka is their line of PRO Racing Brushless Motors. Suitable for 1/10th & 1/12th onroad and 1/10th offroad they are hand wound and feature adjustable timing from 0 – 40 degrees. Available in 4.5T to 8.5T versions.
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