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April 22, 2009

Xray NT1 8.4mm Alu Pivot balls

New from Xray for the NT1 are these CNC-machined 8.4mm diameter mounting pivot balls, made from lightweight 7075 T6 aluminum. Sold in a set of 4, each pivot ball is 63% lighter than its steel counterpart, giving a total combined weight saving of 18.8 grams on a car. Precision machined with highest tolerances using fully-automatic German CNC-machines. High-quality hard coating is done at Xray’s own in-house fully-robotic hard coating line, ensuring a perfect surface every time. A post-hard coating black finish provides a stylish look.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 21, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten

Following on from our coverage here and here, HPI Europe have offered up more details and photographs of the new Formula Ten chassis. This fantastic new kit is designed to replicate the thrills and excitement of the fastest car racing series in the world. It features realistically scaled dimensions such as wheelbase, width, tyre size and more, allowing you to faithfully recreate your favorite team’s livery and do battle with rivals out on the track. There is truly nothing like the excitement of seeing a full grid of cars painted in replica colours, waiting for the lights to go.

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April 21, 2009

HPI Cyber 10B titanium turnbuckles

New for the HPI Racing Cyber 10B are these sets of super-strong Grade 5 titanium turnbuckles. Beef up your 10B and make racing adjustments fast and easy with these new items. To fully outfit the buggy with titanium turnbuckles, you will need two pairs of 46mm turnbuckles for the camber links and one pair of 34mm turnbuckles for the steering links.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

April 21, 2009

Venom Multi Function Pro Charger Plus

Venom’s new Multi Function Pro Charger Plus is now available in an AC/DC power configuration to suit a variety of user needs. It will charge 1 to 8 cell LiPo and LiIOn/LiFe battery packs, as well as NiCD and NiMH battery packs with 1 to 27 cells and Lead Acid batteries. The Venom Pro Charger Plus has many easy to use features which include charging, discharging, cycling, balancing and has user definable charge rates from 0.1 amps to 7.0 amps as well as USB PC linkability, temperature probe and 10 User-Defined charger profiles. Supplied with six different charging plugs including the Traxxas high current connector (TRX Plug).

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

April 21, 2009

Hot Bodies Murdeigo 190mm TC body

Hot Bodies have released their new Murdeigo 190mm touring car body. Sold clear, this body offers high levels of downforce and excellent steering response on any track. Supplied with window masks for easy painting, decal sheets for adding a realistic finish, plus all the mounting screws and nuts.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

April 21, 2009

LRP SXX TC Spec & Competition ESCs

Following on from yesterday’s release by Nosram of their new speed controllers, comes the latest versions from big brother LRP. The SXX TC Spec and SXX Competition both feature what the company call C3 Technology, which is a revolutionary copper core cooling system for lowest running temperatures, as well as new X-brake system that offers stronger braking and 10 autobrake settings for perfect adjustments. The new ADPC 2 software that is installed offers 10 power profiles and includes the profiles used by the team. This has a smaller footprint than the previous LRP speedo and so fits easier into your car and the TC Spec comes fitted with heat sink and is supplied with a cooling fan allowing it to be used with hotter motors.

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April 20, 2009

Team Associated SC10 RTR

Team Associated have unveiled the RTR version of their 1/10th scale ready-to-run electric truck, the SC10. Based on the 6-time ROAR Nationals-winning RC10T4, the engineers behind the doors in Area 51 made the SC10 both all show and all go. It comes ready-to-run with a factory finished short course race-truck body, short course style wheels and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all which have been designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short course off-road series around the country. The world of high-performance 1:10 scale electric R/C has never before seen this level of scale accuracy.

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April 20, 2009

Nosram Pearl Evolution & ISTC ESCs

Having become the first brushless World Champion in the hands of Naoto Matsukura in Thailand, Nosram have finally released both the Pearl Evolution and Pearl ISTC speed controllers. Featuring their full contact cooling that will keep it running at super low temperatures, both ESCs also come with the new XPS.3 software that has 10 power profiles for the finest adjustment to all classes and motors and the braking has also been improved with stronger push brake and 10 auto brake settings. The biggest feature of the new Pearl speedo is off course its small footprint which is 30.5mm x 34.0mm, leaving you plenty of space to place the other elements in your car. Unlike the Evolution, the ISTC version comes fitted with a heat sink mounted on top of the controller and is supplied with a removable cooling fan.

Click here to see the Pearl ISTC