March 24, 2007

Team Orion Element 19T 2007

Team Orion Element 19T 2007

Team Orion have just released details on their site about the 2007 version the Element 19T compeition electric motor. The Mega Flow can has been re-engineered,  and features strategically placed vents for maximum airflow and optimized magnetic field strength which results in increased power output and fade-free performance from start to finish.

A precision wound 19T armature is wrapped with 19 AWG pure copper wire featuring construction designed to optimize the balance between low-end torque and high speed RPM for excellent performance in competition Touring Car, Off-Road, and 1/12 scale vehicles. Drill balancing ensures vibration free operation resulting in maximum straightaway speeds. The Element comes equipped with Katana competition laydown brushes with high performance springs.  All motors come broken-in and evaluated to ensure maximum performance straight out of the package.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]


March 23, 2007

TTech Racing release details about X11

Tenth Technology X11

Some time ago we told you wrote about the fact that TTech Racing, the makers of the cool looking X10, had been bought by Xtreme-RC. Well now we see the first fruits of that new arrangement with the announcement that the X11 4wd electric buggy, the follow up to the X10, will be released at the end of April. The list of new features was published on the companies site and from what we have read the new cars looks to have better durability, performance and should look great too.

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March 23, 2007

SpeedMerchant bottle Stand

SpeedMerchant Spooge Stand

Some news from SpeedMerchant, the 1/12th manufacturer that won all 1/12th classes at this years ROAR Nats, to say that they have released this neat little carbon fibre stand that fits their range of greases. This stand would look great on your race table and is made from 2 sheets of carbon, and as well as the 3 spots for the oil there is also space for some other small bottles.

Source: SpeedMerchant [teamspeedmerchant.com]


March 23, 2007

VXR Racing Lipo Charger

VXR Racing Lipo Charger

Makers of all things LiPo, VXR Racing have released this LiPo Smart Charger called the ANY-2700Li. This lightweight and portable digital power system is fully capable of charging up to 3500mA, and 5 cells in series, and has reverse polarity protection circuitry to avoid catastrophy when your brain fails and you connect up backwards.

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March 23, 2007

New Kyosho big bore shock absorbers

Kyosho Big Bore shock absorbers

Our mate Phil, over at the Neo Buggy Industries, has the first exclusive shots of the all new big bore shock absorbers for the Kyosho inferno. These shocks have been seen on the cars of Yuichi Kanai and Cody King at this weeks Silver State race, but World Champ Mark Pavidis didnt get a set, and by the looks of them they are in the pre production stage of development. For those techies out there i can inform you that the new shocks have an outside body diameter of 18mm with an inner diameter of 16mm and the pistons currently have 4 holes.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]


March 22, 2007

Mugen Seiki Limited edition Rucksack

Mugen Seiki Limited edition Rucksack

Mugen Seiki have released this rather nice rucksack, to commemorate the 10th year of MID Mugen Seiki being in business. Coming in a rather nice charcoal colour with red highlights, this bag sports a chest strap between the two shoulder straps to keep this bag firmly in place and sports the MID and Mugen Seiki logos in white on the back side.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]


March 22, 2007

Central RC air filter oil

Central air filter oil

Central RC, makers of the Lola and Mercedes CLK 1/8th scale bodyshells, have announced the release of this air filter oil. Suitable for on road airfilters, the oil is applied using the pump spray nozzle and protects your engine from even the finest dust particles.

Source: Central RC [centralrc.co.jp]


March 22, 2007

WRD2 carbon brake discs

WRD2 carbon brake discs

According to importers TKO Competition Development, Wright Racing Design & Development (WRD2) has been developing these carbon discs for over a year. They are meant to provide better stopping power and modulation without fade and the discs are backed by a 100% replacement guarantee direct from WRD2.

Source: TKO Comp Dev [tkocompetitiondev.com]