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January 14, 2015

RC Concept 1/10th electric brushless motor & ESC

French company RC Concepts introduce a 540-class electric brushless motor and a 120A brushless speed controller, both aimed at 1/10th scale applications. Starting with the EC called motor, it is based around a T6 aluminium can with venting openings for a low overall weight and efficient cooling of the internals. The magnets are of a high-performance neodymium type and the motor offers dual sensor ports, a heatsink timing plate and heavy duty solder tabs. To comply with a wide range of applications the motor is available as 5.5T to 10.5T modified and as a 13.5T stock class variant.

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January 14, 2015

Viper VST Black Edition 540-size brushless motors

New from Viper R/C Solutions come the VST Black Edition sensored brushless motors. Available in a wide range of turns from 3.5T to 21.5T, the Black Edition motors offer a completely redesigned all-aluminium structure for 10 percent lighter weight and 15 to 20 percent more RPM and thus higher overall performance compared to the last generation VST motors. The design of the ROAR approved and IFMAR compliant motors incorporates a vented 6061-T6 alloy motor can, with a wide range of tuning rotors being available to fine-tune the performance.

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January 11, 2015

Fantom Tour Spec 10.5 IONv4 brushless motor

Fantom Racing introduce the Tour Spec 10.5T IONv4 540-size electric brushless motor. Specially built for the new 10.5 Tour class that allows the internal resistance to be a minimum of 7.7 ohms the motor is available in Spec, Team and Works Edition versions while retaining all other specs from the original IONv4.

Source: Fantom [fantomracing.com]

January 10, 2015

Etronix 150A watt meter & power analyser

New from Etronix comes the 150A watt meter and power analyser that helps to prevent peak current damages of batteries, speed controllers, motors, wirings and connectors as it measures and analyses a range of parameters such as ampere, voltage, watt, ampere-hours and watt-hours. It comes in handy when setting cut-off voltages and to check battery capacity and health. Other applications include battery charger operation checks as well as receiver and servo current measurement of multi-servo applications. The compact device measures 85x42x25m, it weighs in at 82g and features a backlit 16×2 LC display.

Source: Etronix [etronix-rc.com]

January 10, 2015

Muchmore Impact FD2 7.4V 3300mAh 1/12th LiPo pack

Muchmore introduce the latest addition to their Impact FD2 line of competition batteries in the form of a 7.4V 3300mAh “flat type” battery pack. Built from 100C cells the hardcase battery sports standard 1S 1/12th scale pack dimensions of 93×46.8×18.5mm but in a 2S 7.4V configuration. Weighing in at only 149g the pack is usable with 1/12th and 1/10th scale pan cars as well as all classes that do not need tons of capacity but a lightweight power source.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

January 6, 2015

Muchmore Fleta 1S Brushless ESC

The speed controller that won last year’s 1/12th Worlds in Florida, driving by Marc Rheinard, Muchmore have released the Fleta 1S Brushless ESC. Coming pre set with the same setting used by the German, the Fleta 1S features a continuous 120A current and up to 830A in burst and as the name suggest can handle no larger than 1S LiPo battery. The case features their Flow-Max cooling design the with upper, middle and bottom case made from aluminium giving it better heat dissipation and allowing higher current. The built in DC-DC Booster BEC helps maintain a super stable voltage until the end of the race.

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January 5, 2015

Scorpion 65C Saddle & Shorty competition packs

Scorpion 65C Saddle & Shorty packs

Following the release of their 6500mAh stick pack back in November, Scorpion have introduced two new configurations of their 7.4V Platinum series LiPo battery packs. The hard cased 5600mAh saddle and 4200mAh shorty packs are built from high-quality 65C cells and are usable in a wide range of competition applications.

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January 3, 2015

Elangears Tiny-G compact charger

Elangears have released a new compact charger called the Tiny-G. Featuring a very small footprint this DC unit can charge up to 10A and discharge at maximum 1A and can handle all the common types of batteries. When charging Li-HV (Lithium High Voltage) cells the screen displays the internal resistance of the batteries and users can also control the charging current at the beginning of charge.

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