German up and coming youngsters Burak and Berkan Kilic have signed a deal to run Graupner electronics in the 2016 season. The two will rely on Graupner’s new HOTT radio system, Graupner chargers as well as speed controllers and motors while Berkan will also utilise O.S. Speed nitro engines to power his Agama cars.
Japanese company Square have introduced the RC Monkey Flex short touring car springs. The short spec springs were developed in cooperation with Japanese RC news platform RC Monkey and they are available in hard, medium-hard, medium and medium-soft variants. Prototypes of the springs already prove their performance by taking the TQ and win at round 5 of the AOC, held at the Yatabe Arena in Japan.
Source: Square [rc-square.com]
Team Orion have bolstered-up their popular Advantage Touch Duo charger that will soon be available in the V-Max edition for the latest generation of LiHV cells. In terms of specs and features the Advantage Touch Duo V-Max is the same as the standard Touch Duo and so it features two independent 100W charge outputs for up to 6S LiPo packs and 10A of charge current but the additional LiHV charge mode allows to set the charge end voltage to 4.35V per cell which is required for the new high-voltage LiPo batteries. Other features include a 4 inch touch screen, internal balancers, multi language interface and a multitude of different programs including charge, discharge, cycle, storage and balance functions.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Hudy have introduced a wheel balancer adapter set for their own tyre truers. Precision machined and sporting a hard-anodised surface the adapter offers three different wheel mounting areas for 14mm hex rear wheels as well as 10mm and 8mm front wheels. The adapter comes including a lock nut for swift wheel changing and secure wheel mounting.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Xray have introduced the ECS dual joint driveshafts for the XB4 and XB2 line of buggies. The dual joint design is a common sight in touring car racing as it helps to reduce wheel chatter at high steering angles. The same system now also makes for a more silent and efficient drivetrain in Xray’s 1/10th buggies. Available are 81mm front driveshafts for the XB4 4WD buggy to decrease vibrations, improve stability and increase corner speed while the 68mm rear driveshafts for the XB4 and XB2 up the rear traction and help with landing after jumps. Overall the buggies will also be easier to drive.
Coming from Kyosho is a range of option parts for the R4 Evo 200mm nitro touring car, the TF7 electric tourer as well as the ZX6 4WD off-road buggy. Starting with the R4 Evo parts, new is a set of 8g brass weights. Individually shaped the parts directly mount to the chassis and they are designed to fine-tune the weight balance. Also new is an aluminium clutch bell machined from 7075 material. The part is of a vented design for reduced heat build-up and less fading even in long mains. Next up are carbon composite suspension arms for the TF7 touring car. Each set contains one front and one rear arm and they are available in medium and short variants. Last but not least is a 1-piece aluminium servo mount for the ZX6 buggy. Cut from high-quality aluminium and coming gun metal anodised the mount allows for improved and more even chassis flex while keeping the servo in place securely.
The third round of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held in Kolin. The event saw the running of both electric on-road and off-road classes with the off-road cars being required to run slick tyres. In the Touring Modified class it was Vitezslav Hola who grabbed the day’s win from Roman Korinek in second and Alex Tlusty in third. Jirka Tlusty and Jirka Kolman would round out the top 5 result.
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Team Orion have introduced a range of new LiPo battery packs such as the Carbon Pro Ultra and V-Max Outlaw HV series. First up is the competition-legal Carbon Pro Ultra series. The packs are built using the latest generation of cells that offers very high power output thanks to a very low internal resistance thanks to enhanced energy density. The packs are available in a range of configurations including a lightweight 5800mAh standard pack, a 4800mAh 4S 1/8th scale pack, a 4000mAh 18.5mm XS saddle pack as well as several shorty packs. The latter come as 4500mAh 100C Torque and 5000mAh 110C Capacity variant both of which feature standard shorty 96x47x25mm dimensions. Also new is the shorter 3800mAh 110C XS shorty that measures 93x47x18.5mm at a weight of 155g. Next up is the thinner 3200mAh 110C XSS shorty with 96x47x16mm dimensions and a weight of 130g. Last but not least comes a 7400mAh 110C 1S pack of 93x47x18.5mm dimensions and a weight of 155g for 1/12th scale applications.
