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June 5, 2014

Scorpion 540-size competition brushless motors

Some time ago we reported about Scorpion Power System, long known for their high-performance aircraft brushless motors, entering the car market. After extensive testing with the help of internationally experienced drivers like Meen V. and Charlee P. the motors are now ready to hit the market. We have no detailed information about the specifications and features but looking at the image Scorpion dealer/distributor Spec-R released, the motors build on a 3-piece can with a heatsink middle part with large ventilation openings who also act as windows to check the winding markings. The front and rear endplates sport huge milled out sections, again to help with airflow. Also visible are heavy duty solder tabs. For now the motors will become available as 4.5T to 8.5T “Modified” and 10.5T and 13.5T “Stock” variant.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

June 5, 2014

Hot Bodies TCXX 20T aluminium centre pulley

Made for the TCXX electric touring car is this 20T aluminium centre pulley for the original TCXX and the TCXX 2013 conversion kit. The part extends the life of the drive belt(s) over the standard plastic pulley and also improves drivetrain efficiency. Coming as one pulley per package with two pulleys being required to outfit a TCXX.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

June 4, 2014

World Champion returns as ETS makes first visit to Luxembourg

In contrast to the tight boards style track of Round 4 held at the fahr(T)raum Museum in Mattsee, Austria, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series travels for the first time to Luxembourg this weekend (6-8th June) to what is rated by many drivers as one of the greatest outdoor tracks in Europe – Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg”. The penultimate round of the championship, the event marks the return of former champion Jilles Groskamp, the reigning World Champion having some great memories of the track as it was where the Tamiya Racing Factory driver won his first major title back in 2009. Another significant name on the 240 plus entry list is that of r/c racing legend David Spashett who despite many years of being involved in the championship as a sponsor will make his first race outing. Amassing an impressive 4 World Championship titles and 13 European crowns, Spashett will go up against the biggest current day names of the sport including Groskamp having entered the Ride Modified class in which he will be driving an ARC R10.

Continue reading the announcement here

June 4, 2014

Rex on-road & off-road engines by Novarossi

Italian nitro engine manufacturer Novarossi introduce their new line of Rex engines for on-road and off-road use. All engines base on quality blocks combined with high performance parts to ensure reliable power output. The range will include .21 buggy engines such as the R21 Plus8 8-port, R21 Plus5 5-port, and Paloma.21 7-port engine as well as the R28-7M 7-port truck engine. On-road racers may welcome the R-Flash.21 9-port ceramic main bearing engine and the as well as the standard bearing R35 Plus 21 Tuned 9-port offering. For the 200mm 1/10th class Novarossi have the Rex R-Flash.12 Tuned 3-port ceramic main bearing engine up for grabs. All engines come with a characteristic blue anodised cooling head with laser-etched writings.

Click here to view the engine’s specifications

June 4, 2014

Tamiya TRF101W “wide” formula chassis kit

Tamiya TRF101W "wide" formula chassis kit

We wrote about Tamiya’s forthcoming TRF101W “wide spec” formula 1 kit some time ago and now Tamiya Japan have an official product image and information available. The car is based off the already known TRF101 standard track width kit and features a 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis, a new longer upper deck as well as “wide” lower carbon fibre A-arms made from 2.5mm carbon fibre. Also included in the kit, that is designed for the use with foam tyres, is a new piston for the side damper making for an improved damper action in tight corners. The kit comes without body, wings and tyres and will hit the stores mid-July.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

June 4, 2014

RB 18T & 20T steel pinion gears

RBPinions

RB introduce two new pinion gears for the RB E One and E One R. They are cut from high-quality steel and give additional gear ratio possibilities not only to RB’s electric 1/8th buggies but also all other electric vehicles that use these type of pinions.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

June 4, 2014

Hagberg to bolster Xray entry at ENS Hockenheim

Having taken their first win of the Euro Nitro Series at Round 2 of the all new nitro onroad championship last month in Austria, Team Xray are to bolster their factory team line-up for Round 3 at Hockenheim in Germany in two weeks (13-15 June). Taking his RX8 to victory in the 1:8 A-Main in Aigen, Dutch ace John Ermen will be joined by Alexander Hagberg as the Slovakian manufacturer looks to also take a first 1:10th ENS victory. While Xray are one of the main sponsors of the ENS, other racing commitments have prevented Hagberg from attending since his participation in the second of last year’s ENS Pilot Races in which the Swede finished 4th.

Continue reading the announcement here

June 4, 2014

Matias wins 3rd round of Portuguese buggy nats

Last weekend the 3rd round of Portuguese national 1/8th off-road championships took place at the 2010 EFRA European Championship track in Guarda. This track is well known for being very hard and demanding not only for the drivers but especially for the cars, tyres, and engines. In the final Xray’s Miguel Matias came out successful in front of his team mates Nuno Rebelo and Bruno Coelho. Joao Lopes and Tiago Aguiar completed the top 5 result.

Click here to view the top 12 result