Team Durango announced the DEST210R 1/10 scale 2WD stadium truck. Based on the DEX210 the truck will make use of Team Durango’s revolutionary “Hybrid” 3/4-gear gearbox that allows to tune the weight distribution and torque orientation without changing the suspension setup. More details will be released very soon.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
Seen in prototype form during the recent EOS race in Hrotovice, Team Durango now officially announced the DESC210R 1/10 scale 2WD Short Course truck. Based on the DEX210 the truck will make use of Team Durango’s revolutionary “Hybrid” 3/4-gear gearbox that allows to tune the weight distribution and torque orientation without changing the suspension setup. More details will be released very soon.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
MaxAmps.com is pleased is introduce the smallest and lightest low voltage alarm on the market. Designed to prolong your battery’s life by not allowing the voltage on your LiPo pack to drop too low, this unit plugs directly into the JST-XH style balancing tap on your battery pack during discharge and notifies you when to stop running the pack. It can also be used to check the status of your battery at any time. The unit measures 40x25x11mm and weighs only 5 grams.
Click here to view the features
Team Associated is proud to welcome Josh Alton as senior design engineer to their staff. An accomplished RC racer with over eight years of engineering and design experience, Josh is the perfect fit for AE’s expanding engineering department. This is what Josh has to say about the time ahead:
It is an exciting opportunity for me to be able to join a company who has been an industry leader for the past 45 years, and is responsible for some of the most iconic RC vehicles ever made. I look forward to designing products that play a role in the continued growth of Team Associated.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEQg9ZknOA[/youtube]
Ty Tessmann won The Dirt Nitro Challenge Pro Truggy final in dominant style, but the action on the track was still intense. Check out the video above of the entire Pro Truggy final, shot under the lights at the Fear Farm Raceway in Arizona.
Last weekend saw the final race in the Mazovia Model Car Championships. The biggest electric model cars racing series in Poland is organised by OSM and the final round of the series was run at a big carpet track in Piaseczno, next to Warsaw with 55 racers fought for the win in five classes. Saturday saw the on-road classes and in Modified the winner was TQ Dennis Fadtke using an Associated TC6.1. With this win Dennis also took the championship title. The second place went to vice champion Bartosz Pochopien (HB TCX) followed by Maciej Mrozek (HB TCX).
Click here to continue reading
Motonica recently added a load of talented drivers to their 2012 team line-up and now announce another great return in its team. Dario Balestri, World and Euro finalist, re-signed again with the Italian manufacturer. Dario will drive P81 RS 2 in the Italian championship and Euro A this year. Dario has the following to say:
I am very happy to be back racing with Motonica. With them I had the best satisfactions and I did my best races. Motonica is for me like the family where I’ve grown up for 4 years so this year I am more determined then ever to get the best results possible.
Source: Motonica [motonica.com]
Ty Tessmann pulled off the double at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Phoenix, Arizona, late on Sunday night when he cruised to victory ahead of his Hot Bodies team-mate Jessie Robbers, as the only two drivers to mount any sort of challenge on the Canadian both ran into problems. Driving his prototype D8, such was the pace of the 19-year-old that he was on target to lap the entire field before his father & pitman Gord called him in for an extra splash of fuel in the final minutes of the race so as to keep out of the closely fought battle for second and third.
View our complete event coverage here.
