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February 15, 2012

Venom 20C 8000mAh 7.4V LiPo

Venom have released their highest capacity hard case battery yet. They took their ever popular 20C 8000mAh 7.4V LiPo and put it into a durable plastic case to protect it from the rigors of off-road vehicles. Not only does this 20C 2S 8000mAh 7.4V Hard Case LiPo offer long run time, but it also features excellent power output from start to finish. This 20C battery comes with heavy-duty 12 AWG silicone wire leads, Venom’s Universal Plug System, XH Balance connector and Venom’s lifetime battery replacement plan.

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

February 15, 2012

Kyosho Classic Series Rd1 report

This past weekend was Round 1 of the 1/10 Electric Kyosho Classic Series held at The Vegas R/C Raceway in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. Kyosho America Team Manager Joe Pillars, along with Kyosho team drivers Shaun Dunlap, Andy DiBrino and Zack Rogers all made the trip out to Sin City to support the first round of this series. Team Drivers from TLR and Associated also made their way out for Round 1. The entries reached an impressive 115 for this first race making it the largest series entry count at The VRCR.

Continue reading the report here

February 14, 2012

Team Titan Blitz XFR 190mm touring body

Team Titan have introduced their Blitz XFR 190mm touring car body shell for 1/10th electric TC with rubber tire setup. Meets GBS specs and is EFRA homologated (#4028) and the design gives a good balance of steering and stability, working well for both stock and modified racing. Available in 0.8mm standard and 0.7mm light weight versions.

View another image of the shell here

February 14, 2012

Xray 41T narrow 64P pinion gear

Xray have released a 41T pinion to their already available line of narrow 64P pinion gears. Manufactured on a precision gear machine which has ultra-precise tolerances and assures unparalleled concentricity, after machining, the edges of pinions are chamfered and then the pinions are run in. The pinions are then specially treated to give them an even hard coating so they stay absolutely true for a long time. The pinions run great with any spur gears, and work perfectly with Xray spur gears where even throttle on/off noise nearly disappears.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 14, 2012

Paolo Morganti wins Florida State Series Rd6

Last weekend was the sixth round of the Florida State Series held at the Ft Myers track, one of the most dangerous and fast tracks around. Despite the chilly conditions, due to a cold front, many people showed up in preparation of next weekends famous Florida Winter Nationals. After a long and hard weekend of work, Paolo Morganti and his Novarossi powered Serpent 966 TE was able to secure the win 3 seconds ahead of TQ Sean Lue in 2nd, with Tony Rice completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 14, 2012

Top Qualifier series from ATS-Tyres

ATS-Tyres have released their Top Qualifier series of tires that have been created for all racers, who do not want to throw away rubber and money. These tires are already trued to the most common diameters for heats and qualifying and will be available on the most common rim styles and most common shore combinations. You will save money, storage space and time, because no truing time, no waiting in the truing area, just put them on the car straight out of the box and the price for these these TQs will be significant lower the the Final (Standard) size tires. The 1/10 scale fronts come in 60mm, instead of 64mm, while the rears are 62mm instead of 66mm. The 1/8 scale fronts are 67mm, instead of 71mm, while the rears are 74mm, instead of 78mm.

View the 1/8th tires here

February 14, 2012

Adrian Berntsen wins Norwegian Indoor series Rd3

The 3rd round of the 2011/2012 Norwegian indoor series was held in Spydeberg last weekend and Adrian Bernsten sent us this report. We saw a 600m2 big track with a pretty techinal layout with lots of low-speed corners as well as the traction was not that high. After testing different tires, the tires to be used were Sorex 28. On Saturday we had a practice race before the “real race” on Sunday. This is to get enough practice and lot of traction in the carpet. This race was won by me, in front of Petter Berntsen and Oyvind Stusdal in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

February 14, 2012

KM H-K1 Evo II chassis & side battery conversion

KM Racing have released new H-K1 Evo II upgrade parts, including a 3mm 7075-T6 Main Chassis (Short Version) and a side battery conversion set. The new chassis is a new design 3mm version which gives more roll in the corner and is more stable in a straight line. The conversion set includes the new chassis as well as the front swing carbon upper deck, which is suitable to use with side battery & waist twister system, with lock & unlock function. A 1300mAh LiFe side receiver battery is also included in the set and all new parts are a direct fit onto the current H-K1 kit (short version). The side battery conversion set will make the car completely balanced left & right and helps improve overall handling.

View the conversion set here