August 13, 2011

Tekin Pro4 brushless motors

Tekin introduce the new Pro4 electric brushless motor for 4WD 1/10 scale Short Course trucks. Utilising the design of the T8 1/8th scale motor, the Pro4 produces high torque and smooth power with especially chosen KV ranges to complement 2S and 3S LiPo batteries. The motors feature a 4 pole 12 slot hi-torque design, neodymium sintered magnets, high purity copper windings, CNC-machined 6061 T6 Billet aluminium heatsink can, front 5x13x4mm and rear 5x10x5mm ABEC5 bearings and dual-plug sensor wire harness for use with all sensored and sensorless controllers. The Pro4 with a diameter of 35.8mm and a length of 52.9mm are available with 3300kv, 4000kv and 4600kv ratings.

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August 13, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nats – Round 2 update

Ryan Maifield

Dustin Evans found himself leading early in 2wd Short Course Modified Q2. Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield made an early move to take over the top spots. Tebo looked to be in a commanding lead when Maifield had to make a quick pit stop to fix a body issue. Maifield came back out with some speedy laps and closed the gap to Jared. With two laps to go, Maifield passed up Jared to take the win and TQ for Q2. Ryan said his setup on his SC-10 is super easy to drive and doesn’t plan on making any big changes. I asked him about the track conditions and he thought it was a bit dustier and had slightly less traction. Ryan is off to a great start defending his National Title from last year.

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August 12, 2011

Markus Mobers has left Team Serpent

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1/12 scale on-road specialist Markus Mobers got in touch to tell us that he recently left Team Serpent as a team-driver and representative. Markus left the team on his own wishes after four years as a member of the company’s travelling race team. Varying product ideas made the end of partnership unpreventable. Markus likes to thank Team Serpent for their support in the past years. The three time in a row European 1/12 stock vice-champion will now join forces with On-Point USA, a new brand on the 1/12 market. The partnership is working on an 1/12 scale upgrade kit, the new car will be available early September. In Europe On-Point USA will be distributed by Speedtech RC Germany.

August 12, 2011

Hard & Fransson win Swedish Championships 2011

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The racing club in Vaxjo hosted the 2011 Swedish 1/8 scale and 200mm nitro on-road championships. After practice on Thursday Friday it was time for qualifying on Saturday with Markus Hellquist taking TQ in the 200mm class with his Serpent 733 followed by Mikael Fransson, Per-Ola Hard and Tomas Andersson, all of them driving Serpent’s 733. In 1/8 scale Mikael Fransson (Serpent 966) took the TQ honours, followed by Niklas Johansson (Mugen),  Patrick Sahlin (Mugen) and Marcus Lindner (Serpent 966).

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August 12, 2011

Paul Lemieux wins 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals

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Xray got in touch to tell us about their recent success at the 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals. Xray team driver Paul Lemieux was able to take TQ in the Modified class after four rounds of qualifying outperforming RC-Car legend Rick Hohwart and team mate Kevin Hebert. In the finals Paul made a clean sweep by winning both the first and second A main securing him the title and Xray the 33rd US national championship. Second place went to Rick Hohwart with EJ Evans completing the podium in third place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 12, 2011

Video – JConcepts Hi-Flow Short Course body

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JConcepts introduce the new Hi-Flow Short Course body shell for most of today’s 1/10 scale SC trucks. The design goal of the body, that is introduced in time for this week’s 2011 ROAR electric off-road nationals, was to eliminate the so called parachute effect often associated with SC trucks. With big air escape areas that are easily cut out using an x-acto knife and newly designed number and name panel on the sides the body provides the best possible jumping characteristics and straight-line ability.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 12, 2011

Yeah Racing lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench

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The lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench from Yeah Racing is made from tough plastic material and ideal to securely hold 2-shoe or 3-shoe flywheels during clutch assembly. The tool also incorporates a 17mm hex wrench for standard 1/8 scale wheel nuts.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

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