RcAllstickers.com have announced that it will support Austrian driver Hupo Honigl throughout the 2011 season with their full range of products. Providing the multiple European Championship finalist with their premium quality R/C skins and stickers, they will adorn the Factory Durango driver’s transmitter, starter box, as well as the body shells from his DNX408, DNX410, DESC410 and DEX210.
Source: RcAllstickers [rcallstickers.com]
Max Power have announced that their World Championship winning XXL3 .12 engine has been given a makeover for 2011. In addition to the improved WC piston and sleeve that released near the end of last year in the original WC edition, further improvements on this engine include new improve fuel channels in the crankcase as well as an all new cooling head which is lighter as well as sitting lower for better centre of gravity.
Murnan Modified has announced that their RBM3 engine for 2011 is now available. The engine has an increase in power over last year’s model, without sacrificing much run-time. In development over the past year with feedback from some top level on road drivers, at top level on road racing events around the world, the new design has been track and dynamo tested to ensure that it is faster and still easy to tune. The engine is also still getting enough run-time to easily finish a 5 minute qualifier in any conditions, even with the most aggressive drivers. The power increase can be attributed to the new sleeve, crankcase porting, new crankshaft timing and a special ceramic main bearing. The crankshaft also has a new, more balanced design, which helps overall power and r.p.m. while the new carburetor allows for very easy tuning and restarting when the engine is hot. Finally the new cooling head design keeps the engine temperature over 20 degrees cooler than last years model.
View images of the internals here
T.O.P. Racing have released a number of new parts starting with these two tie rod wrenches in 3.6mm for touring car and 3.2mm for pan cars. Designed in a way that users can get into those difficult to reach tie-rod locations at 2 different angles instead of just going in straight, the tools are made from red anodised alloy. Also from T.O.P. are these optional alloy servo mounts for their Photon touring car. Also made from red anodised aluminium, it allows for a more rigid servo attachment to the chassis.
In order to satisfy more requirement, Hiro-Seiko have released a new range imperial series of RC tools. With black, aluminium alloy handles, the tips are made from HSS which is durable and allow a long life. The new additions include a 0.05″, 1/16″, 5/64″ & 3/32″ easily identified by the name and size laser engraved on the tip. Hiro Seiko also sell spare tips to upgrade or replace your current tools.
Some more driver news from Xray who have announced the re-signing of Jason Branham. Last year’s RC Pro Buggy National Champion had this to say about the contract renewal:
For the past 5 years RCAmerica and Xray have given me unbelievable support along with the best equipment possible in order to help me achieve great success. I have decided to re-sign with Xray/RCAmerica for 2011 and I will be working very hard to to help improve Xray’s success on the track. I would like to thank Xray and RCAmerica for all they have done for me, for allowing me to represent such a great company and I can’t wait to get started in 2011.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
We were sent an update from the Scotty Ernst run Motorama, which is taking place this weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This event has almost 500 entries in nitro off-road and 300 plus in electric off-road. Serpent chief offroad designer Billy Easton, who is making his big race debut with Novarossi engines this weekend, took the top qualifier spot in both Expert Buggy and Truggy. In the buggy class the Novarossi Plus 4 BTTS powered Cobra S811 driver TQ’d ahead of Mugen driver Travis Amezcua and Associated super star Ryan Maifield, while in Truggy Billy placed the pre production Cobra Truggy, powered by Novarossi Bonito XLBS, in front of Ryan Maifield and Losi factory racer Adam Drake. The finals are taking place today so lets see if he can carry forward that momentum and give the Serpent cars their first major US victory.
View the line up for the A-mains here
Now available through Robitronic, the new line of wheel balancers from Tourex allow you identify unbalanced wheels and using the balancing putty you can rectify this problem. Eccentric tires ruin the ball bearings, hit out ball ends and make the cars difficult to control in curves and straight stretches. Available for 1:5 scale, 1:8 scale offroad and 1:10 scale. Tourex have also released their flywheel tool that enables the easy removal of the flywheel from the cone without scratches or dents.
