October 4, 2010

Patrick Jongenelis wins Dutch stock title

Patrick Jongenelis wins Dutch stock title

Patrick Jongenelis has won the 2010 Dutch Electric touring car stock nationals. Driving a GM powered Xray T3 the title went down to the 6th and final round of the series with different pole sitters and race winners at each race. Patrick held the lead going into Rd6 with a slim advantage of only 1 point ahead of Ronald Aarts in 2nd, Rob Janssen in 3rd and Wesley v Dijken in 4th and these racers were all in with a chance of victory. The final race was won Janssen and this moved him to 2nd in the series, Patrick Jongenelis took 2nd which clinched him the title, with Wesley V Dijken taking 3rd on the day. Ronald Aarts had motor failure in one of the legs and could only manage 8th, dropping him to 3rd in the overall standings.

View the final championship ranking here


October 4, 2010

Cube Racing Truggy Sports 5400mAh 14.8V LiPo

Cube Racing Truggy Sports 5400mAh 14.8V LiPo

Cube Racing have released this Truggy Sports 5400mAh 35C 14.8V LiPo pack, suitable for 1/8 buggies & truggies. Providing great power and long run times, its carbon pattern hard case protects the battery from impact damage. This 4S pack comes pre wired with balancer port and deans connector.

Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]


October 4, 2010

KM Racing H-K1 option parts

KM Racing H-K1 option parts

New from KM Racing for their H-K1 chassis are these new option parts, starting with their new wishbones. Featuring more carbon than the originals, these new front upper & lower and rear lower wishbones are stiffer and give less flex for more precise handling. For mounting your body securely there is a new front and rear carbon body plate. And finally for tuning the cars set-up KM have release a range of rear anti-roll bars from 1.8 to 2.3mm.

View the other parts here


October 3, 2010

Traxxas Rally VXL

Traxxas Rally VXL

Traxxas introduce the Rally VXL, the only R/C vehicle designed to give you the experience of hanging it out gymkhana style in the turns and powering down the straights with the perfect blend of speed, power, and traction. The specially tuned suspension and tire compounds let you ride the slip angle with thrilling precision, putting your skills to the test as you master the art, right in your own driveway. The Velineon brushless power system combines with 4-wheel drive to give the Traxxas Rally VXL road-ripping muscle that rivals the full-scale racers. Officially licensed BFGoodrich  rally tires deliver authentic style and performance, and the tough, wide-body design features cutting-edge graphics that could only come from Traxxas.

View the feature list and more images here


October 3, 2010

Kyosho V-One R4 teaser

Kyosho V-One R4 teaser

Kyosho Germany are teasing the next iteration of their double World Champion winning V-One platform with the impending release of the V-One R4. We have no other information on this new car apart from what we can see in the CAD images in the background of this image, which seems to be a longer and narrower fuel tank as well as an ultra low profile. More information as we get it.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]


October 3, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– XRAY Presents all-new T3 2011 Specs
– XB808 Wins Danish Nationals R4
– T3 2nd at 2010 Polish National On-Road Championship
– XB808 Wins Georgia Championship R6
– T3 2nd at 2010 International Indoor Championship
– XB808 & XT8 Podium Finish at ACT Titles, Australia
– T3 Dominates Belgium Nationals R6

Click here to view the round-up


October 2, 2010

Spec-R FF03 motor adaptor plate

Spec-R FF03 motor adaptor plate

New for the Tamiya FF03 from Spec-R is this simple blue anodised aluminium motor adaptor plate. Mount it to your brushless motor and it allows it to be set at a 90 degree angle thus allowing the soldering points to be better accessed for neater wiring.

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


October 2, 2010

X-Factory X-6 kits to be supplied with AE V2 shocks

X-Factory X-6 kits to be supplied with AE V2 shocks

X-Factory have announced that, as of October 1st, all X-6 Squared kits leaving their shop will be equipped with the new Associated V2 shocks. Chief Engineer Paul Sinclair said, “In my opinion the V2 shocks are easier to build because they have the separate cartridge at the bottom for the O-rings and a bleeder cap on top so you are sure all the air is out. The first pair I built came out smooth and identical,that’s what you want when building shocks. There will be no change in price to the kit.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]