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March 16, 2010

ProTek RC LiFe range of batteries

A Main Hobbies today announced a complete line of ProTek R/C branded LiFe packs, starting with this 6.6v 2-cell ‘Supreme Power’ hard case battery pack with 4000mAh capacity and a true 35C constant discharge rate. This battery pack is built using a hard plastic pack and includes heavy duty bullet connectors and a balance charge lead that you can solder onto the wire of your choice. There is also a 6.6v 2-cell ‘Sport Race’ stick battery pack with 3000mAh capacity and a true 25C constant discharge rate and includes a Tamiya connector for charging and balancing as well as a balance charge lead. For transmitters there a 9.9v 1600mAh pack for the 3PK and M11, a 6.6v 2100mAh pack for the 4PK and a 9.9v 2100mAh pack for Futaba, JR, Spektrum and KO radios. Finally for powering your receiver there is a 6.6v 1450mAh flat RX pack, a 6.6V 1700mAh hump style pack and finally for 1/12th scale there is a tiny 6.6v 200mAh pack.

Click here to see the other packs

March 16, 2010

Victor Pelaez joins Serpent Spain

Serpent Spain have announced that they have signed front running Spanish touring car driver Victor Pelaez to race the 733 in 2010. The double Spanish National Champion and 4th place finisher at the European ‘B’ Championships in Ampuis, France in 2008 will be not only driving for the team but helping promote the new car in Spain. Víctor had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Modelcar / Serpent for the opportunity they have given me to run the new 733. I will do my best to win the Championship title this year. Since the first day of testing the 733, I felt very confident, the car is amazing and I’m really happy with it.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 15, 2010

HPI Racing Blitz tire holder

HPI Racing have released this handy tire holder for your Blitz tire collection. Utilizing a tough aluminium rod, hex adapter and serrated wheel nut, the tire holder keeps you organized by holding four Blitz short course tires together. Now you won’t have to worry about loose tires rolling around in your pit box or hauler bag. Supplied in pairs.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

March 15, 2010

Racers Edge SureCharge 1500

The SureCharge 1500 from Racers Edge uses the most advanced Lithium charging and balancing technology to get the most out of your LiPo & Life-Po battery packs. The adjustable charging rate, from 1amp to 5amps, will easily take care of everything from 1/10th, 1/12th and 1/18th scale packs down to receiver and transmitter packs. With the integrated JST-XH balance ports the most common 2 and 3 cell Lithium packs are easily maintained properly for the longest possible cycle life. The included true branded Traxxas HC and Deans charging leads means that you will not need to build any custom adapters to get up and going.

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March 15, 2010

Xray Column – DHI, ETS, Nürnberg Show

The 40th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column he talks about this year’s DHI Cup, ETS in Czech Republic and the Nürnberg Toy Fair.

Production in January was completely booked with the production of T3 kits and as such I didn’t have to hurry but I still needed to push myself to finish a few final details on the new X10 car to get it ready. The new Link version of the 1/10 GT pan car has for the last few weeks been in the last final design stage after the release of the XII Link a few weeks ago, and needed only the final confirmation.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 15, 2010

Abisset wins opening French 1/8th National

The opening round of the French 1/8th scale on road nationals took place last weekend in Beaumont Monteux in the south east of the country. Qualifying in the Elite class went the way of Shepherd driver Richard Volta, who after 7 minutes was 3 seconds in front of Serpent/RB driver Anthony Abisset, with team mate Stéphane Riccobono and Motonica driver Arnaud Mathieu completing the top 4. In the National class, Serpent racer Damien Thirion took the top qualifying spot in front of Mugen driver Eric Loge in 2nd, with Maxime Tenet and Jérémy Cassagne in 3rd and 4th. The elite final saw Volta lead away with Abisset in close pursuit, this order remained the same until Volta hit mechanical trouble and dropped out of contention allowing Anthony to take over at the front, who close to the end of the race had a close battle with team mate Riccobono, but a small mistake by Stéphane gave Anthony the breathing room to take the win, with Riccobono 2nd and Gérald Colinet in 3rd, giving Serpent and RB the complete podium. In the National class saw an early race battle between Loge and Thirion with the latter taking the lead and able to build up a gap before stopping just before the pits and allowing Loge back into the lead with Antoine Gaschet climbing up to 2nd, while Thirion recovered to take 3rd.

Click here to see the national podium

March 15, 2010

HPI Racing Blitz tire holder

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

March 15, 2010

TQ Racing report from Chi Town Shootout

TQ Racing are reporting that their team driver Johnny LoGiudice was the Top Qualifier in both the 2wd Modified and Truck Modified classes at the recent Chi Town Shootout with his TQ Racing SX10 2w and SX10T. Johnny won the 2wd Modified class with fellow TQ Racing team driver JP Richards finishing in third. While Johnny was also the TQ in the Modified Truck class, some trouble in the mains knocked him down the order, but team mate JP Richards stepped up from a lower qualifying position to finish in 2nd place. Also in the 13.5 buggy class – TQ Racing team driver Ray Kindstom finished third in his first major event with the TQ SX10 2w. TQ Racing continues to develop the SX10 4w four wheel drive chassis which will soon be released and development work is continuing on the SX10 SC Short Course chassis for an early summer release.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]