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February 21, 2010

Yannick Aigoin victorious at Montpellier GP

The annual Montpellier GP took place this weekend and attracted some of Europe’s best racers to battle it out for glory. Qualifying saw Losi driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot ahead of current European Champion Renaud Savoya in 2nd with Spanish racer Daniel Vega in 3rd and Martin Bayer from the Czech Republic in 4th. Following the semi finals it was Losi driver Martin Bayer that would claim the pole position ahead of Renaud Savoya in 2nd with Jerome Aigoin in 3rd. The 60 minute final started off with the front runners maintaining their starting order and due to different fuel strategies the top 3 starters occupied the front spots in various orders until the 20 minute mark when Yannick Aigoin worked his way up through the field to the front to sit just behind his twin brother Jerome. At the halfway point Yannick was into the lead just ahead of Bayer but the two team mates would battle it out for the rest of the final, with Bayer making a mistake under pressure close the end allowing Yannick through to take the win by 4 seconds at the end, with Bayer in 2nd and Kyosho team driver Jerome Aigoin taking 3rd.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

February 21, 2010

HPI Formula Ten graphite upper deck

HPI Racing have released this woven graphite upper deck, a high performance option part for Formula Ten cars. Lightweight woven graphite construction gives the upper deck incredible stiffness and durability compared to the stock upper deck, and it looks great too. Each upper deck is precision machined to HPI factory specifications for a perfect fit.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

February 20, 2010

Tekin Redline Hi Torque rotors

In a bid to offer more torque from your brushless motor in your Crawler or 4×4 Short Course truck, Tekin has released their new 14mm, 13mm, 12.5mm Hi Torque rotors for adding that extra grunt. Compatible with Tekins Redline sensored motor line up, these rotors maximize power applied to the ground. The HT rotors are available in 12.5mm, 13mm and 14mm to meet all your needs. Tekin also provides a Rotor mod series to fine tune any of your 10th scale motor tweaking needs. Available in 12.3mm ROAR legal, 12.5mm ROAR legal, 13mm and 14mm sizes.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

February 20, 2010

Tekin Redline Hi Torque rotors

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

February 19, 2010

Xceed World GT foam tires

Xceed have released their line of World GT pre mounted foam tires. Supplied on cool looking carbon print rims, that are true and hard the tires are made from high quality foam for superb traction. Available in purple, lilac, double pink and pink for the front and lilac, double pink, magenta and pink for the rear.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

February 19, 2010

RB 2010 team t-shirt

Engine specialists RB in France have released the 2010 edition of their RB team t-shirt. A new explosive design, the front incorporates a modern take on the RB logo, while the back features the famous ‘The Power Of Champions’ in RB’s bright orange color. Made from a comfortable high quality material, it is available in M, L, XL, XXL in dark grey and XXXL in black.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

February 19, 2010

Smokem Racing 416LP chassis plate

Smokem Racing have developed a LiPo only chassis for the Tamiya TRF416 series of touring cars. By flipping the drive belts, the LiPo is offset further from the chassis center line, while on the other side, the servo, receiver and ESC are shifted towards the center line. Two battery positions are provided so racers can choose where they want to position their LiPo pack and the result is a balanced chassis with no additional weights required. The 416LP chassis has been designed and thoroughly tested to give the best flex properties and at only 94mm wide, chassis scrub is minimized. Unnecessary cutouts were removed to deliver a design with balanced lateral flex and the result is awesome corner speed and stability. With both longitudinal and lateral battery tape slots, the Smokem Racing LP chassis accepts all LiPos, with or without humps, without additional retainers that may induce tweak.

Click here to see the LiPo pack mounted

February 19, 2010

Factory Team metric screws

Associated’s Factory Team have announced that their aluminium metric screws are now available in single size packages. These blue anodised M2 and M2.5 screws come four per package while M3 screws come six per package.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]