Vampire Racing have developed 5 different greases especially for RC cars and their different application areas. These greases are made of high quality chemical components and guarantees best protection and an ultimate free drive train to your car. The five different greases are available as single packed or as complete set and are joint grease, gear grease, diff grease, thrust grease & o-ring grease.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
New from ST Racing Concepts are these new option parts for Traxxas Mini Slash and Mini E-Revo. CNC Machined from high-quality aluminium, the one piece front & mid skid plate will increase durability and add great looks to your Traxxas truck. Like the front & mid skid plate, these new rear skid plates are also CNC machined from high-quality aluminium and help increase durability especially when used together. Both are direct bolt on and easy to install and are available in anodized blue, red and silver.
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Hong Kong based CSO have released some new parts for the Serpent 733 and the Xray NT1. For the Serpent, there are these new front suspension brackets made from 7075 T6 aluminium that are stronger than the standard plastic items that come with the kit. They directly replace the original part and hold hold the upper and lower suspension pins to the rear of the wishbone. For the NT1, CSO have introduced super lightweight, yet strong, titanium pins for use in the gear differential.
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The 5th and final round of the Greek 1/10 Nitro National Championships took place at the Arena Track in Aspropyrgos recently with two special guests, Chris Tosolini and Mirko Rossi. Greek Federation EL-ME in cooperation with Kyosho Hellas have continued their effort to improve the level of radio control races in their country this year and gave Greek modelers the opportunity to compete with multiple World finalist Chris Tosolini and collect knowledge for their Sirio engines from Mirko Rossi. Chris Tosolini dominated the race holding best lap, TQ and 1st position, this is despite the fact that he spent the whole weekend giving setup tips and advice to all racers, instead of focusing on his car. Mr. Rossi on the other hand took the opportunity to help racers better understand their Sirio engines and clutches with tips for mileage and performance. Runner up on the day was Kostas Sidiropoulos, with Spiros Piknis taking 3rd.
Source: AMRC [amrc-rc.com]
New for the B-Max 4, Yokomo have released this carbon fibre battery strap set for the multiple title winning buggy. The set includes the blue anodised battery posts, the carbon plates, foam tape and all the required fasteners. Pretty obvious in its function you can use the supplied thick foam with NiMh cells or the thinner foam when using your LiPo saddle pack.
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Eighteen year old Barend Myburgh has won the 1/5th scale World Championships, held in South Africa, as a result of an impressive meeting long performance, winning all his qualifying heats and thus taking pole position for the one hour final. Jumping straight into the lead and being never headed, Myburg won by almost 14 laps from Rodney Michael with Simon Bradley a further four laps away in third position. Whilst Myburg dictated the terms of the race throughout, Michael drove determinedly from fifth on the grid to earn second the hard way – battling Bradley and Andries Oosthuizen (fourth) for a podium spot for much of the race. Despite at one stage having to pit to replace a failed battery, Michael’s consistency and reliability eventually was rewarded as both Bradley and Oosthuizen suffered mechanical problems in the second half of the race. Willem Hendrick Barnard was fifth, followed in by Willem Vorster and 15 year old Jean Pierre Oosthuizen. Disappointingly this major international race attracted only 7 drivers, all South African.
Source: TRAP [trap.co.za]
East Coast Bodies now offer fully painted version of their popular Speed 6 spec 09 190mm body shell. Following on from their half painted versions released 2 weeks ago, this new version is complete and perfect for the beginner who wants to get on the track as quickly as possible and with as little effort as possible. The Speed 6 shell sports nice flowing black, grey and white lines and has been backed with a bright yellow for a great look and comes supplied with 3 different types of rear wing together with the wing end plates.
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Last weekend saw the German regional and national qualifier take place in Hamburg, North Germany with great weather and warm temperatures. Starting from position two in the grid behind Lars Hoppe, youngster Merlin Depta was able to take the lead after Lars made an error lapping another driver. What followed was a spectacular fight between Lennart Skornia and Merlin Depta, the Serpent pairing were at each other for 29 minutes trying to go for the victory. Only one lap before the checkered flag came down, the 2-speed team driver Merlin was able to gain the lead back again and finish the race first completing his 137th lap with Lennart Skornia taking 2nd and Michael Paetz in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
