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September 9, 2008

KM Racing Professional tool range

KM Racing have released their new range of updated aluminum handled tools. Featuring special chrome hardened steel tool tips, the hollow lightweight handles are 18mm in diameter for better grip and have 4mm holes on the tool handle to be able to enhance the leverage using another tool tip. Available in the usual range of sizes and types of tips, all tools have grooves on the handle for easy identification and come supplied with the end cap as standard.

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September 9, 2008

Novak Havoc Sport sensored BL system

Novak have released their Havoc Sport sensored brushless system. Though the sport system offers the same great features found in all Novak motors and speed controls, it exceeds expectations with its performance and unmatched affordability. The 540-sized motor is equipped with a sintered rotor for precise throttle response and resistance to high temperatures, and is sensored for low-speed driveability and consistent brakes. The Havoc Sport brushless/brush ESC contains one of the strongest BECs for sport applications and includes nine adjustable parameters to fine-tune brake and throttle response.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

September 9, 2008

Speedzone Ceramic bearings & diff balls

Speedzone have released some new ceramic bearings that are of the highest quality, rated at ABEC 5 with Si3N4 Grade 5 ball bearings. Lighter than conventional bearings, they help improve the efficiency of your car and create a super smooth feel for the drive train. Available for popular kits like the Losi JRXS Type R, Xray T2’008, Speedmerchant Rev 5 and the Team Associated 12R5, Speedzone also sell Si3N4 Grade 5 ceramic differential balls that not only make your diff feel silky smooth but it will last much longer than with conventional steel or carbide balls.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

September 9, 2008

Nuno Gancho takes Portuguese title

The 5th and final round of the 2008 Portuguese EP Touring Car Championship was run last weekend at the Sintra track in Lisbon with both the Stock and Modified title still to be decided. Good weather and good grip level on this beautifull and large track saw Xray driver Nuno Gancho take the TQ and win ahead of team mate Daniel Ferreira in 2nd and Tamiya driver Ruben Francisco in 3rd. With this win Nuno Gancho secured the 2008 Modified title ahead of Ruben Francisco and Daniel Ferreira. In the Stock class it was Pedro PIta that won the title after placing 2nd in this race.

Source: Info RC [info-rc.net]

September 9, 2008

Oversloot & Jansen take Dutch Nats wins

We received a report from last weekends Dutch Touring car Nationals that were held on the AMCA track in Apeldoorn. This race played host to the final round of the modified class championship and the 5th round of the stock class. The forecast for Sunday’s wasn’t expected to be great, but it was to be dry in the morning and rainy later on. The stock division had one dry qualification run, and in that run we saw Frans Heinsbroek take the TQ in front of local ace Daan Schennink and Michael Lepelaar.

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September 9, 2008

Team Cobra Racing Servos & Charger

Team Cobra Sino Racing Servos & Charger

Cobra Sino Racing have announced the release of some new servos as well as a new charger. Their new Analogue servos come in 6kg and 9kg versions and are both metal geared with coreless motors and come with a blue anodized heat sink as part of the casing. They also have 2 new digital servos that have state of the art digital SMT technology, have coreless motors and also come with a blue anodized heat sink as part of the casing. These servos also use top of the line IC’s together with multiple layer circuits boards. There is also a new AC/DC Silent Charger, that is a state of the art microprocessor based charger/discharger system. The DiamondBack is a switch type unit and can fully charge 1 to 15 Ni-MH and Ni-Cd cells at a digitally preset amperage of up to a maximum 5.0A using peak detection and temperature limiting methods. The DiamondBack can also charge Lithium batteries up to 6 cells as well as lead acid cells.

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September 9, 2008

Kimbrow & Ezrow win ROAR Fuel Nats

Kimbrow & Ezrow take ROAR Fuel nats

Kyosho are reporting that their factory driver Scott Kimbrow TQ’ed and won the Open Class at the 2008 ROAR 1/8 Fuel On-Road Nationals held at the 301 Raceway in Brandywine, Maryland. The start of the A-main saw him jump straight into the lead which he held onto easily in the first half of the race. A long pit stop that included a tire change cost him 47 seconds, which shuffled him back to 2nd place behind Mugen’s Mike Swauger but Kimbrow managed to close to within five seconds after being nearly 16 seconds behind. The building anticipation of a door-to-door dash for the finish was scuttled however when Swauger made a mistake around the 50-minute mark and broke his car. Kimbrow cruised to the finish nearly a lap and a half ahead of 2nd, scoring the title of National Champion, his 3rd in a row. In the Masters class it was Eli Ezrow, who was also running a Kyosho Evolva M3, that TQ’ed and won the title in that class. Ezrow started on the front row but within two laps was relegated to 3rd place but was back into 2nd place by lap 21. Bowerman, who got through the first lap cleanly, wasn’t going to be as easy to catch, but with Ezrow about 14 seconds behind Bowerman ran into trouble handing him the position and allowing him to take top honors.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 8, 2008

TRT Technik Lola Body Stiffener set

Body makers TRT Technik from Germany were in contact to tell us about their newest product, this body stiffener set. Designed for use with 1/8th scale on road competition bodies such as the Central Lola, Collari Peugeot 908, Sprint RC Zytec, SLB Lola Expert8 and more, it comes complete with a trim strip, 2 x 90 degree side body stiffeners, 2 x 45 degree side body stiffeners and 2 rear wing stiffeners, all with self adhesive strips.

Source: TRT [trt-technik.de]