Red RC

June 4, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Sweet new blue anodised aluminium servo saver – Link [Team Hybrid]
> Ark introduce blue and black motor brush hood alignment tool – Link [ark-inc.jp]
> Ofna awarded title sponsorship of 2008 IFMAR 1/8th off road Worlds – Link [ofna.com]
> Jeremy Kortz extends his sponorship deal with OFNA into 2009 – Link [ofna.com]
> Elliot Boots flies with RB-S7 – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Rody Roem wins Mach, Heemstede 40+ race – Link [rbproducts.com]

June 4, 2007

CS Electronic pre mounted Rubber tires

CS Electronic, the people that brought us the digital tweak board, have announced the release of a new range of pre glued rubber tires. Suitable for electric touring cars these new rubber tires comes in 22, 27, 30 and 35 shores and with the exception of the 22 shore, all work on both outdoor as well as carpet surfaces and all come pre glued on these white disc wheels.

Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]

June 4, 2007

Gio Racing LPC Clutch

German company Gio Racing, set up by Italian Giovanni Petrocelli, have released this new LPC Clutch which is suitable for both the Motonica and Mugen chassis’. Moving away from heavy steel parts Gio Racing have made the LPC clutch from exotic materials such as titanium, magnesium and ergal which mean the clutch is more responsive thanks to its lighter weight, yet is very durable as was proven at the recent Wiesbaden 3 hours that was one by Robert Will using this very same clutch system. The full set costs EUR100 and every clutch is made to order so if you want one expect to wait a short while after ordering to finally receive it.

Click here to see more pictures from the clutch.

Source: Gio Racing [gio-extreme.com]

June 4, 2007

TCS Cooling system for Brushless

Just last week we wrote about the TCS cooling system that uses liquid as a means to keep your cars electronics cool. Now today we see that a version for brushless systems has been developed that now not only cools the motor, as in the original version, but also comes with a cooling plate that attaches itself to your BL speed controller. According to tests made on the original system it does work but at the expense of some, but not much, weight and also i am not sure if such a cooling system is legal for racing, but with more and more expensive equipment melting on race day perhaps it would be worth considering such a system.

Click here for an installation picture… content

June 4, 2007

Kawahara PRO chassis plate for MRX4-R

Back in February we showed you some CAD images of the new optional chassis plate made by Kawahara for the Mugen MRX4-R. This 5mm chassis plate is now available for sale and, similar to the optional Serpent chassis plates, features carbon inserts to enable you to stiffen or soften up the chassis plate. Furthermore the chassis comes with 3 different weights of 10, 18 and 26 grams to allow you to meet minimum weight requirements while for perfect setup it also comes with front and rear setting blocks that fit into the corresponding holes in the chassis.

Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]

June 4, 2007

Glenn Phuah wins at Singapore Nats

Xray are reporting on their site from the latest round of the 1/8th scale off road nationals in Singapore, which saw 53 buggy drivers and 15 truggy drivers line up for the start. Qualifying saw Chester Chua take the TQ spot for Xray while in the A-final he carried this pace through to lead a 4 way battle at the fron that included team mates Sam Cheng and Glenn Phuah as well as Hong Nor racer Ah M. Unfortunately Sam had his engine flame out which dropped him out of contention leaving Glenn Phuah to take the win for Xray ahead of Ah M in 2nd with pole man Chester Chua in 3rd.

Read the full race report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 4, 2007

Henrik Nilsson wins Rd2 Swedish Cup

Rd2 Swedish Cup

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Swedish Cup held at the off road track in Borås. Christoffer Svensson took the pole position for the final and lead the race early on, battling with round 1 winner Linus Thern, until he ran into problems leaving Svensson in a clear lead until he too ran into problems forcing him to retire at the 30 minute mark. This left sole Team Losi racer Henrik Nilsson to pick up the lead and with it the win ahead of Nordic Xray Challenge winner Robert Gustavsson, racing for Xray in 2nd and Mugen racer Mikael Palsson in 3rd.

Click here for the final results… content

June 4, 2007

Team Tools from Fastrax

We’ve written about Fastrax before when they released their new range of starter boxes at the end of March and now CML distribution have been in touch to let us know about their new range of Team Tools. Adding to their current line up of tools comes some new hex drivers, screw drivers, nut wrenches, reamers and more, all tools featuring ground steel hard tips and shafts, machined aluminium, anodized, lightweight handles with knurled finish and sport machine cut identification rings on the handles for easy identification.

Click here to see the new additions to the range… content