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November 9, 2006

Nova RC Products cool weather head

Nova RC Products cool head

Shown on the right here is the previously available CNC machined cooling head from Nova RC Products. On the left is the new CNC machined cooling head that is to be used in cooler conditions were keeping heat in the engine is important, kind of a similar effect to when you see racers put tin foil around the engine head when its raining. Simple, effective and looks good too, kinda like Paris Hilton.

Features:
– Precision CNC Machined
– Aircraft Grade 7075-T6 Aluminum
– Awesome Looking
– Very Affordable

Check out the full details here.

Source: Buggy-Sport.info [buggy-sport.info]

November 9, 2006

Serpent release drive calculator

Serpent drive calculator

Belgian racer Christophe De Vocht has developed a Drive Calculator program to work out drive ratios for all of Serpents current, and some older, models. The user can input all the pulley sizes as well as the tyre diameters for it to work out the ratio, it will also suggest a tyre size to get a user determined front to rear drive ratio too. As far as we are aware Christophe has also made versions for other manufacturers too.

You can download the drive calculator here or from the 960, 835 and 720 download pages on Serpent’s site.

Source: Serpent [mytsn.com]

November 9, 2006

Team Magic E4 Concept Car

Team Magic E4

You may remember back from the iHobby show, we wrote about the new Team Magic E4 electric touring car. We were quite harsh about its 3 belt system and centrally mounted batteries and likened to a 1/10th 200mm gas car with an electric motor in it. Well that opinon hasn’t changed but these studio pictures from the Taiwanese manufacturer definitely show this car in a new light and i’m starting to like the look of it, look at how low it is….nice.

Looking at the pictures though also highlights a few issues with the E4, like the fact that the speed controller position looks like an after thought, mounted on the pinion side of the motor.

Check out the pictures for yourself here… content

November 9, 2006

Adam Rogers & Rob Fox win Rug Racers Rd2

Rug Racers Rd2

The second round of the Rug Racers Winter Series 2006 took place in Hertfordshire last weekend. The event saw dominate performances from Adam Rogers and Rob Fox, in modified and 19T classes respectively.

From the outset Adam Rogers was the favorite for this final, but with Kit Jones putting in a time that was less than three seconds behind Adam, would he be able to challenge Adam at all? The answer to this question was no, with Adam showing a commanding drive, bettering his qualifying time and showing why he is a national winner and a consistent top ten qualifier at that level.

You can read the full race report here.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

November 9, 2006

Team Vertex buggy and truggy

Vertex VTX buggy

Team Vertex have now shipped their new RTR VTX buggy and truggy. These cars, that were announced back in October, seem pretty rugged and definitely look the part, far superior to what you would normally expect from a ready to run. Expect to pay $370 for the truggy and $300 for the buggy.

Hit the jump for more pictures… content

November 8, 2006

Recent EFRA IC Track rulings

2006 EFRA AGM

As we are now all aware, the European Governing body EFRA, had their annual get together last weekend in Brussels, Belgium. At this meeting the much talked about 5 cell ruling, that i mentioned in my previous posts, was brought in. But changes took place for IC Track classes too, changes that seemed to have slipped under most peoples radars.