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May 16, 2008

Chaussard wins 1/10 French Nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the third round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals run at the 330m long AMCO track in Brest, in the very North West tip of France. Qualifying for the National class saw Kyosho racer Romain Jaureguy claim the pole position from Maxime Favrelle in 2nd and Frédéric Bourillon in 3rd, while in the Elite class it was round 2 winner Arnaud Chaussard on the top spot, putting his NT1 in front of team mates Thomas Eytard and Basile Concialdi. The National final saw a good start for the pole man Jaureguy but he dropped back early on and this left Maxime Favrelle in the lead for the majority of the race until his tyres went away near the very end and he was passed by eventual winner Frédéric Bourillon, leavin Favrelle in 2nd at the flag and Alexandre Basset in 3rd. In the Elite final, the race was dominated by Chaussard, who got into the lead and stayed there for the entire race while behind, the Serpent driver Michaël Derderian got passed Mickael Pontal who had a servo failure, and took the runner spot in the race 2 laps ahead of Mathieu Wullyamoz in 3rd.

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May 15, 2008

Team Orion 2400mAh Experience LiPo

Also new from Team Orion is the release of their newest LiPo battery, the 2400mAh Experience LiPo Power Battery. Consisting of 2-cells, this 7.4 volt pack has a 20C rating and shares the same high quality Kokam cells as the 3200, 3600, and 4800 that Team Orion has already released. With a MSRP of $59.99, this is one of the easiest and safest way to get into LiPo batteries.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

May 15, 2008

Team Orion HipShot Hoodie & T-Shirt

Team Orion have announced the upcoming release of some new team clothing that includes a new t-shirt and hooded sweater. Both garments are made from black cotton and both feature a large Team Orion logo across the chest, offset so that it goes under the left arm. The hooded sweater sees the logo more offset than on the t-shirt while both logos are printed in grey and white which gives the clothing a bold look. Available in the usual range of sizes.

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May 15, 2008

Ultimate Racing Green Clean gel

Ultimate Racing have have released this Green Clean gel, a hand cleaner gel that eliminates fat and dirt lodged in the skin, which does so with irritation. It contains pine and coconut oils, lanoline and cleaning particles that drag dirt, combining great cleaning with the necessary hygenic safety.

Source: Ultimate Racing [modelixracing.com]

May 15, 2008

Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 Sport

Following on from yesterday’s tease shot of the soon to be unveiled Cyclone D4 Sport, the actual car showed up as expected at the Shizuoka hobby show today, however full details and the cars production name are still unknown (to me). The pictures, taken by the people at Team Novi & Yaggy, show a moulded plastic tub version of the car which also appears to be able to take a stick pack, mounted perpendicular to the chassis line. To accommodate this the cars central drive shaft has been raised to get over the pack and the whole drive train is covered in rather attractive moulded plastic. As it seems now, the car looks set to be available as an RTR version but as we find out more, and get better pictures, we will let you know.

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May 15, 2008

Corally Lipo Saddle, VRS cells & BL motor

Corally have released some new electric products including a number of new battery packs. Amongst the new releases is this this new 7.4V IP4800 LiPo Saddle Pack, while for more conventional battery layouts there are some new 4200 VRS cells, in 3 different specifications, and in packs of 4, 5 and 6 cells. Using the same cells, Corally have also released 2 new 7.2V 6-cell ready made stick packs containing 3600 or 4200 cells. Finally from the Dutch company is the new X-BP brushless motor, available in 6T, 7T, 8T, 9T, 10T, 17T, 19T and 27T, which has finally been released after first being shown at the Nurnberg toy fair back in February.

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May 15, 2008

Team Magic 1/10 G4JR Gas Touring Car

Team Magic have released a new version of their European Championship winning G4 1/10th scale 200mm chassis, called the G4JR. The car comes 95% factory assembled for your convenience, saving you the user a considerable amount of construction time which means you’re up and racing as quickly as possible. The car is supplied with the K-Factory pre painted touring car body, H.A.R.D. branded Futaba radio equipment, 2.1cc engine, tuned pipe and rubber tires, and features a revised internal gear ratio, front and rear CVD’s as well as other standard G4 specs.

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May 15, 2008

Kyosho Inferno MP9 buggy prototype

This strange looking car is in fact the all new Inferno MP9 from Kyosho, the car that the company is confident can defend its World crown in the US this summer. The car, which is obviously still in prototype phase, was shown at this weeks Shizuoka hobby show in Japan, and to cover the parts that they want to keep secret they made this rather cool looking bodyshell. No further details are known, but have a look at the pictures and draw your own conclusions.

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