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September 21, 2007

Vantomme M12 EP chassis

We recieved a mail yesterday telling us about the Belgian built Vantomme M12 1/12th scale electric pan car. This car is the 2nd generation chassis, the first called the M1.1 was built in 2005 and was based on the Speed Merchant Rev4. This latest version features a number of improvements including numerous chassis cut-outs, extreme small lower motor plate for easy access motor, a sharp X shape front design and a very short chassis with an extra bumper to attach. The ‘VantommeM12’ hit the circuit for the very first time last weekend, during a ‘MRCZ Challenge race’ and finished a hard fought 3rd after qualifying 2nd.

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September 21, 2007

Tamiya Durga DB01 EP Buggy

Since it’s release last year, the Tamiya TRF501X has enjoyed some competition successes, including winning the recent European Championships in Finland. The experience gained through the development of the TRF501X is now available to fans around the world in the form of this much-anticipated R/C off-road buggy, the Durga. Essentially a plastic version of the 501X, the Durga uses a reduced number of parts for ease of maintenance and comes supplied wth the wheels, tires and 540 type motor, all for a more competitive price.

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September 21, 2007

Xray T2’008 – Close up Pictures

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I received some pictures of Martin Hudys Xray T2’008, taken at the Austria Masters in Steiregg, in my mail box while i was on holidays 2 weeks ago and presumed that they had already been spread around the internet while i was away. But reading through RC Tech it appears that people havent yet seen them so here they are. As you can see it has the belts placed on either side of the main spur gear as well as other small changes that i wont even pretend to know.

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September 21, 2007

RD Logics Wheel wrenches

RD Logics have introduced 2 new high quality wheel nut wrenches. The first is a rather unique multi-purpose wheel wrench that not only serves it first purpose as a wheel wrench for both 17mm & 23mm wheel nuts but also includes a flywheel wrench, a 8mm wheel nut wrench (for 5mm locking nut & glow plugs) a 5.5mm nut wrench (for 3mm locking nut) and a turnbuckle wrench – Size 4, 5, 5.5, 7, 8, 10, all in 3 great looking anodised colours – blue, red and purple. The 2nd wrench is a more conventional heavy duty black aluminum hex wheel wrench for 17mm or 23mm wheel nuts.

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September 20, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

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

> Report on the last Rd of the Schumacher BTCC championship – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Jorge Augusto is the new Portuguese Center Champion – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> M1B driver, Stefano Berna wins in Gragnano, Lucca Italy – Link [teammagic.com.tw]
> Robitronic report on last weekends German Nationals – Link [robitronic.eu]
> Losi 8ight Carbon Fiber Chassis by Matrix Concepts – Link [rctech.net]
> The Kyosho TF-5 Stallion Plus – Link [kyosho.de]

September 20, 2007

RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series Rd3

Eugene Hickerson sent us this report from Round 3 of the RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series that was held at Mills Pond in FT Lauderdale this month. This is the 1st year of the Nitro Only series in FL, and round 3 was the largest turnout thus far with 95 entries. The track was an all new layout, 20 feet longer with all new clay for the big race. All of the pros from Florida were there to compete for the cash payout that the RC Pro Series brings to the races.

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September 20, 2007

O.S. Speed Tuned .21 VZ-B V-Spec

We wrote about the O.S. Speed Tuned .21 VZ-B V-Spec back in May when it was first shown and now its available to buy. The engine sports an aluminum heat sink head combined with special factory tuning which makes this a more efficiently cooled .21 VZ-B V-Spec competition engine. The specially coated crankshaft features a precision ceramic bearing that greatly reduces friction, plus a Tungsten weight for added balance, while a double adjustment carb allows for ultra-fine tuning for demanding race conditions.

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September 20, 2007

Team AJ Wrench and bearings

Japanese firm Team AJ have released 2 new products, the first is this lightweight alumnium suspension arm nut wrench which is used with the Mugen MBX5R/T when trying to get at the cars front differential. This wrench is for the 4 millimeter nylon locknut that holds the front suspension pin in place and is designed in such a way that its easy to get at the nut. The other product from Team AJ is a set of 10 high quality rubber sealed ball bearings which are designed for use in gas buggies.

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