November 23, 2021
The second round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend with another packed out entry featuring all of the top on-road drivers in the UK across the four racing classes. The top-billed Scorpion Modified class saw Olly Jefferies repeat the pole position he had secured at opening event of the season in October, as the Xray driver topped three of the four qualifying rounds. It was only a car failure that prevented a clean sweep as a damaged spur gear in Q2 saw Olly out of the round, allowing Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge to take a win which would…
November 1, 2021
…with his Yokomo, Chris Grainger having to settle for fourth and Harley Eldridge (Yokomo), as Olly had a race to forget with a ninth place finish. SCORPION MODIFIED A FINAL RESULT 1. (3) Michal Orlowski – Schumacher/LRP 2. (2) Kyle Branson – Capricorn/Hobbywing 3. (6) Ben Moorey – Yokomo/Reedy 4. (5) Chris Grainger – Awesomatix/Reedy 5. (7) Harley Eldridge – Yokomo/LRP 6. (8) Alex Thurston – Capricorn/Hobbywing 7. (9) Stefan Chodzynski – HB Racing/ORCA 8. (11) Billy Fletcher – Capricorn/Hobbywing 9. (4) Andy Murray – Schumacher/LRP 10.(1) Olly Jefferies – Xray/Hobbywing 11.(10) Richard King – Awesomatix/Vampire Zak Finlay was the…
October 12, 2017
…receiver battery packs through the their balancer port. Designed for the use with standard 5mm charge and balance wires the adapter utilises 5mm tube-type connectors for the power wires, a 2mm tube-type connector for the male balancer plug as well as an XH balancer connector for the battery side. The adapter does away with the need to use additional JR or Futaba style charge wires and balance boards, greatly reducing the amount of wires to carry and cleaning up the pit area. The adapter comes pre-wired, covered in protective shrink wrap and it is available now. Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]…
September 20, 2017
…series and securing the outright series title to become National Champion 2017. Last year’s runner-up and team mate Richard Miller (PR Racing) was 2nd again from Paul Timberlake (PR Racing) in 3rd. 2WD Short Course final results: 1. Darren Boyle – TLR/Corally/Corally/Vampire Racing 2. Richard Miller – PR Racing/Corally/Corally/Corally 3. Paul Timberlake – PR Racing/Maclan/Maclan/Absima 4. Paul Gill – TLR/Turnigy/Hobbywing/Turnigy 5. Jonathan Murphy – TLR/LRP/Hobbywing/Turnigy 6. Daniel Gardiner – PR Racing/Maclan/Maclan/Absima 7. Kev Jones – Team Associated/Team Orion/LRP/Centro 8. Darrell Wheeler – PR Racing/Turnigy/Nosram/Turnigy 9. Mark Ashforth – Team Associated/Turnigy/Nosram/Turnigy 10.Simon Gaunt – PR Racing/Speed Passion/Hobbywing/Turnigy Source: X-Factory UK [xfactoryrc.co.uk]…
January 31, 2017
Vampire Racing have introduced their new 6000mAh 80C LiHV competition battery pack. Made from high-quality high-voltage Lithium-Polymer cells with a constant 80C rating the standard size 2S battery offers a nominal voltage of 7.6V and it weighs in at 305g. The pack utilises 5mm tube-type connectors, Vampire Racing’s new black design stickers, it is both EFRA and BRCA legal and available from now on. Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]…
August 4, 2016
Vampire Racing have introduced their new 5mm to 4mm bullet-type connector adapter plugs. They come in handy when running battery packs with the new-style 5mm connectors and standard 4mm connectors alongside as they do away with the need to rewire the speed controller or charger plugs. The reducer bushings feature a high-quality gold plating and they are available as pairs or in a convenient 10-piece package. Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]…
March 18, 2016
…stepped 4mm/5mm dual plugs and a 2mm balance connector for the battery side and EH 3-pin or PQ 7-pin balance connector on the charger side. The 2S EH connector is a direct fit with LRP’s Pulsar Touch Competition, Quadra Pro 3 and Element Pro charger while the 6S PQ connector is usable with a wide range of devices such as the Team Orion Advantage Touch series, as well as many SkyRC, Reedy, ProTek, Hitec, and Dynamite chargers. Both the new EH and PQ charging leads are available in a short 400mm and a long 600mm version. Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]…
January 26, 2016
…variant available. The charging harness comes pre-soldered with 4mm gold-plated bullet-type connectors and an XH balancer plug for the charger and stepped 4mm/5mm dual plugs and a 2mm balance connector for the battery side, which allows to charge 2S LiPo packs with standard 4mm or new-type 5mm connector tubes without having to use adapters or a second charging lead. Additionally the stepped 4mm/5mm dual plugs are now also available as 2-piece or 10-piece packs to equip existing charge leads in order to make them future ready for the growing range of 5mm tube connector LiPo packs Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]…
