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October 23, 2009

Nosram VTEC LiFe RX packs & CPX tires

Nosram have introduced a number of new items including their new line up of VTEC LiFe receiver packs and their VTEC pre glued Carpet tires. The batteries are a combination of today’s most used battery types, the robustness and impact resistance of NiMh batteries combined with the capacity, long lifetime and weight advantage of a LiPo battery. They also impress with a higher number of charge cycles and higher cell safety compared to LiPos and the further advantage is that it can be used without an extra RX-regulator. The new VTEC CPX tires offer a newly developed high-traction tire specially for indoor carpet racing. The pre-glued tire features a special low-profile design, which prevents traction-roll on medium to high-grip tracks. With the new CPX pre-glued carpet tire, Nosram also offers a wheel for carpet touring car racing that guarantees 100% controlled racing. The answer to all tyre cheating possibilities are the semi-transparent rims, through which you see the inside of the rims, the result is no cheating.

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October 21, 2009

Much More 1400mAh LiFe receiver pack

Much More have released this 1400mAh LiFe receiver pack which is ideal for 1/8 Scale racing straight style application. The 6.6V 15C straight size pack can be used without a regulator, no memory effect, does not require discharging before charge and maintains a 6.6V+ flat line of voltage. Supplied with a commonly used Futaba/JR 2pin Connector with XH2.5 Balancing plug.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

October 20, 2009

Team Orion Hump Rocketpacks

Team Orion have introduced their new range of Hump Rocketpacks with TRX connector, to perfectly fit the Traxxas Rustler/Bandit VXL and Slash cars. Now you can take advantage of Team Orion’s latest NiMH technology in your Traxxas car boosting it to high performance with 8.4V or 9.6V voltage. Supplied with 12AWG ultra flexible silicone wires they are available in a wide variety of outputs.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

October 20, 2009

LRP LiPo TX & LiFe RX battery packs

LRP’s new high-performance LiPo transmitter batteries come in various different sizes to perfectly fit into the most popular transmitters on the r/c market. Now you can experience even more capacity and longer lifetime, with the same battery dimension and weight in comparison to other similar products available today. For your receiver, the new VTEC LiFe RX-packs are strong and impact resistant like NiMH batteries and have large capacity, long lifespan and low weight like LiPos. In addition the ready-to-use LiFe batteries can have a considerable higher number of charge cycles and higher cell safety compared to LiPos.

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October 20, 2009

LRP LiPo TX & LiFe RX battery packs

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October 19, 2009

Reedy 4600mAh 1S 3.7V LiPo is BRCA Approved

Reedy have announced that their 4600mAh 3.7V LiPo battery is now approved for competition by the BRCA (British Radio Car Association). Already listed on the BRCA website, the battery is legal for the 2009 racing season and beyond.

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

October 19, 2009

Team Orion Carbon Molecular LiPo batteries

Team Orion have announced their new range of hard case Carbon Molecular LiPo batteries. Since 2008 Oscar Jansen, the company’s electric R&D manager, has been working closely with their manufacturing plant with the aim to create the most powerful LiPo battery produced today. The goal has been to produce cells made for RC Car applications and not to just choose existing cells from the industrial production and put them on the market. Everything started from a white page, a new factory was established and all the production is exclusive to Team Orion. The basic idea is to produce the lowest internal resistance batteries with the highest power output able to provide the peak current required for acceleration but also to maintain the voltage under heavy load. Multi carbon molecules are used in the construction of the LiPo batteries so the cells have the possibility to recover voltage extremely fast. This allows a 45C constant current discharge of 10 seconds which means about 250 Amps. For such current pure copper 12AWG wire is used, soldered directly to the cell terminals. Available in a wide range of configurations for different applications.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

October 16, 2009

Team Epic Monster LiPo Trak packs

Team Epic have released 2 new 20C Monster LiPo Trak packs in 5300mAh and 2700mAh. Designed for Traxxas truck owners, with an affordable price for racer and basher alike they are hard cased and supplied with balancing plug and have thick amp carrying lead wires ended with a real Traxxas plug, for easy plug and play.

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