Friday, December 15, 2006
Xray 370 Supersize Micro Motor Categories - Xray, Motors, Electric, Products - comments closed
Xray have released this new 370 Supersize Micro Motor for their M18 range of cars. Claiming a 30% increase in performance this new motor features a manually epoxy balanced armature, special noise filter, pre-installed wires and is factory pre-assembled with surface-mount capacitor circuit board (no capacitors to solder).
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Motor Maniac handy commutator cleaner Categories - Tools, Motors, Products - comments closed
This thing is really cool and simple, it takes an existing product, like the comm cleaning stick and makes it better. If the comm cleaning stick is a bit of a pain to use or you don’t have a commutator lathe, then this thing is a great solution. It comes supplied with a handle to turn the commutator, and all you do is place the supplied grinding stone into the space where the brush on your motor goes and the supplied spring keeps the correct pressure on it, then you turn the handle and it grinds the end of the commutator.
Source: Ark Inc [ark-inc.jp]
Monday, December 4, 2006
TopCad 540 motor heat sink Categories - TopCad, Motors, Electric, Accessories, Products - comments closed
Hong Kong based company, and maker of lots of cool aluminium parts, TopCad have released this great looking motor heat sink with cooling fan to suit all 540 type motors. Shown above in light blue it can also be purchased in blue, black, gold, gun metal, red, purple & silver and is also available in a different configuration with top mounted fan. With motor temperatures up at the level they are at now, this type of cooling system is vital to prevent damage to your motor.
You can view the heat sink page here and all the products from TopCad here.
Source: Active Hobby [active-hobby.com]
Trinity are offering the actual cells and motor from Mike Blackstock’s car that turned the fastest lap during the entire US Indoor Champs week. The current bid is at $100 and the auction ends on the 6th of December so if you want them, you better get your bid in soon. The motors and cells also come with the new Trinity long sleeve tee that we featured a while back.
That’s right, you can have Mike Blackstocks motor and battery that he turned the fastest lap the whole week at the US Indoor Championships in Cleveland. Mike used a Trinity N40 motor and in the last round of 4 cell modified qualifying ran a fastest lap of 10.5 which was .2’s of a second faster than any other lap turned at the race.
You can view the Auction page here.
Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Peak Vantage 07 electric motor Categories - Peak, Motors, Electric, Products - comments closed
Our partner site RCWorld.ch has news about the new Peak Vantage 07 motor and according to their report, this is the same motor that powered David Spashett to his World Championship this year.
Main New Features
- Prepared for 5-Cells
- New housing
- New rotor with special soldering technique
- New 3.8mm brushes
- Plug connection to the speed controller
Source: RC World [rcworld.ch]
Friday, November 10, 2006
Nosram Storm Evolution Brushless motor Categories - Nosram, Motors, Electric, Products - comments closed
Nosram have just released their latest brushless motor, the very cool looking Storm Evolution. Designed for maximum power and top speed as well as lack of maintenance, I think Nosram describe its qualities best:
State of the art components like neodym magnets, extra-thick copper winding and a special low-resistance design makes the NOSRAM STORM Evolution extremely powerful and efficient. Finally the dream of all electric R/C drivers becomes reality: a truly maintenance free motor!
Check out the Storm Evolution here.
Source: Nosram [nosram.com]
Monday, November 6, 2006
Orcan Extreme motor cooler Categories - Orcan, Motors, Electric, Accessories, Products - comments closed
New from Orcan is this ‘extreme motor cooler’. Now anything with ‘extreme’ in the name, no matter how uninteresting the actual product is, is bound to draw ones attention and this one did just that (plus it looks cool in the picture). Apparently once fitted into your electric car, in little or no time it manages to not just cool your motor, but bring it down to ‘Winter in Finland’ levels of coolness and keep it there. I dont need to explain why thats a good thing. Available now for EUR 89.
Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]
Monday, October 23, 2006
TCS brings water cooling to Electric RC cars Categories - TCS, Motors, Electric, Accessories, Products - comments closed
English company TCS Cooling has developed this rather innovative water cooling system for electric rc cars. Using a small pump and front mounted radiator, pipes feed constantly cooled “non-conductive liquid” around the face of the electric motor keeping the temperature down, increasing performance and reducing damage.
The new Multi Patented TCS has been meticulously developed over the last 12 months to address the “Heat problem” and promises new levels of performance and reliability which can be fitted to your existing car.
More info after the jump… (more…)
