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May 15, 2014

Awesomatix AS-700L brushless low-profile servo

Available now from Awesomatix is this low-profile steering servo. Sporting an integrated central “floating” servo mount the servo does away with the need to run the conventional mounting brackets or the company’s floating servo mount as it directly mounts to the chassis using the existing mounting holes. The top case is CNC-machined from aluminium and comes black anodised to match the middle heatsink section and the all-black receiver wire. A brushless motor makes for swift and powerful steering action but unfortunately Awesomatix missed to release any performance data so far.

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May 15, 2014

Schumacher Stud 2 Row front tyre

Schumacher re-release the iconic 2 x 20 Stud front tyre in yellow compound. With greater speeds, traction and differing weight distributions, drivers are demanding a different tyre set up. Suitable for 4WD front and 2WD medium front this tyre sits in between the Mini Spike and Stagger tyres in terms of front traction, further enabling fine tuning of the handling characteristics. The tyre is suitable for grass and astro surfaces and comes as pair.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 15, 2014

Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

Nitro-West-Masters - Announcement

The Nitro-West-Masters will start into its 6th season this coming weekend. On the 17th and 18th of May the first of six rounds of this popular nitro racing series, held in Western Germany and the Netherlands, will take place at the famous track in Oberhausen. The following rounds will be run in Dueren (07th/08th June), Bad Breisig (05th/06th July), Haltern (26th/27th July), Velp/NL (27th/28th September) and Dormagen (11th/12th October).

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May 15, 2014

Tamiya news at Shizuoka Hobby Show

During this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show Tamiya has a lot of new kits on show some of which we already showed to you such as the TB Evo.6, the TB-04 Pro II, the TRF201XMW or the TRF101W. But there is more such as the re-release of the Honda NSX on Tamiya’s iconic 2WD pan car chassis, the Toyota Mountaineer gets a revival as Mountain Rider and here is a cray Lowride Pumpkin coming based on the M-Chassis. All of these kits will become available this Summer.

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May 15, 2014

Hirosaka 540-class brushless stock motors

Hirosaka Racing Products introduce a new line of brushless stock motors. They are based around a black anodised can with huge venting holes, they offer adjustable timing and heavy-duty solder tabs. The motors will become available all popular “stock” windings from 10.5T up to 21.5T and are usable for on-road and off-road applications alike.

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May 15, 2014

Futaba T4GRS 4-channel telemetry stick radio

Following the introduction of the KO Propo Esprit-IV radio we can show you another high-level stick radio that is due for a soon release. The Futaba T4GRS makes use of the company’s T-FHSS transmission system, it offers telemetry functions and is believed to sport features comparable to Futaba’s 4PLS pistol grip transmitter as it shares its screen and jog dial/button layout. No word yet on a release date but we keep you up to date.

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May 15, 2014

Luis Fernando Ramirez wins at Mexican nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Mexican Off-raod Nationals was held in Chihuahua, on one of the most aggressive tracks in Mexico with around 90 drivers attending. Luis Fernando Ramirez put his buggy on pole position for the 45 minute final that the young man lead for nearly all of the time. At the end he was able to cross the finish line in first place followed by Jorge Acosta and Juan Gonzalez who completed the Nitro Buggy podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 15, 2014

KO Propo Esprit-IV 2.4GHz radio coming soon

During this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan KO Propo introduce the follow-up model of the popular Esprit Universe III stick radio. Purpose designed to use 2.4GHz technology the “IV” is meant to also feature a larger display, a new button and jog dial layout, as well as other refinements to make KO Propo’s top-of-the-foodchain stick radio 2014 ready. We bring you more information on the transmitter as soon as we get them.

Image: Masami Hirosaka