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April 13, 2010

Novak Ballistic 550 brushless motors

Novak’s Ballistic 550 Brushless motors claim to be the first 550-sized motors to break into short course competition and easily outperform traditional 540-sized motors. The Ballistic 550s are so powerful because of their extra long stator and rotor magnet. In fact, the stator and rotor magnet are twice the length of 540-sized motors, giving them twice the torque. Additionally, these larger-sized motors run cooler and more efficiently than their 540 counterparts. These high-powered machines are the motors of choice at small, indoor race tracks and easily install into the OFNA Hyper 10 SC, Jammin SCRT 10, Traxxas Slash 4X4 and many other 1/10-scale short course trucks.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

April 13, 2010

Tironi & Shimo join ABEC35 team

Bearing company ABEC35 were in touch to tell us of two new signings to their team, Francesco Tironi and Takaaki Shimo. The Italian Mugen driver will use the company’s high quality bearings in both this MRX-4 and MTX-4R, while current Japanese National Champion, Shimo, will run the bearings in his Kyosho Evolva M3 and V-One chassis’. Both drivers join a strong team that includes double World Champion Atsushi Hara and young Italian front runner Andrea Pirani.

Source: ABEC35 [abec35.com]

April 13, 2010

New Fuel & Engines from TQ

TQ Fuel have a number of new announcements, the first being the relaunch of their flagship product, a new blend of performance race fuel dubbed clear power. This will be the same fuel that was used to TQ the Worlds and has had much success in the US market. TQ is also ready to enter the highly contested motor market using the former GRP engine block. TQ expects the street price to be anywhere between $255 and $289, a great price for a proven winner and will also offer pipes and glow plugs. They will also be eventually offering a factory tuned version along with a combo package. Starting with the buggy engine first, it will be followed up with a truggy engine. Finally, they will be launching a new website along with a new service center based out of North Carolina for all warranty and tech support.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

April 13, 2010

Heriyana & Syach win Rd2 of Indonesian Nats

Round 2 of the Indonesian 1/10 National series was held over two weekends, with the modified class held on April 4th at Sunter International Speedway while the stock class was held on the Winners69 indoor track, the following weekend. In the modified class it was Kris Heriyana who put his Tamiya on TQ spot, followed by Wiyono with his Associated a few seconds back. Didi Kartanegara, Bowie Ginting, and Teddy Syach completed the top 5.

Continue reading the report here

April 13, 2010

Nejc Mihelic wins opening round of Slovenian Nats

Last weekend saw the opening round of the 2010 Slovenian on road National Championships take place at the Morac track in Austria where it was to be Motonica’s day. In the 1:8 class it was Nejc Mihelic who TQ’d the event with his Picco powered Motonica P81. Weather wasn’t too good, with some rain drops all over the weekend and Sunday saw a wet start but it eventually dried out after a few hours and the grip wasn’t too bad to start off with but gradually increased throughout the day. In the final Nejc Mihelic could easily convert with pole position into a 6 lap advantage by the end of the 30 minute race, with Austrian Michael Höller in 2nd and Sasa Matijek in 3rd, completing an all Motonica podium.

Thanks to Nejc Mihelic for the report.

April 13, 2010

Exotek XR3 Xray T3 LiPo chassis

Exotek Racing have introduced the Exotek XR3, Xray T3 conversion. This no holds barred multi-adjustment LiPo chassis features unique CNC manufactured stainless steel weights allowing your LiPo battery to be positioned to have equal left and right balance without the need to add lead weight and without raising the battery up higher. The XR3 chassis is designed and tested to equalize lateral flex resulting in much more predictable handling. Removing the 6 NiMh battery slots effectively stiffens the chassis so they have had to reduce the thickness to 2mm to put a little flex back into the chassis for improved traction. The chassis has also been narrowed to 91mm wide, for less chassis scrub through corners for better corner speed. Featuring a multitude of battery mounting options, it accepts 7.4 volt flat bottom LiPos such as Thunder Power 5000, Intellect IB, Orion Platinum Series or similar sized LiPo batteries.

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April 13, 2010

DnM Tech ScReW set box

DnM Tech have released the handy ScReW set box, which contains a selection the most common screws and includes dome head screws (3×6, 3×8, 3×10, 3×12 – 50 pcs each), countersunk screws (3×6, 3×8, 3×10, 3×12, 3×14 – 50pcs each) and M3 5.5mm locknuts (25pcs each). The screws have been made with high quality steel with chrome finishing which offers life time storage without rusting.

Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]

April 13, 2010

Avid Ceramic & steel engine bearings

Avid have released ceramic & steel engine bearings, which offer the maximum performance and reliability to your racing engine at an unbeatable price. The bearing specs are Abec5, G3 Si3N4 ceramic balls, PA66 with 30 glass fiber cage, and chrome steel 52100 rings and it has no seals to allow for proper lubrication from the oil in your fuel. A ceramic engine bearing can allow most RC engines to spin an extra 500 rpm with less drag and the life of the bearing is far greater over a steel bearing. Another benefit to ceramics is the weight difference in the balls allowing for less rotating mass.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]