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April 26, 2013

Venom Pro Charger 2 & PS600 Power Supply

Venom Pro Charger 2

Venom have introduced the follow-up to the wildly successful Pro Charger series. The Venom Pro Charger 2 has a new ergonomic case design and features an integrated power supply, on-board balance block and supports charging rates up to 6.0amps. This AC/DC powered multi-chemistry charger is micro processor controlled, fan cooled and can handle Lithium batteries up to 6S, NiMh/NiCd batteries from 1-15 cells and Lead Acid batteries from 1-10 cells (2v to 20v). The Venom Pro2 also boasts many high end features such as multiple discharge profiles, internal resistance testing and recallable memory profiles for up to five of your most commonly used batteries. The Venom Pro2 also comes with nine of the most popular charging leads including Traxxas, Deans, EC3, EC5, Tamiya, receiver pack, JST, alligator clips and glow plug adapter for trouble free connection to the most popular batteries on the market.

View details on the PS600 Power Supply here

April 26, 2013

FTW XB9 2013 Night Fox body

FTW have released their Night Fox body for the Xray XB9 2013 spec buggy. Tailored to fit the 2013 Spec’s wider chassis, the newest Night Fox features a suite of refinements that take the tradition to new heights. Sculpted sidepods and an additional 6 degrees of rake to the windshield combine for improved airflow. The rear deck height has been lowered to expose more of the engine head and integrate a spoiler while preserving the fastback profile.

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April 26, 2013

DE Racing Borrego wheels for ZX5 & SC8

DE Racing have announced some updates to their Borrego wheel line with the release of this front wheel for the Kyosho ZX5. Also new is a Borrego 17mm SC wheel for the Team Associated SC8 and other SC conversions using a 17mm hex. Both new wheels are available in white, yellow, silver and black.

View the SC8 wheels here

April 26, 2013

David Spashett is double British 1/12th scale Champion

This year’s 1/12 BRCA championship was one of the most well attended in years, maximum entries at all but a few of the events made for some entertaining days racing and a fantastic atmosphere to the series. Visiting some old clubs rich in 1/12 history and some new enthusiastic clubs growing fast with some very talented on-road racers. The Introduction of the GT12 class to the nationals has been nothing less than a success story, encouraging people to race all over the country and supporting one of the best forms of racing available. David Spashett secured maximum points in this seasons BRCA 1/12 10.5 Blinky and Open Modified classes to win both BRCA Championships. Making his return to 1/12 racing last season after a six year break David last won a BRCA 1/12 championship back in 2002.

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April 26, 2013

Revolution Design 210 Series steering plate R2

The Revolution Design 210 Series aluminium steering plate R2 is specially designed for the Team Durango 210 series vehicles including the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. The plate is totally redesigned from scratch and sports a new vertical inner ball stud position. This in combination with a more central and lower position of the ball studs does away with the need to use countless shims on the outer steering blocks in order to achieve zero bump steer. The steering plate is a direct replacement for the stock part and is CNC-machined from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and comes black anodised and laser-etched for easy identification and a cool factory look.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

April 26, 2013

Serpent pit-caddy

Serpent Pit Caddy

Serpent have released their own version of the popular pit-caddy. Produced in Serpent colors, with embroidered logos, there is lots of space for your tools, fuel, starter box, fuel bottle and gun, and whatever else you care to bring to the pitlane. Featuring a strong foam padded carrying handle and made from a strong nylon material, hard nylon inner plates give stability while strong belts hold it in shape. The whole unit folds together easily for simple transport.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 26, 2013

Xray 2013 spec RX8 1/8th scale chassis

Xray have released details on their 2013 spec RX8 1/8th scale on road chassis. The car features a number of major changes, as well as some refinements, including the all new fuel tank with interior baffles for stable engine performance. Other new parts, and something that seems to be on all the latest Xray cars, is the all new low profile shocks and related lower shock towers. The new LP shocks were developed to lower the CG of the car in order to improve stability. With the new LP shocks the RX8 stays flatter, making it easier to drive in chicanes and more resistant to traction roll, letting you carry more speed through high traction sweepers. The other major change is the all-new reverse clutch set whose design provides smoother and faster acceleration, while increasing the lifetime of the clutch shoe.

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April 26, 2013

Emer Agero wins E-Buggy at Philippine Off-Road Nats

It was a nice, warm and sunny Summer day in Manila for the Philippine Off-Road Nationals in the E-Buggy Class held at the CV Off-Road Track. The early benchmark in qualifying was posted by Team-C racer Garet Santayana who was almost assured of pole position until a late charge by Team Losi Racing driver Emer Agero who snatched the TQ spot by posting some blistering final laps on his last run. The top 5 on the grid after qualifying were TQ Emer Agero (Losi), 2nd Garet Santayana (Team-C), 3rd Mike Ang (AE), 4th Ish Montilla (AE) and 5th Joseph Salcedo (Xray).

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