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November 14, 2012

Hiro Factory HRF10X & F103/104 motor mount set

Hiro Factory have announced the premium motor mount set for the HRF10X conversion kit and Tamiya F103/104 cars. The set includes two side frames made from black anodized 7075 aluminium, a front 4mm carbon brace with mounting platform for side dampers as used in the HRF10X kit and also a rear carbon plate with five different mounting positions for the rear wing that make wing height adjustments possible. The motor pod allows for ride height adjustments using inserts and also sports mounting holes for 25mm and 30mm cooling fans.

Source: Hiro Factory [hirofactory.jp]

November 14, 2012

Off Road Wars Winter Champs Rd2 report

Last weekend the second round of the Maritime Off Road Wars Winter Championship sponsored by TLR and Horizon UK take place at the popular Chatham Dockyards indoor venue. Once again, a near full house entry with nearly 100 drivers, spanning 12 heats were greeted by a revised track layout that featured some high speed sections along with some tricky, low grip corners. A star-studded entry list saw TLR’s top European driver Darren Bloomfield take on the likes of Kyosho’s Elliott Boots and X-Factory’s Ellis Stafford. Schumacher’s established Off-Road driver Grant Williams was joined by his Top Touring Car team-mate Chris Grainger, who was once again trying his luck in the unfamiliar surroundings of electric Off-Road racing alongside 1/5th scale Champion Dave Bowen.

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November 14, 2012

Miguel Haasbroek wins South African Nationals

The 2012 South African off-road nationals was held at the Meyerton track just outside Johannesburg. Current SA champion Miguel Haasbroek (Mugen) won the final from the TQ spot followed by Mugen team mate Warren vd Merwe and Shaun Haasbroek (Associated).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

November 14, 2012

Team C carbon rear chassis

Team C Racing introduce the 2WD rear carbon fibre chassis for the use with the company’s gear differential conversion. The plate is machined from high-quality carbon fibre, increases the rigidity of the rear chassis section for a more efficient working suspension movement and it is understood that it fits all Team C 2WD kits equipped with the gear differential gearbox.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

November 13, 2012

Luke Smith sweeps PNW Showdown Rd1

Bremerton R/C Raceway in Bremerton, Washington hosted round 1 of the 2nd annual Pacific North West Showdown. The Pacific North West Showdown travels to four of the best racing facilities the Northwest has to offer. Round 2 will be held at the all new Top Gear Hobbies in Portland, Oregon on December 8th. Modified buggy was dominated by JConcepts/Team Associated driver Luke Smith who TQ’d and won each of the double A-Mains with his B4.1 WC running Gold Bar Codes. Luke also dominated 2wd Modified short course in the same fashion with his SC10 running Gold Bar Codes in the rear and Gold Pressure Points up front.

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November 13, 2012

Drake wins JBRL Nitro Series Rd 8

This past weekend was the final round of the eight race JBRL Nitro Series held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA. In the Expert buggy class qualifying would be extremely close on the small high bite track. Team Losi Racing driver Adam Drake would take round 1 TQ in the early morning but would see that TQ slip away in round 2 as the track got much faster and a few problems would see The Drake starting in the runner up position for the 25min A-main. The start of the A-main was quite exciting as some of the pit guys were not ready for the start but the tone went anyways and all you saw were a bunch of cars getting thrown onto the straightaway. Fairly clean start for the circumstances and the top three on the grid had a great battle for the first half of the race. Adam Drake would take the lead at the halfway mark with his great fuel mileage and never look back taking the win by just over 12 seconds.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com] / Image: Rugspin Graphix

November 13, 2012

Hitec ePowerBox 30 AC power supply

The Hitec ePowerBox 30 is a 30A AC power supply designed to provide DC chargers with an adjustable output of 12 to 18VDC and a peak current of 30A. Powered by 100 to 240VDC the power supply features a backlit LC display, dual 4mm output jacks and a fan unit for temperature control as well as a black heatsink case.

Source: Hitec [hitecrcd.com]

November 13, 2012

TrakPower VR-1 charger & DPS power supply

New from TrakPower comes the VR-1 dual output charger and DPS power supply. Starting with the charger it offers dual outputs with up to 20A charge current on output one and up to 6A on output two. It is designed to work with all RC battery chemistry types, sports build-in balancing, 40 programmable battery memories, a graphic back-lit display as well as a build-in cell checker and mini USB port for firmware upgrades. The charger docks directly into the new DPS 12V 25A power supply that comes with multiple DC outputs for additional chargers, lamps, tyre heaters etc and also a USB port to power music players, phones, tablets etc. The charger is available now with the power supply to follow in December.

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