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February 25, 2008

Charalambous wins Cyprus NC Rd2

Serpent are reporting that their team in Cyprus concluded another almost perfect weekend in during Round 2 of the Cyprus Nitro Challenge as the ‘Dream Team’ completed a 1-2 finish in the A-final. This time it was new signing, Andreas Charalambous’ turn to take the victory only seconds ahead of reigning Champion and team mate Nicholas Ζachariades. The two Serpent 960 drivers led the race throughout, after qualifying on the front row of the A Final grid. Both drivers pulled away from the rest of the pack right from the start of the race and battled each other for the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 25, 2008

Corally release various products

Corally have released a number of accessories for general RC car use, including this small assortment case. Made from transparent plastic, it features the Corally logo on its lid and is used to organize parts for your brushless motor and anything else you need to sort out. Also new is a 1.8m long roll of double sided Corally foam tape used for sticking your RC electronics in your car. Because of the dampening and shock absorption ability of the special foam it helps to protect your electronics from vibrations. Finally, Corally have all new 13-14 Teeth 48 pitch hard anodized lightweight aluminium short pinions, which are a must have to achieve the desired rear ratio as required by today’s brushless motors, especially on short tracks.

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February 25, 2008

Carson Stormracer Extreme RTR buggy

Carson have released the Stormracer Extreme, a 1/10th scale buggy based on their new CV-10 chassis which is sold in ready-to-run form. The chassis features lots of adjusting possibilities to optimise the cars handling over rough terrain including camber and toe setting as well the inclusion of optional springs for use on the cars oil shock dampers. The car has shaft driven permanent 4WD and is powered by the included pull start 2,5 cc Force engine.

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February 25, 2008

Team Titan Blitz 1/10 VDS Lola

Team Titan have released this 1/10th 200mm Blitz VDS Lola body shell. Creating lots of downforce, the front of the shell features 2 bubbles, close to the front axle line, that ensure the front of the body clears the shock towers present on most modern touring car chassis’. Made from 0.8mm thick high density polycarbonate, it is light and strong and comes supplied with decal sheet, wing and 4 piece side stiffener.

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February 24, 2008

O’Donnell truggy prototype

Our partners Neo Buggy have some images of the prototype O’Donnell truggy as seen at this weekends Nitro Challenge race in Arizona. This particular car was used by Jared Tebo, who managed to qualify in 4th of the truggy A-main and more pictures of it can be found here.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

February 23, 2008

Team Magic M8 buggy

Our partners Auto RC in Spain have the first production pictures of the new M8 buggy by Team Magic. The front and rear of the car now sport big bore shock absorbers, mounted to the top instead of the side of the shock cap and the car now sports a more conventional buggy look. There are also new strengthened front and rear wishbones, adjustable rear uprights, new geometry and new CVD’s. Along with new differentials, a new style bodyshell and a lowered centre of gravity, its safe to say that this is another completely new buggy from TM.

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February 23, 2008

Carson Dragster Brushless sets

Carson have released a number of new brushless motor and speed controller sets for both 1/10th and micro scales. For touring and off road there are 2 sets, with either a 10T and 12T BL motor combined with the Dragster Cup or Dragster Sport system that both provide high torque, acceleration and top speed. The Dragster Cup ESC works with sensorless 12 an 8 turn brushless motors, while the Dragster Sport ESC can handle sensorless 10 an 8 turn brushless motors. For your micro chassis the Dragster Micro set provides high torque and a sensitive brushless speed control specifically designed for the use in 1:18 and 1:16 scale Micro RC cars like the Tamiya TamTech-Gear (chassis GT-01 & GB-01), Xray M18 and more.

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February 23, 2008

GiBon Goo wins KORG Series Rd1

Xray have a report from round 1 of the Korea On road Race Grand Prix series that was run last weekend at the Girina Raceway in Kyunggi-do, Seoul. Xray NT1 driver GiBon Goo showed again that he would be the racer to beat in 2008 took by taking a spectacular win in the final after starting from second on the grid. The 2nd spot went to SeYoung Oh, while in 3rd spot was another Xray racer
GiYeul Kim

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]