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February 19, 2014

Tyler Vik teams up with FX

Following the announcement of joining Xray’s factory team Tyler Vik now also has a new nitro engine supplier. FX is the manufacturer of choice and Tyler will use their F5 engine at all regional, national and international races including the World Championship, starting his campaign at this week’s Dirt Nitro Challenge. Tyler has this to say about the deal:

Despite FX Engines being brand new, I didn’t hesitate to give them a try, and was surprised by the speed and the reliability. With the World Championships this year, I want to be absolutely confident in my engine choice, and the power, fuel mileage and ease of tuning of the FX 5K is exactly what I’m looking for. I’m looking forward to the 2014 season and can’t wait to run these engines this year.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

February 19, 2014

Kawada M300 FX-III – First images

Today first renderings of Kawada’s forthcoming M300 FX-III 1/12th chassis appeared on the interweb. The car builds on a long wheelbase carbon fibre chassis with transverse battery layout and it will feature a damper-equipped and SDS-named front end which basically features a standard layout but two damper tubes that connect the upper and lower A-arms in order to make for a smoother operating front suspension. The rear of the car sports a conventional link-type power pod mounting with dual roll dampers, an aluminium centre shock absorber and rear axle height adjustment via eccentric inserts. Battery mounting takes place using an O-ring making the use of fibre tape unnecessary. It is understood that the kit will hit the stores by end of March.

Update: In the meantime Kawada released a handful of images showing the real car. You can find them after the break.

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February 19, 2014

Sanwa MT-4S 2.4GHz radio system

Sanwa introduce the MT-4S 2.4GHz radio system, the follow-up model of the popular MT-4 intermediate level transmitter. The latest incarnation offers a blue back-lit screen for improved visibility of all relevant parameters during usage and setup plus Sanwa’s SSL technology allows to adjust the Super Vortex speed controller and SGS-01C gyro via the transmitter. When used in FH4T modulation the MT-4S now also is nearly as fast as Sanwa’s current M12 top-of-the-foodchain radio while offering 18 model memory, telemetry functions and the usual array of mixes and servo setup options. The radio comes including a RX-472 receiver and will become available very shortly.

Click here to view the features and the radio in full

February 19, 2014

Team Associated XP2G & VRC Pro adapter combo

Team Associated XP2G & VRC Pro combo

Team Associated introduce the XP2G radio and VRC Pro USB adapter set for those rainy days when the weather keeps you from going outside and race your RC cars. Both the adapter and radio combo come with a VRC Pro voucher providing a promotional code which gives free access to a full-option SC10 4×4 Factory Team short course truck to drive and race in the Free-to-Play VRC Pro RC racing simulator.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

February 19, 2014

Absima Combat Series competition servos

German Team C distributor Absima now have their own range of high-performance servos available. The ACS1615SG (0.09s/15kg-cm), ACS1614SG (0.07s/14kg-cm) and ACS1622SG (0.14s/22-kg-cm) are standard size and standard voltage servos that feature coreless motors, steel gears and aluminium/plastic heatsink cases. Also coming are the ACS1623SG (0.1s/23kg-cm) and ACS1620SG (0.09s/20kg-cm), both are high-voltage compatible offerings, again with coreless motors, steel gears and heatsink cases. It is understood that a range of low-profile servos is around the corner too.

Source: Absima [absima.de]

February 18, 2014

Vampire Racing saddle pack jumper wire

New from Vampire Racing comes this heavy-duty jumper wire for saddle battery packs. Made using thick 4.5 square millimetre high-flex silicone wire and silver-plated 4mm bullet-type connectors the wire also offers a 2mm charging port for a balancer harnesses making it ideal not only for connecting saddle packs in use but also while charging. The 100mm long wire is usable with many 1/10th and 1/8th applications and is available now.

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February 18, 2014

Yokomo BD7-2014 SLF titanium-coated shock shafts

Available now are these SLF titanium-coated shock shafts for the Yokomo BD7-2014 kit. Coming for standard and low-profile shocks, the special coating of the shafts reduces friction for a more efficient damping action while the gold-colour surface treatment also increases the surface hardness to make them less prone to become scratched during use.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.eu]

February 18, 2014

WRC STX 2014 2mm ergal main chassis plate

Italian company WRC now have a 2mm ergal chassis available for the STX 2014 touring car. Made from black anodised material the chassis comes in handy on all high traction surfaces such as carpet and sprayed asphalt as it can make for smoother cornering and higher corner speeds.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]