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March 11, 2008

Trinity Extech Nitro engine line

RCCA have the word that Trinity is later this month launching a new high end nitro engine line for serious 1/8th off-road racing and for the monster truck racer that demands the best. The new “Extech Nitro” Sirio based engine line is built in Italy to the highest tolerances using all the latest nitro motor technology and high tech materials. The company’s first 3 releases will be a racing .21 for 1/8th off road and a tuned pipe as well as a roto-start .32 designed especially for monster trucks. Also due in the range are pipes for monster trucks, plugs and a hand blueprinted line of engines.

Source: RCCA [rccaraction.com]

March 11, 2008

Serpent release practical tool bag

Serpent Tool bag

To compliment their recently released line of high quality tools, Serpent have released this stylish and practical tool bag. Made using a hard wearing, stiff and protective material, the bag is large enough the hold the entire tool range including the long reach tuning screw drivers with extra space for holding some of your other favourite tools. Perfect for travelling to away races, the black and orange design features the Serpent Logo embroidered on the front as well as along the inside and outside of the. Opened and closed using a zip, it provides the user with a very organised way to access your tools and you will always have them within easy reach.

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March 10, 2008

Reedy Battery Bars available in Bulk

For greater consumer value, Reedy has announced that their high-current silver plated copper battery bars are now available in packages containing 30 bars. This bulk pack contains enough bars to assemble four 6-cell battery packs. The serious racer who purchases and assembles multiple battery packs at one time will love the simplicity that this bulk pack offers. Reedy Battery Bars are created with the finest pure copper raw materials and silver plating for minimum resistance and corrosion prevention.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

Trinity IB4600mAh Sport Battery Pack

Trinity have released these IB4600 battery packs, which are suitable for bashers and sport racers who are looking for maximum run time and punch, but don’t want to break the bank by purchasing matched cells. Made using Intellect cells, these packs include Tamiya style plugs to make them compatible with just about all RTR electric vehicles, and have the same dimensions as most sport battery packs, so they’ll fit perfectly without having to jam them in the battery tray.

Source: RCCA [rccaraction.com]

March 10, 2008

Tekin HotWire ESC/PC Interface

Tekin Hot Wire ESC/PC Interface

Horizon Hobby are promoting the late March release of the the HotWire PC Interface from Tekin, a system that allows you to unlock the full potential of your speed control. Use the HotWire to connect your ESC to your PC or laptop and you can leverage the processing power of your computer to fine tune its performance characteristics. The HotWire also gives access to custom user settings that are not available through the Speed Control’s on-board interface and lets you network with other users to share tweaks, tuning tricks and entire track/condition specific profiles. Best of all the HotWire lets you download completely new software as it is developed and upload it to your Speed Control, giving you unrestricted access to upgrade to Tekin’s latest and newest performance mods.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

March 10, 2008

Much More Stone Finisher Tool

Much More have released this stone finisher tool set for preparing stone cutters that cut lay down or stand up brushes surface smoother than a metal blade cutter. The set is sold separately to the stone brush cutter but is supplied with the blue anodised brush setter and stone block. New stone cutters can be cut to the users desired diameter with the stone block and when finished is turned upside down and mounted to the motor shaft as normal. The supplied brush setter cuts the brushes to 0.0mm or zero timing.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

March 9, 2008

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Rd1

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Champs Rd1

Xray have a brief report on their site from the first North Interregional Championship race that was held in Montecchio last weekend. Perfect spring weather conditions greeted the over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Paolo Gaggiola that took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Following the semi finals, in wich Luca Colombo and Guido Barbera won to take their place in the main final, the NT1 racers proceeded to dominate the race with Gaggiola taking the win from Colombo and Barbera in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]