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June 19, 2007

HPI Baja Round Trip of Iceland

It was pretty awesome when HPI raced their Baja 5B the 120 miles across the Desert earlier this year, but that event will now seem like a small little test run compared to the new challenge facing this all terrain buggy. HPI will drive the Baja continuously around the entire island of Iceland, a round trip of 870 miles (1400km), that will take 4 days, the team will have a police escort and the whole thing will be covered by Icelandic television Channel 2, two newspapers and Bilar&sport magazine. Two thumbs up to HPI for attempting this and bringing RC sport to the masses.

Source: HPI Europe [hpieurope.com]

June 18, 2007

Flavio Salinet wins Paranaense Champs Rd2

Xray are reporting on their site from the 2nd round of the Paranaense Championships held at the S.T.A.R. track. This event was run for electric and 200mm gas touring and in the Modified touring class it was Otávio Langowski that took the top qualifying spot from Fabiano Franco and Flavio Salinet. In the 5 round final however it was Xray racer Flavio Salinet that came out on top in front of pole man Otávio Langowski in 2nd with Jonas Ferstemberg in 3rd. The gas touring race saw Gabriel Brito claim the pole position ahead of Kenedi Quequi and Felipe Stuani while in the final Brito could win easily from first time gas racer Fabiano Franco in 2nd while 3rd spot went to Kenedi Quequi.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 18, 2007

East Mugen & Kyosho middle bearing blocks

East, the Japanese modified parts maker, has begun selling these new middle bearing blocks for the Mugen MRX4-R, the Kyosho Evolva and the Kyosho V-One RRR, which because of their construction prevent twisting and therefore reduce damage to the front belt. Made using high grade aluminum, each part is anodised and comes in a range of different colours with all sets supplied with ceramic bearings that help increase the drivetrain efficiency. The V-One RRR set comes with an additional titanium center pulley shaft, which is very light yet extremely strong.

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June 18, 2007

Eagle Racing Mini-RC bag

Japanese company Eagle Racing have announced the release of this handy carry case called the Mini-RC Bag. Designed to hold Kyosho Mini Z cars and associated parts, as well as similar sized cars, this bag comes with 3 internal drawers made from hard wearing cardboard, while the outside of the bag is made from black durable canvas material and features screen printed logos.

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June 17, 2007

Venom range of batteries

Venom Racing range of batteries

Venom Group have been in touch to inform us about their new range of batteries, suitable for many different applications. First up we have the massive capacity 5000MAh 7.2v stick pack which is built using the latest Quad Welding technology for superior strength and optimum power and comes pre-fitted with a standard Tamiya type connector. Next up is Venoms new line of 2 Cell LiPO Rx Battery Packs that are 33% lighter than most conventional NiMH packs and are a perfect replacement for flat and hump packs in most installations. Also available are some high capacity 1600MAh receiver packs in conventional flat and hump packs and finally, Venom also announced that all their SC battery packs will soon be available with Traxxas new High Current Connector for use with their Velineon Brushless Power System.

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June 17, 2007

RCID Custom Factory Logo Kits

New from Upgrade RC, through their RCID Custom brand, comes these great new customised Factory logo decal kits. Available in two different versions, the first type allows you to have all your sponsors logos in black outline and printed on the flourescent background colour of your choice, while with the 2nd logo kit you can choose your sponsors logos in whatever fill and outline colour you wish. Available now.

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June 16, 2007

Associated RC18R Niteline 4WD TC

Team Associated RC18R Niteline 4WD TC

According to our friends at Xtreme RC Magazine, Team Associated are working on a touring car version of their popular RC18R rally cars, called the Niteline. The Niteline 18R packs big-time 4WD on road performance into a mini-sized package. Based on the original RC18T platform, the 18R features an Associated Niteline body, 7-spoke wheels and optimized onroad suspension for superior handling and traction. No word yet on release dates.

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Source: Xtreme RC [rc411.com]

June 16, 2007

Team Orion CRF .21 – Close up

Team Orion CRF .21 - Close up

We have already shown you the outside of the new .21 CRF buggy engine from Team Orion, as driven at the Kyosho Masters by engine developer Adrien Bertin, and while it may seem overkill to keep going on about this engine, we feel its important to show you more. We now have photos of the internals of this new engine and at first glance they seem to look very similar to those used in the .12 engines from CRF. How good is this engine, well Bertin qualified his CRF powered Kyosho in 9th place in Elite buggy at the Masters, but without knowing the full details, its hard to judge the motor based on this performance. Look below for yourself at the new crankshaft and the piston liner set.

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