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January 26, 2012

Team Orion weight transfer system LiPo battery

Team Orion have introduced the WTS ‘Weight Transfer System’ in combination with a World Champion winning Carbon Pro 90C 4000mAh battery. Weight distribution is an important factor in the setup of the car and racers move the battery forwards or backwards to change the weight distribution. The problem is that the size and disposition of current batteries limits the effectiveness of this setting. To remove this limitation, they have developed a new battery case that uses shorter cells and is equipped with three compartments to fit weights. Thanks to this you can not only modify the position of the battery, but also its total weight and the disposition of that weight within the battery case. For perfect installation in your car, the Carbon Pro 90C WTS battery features two connector positions. This also allows you to shorten your ESC cables for even better efficiency. Furthermore the battery has switched battery polarities between front and rear to avoid misconnections when the battery is turned.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 18, 2012

Acorn Racing 1500mAh & 1100mAh RX packs

Acorn Racing have released their new line of receiver packs. These Lithium based cells housed in metal cases were specifically designed for use in nitro-powered cars, buggies and trucks that require a stick / hump pack configuration. Small in size, light in weight, makes these the optimum receiver packs for today’s racing car design. These packs are made smaller than the new generation LiPo and LiFe receiver packs in the market, does not expand and has an operating voltage between 2.3V to 4.2V per cell. This pack can be used together with today’s LiPo-compatible high voltage servos and receivers for even more steering speed and torque.

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January 17, 2012

CS Electronic LiPo safety case

CS Electronic have released this LiPo safety case. Previously available LiPo charging bags took up a lot of space in your pit box and on your pit table. This version is equally as protective but has a much smaller and neater footprint and can also double as protective storage for two LiPo stick packs.

Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]

January 16, 2012

Peak Racing competition LiPo packs

Peak Racing have introduced their new line of competition LiPo packs. The goal was to produce cells made for the RC Car application and not to just choose existing cells from the industrial production and put them on the market. Everything started from a blank page, a new factory has been established and all the production is exclusive to Peak. The first packs include a 5000mAh 90C 7.4V pack, a 5500mAh 90C 7.4V saddle pack and finally a 6400mAh 90C 3.7V pack.

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January 13, 2012

Venom LiFe RX packs

More new items from Venom who introduce their new LiFe-Power line of LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) receiver batteries. These LiFe batteries offer many advantages over their Lipo counterparts including 4X the useable cycles (1000+ cycles), no low voltage cutoff and higher charge rates. As a receiver battery, there is no need for a regulator due to the lower nominal voltage compared to a Lipo. Venom is offering two new packs one in a flat and the other a hump configuration suitable for most 1/10th and 1/8th scale fuel power cars, trucks or truggies. All Venom batteries come with the Venom Lifetime Battery Replacement Plan.

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January 13, 2012

Much More Impact battery series

Much More Racing have introduced their newly designed Impact battery series. Featuring a re-designed flat hard casing, increased run time and less resistance they are available in 3 new versions. First up is the 6800mAh 7.4V 70C stick pack which has maximum power and run time. Next up is a 4400mAh 7.4V 50C Shorty pack with its super compact & lightweight design allows you to play with the weight distribution of you car. Finally there is a 50C 6400mAh 3.7V 70C for 1/12 scale racing and other classes that require 1S packs.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

January 11, 2012

Team Powers LiPo range & tire additive

Team Powers have introduced their new line of LiPo Batteries for 2012. The range includes a 7.4V 6800mAH 70C stick pack, a 7.4V 4400mAH 60C Shorty (94mm long) pack, a 3.7V 6400mAH 70C 1S pack and finally a 7.4V 5400mAH 35C saddle pack. All LiPos feature a hard case and gold plug connectors. Finally they have also released their Mighty Gripper V2 tire additive, which they claim was the best kept secret from TITC 2011.

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January 6, 2012

Silverback ‘Shorty’ 4200mAh 45C LiPo batteries

Roche Products International have introduced the new line of Silverback ‘Shorty’ 4200mAh 45C LiPo batteries. The compact size allows racers to adjust their setups by altering the chassis weight distribution. A durable 95.5mm hard case helps prevent damage while 4mm gold plated socket connectors reduce resistance while allowing for short and clean wiring.

Source: Roche RC [roche.hk]