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May 19, 2010

Team Orion 1/8th Molecluar LiPo packs

Team Orion have released the first purpose designed 1/8 scale battery packs as part of their Carbon Molecular rang, which includes high quality 4S, 5S and 6S packs. Two lines of 1/8 scale batteries are available, the extra-large purple line offers maximum capacity and runtime and is built within the maximum dimensions of ROAR, with capacities of 4300mAh (6S), 5300mAh (5S) and even 6900mAh (4S). The blue line is designed to fit most of the cars without any modifications and comes in 3200mAh (6S), 3800mAh (5S) and 5100mAh (4S) versions. All the packs come pre wired and are fitted with Deans high power connectors and a JST-XH Balancing connector.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

May 19, 2010

Exotek FX10 Formula Ten conversion

Exotek Racing have released the FX10, a high performance, super lightweight chassis conversion that takes the HPI Formula 10 to the next level. The carbon fibre one-piece top deck helps reduce tweak and allows just enough flex to maintain proper traction, while the narrowed chassis reduces chassis scrub for better handling and more corner speeds yet plenty of room to mount electronics. The new parts allows for more LiPo battery options by accepting round or square type flat bottomed 7.4v packs including Thunder Power, IB and Orion, with a max battery size of 47mm wide, 24mm tall, 137mm long. A modular battery strap design gives secure battery mounting but also quick and easy battery access. Other features include the pan car type tweak screw adjustment feature and the carbon fibre front arm brace and the set includes the orange anodized battery posts, gun metal spacers and necessary alloy steel hardware.

View more images of the FX10 here

May 19, 2010

Associated SC10 Brushless RTR

Team Associated’s Brushless SC10, modeled after the trucks racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, now comes loaded with new features for this season. Coming pre-fitted with the XP/Reedy 3300 KV Brushless system and is controlled by a XP3-SS 2.4GHz 3-channel radio system. Based on the 7-time R.O.A.R. Nationals-winning RC10T4, the SC10 brushless comes ready-to-run with a factory-finished short-course race truck body, short-course-style wheels, and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all which have been designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short-course off-road series around the country. Available in Lucas Oil, Speed Tech, Pro Comp and Rockstar-Makita versions.

View the full feature list here

May 18, 2010

Pro-Line Blitz F-150, SC tires & PowerStroke spring sets

Lots of new Short Course product releases from Pro-Line, starting with this officially licensed Ford F-150 shell for the HPI Blitz. Featuring bold off-road Short Course styling with extremely pronounced fenders for an attack-like stance. Having had a sneak peek last week, PL have finally released their new Suburbs SC tires which come in MC compound and are great for indoor clay surface and prefers low track temperatures and wet surfaces. PL have also released Bow Tie SC in the MC compound and the Trencher SC in the M3 soft compound. Finally for the PL PowerStroke front and rear shocks for the Traxxas Slash and Slash 4×4 as these range of springs. Now you can adjust ride heights and dual-rate spring rates almost infinitely with these color coded springs. Kits come with six primary (short) and six secondary (long) high quality springs with color coded stripes to reference rates.

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May 18, 2010

Capricorn E01 oversized combustion chamber

New for their E01 .12 engine, Capricorn have introduced this new oversized combustion chamber design that is said to increase heat dissipation by 30%. Its design also helps achieve higher RPM together with lower fuel usage and is also available for use in all .12 Novarossi based engines. Available in the next few days.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 18, 2010

Hudy Electric screwdriver pin adapters

New from Hudy are the ø3.0mm & ø3.5mm adapters for electric screwdrivers that allow for the use of standard tips from regular tools. Made from world-renowned Hudy spring steel, Hudy offers a large range of tool tips that can now be used with pin adapters for electric screwdrivers.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

May 18, 2010

Kyosho small pit bag

Following the release of their large and medium pit bags at the end of last year, Kyosho have introduced their new small bag to complete the set. Made from hard wearing nylon material, the 410 x 250 x 360mm bag has 3 separate compartments and each compartment slides into its own heavy duty sleeve which is riveted for extra strength. The compartments and sleeves are made from an industrial strength plastic that will hold up to any abuse you can dish out.

View the bag internals here

May 18, 2010