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September 20, 2009

Orcan Audi A5 body developed by Dirk Wischnewski

The Audi A5 body for the 1/10 scale 200mm nitro class has made an impressive racing entry when all ten finalists at the recently held German Nationals at Tuerkheim have been using this new body shell. For the first time the Audi body was seen during practice of the season opener of the Western German Championship early April at Oberhausen when Xray/Orcan team drivers Dirk Wischnewski and Freddy Suedhoff conducted mayor tests with one of the first prototypes. During the development a total of ten different prototype bodies have been tested. “Our main goal was to develop a body which is easy to drive and offers as much front-end grip as possible”, says 2009 European Champion Dirk Wischnewski who runs most of the test sessions and exerted the main influence on the body development. “It has been really interesting to see the improvements of the different development steps.”

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September 19, 2009

HPI Racing Formula Ten Option parts

HPI Racing have released a whole bunch of option parts for their new Formula Ten chassis. First up is this ball differential set that allows you to quickly and easily tune the differential to track conditions for optimal handling, the smooth and efficient diff action gives extra traction for lower lap times. Also new is a lightweight aluminum shock absorber that is threaded for precise spring adjustments that allow you to quickly tune the handling of your car to track conditions. Silicone oil is included, along with a track-tuned spring, machined 3-hole shock piston and a knurled adjustment ring. For the front there are lightweight aluminum front axles which are fluorine coated for reduced friction and semi-hollow for critical rotating mass weight savings that give your car quicker acceleration and better handling. Finally there is a bunch of orange anodised aluminium parts such as a servo mount set, motor mount, left bulkhead and rear axle shaft.

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September 19, 2009

Xceed RC Audi A5 1/10 scale body

New from Xceed RC is this Audi A5 1/10 scale 200mm body. This high quality polycarbonate body, with separate strong rear wing has steering / downforce characteristic between the Stratus and Altis. Used by all 10 drivers at the recent German Nationals, it comes supplied with pre-cut decal-sheet featuring Audi lights, grill and logo’s. Available now in Europe through Xceed distributors and in America and Asia in October.

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September 18, 2009

Edge of Power Stealth Smart power packs

New from Edge of Power are these stealth smart power packs that come complete with electronic unit, LiPo battery, on/off switch with LED (green, yellow, red) lights to give status of battery, plus the switch also doubles as a charging connector for very easy access. Smart Power Packs are single electronic components and claim to be smaller, lighter (50 to 75%), and more powerful with longer worry free run times than any other receiver battery pack available to racers today.

Source: Edge of Power [edgeofembedded.com]

September 18, 2009

Xceed RC Octopus multi charging cord

New from Xceed RC for use with any charger, is their Octopus multi charging cord. One end sports red and black banana plugs, while on the other end are alligator clips, Tamiya style plug, JST, charge connector for glow ignitors, Futaba TX, JR TX and a Futaba J Servo connectors. The cables are made from high quality silicone rubber cables for maximum flex.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

September 17, 2009

Item Software Systems HUI Driver

New from Item Software Systems from Germany is software that not only supports the racers individual setup sheets but offers the possibility to attach the lap times directly to it. HUI driver comes with a special USB stopwatch that stores up to 500 laps which can be hooked up to your system and which imports these automatically. On tracks where the company’s race timing system is installed, transfer of lap times will be done automatically through WLAN based on the personal transponder number. Setup progress can be monitored step by step and as each scale has their own special features, these features will be available separately through plugins for the software. This first release is for 1:8 and 1:10 on road gas and has plugins for this scale such as overdrive calculation, tire wear calculation for each of the four tires individually, refueling strategy as well as race strategy simulation, based on all available data, including refueling and tire wear. You can see for yourself by downloading the demo version of HUI driver 1.0 here.

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September 17, 2009

Nova Plus 21-4C LE Buggy engine

Novarossi’s Plus 4 Buggy engine has been very successful for the Italian company with a second place at the European Championship as well as winning the ROAR nationals in the USA. Aiming to further improve the engine the new Nova Plus 21-4C is the result of close collaboration between their factory drivers and the engineering department at Novarossi World S.r.l. Using the Plus 4 Buggy engine as a starting point they worked to improve the throttle response, lower fuel consumption and give it a better driveability by fitting a lighter tuned crankshaft in combination with a ceramic rear ball bearing. Note that the new Plus 21-4C is a limited edition of only 600 pieces and is available right away.

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September 17, 2009

Xray NT1 EC limited edition

To celebrate Xray winning the 2009 European Championship with their NT1, Xray have released the NT1 EC limited edition. This high-performance, high-value kit includes over 250Euro/350USD of the same all-high performance option parts that helped the team to dominate the race. The NT1 has earned not only EC victories but also dozens of national titles around the world including US Champion title, not to mention awards and accolades from international press and magazines. Use and race the same car as the Team Xray factory racing team. This quantity-limited offer is available only while stock lasts.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]