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July 8, 2008

Kawada LX Lipo packs & Balance Charger

New from Japanese firm Kawada are these new LiPo packs as well as a new LiPo balance charger. Similar to those recently shown to us by Speed Passion, these new LiPo packs comes in both a hard cased carbon look racing pack and a stick pack configuration complete with rounded corners as well as power cable and balancer connection. Both packs are 4000MAh, with the racing pack contain 30C cells and the stick pack only 20C. Also newly released by Kawada is a simple LiPo balance charger that lets you charge at 2.0A, 1.5A, 1.0A and 0.5A and can work with up to 4 cell 14.8 volt packs.

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July 8, 2008

Much More Charging connectors

Much More have released a number of new wiring accessories starting with this multi purpose charging connector, that allows you to charge all 4 of your essentials in one go. Supplied with two charging jacks for different transmitters – suitable for JR, KO, Futaba, Sanwa, Hitec and many more transmitters, a receiver connector, Ultra plug, BEC connector and an extra wire for your custom connection. The Multi Charging Connector is fitted with gold plated 4mm Hyper Banana Connectors which provides you with a safe and stable connection to most popular battery chargers. Also new is the Hyper connector series which are ideal for 7.2V battery packs. The gold plated connector jacks are 4mm Euro connectors housed in a red moulded plastic casing which is designed to prevent short circuiting. Finally there are the Hyper Banana connectors which are ideal for 12V input from electronic devices such as chargers. Again using gold plated connector jacks, the ends are housed in red and black moulded plastic for easy identification.

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July 7, 2008

VRC Track of the Month – Osaka Japan

VRC Track of the Month - Osaka Japan

Our site sponsors VRC have asked us to inform everyone about their track of the month, the Central Park Raceway near Osaka, Japan, which is the latest release from VRC. The Osaka track is a typical Japanese style track with multiple lay-outs to accommodate all sort of race classes and to offer different lay-outs each new season. The track has the back straight opposite the drivers rostrum and has quite a technical infield and offers new and exciting challenges to VRC racers as this track is different from all the earlier track releases of VRC. The Osaka track will be the 3rd Japanese track alongside Kakegawa and Boss Speed which were released before. More Japanese tracks are under development, among them the famous SPL tracks near Tokyo, Keitune and Hokusei, as well as the Kyosho home track. This will eventually bring the total number of Japanese tracks to 8.

For more information about VRC go to the game website here.

July 7, 2008

Kyosho Inferno MP9 Body Off shots

Sponsors of our event coverage at last weekends European 1/8th scale buggy Championships, Kyosho Germany have released the first shots of the Inferno MP9 chassis. Previous to this we only had shots with the body on, but with the shell off you can see that the car is relatively conventional in its layout with the big changes being to the car’s overall weight, which has been reduced dramatically. Full details and more pics are to follow, but in the meantime you can check it out for yourself in the photos below.

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July 5, 2008

Team C Body Reamer

Our friends at Team C were in touch to tell us about their latest product, this neat looking body reamer. Available in 4 different anodized colours, black blue, gold and red, they all feature a cool looking carbon fibre look handle. The steel tip is ultra sharp for making clean burr free holes in your bodyshell and comes supplied with an aluminium and carbon tip protector, which sports the Team C logo etched into it.

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July 4, 2008

Xray Belt Tensioner Set

Xray have released this smart, easy-to-use belt tensioner set for controlling centre drive belt tension and twisting. Suitable for the T2’008 and T2’007, it has been made from high-quality components including a CNC-machined lightweight aluminium mounting post, high-speed ball-bearings, and comes supplied with the necessary mounting hardware.

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July 4, 2008

Vantomme E12 & M10 Chassis’

Vantomme have released 2 new pan car chassis’, the E12 1/12th scale and the M10 1/10th scale, both of which are brand new designs with the E12 a T-bar chassis and the M10 a trailing link chassis. The E12 features a unique T-bar tweaking system that allows the tweak to be adjusted from the bottom of the car, through the use of 2 grub screws, while the rear end is available in 2 different versions, comprising of the ‘Asso damper’ style and the ‘tube damper’ style. The M10 is the first Pro 10 200mm chassis from Vantomme and has been made to compete in the resurgent Pro 10 class. Based upon the CRC Gen X10, it has been made out of 2.5mm carbon with the battery tray attached with 6 points to the chassis, which makes it also a kind of upper deck, providing increased stiffness to the chassis.

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July 3, 2008

K-Factory E4 Precision Spur Gear

K-Factory E4 Special Precision Spur Gear

K-Factory have announced the release of these 2 new special precision spur gears for the Team Magic E4, available in 110T and 116T and designed to improve performance and reliability. Said to increase acceleration due to its special lightweight design, they Feature a high precision CNC machined design and use a newly developed special hardened material. This ensures low friction transmission and lower power dissipation from engine to wheels, this will result in more available power.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]