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May 5, 2014

ProTek Surpreme Power 100C square LiPo pack

A Main Hobbies introduce the 7.4V 5600mAh 100C square LiPo hardcase battery out of their Supreme Power series of high-performance packs. The “Square” style battery pack is an option for applications that use a side by side saddle pack setup, such as 2WD buggies and stadium trucks. When compared to a saddle pack, the square design eliminates the need for a jumper wire for increased efficiency, and at the same time cleans up the charging station by eliminating cluttered charging cables. The battery pack uses 5mm bullet connectors that can be accessed from either side of the case, allowing you to position the battery terminals in the direction that best suits your application. The battery is not yet ROAR approved, but uses the same hard plastic case that is required for use at ROAR sanctioned tracks and events.

Source: A Main Hobbies [amainhobbies.com]

April 28, 2014

Hobbywing Quicrun brushless motors & controllers

German Hobbywing distributors Hype introduce the Quicrun series of “sports” brushless motors and speed controllers. The controllers are developed to work with sensorless and sensored motors and are LiPo and NiMH battery compatible. There is also a waterproof line of controllers available and a port for an optional programming card makes adjusting the speedos to your likings easy. Available are a 30A 1/16th scale ESC, two 60A 1/10th controllers with and without sensor port, as well as a 150A 1/8th variant. As for the motors, Hobbywing comes with a 3800kv sensorless 1/10th scale and 2000kv sensorless 1/8th scale offering beside four 1760kv to 3450kv sensored 540-size motors.

Click here to view the other new speedos and motors

April 23, 2014

CRC Rocket Fuel 6000mAh LiPo saddle pack

CRC have a new competition LiPo battery available in the form of the Rocket Fuel 2S 6000mAh saddle pack. Built from high-performance 65C cells the ROAR-approved battery comes in an orange colour hardcase and including jumper wire and balance lead.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

April 22, 2014

CS Electronic Rocket V4 120A brushless speedo

German company CS Electronic have released first images of their forthcoming Rocket V4 120A brushless speed controller. Making use of a common design the ESC will feature an aluminium case with low-profile heatsink, an optional fan unit, an easily replaceable receiver lead and heavy duty solder towers. There are no information about the software features yet but the controller will come including an USB adapter and possibly also a programming box.

Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]

April 16, 2014

SkyRC S-Pro4 brushless short course motor

Following yesterday’s announcement of the 2-pole S-Pro2 brushless short course motor SkyRC now also introduce a 4-pole variant. Built around a T6 billet aluminium heatsink can the motor is of a 4-pole/12-slot design and features neodymium magnets, a sensored design, high RPM oversized bearings and high-purity copper windings. The motor is compatible with sensored and sensorless motors alike, it measures 38×63.5mm and comes in five kv variants from 4300kv down to 1850kv.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

April 16, 2014

Nosram X-treme 2S LiPo battery packs

Nosram introduce two new LiPo battery packs out of their X-treme line of competition batteries. Available as 7500mAh and 6000mAh variant both packs are build from the latest 110C/55C cells, they come in a red semi-transparent case and are good for all power-hungry applications such as electric off-road and touring car racing.

Click here to view the 6000mAh pack

April 15, 2014

SkyRC Ares S-Pro2 short course brushless motor

SkyRC introduce the Ares S-Pro2 competition brushless motor for 4WD short course trucks. The motor is designed around a CNC-machined T6 billet aluminium heatsink can and features a 2-pole/3-slots setup, 5mm pinion shaft, adjustable timing and heavy-duty solder tabs. It is available in four different specifications as 4.5T/4800kv, 5.5T/4000kv, 6.5T/3400kv and 7.5T/3000kv variant for high-speed down to technical tracks and usable with sensorless and sensored controllers alike.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

April 14, 2014

Fantom 545 Pro 4WD Short Course brushless motors

Fantom have new electric brushless motors for 4WD short course trucks available. They are of a new 545-size design with a slightly longer can than standard 540-class motors. The 545’s are shorter than class-typical 550-size short course motors for a better power/weight ratio with the 57.4mm long can with aluminium front and back plates offering the same diameter and mounting pattern than normal 540 motors making the motors usable in virtually every 4WD SC truck. Other features include a 5mm shaft, a 4-pole rotor and 12-pole stator design, dual ball bearings and the motor is available as 3200kv, 4000kv and 4850kv variant.

Source: Fantom [fantomracing.com]