April 10, 2009

Xceed C1 Charge & PDC-1 Power block

Xceed C1 Charge & PDC-1 Power block

Xceed have released two new additions to their electronics range with the C1 Charger and PDC-1 power block. The high end C1 charger handles NiMh, NiCd, LiPo and Li-Ion with 3 different charging modes, peak charge, step charge and flex charge at 0.1A to 10A charging current. Discharging is also possible from 0.1A to 20A and additionally the charger has a USB port for charging your entertainment devices as well being supplied with LiPo balancer port. The simple to use interface is displayed on a 2 line back-lit screen and is controlled by 4 top mounted buttons. Also new is the PDC-1 which allows you to attach up to 5 devices to your power-supply. Each socket is secured with its own fuse and the socket will glow up with a colored light to show its in action, and four of the outputs have their own on-off switch as well.

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April 8, 2009

Tekno RC Lektron Series BL motors

Tekno RC Lektron Series BL motors

Tekno RC have announced the release of their World class line up of brushless square can motors. The Lektron Series has been in testing for the last few month and have proved to be a success. The lighter and more efficient design makes these motors have the highest output from the smallest package. Available in 2200kv, 1800kv and 1500kv and are perfect for use in 1/8th scale buggies.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

April 6, 2009

CS Electronic Mega RX pack

CS Electronic Mega RX pack

CS Electronic have released this Mega receiver pack for use in large scale vehicles. Configured as a hump pack, this 6.0V battery supplies 5000mAh of power, enough to easily drive the electronics in your 1/5th or 1/6th scale car during a long final. Comes supplied with BEC Flex silicone cables and a pre mounted Tamiya connector.

Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]

April 4, 2009

Losi Intelligent LiPo Balancer

Losi Intelligent LiPo Balancer

Losi have released this simple plug n’ balance designed 2-6 Cell Intelligent LiPo Balancer, which offers the perfect way to protect, maximize the performance and extend the life cycles of your LiPo batteries. It includes automatic cell count detection and confirms each cell condition by displaying the actual voltage of individual cells. It is supplied with three adapter styles that are compatible with Losi, Thunder Power and E-flite brands and can be used in conjunction with a LiPo balance charger or independently with a LiPo battery only.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

April 2, 2009

LRP Fusion “2009” Micro Modified motor

LRP Fusion “2009” Micro Modified motor

LRP is releasing a new range of high performance brushed motors, specially developed for micro cars. LRP XTEC engineers have designed a micro modified motor, using all its experience from the big 540 size motors to power your micro model. Fully re-buildable 370 size design, this micro modified motor combines all features current 1/10 modified motors are equipped with, including high-end materials. The Fusion “2009” Micro Modified 370 motor also features a unique mounting system, which allows a simple installation into your car with M3 (17mm) and M2.5 (14.0mm) screws.

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April 2, 2009

CS Electronic Rocket Competition ESC

CS Electronic Rocket Competition ESC

CS Electronic contacted us to tell everyone about their new speed controller, the Rocket Competition. Suitable for modified and stock classes as it offers six modified programs and 3 stock profiles and it can handle all motors, down to super hot 2.5T. Its 9 profiles can be easily selected and if you wish to modify these profiles, you can, but this needs an extra interface to do so. It can be used with sensored and sensorless motors, and it can handle 4-7 cells with automatic LiPo detection and a neat feature of this ESC is that it has a plug in receiver cable, so just like the sensor cable, you can create a neat installation using the correct cable length instead of have to tie wrap a big bundle of wire. Supplied with cooling fan, short receiver cable and sensor cable.

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March 31, 2009

KO Propo VFS-1 BMC v1.5 ESC

KO Propo VFS-1 BMC v1.5 ESC

KO Propo America have announced the release of the VFS-1 BMC v1.5 speed controller. The new version of the VFS-1 BMC allows for setting the drag brake quickly through the button switch without connecting a PC. The drag brake can be set from OFF-10%-20%-30%-40%-50% for each model stored in the ESC and finer tuning of the drag brake can still be done through the PC via the ICS PC interface. Other features (specs) remain unchanged from the previous version. and if you have the previous version it can be sent in for an upgrade at a small fee. At the recent ROAR Carpet Nationals this speedo took the TQ spot in 1/12th Mod, World GT, Super Stock and Touring foam and took the win in World GT and Super Stock Touring foam.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]

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