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February 25, 2014

Lorenzo Crolla wins 7th GP of Angouleme

The seventh running of the GP of Angouleme in France attracted around 120 drivers. The race was heavily affected by rain during Saturday’s qualification but the main’s Sunday was dry, making for better racing conditions. Coming from the third place on the grid Lorenro Crolla was able to take the lead only two minutes into the final and then the young man never looked back taking the win in front of Monin Renaud and Richard Corentin.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 25, 2014

Mikael Johansson doubles at VBC Race Rd4

The 4th round of the Swedish VBC Race took place in Viskafors. Mikael Johansson took the TQ with his Xray XB4 2wd in front of Christoffer Svensson’s Kyosho RB6 and TLR’s Otto Ausfelt. Mikael then went on to win A1 and A2 to secure the win in the 2WD Buggy class from Otto Ausfelt and Team C’s Oskar Levin. In 4WD Mikael Johansson topped the time sheets in practise and was also able to take the overall TQ in front of Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson and Otto Ausfelt. Niclas then won A1 in front of Otto while the two also had an epic battle in the second A-final. In A3 Mikael was able to cruise to the win with much less hassle. Otto Ausfelt finished second once again and Niclas secured the last podium spot. 8-year old Malin Karlsen impressed many with her driving and finished on 8th place in her first ever VBC race.

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February 25, 2014

6Mik Crunch 1/10 buggy tyres

French company 6Mik soon have “indoor” variants of their Crunch 1/10th buggy tyres available. Following three outdoor compounds the pin tyres will also be released in a “harder” purple and “softer” blue compound aimed at racing on carpet, astroturf and artificial surfaces. Coming as 4WD front and 4WD/2WD rear tyre the tread sports medium-size pins and a pin-free sidewall for smooth cornering and less need to “cut” the tyres when running on grippy surfaces. The tyres come as rubber only or including foams or moulded inserts.

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February 25, 2014

Novak Pulse V2 & GTB 3 brushless speed controllers

Novak recently updated their popular Pulse and GTB brushless speed controller and now present the Pulse V2 and the GTB 3. Starting with the Pulse V2, the competition speedo received an all-new power board with integrated power capacitors and updated Super-Tuner firmware for enhanced stopping power. The specifications remain the same meaning the 2S LiPo-compatible V2 is useable with 540-size motors as low as 3.5T, 550-size 4.5T motors and also up to 5200kv 4-pole sensor-based offerings.

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February 25, 2014

Team Associated XP DC0915MG micro servo

Team Associated introduce the XP DC0915MG micro servo for 1/18th scale applications. The item features a high-torque motor, metal and plastic gears, ball bearing and digital circuitry. At 4.8V input the servo offers a speed of 0.095s and 1.5kg-cm of torque.

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February 25, 2014

Powerstar PM-1408 digital brushless servo

Powerstar introduce the PM-1408 digital brushless servo. Featuring a sturdy aluminium case, tough stainless steel and titanium gears as well as a brushless motor the servo is ideal for all heavy-duty applications such as 1/8th nitro racing. The high-voltage compatible servo can be used with 7.4V (0.083s/14kg-cm) to 8.4V (0.078s/16kg-cm) input.

Source: Vapon [vapon-company.com]

February 25, 2014

Coloured MP9 plastics in the making?

Kyosho’s mastermind Yuichi Kanai is well known for his green-themed Inferno buggies and now he came up with the idea of producing coloured plastics for the usually black-coloured receiver and battery boxes of the MP9 TKI3 buggy. Kyosho already have neon green, yellow and orange wings and rims available that go along standard white and black coloured parts and now there may also come white, yellow, orange and green coloured radio boxes to complement your body’s livery or rim and wing colour. Green, orange and white MP9 suspension inserts already made it to Kyosho’s option parts listing but there is no official statement about the coloured boxes yet but if they can gain enough interest maybe they put them up for sale too.

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February 24, 2014

Panther Rattler ST stadium truck tyre

Panther introduce the Rattler ST tyre for 1/10th stadium trucks. Designed for blue grooved and hard packed tracks the tyre offers high forward traction and side bite and fits any stadium truck rim. The tyre will become available from March in Panther’s full line of rubber compounds.

Source: Panther [panthertires.com]