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February 26, 2014

Nacho Lopez signs with XRD

Spanish top level racer and 2013 1/8 Euro B vice-champion, Nacho Lopez has signed a contract with XRD Engines. The Spain-based Serpent designer and 2013 Spanish Champion will run the new XRD engines during his 2014 campaign that will include the EFRA Euros on his home track beside other races. This is what Nacho has to say about the deal:

For this year in which I will have the 1/10 European Championship in my home track, I was looking for the best engines. And after testing XRD products carefully I’m convinced of I have chosen the best option, XRD engines. I’m very happy to join this great team with really good drivers. Thanks to XRD, especially Patrizio Rossi for this great opportunity. I’m looking forward to the 2014 season and can’t wait to run these engines this year.

Source: XRD [xrdtech.com]

February 26, 2014

Arrowmax T4’14 aluminium chassis

Arrowmax T4'14 aluminium chassis

Aluminium chassis plates seem to becoming en vogue in electric touring car racing and one of the latest companies to jump on the band wagon is Asian aftermarket company Arrowmax. Their latest release is this 2mm 7075-T6 alloy chassis for the Xray T4’14. CNC-machined and coming with a silver finish the lower deck is a direct replacement for the kit’s stock carbon fibre chassis.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 26, 2014

Steven Weiss returns to Xray

Xray have announced that Steven Weiss has re joined the Slovakian company. Steven was part of the team back in 2007 when he claimed the TQ and 2nd at the EFRA Euros in France. After campaigns with other teams Steven has now returned and has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be back with the best team in the industry. The last 4 years were full of new experiences and involvement with RC projects and various companies & teams which helped me to grow both personally and professionally. All the experiences taught me that there is no better company and racing team in the RC industry than Xray. Since the 2014 is a very important racing year with World Championship on schedule I wanted to race with the fastest car and have a backup of a professional and strong team and as such there was no other option for me than Xray. I am very happy to be given this opportunity to come back to the team and I will do all my best. I am extremely motivated for the upcoming season and can not wait to get to the track once again.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 26, 2014

Savöx SB-2261MG low-profile brushless servo

Savöx have released a preview image of a new low-profile servo for 1/10th off-road and touring cars. The SB-2261MG will feature a tough all-aluminium heatsink case, metal gears and a brushless motor while offering a transit time of 0.076s and a torque of 10kg-cm at 6.0V input. It is understood that the servo will hit the stores soon.

Source: Savöx [savoxtech.com.tw]

February 26, 2014

Paulo Lourenço wins 1/8th at Pernambucano Champs

The second round of the Pernambucano Championship took place last weekend. Serpent’s Paulo Lourenço took the win in the 1/8th on-road class from his Serpent/Novarossi teammates Cleyton Lima and Antônio Vilaça. In the 1/8th GT class Cleyton Lima took the win with his Serpent Cobra GT.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 25, 2014

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Announcement

The Hobby Arena track have announced a change of date for the 2014 International Romanian Nitro Cup. After a first successful running of the on-road nitro meeting the second annual race will has been moved to the weekend of the 29th to 31st of August, again at the amazing Frumusani track near Bucharest. The IRNC will be run in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mmm on-road classes with the podium places await cash prices. More information can be found here.

February 25, 2014

WRC 1-piece formula 1 rear axle

WRC now have a 1-piece rear axle for the F-One formula 1 car available. Made from lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium the solid shaft makes for higher precision while the 1-piece design again improves precision and also durability. According to WRC the rear axle fits many other formula 1 chassis too.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

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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