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May 4, 2018

Surpass Hobby Rocket V4S & V4S sensored brushless motor

Surpass Hobby have introduced their new Rocket V4S sensored brushless racing and V4D drift motors. Build to comply with IFMAR, ROAR and BRCA rules the motors utilise a high-strength 7075 aluminium can with unique double colour V-routing design for a low weight of around 145g. The V4S also uses non-magnetic, hardened alloy screws to extract more RPM and power from the motor. Heavy duty rotors further up the performance of the motors that are available as 3.5T to 9.5T modified and 10.5T to 25.5T stock racing variants.

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May 4, 2018

Kurzbuch in control at ENS season opener

Reigning back to back champion Simon Kurzbuch is in control of proceedings at the season opener of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series in the Netherlands. Fastest in free practice from World Champion Dario Balestri, the Team Shepherd driver again topped in the first of the two timed practice runs, this time ahead of Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura while Balestri posted the 6th fastest time. Mugen’s Steven Cuypers completed the Top 3 ahead of team-mate Robert Pietsch, while the Capricorn of Robin D’hondt rounded out the Top 5 seeding times.

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May 4, 2018

Greiner tops first time practice at ENS Season opener

Coming in the the fifth season of the Infinity Euro Nitro Series as the clear title favourite, Dominic Greiner has lived up to expectations by setting the fastest time in the first of the timed practice runs at the season opener in the Netherlands. Having been fastest in practice, the Serpent driver continued that form setting the fastest three laps from former champion Teemu Leino by 3/10th of a second around the De Baanbrekers. The first time the majority of drivers have been to the Dutch track, it was a good showing for Serpent with Mark Green completing the Top 3 ahead of Jilles Groskamp. Interestingly a driver synonyms with 1:8 racing, Lamberto Collari is making his 1:10 race debut stopping the clocks in the 5th fastest time.

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May 4, 2018

Pedro Gomes doubles at Spring Masters

The Indoor Spring Masters were held at the Indoor RC Oeste in Portugal recently with the facility offering a new track layout for the event. In 4WD Buggy it was Xray’s Pedro Gomes who took the TQ by winning all four qualifiers and in the finals it was again Pedro who came out on top. The remaining podium positions were hard fought for until the end as the final A-main would determine the top 2 and top 3 spots. In the end it was André Guerreiro (Team Associated) with the overall runner-up spot from Diogo Filipe (Xray) 3rd.

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May 4, 2018

2018 Arrowmax Cup Race T-shirt

Arrowmax have introduced their new Arrowmax Cup Race T-shirt for the 2018 season. The shirt is made from 100 percent cotton material and it sports the Arrowmax Race Cup logo on the front with Arrowmax and Dash TLab logos on the rear. The tee is available in adult S to XXXL sizes from now on.

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May 4, 2018

Trinity White Carbon 6000mAh LCG LiPo pack

Available now from Trinity is the new White Carbon 6000mAh LCG touring cat battery pack. The hardcase pack is built using high-quality 100C cells, it is 22.5mm tall and weighs in at 288g. The white colour hardcase pack is equipped with 5mm tube-style connectors and its reduced height compared to standard size batteries means an overall lower centre of gravity for improved corner speeds especially on high bite surfaces.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

May 4, 2018

Yeah Racing YD-2 alloy suspension & steering kit

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Yokomo YD-2 and YD-2S drift cars is the aluminium suspension and steering performance upgrade kit. The set will improve the car’s suspension efficiency and adjustability thanks to insert-equipped front and rear suspension mounts. Also included are the front bulkhead bridge, front bulkheads, upper arm holder, the alloy steering base and the alloy servo mount with gyro mounting platform. All parts come machined from high-quality aluminium and they sport a black surface coating for wear and machined silver edge details for looks.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

May 4, 2018

RCSS EB410 rear carbon fibre relocation tower

Coming from RC Speed Secrets and made for the Tekno EB410 buggy is the new rear carbon fibre relocation shock tower. RCSS have moved the upper shock locations and placed them in between the stock locations for more fine tune adjustment and it also features optimised inner ball stud mounting locations for shocks on the front of arm mod with 1.5mm roll centre increments. The shock stay, that is made of top-quality carbon material, can be used with stock, shocks on front arm, and MIP chassis conversions.

Source: RC Speed Secrets [rcspeedsecrets.com]