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January 26, 2014

GForce TS120 Competition Black Aluminium Edition

Available from end of January is the GForce TS120 Competition Black Aluminium Edition brushless speed controller. The ESC sports an all-black CNC-machined aluminium case, an integrated on/off switch, optional high-flow fan unit and it incorporates a build-in data port for swift and easy programming via the optional programming box. The 120A controller is usable with 2S to 3S LiPo batteries, features a 6V/3A BEC system and measures 39x38x20mm.

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January 25, 2014

Capricorn LAB E801 1/8th electric car

Capricorn introduce the LAB E801 1/8th electric on-road chassis kit. It is available in two versions as “standard” and “monoblock” variant with the latter making a “TTB Version” drive set necessary. The standard version though can adapt all motor of up to 70x43mm in size. Capricorn recommends to use a 6S LiPo battery pack and a 150A speed controller with the car.

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January 25, 2014

Cavalieri first to double up at Reedy Race

The third round of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, saw Ryan Cavalieri become the first double winner of the event. The defending champion took the win by just over one second from a hard charging Dustin Evans while the other two heats saw European duo Lee Martin and Joern Neumann notched up their first maximum points haul.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

January 24, 2014

Xray T4 aluminium top deck mount

New from Xray comes this orange colour aluminium top deck mount for the T4 touring car kit. Designed to improve forward and rear traction the car will also become more stable and easier to drive in low-traction conditions as on-power push can be created. The mount fits all T4 cars with the #301197 top deck.

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January 24, 2014

Smokem XB4 carbon fibre shock towers

Smokem Racing introduce their XB4-RR carbon fibre shock towers for the Xray XB4 buggy. At 3.5mm thick, these 100% carbon fibre shock towers offer improved strength over the stock 3mm towers, yet not too thick so they won’t adversely affect the shock geometry of the 2014 car’s variable rear shock mounting system. Furthermore they have incorporated additional shock mounting and camber link holes to allow racers to further fine-tune the handling of their XB4 and XB4’14 buggies and fully explore its full potential.

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January 24, 2014

RPM Slash & Stampede ESC cage

RPM introduce this speed controller cage for the use with Traxxas’ VXL-3S ESC. The cage is designed to eliminated the use of the two undersized speedo mounting tabs in favour of a complete cage system that solidly locks it in place. By completely surrounding and capturing the VXL-3S ESC, damage from broken tabs and ejection from the vehicle has been completely eliminated. The cage, that is available in black and blue colour, works with all VXL Stampede 4×4, Slash 4×4, Slash 2WD and Rally chassis and it can also be used with the Rustler, Stampede 2WD and Bandit when combined with the Traxxas #3725 mounting plate.

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January 24, 2014

SkyRC Ares Pro brushless motor

SkyRC introduce the Ares Pro competition brushless motor line. The 540-size motors make use of a vented T6 aluminium heatsink case and they feature high purity copper windings, heavy duty solder tabs, sintered neodymium magnets and dual sensor ports. The motors are build to meet ROAR and IFMAR rules and the very low turn variants come with a radial fan unit in the front end bell. Versions available include windings from 3.5T up to 21.5T with special stock motors and “even” 4.0T and 5.0T offerings hitting the shops also.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

January 24, 2014

Dirk Wischnewski signs with Team Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing announce that Worlds finalist and multiple European and German champion Dirk Wischnweski joins their factory racing team for 2014. Living close to the Shepherd company he will be heavily involved in the development of the Velox V10 Pro sharing his huge knowledge with the team. In the upcoming season Dirk will attend the ENS series, the EC in Valencia and the Worlds in Bangkok as well as some regional races giving track side assistance to fellow Shepherd racers. Dirk had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank Xray for their support over the last few years but now it’s time for a new challenge. I’m really happy to work together with Patrick and the rest of the Shepherd crew for the future. It was not so easy for me to make a decision for the 2014 season but when I think about the small distance to the company and the great improvements Shepherd made on the Velox V10 last year I’m really optimistic and looking forward to attending the upcoming races.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]