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July 26, 2013

Viper VF8 4-pole 1/8th brushless motor

Viper announce the release of the VF8 1/8 scale 4-pole electric brushless motor. It features a CNC-machined 6061 T6 billet aluminium heatsink can, aluminium end bells and an epoxy-balanced rotor while heavy-duty solder tabs will take large diameter wires to maximise performance. The motor is still light of weight at around 317g, measures 69.4×41.8mm and is available in three KV ratings of 1900, 2100 and 2700.

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July 25, 2013

ZZRacing steel screw sets & serrated washers

ZZRacing have new products available in the form of stainless steel screw kits and serrated shims for multiple applications. Starting with the screws, they are made from 304 stainless steel and offer high rigidity making them ideal especially for high stress areas. They are available as complete sets for a huge range of manufacturers including 3Racing, Team Associated, Team Durango, Hot Bodies, JQ, Kyosho, Schumacher, Serpent, Tamiya, Team C, TLR, Xray, Yokomo and many more. Also new are serrated washers with a limited slip tread on both sides of the part. Available in 3mm, 4mm and 12mm variants they are ideal to prevent non-serrated standard nuts on 1/10th and 1/8th models from becoming loose during use.

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July 25, 2013

Absima Revenge CTM & CTS brushless components

Available now from German Team C distributors Absima is their own line of high performance brushless motors and controllers called the Revence series. Starting with the Revenge CTM motors, they are based around an aluminium airflow can with aluminium front and back plate, pre-shaped heavy duty solder tabs and dual sensor port. The motors are available as modified variant and stock variant including virtual all needed windings from 3.5T up to 21.5T with specific short course and 1/8th buggy variants coming at a later date. Also new is the Revenge CTM 10 160A speed controller. The speedo is useable with 2S to 3S LiPo batteries, and works with sensor and sensorless motors of 2 and 4-pole design alike. An optional programming card helps to adjust the various software parameters of the controller that comes including an add-on fan unit and power wires.

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July 25, 2013

Mibosport steel and ceramic ball bearings

Mibosport introduce their new line of standard and ceramic high-performance ball bearings. Coming in two specifications as red rubber sealed standard steel ball races and orange shielded ceramic ball variant, both of them are lightly oiled to further reduce friction and to improve performance. The bearings are available in sets of four or as complete car kit.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

July 25, 2013

EZ Power Kicker brushless motors

Italian company Italtrading introduce the new EZ Power Kicker brushless motors. Coming in a rebuildable gun metal anodised aluminium can, with adjustable timing and heavy duty solder tabs the motors are available from 4.5T to 13.5T and are build using a 12.5mm all-purpose rotor. A 13mm high torque rotor is available separately.

Source: EZ Power [ezpower.it]

July 24, 2013

Belgian touring car nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the FBA championship took place in Rucphen at the club Mac De Baanbrekers. The weather was awesome and the heat could give the drivers some issues at this fast track. In the Efra class it was Olivier Bultynck who took TQ in front of Nick Joosens and Thomas Stockman. Olivier started well in the first final and Nick tried his best to follow and put some pressure on him but Ollie was a little bit faster and could make a gap on Nick. Thomas followed the two but struggled with his car and later on also scored a DNF as the had to retire in lap 18. Meanwhile Rico Claeys who started 8th on the grid was in third place. Ollie took the win and Nick came in second with Rico taking the third spot.

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July 24, 2013

Yeah Racing TT-02 adjustable rear upper arms

Made for the Tamiya TT-02 is this aluminium adjustable rear upper arm set from Yeah Racing. The kit not only allows for fast and easy camber adjustment thanks to R/L thread turnbuckles but also increases durability over the stock plastic parts. Included in the set, that is also available as front end variant, are the inner and outer upper arm parts, turnbuckles and hardware.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 24, 2013

Hiro Seiko introduce new Ti & Alloy screw sets

Available now from Hiro Seiko are new optional screw sets for the Tamiya TRF101, Xray X12, ARC R10 2013 and Schumacher Mi5 kit. The sets, that make use of hex socket heads, are available as full titanium or titanium/ aluminium combo and safe between 9.5g and 25g of weight depending on the car. All screws are of a dark colour with the exception of the TRF101 kit whose alloy screws come in a Tamiya blue anodising.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]