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February 14, 2012

Xray 41T narrow 64P pinion gear

Xray have released a 41T pinion to their already available line of narrow 64P pinion gears. Manufactured on a precision gear machine which has ultra-precise tolerances and assures unparalleled concentricity, after machining, the edges of pinions are chamfered and then the pinions are run in. The pinions are then specially treated to give them an even hard coating so they stay absolutely true for a long time. The pinions run great with any spur gears, and work perfectly with Xray spur gears where even throttle on/off noise nearly disappears.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 14, 2012

Paolo Morganti wins Florida State Series Rd6

Last weekend was the sixth round of the Florida State Series held at the Ft Myers track, one of the most dangerous and fast tracks around. Despite the chilly conditions, due to a cold front, many people showed up in preparation of next weekends famous Florida Winter Nationals. After a long and hard weekend of work, Paolo Morganti and his Novarossi powered Serpent 966 TE was able to secure the win 3 seconds ahead of TQ Sean Lue in 2nd, with Tony Rice completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 14, 2012

Top Qualifier series from ATS-Tyres

ATS-Tyres have released their Top Qualifier series of tires that have been created for all racers, who do not want to throw away rubber and money. These tires are already trued to the most common diameters for heats and qualifying and will be available on the most common rim styles and most common shore combinations. You will save money, storage space and time, because no truing time, no waiting in the truing area, just put them on the car straight out of the box and the price for these these TQs will be significant lower the the Final (Standard) size tires. The 1/10 scale fronts come in 60mm, instead of 64mm, while the rears are 62mm instead of 66mm. The 1/8 scale fronts are 67mm, instead of 71mm, while the rears are 74mm, instead of 78mm.

View the 1/8th tires here

February 14, 2012

Adrian Berntsen wins Norwegian Indoor series Rd3

The 3rd round of the 2011/2012 Norwegian indoor series was held in Spydeberg last weekend and Adrian Bernsten sent us this report. We saw a 600m2 big track with a pretty techinal layout with lots of low-speed corners as well as the traction was not that high. After testing different tires, the tires to be used were Sorex 28. On Saturday we had a practice race before the “real race” on Sunday. This is to get enough practice and lot of traction in the carpet. This race was won by me, in front of Petter Berntsen and Oyvind Stusdal in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

February 14, 2012

KM H-K1 Evo II chassis & side battery conversion

KM Racing have released new H-K1 Evo II upgrade parts, including a 3mm 7075-T6 Main Chassis (Short Version) and a side battery conversion set. The new chassis is a new design 3mm version which gives more roll in the corner and is more stable in a straight line. The conversion set includes the new chassis as well as the front swing carbon upper deck, which is suitable to use with side battery & waist twister system, with lock & unlock function. A 1300mAh LiFe side receiver battery is also included in the set and all new parts are a direct fit onto the current H-K1 kit (short version). The side battery conversion set will make the car completely balanced left & right and helps improve overall handling.

View the conversion set here

February 14, 2012

The Salemi brothers joins Xray

Xray have announced that top Italian on-road drivers Mirko and Walter Salemi are joining the Italian Xray team. The Salemi brothers will race and represent Team Xray at all major national and international 1/8 and 1/10 nitro on-road races as well as joining the team at the 2012 European Championship. Walter is a multiple Workd and European finalist as well as an Italian Champion while his younger brother Mirko is reigning European B Champion as well as a F1 and F2 Italian Champion. Walter and Mirko had this to say:

I am very proud to join Team Xray as I believe that they make the best model car products in the World. I am also lucky because as well as having a racing collaboration, I also have a great friendship with all my sponsors and this for me is more important. Through passion and hard work together we will achieve the best result. I also want to thank Motonica for our previous collaboration.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 13, 2012

Patrick Gassauer joins Team Magic

Team Magic and HRC Distribution have announced the signing of German racer Patrick Gassauer to their electric touring car team. Following successful tests with the all new E4RS II chassis, he has chosen this car to race in the 2012 season. Patrick, who has been a finalist in European and National championships, will drive for Shepherd in nitro on road.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

February 12, 2012

EcoPower Electron multi-chemistry chargers

A Main Hobbies introduce the EcoPower Electron 65 AC and 65 Quad multi-chemistry chargers for LiPo, LiFe and NiMH battery packs. Starting with the 65 AC, the charger works with 11 to 18VDC or 110 to 240VAC and delivers up to 5.0A of charging current. Featuring an on-board balancer, normal, fast and storage charge modes the charger handles up to 6S LiXX and 15 cell NiMH packs. Included with the charger come various charging harnesses and a 6S XH-style balancer board.

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