Reds introduce the all new .21 5-port nitro buggy engine. Tuned by M. Rossi the long-stroke engine sports a 5-port chromed liner with booster exhaust ports, a CNC-machined billet aluminium piston, new separated and cooled combustion chamver and a light weight cooling head. Other features included are a 14mm balanced crankshaft, high strength connection rod, all Swiss-made ball bearing and a new composite slide carburettor.
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TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Cody Turner, and Matt Castellano were on hand at the second round of the Thanksgiving Throwdown Series Saturday at West Coast R/C Raceway (WCRC). The track had fantastic traction, and a really fun and technical layout. The entry count was very strong with 19 full heats and a great day of racing was had by all.
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Team Novak introduce the Diablo dual battery brushless system for monster trucks such as the Traxxas E-Maxx or HPI Savage that make use of dual battery power. The 550-size motor and speed controller are designed from the ground up to run from two 2S or 6-cell NiMH batteries as found in 1/10 scale vehicles. The controller features Novak’s own Bash Boost technology that boosts the performance of the motor by advancing the timing at a certain RPM and throttle position. The sensored 550-size motor sports a 5mm shaft and a one-piece, multi-pole sintered Neodymium magnet.
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Pulse RC is a new Germany-based RC-Car option parts brand founded by Vampire Racing owner Sven Rudig. Pulse RC will soon introduce RC-Car bodies for almost all classes and scales such as on-road and off-road, 1/12 scale, 1/10 scale and 1/8 scale. The first body that will become released will be for Team Durango’s new DEX210 2WD off-road buggy. A preproduction version was already successfully tested at the recent Indoor Dirt Race in Germany.
Source: Pulse RC [pulse-rc.de]
The Robitronic Dirtbags help to keep the trunk or back seat clean as they are designed to enclose the most dirty parts of off-road vehicles such as the tyres and chassis. The synthetic fabric the bags are made of are easy to clean with water and soap and even prevent water and oils so sip through. The bags are available in four sizes for Crawlers, 1/8 scale buggies, 1/8 scale truggies and monster trucks as well as large scale vehicles.
Serpent announce new option parts for the Cobra 1/8 scale off-road buggy and truggy in the form of aluminium uprights, a Cobra-Be hard anodised chassis plate and titanium shock bolts. The aluminium V2 left and right uprights are CNC-machined from aluminium, come specially coated and include Delrin bushings to use the smaller bearings of the Cobra buggy and truggy. On the Cobra-Be the original larger bearings are used. Made for the Cobra-Be in question is the new 3mm hard anodised aluminium chassis. CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and specially coated the new 3mm chassis withstands rutted tracks better. It also is slightly stiffer than the original chassis to add another tuning option. The third new part are the lower shock bolts machined from titanium and light of weight. The are useable on the whole line of Cobra kits and come as set of four.
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The new Top RC track in Thesaloniki, Greece was the host of the 2011 Greek Nitrofest. A total of 30 drivers attended at the three day event that not only attracted lokal drivers but also one Joseph Quagraine from far Finland. Tasos Paparegkas took TQ with his Xray XB808 ’11 followed by John Paparegkas (Xray XB808 ’11) and Joseph Quagraine (JQ THE Car). The 45 minutes long final was a close affair with many lead changes between Paparegkas and Quagraine with the better end for Tasos who won the race by 9 seconds in front of Joseph and John.
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Team Associated announce the LRP A.i. Runner Reverse V2 brushed speed controller. The revised speedo is 100 percent waterproof and features LRP’s exclusive True Automatic technology, that makes push button setup completely unnecessary. The speed control immediately learns the individual transmitter settings right after it is switched on and is perfectly set up for every run with the correct neutral, full- speed forward, and full-speed reverse transmitter settings. The controller also incorporates a build-in fail safe to bring the car to a halt in case of an interference, empty transmitter battery or if the model is outside the radio range.
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