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April 30, 2010

LRP S10 Blast TX 1/10th RTR truggy

The LRP S10 Blast BX gets a big brother, the Blast TX. Now all truggy fans get the chance to experience sensational driving performance and agility. With numerous high-quality components already proven by its buggy predecessor, this 1/10th electric truggy convinces with its unstoppable offroad handling and particular impressive forward traction. Specially designed for the requirements of tough 1/10th truggy racing, the S10 Blast TX features all you need for an RTR offroad car: high-performance 540 size electric motor for enough power in all situations, extra large volume “Big Bore” shocks for optimal handling and competition proven VTEC high-grip tyres for maximum traction and corner-speed.

View more images of the truggy here

April 30, 2010

TQ Racing SX10 SC truck

TQ Racing are teasing their latest product, the new SX10 SC short course truck. Wanting to get a piece of the growing SC market, they will be releasing pictures and information over the next month in the build up to the launch of this new car in what they feel will be their biggest product release to date.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

April 30, 2010

Associated RC8Be Factory Team kit

Team Associated have announced the RC8Be Factory Team kit, which picks up where the RC8e left off by adding many performance and durability enhancing features that were pioneered by the company’s Area 51 engineers and world-class team of pro drivers. The new RC8Be features include Factory Team 16mm Big Bore threaded hard-anodized shocks, RC8B 5mm 7075 blue aluminium shock towers, 7075 blue aluminium suspension mounts, Factory Team 7075 blue aluminium one-piece top plate and Pro-Line M3 Holeshot tires with molded inserts. Pre-assembled shocks, differentials and turnbuckles help get you on the track fast. Factory Team shock and diff fluids are also included.

View the full feature list here

April 29, 2010

Losi Night Crawler Bind-N-Drive

While other crawlers require some modifications before they’re ready for the rocks, the 1/10-scale Night Crawler BND from Losi is good to go right out of the box, just bind it to your DSM-equipped transmitter. Included is an electronics package with a LiPo compatible, crawler programmed ESC that features voltage cutoff, so both your vehicle and battery will be protected. Powering this crawler is easier than ever, a 540-sized crawler-specific 55T motor and high-torque metal gear steering servo will get you up and over obstacles in no time. Plus, a worm-gear drive with a smaller differential case gives you increased ground clearance.

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April 29, 2010

Hupo Honigl reports from Pre Season testing

New Team Durango signing Hupo Honigl attended last weekend’s pre-Season race held at the Rhein-Mein Circuit in Bischofsheim, Germany and filed this report. A lot good drivers attended the race at Bischofscheim including Neumann, Drescher, Ronnefalk, Svenson, Reckward, as well as many top German drivers. Gerd made some subtle changes to a couple of parts and all I can say is that they work awesome. In the first practice run the car felt already pretty good, but the shocks were too soft and also the diff oils were too soft. I changed from 5k-5k-2k to 10k-10k-2k and changed the shockoil to 10 harder in the front and 5 harder in the rear. This helped a lot.

Continue reading the report here

April 29, 2010

Xceed RC 25% off road fuel blend

XceedRC, together with Karl-Heinz Meister and various test-drivers, have developed a new mix of fuel specially for off road use. The 25% nitro fuel has a different oil mixture compared to on road use and both castor oil and synthetic oils are used. Performance, good fuel-consumption and perfect lubrication are combined in the Xceed XF blend. Available in 2.5 liter cans only, the strong metal case ensures your fuel is stored properly.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

April 29, 2010

Hungarian National Off road Championship Rd1

Last weekend the Hungarian national offroad championship kicked off with more than 60 drivers. The race was held in Apaj, a small city about 50km’s from the capital city of Budapest and organised by RCOR club. The layout of the track is really nice, very enjoyable, it has all kind of jumps (table, double, triple, step-down) and corners (sweeper, hairpin, chicane). The racing line was visible but covered with some dust and the track held up really well all weekend, thanks to the proper preparation of the organiser club.

Continue reading the report here

April 28, 2010

TecnoPower sign Portuguese driver João Gomes

New Italian engine company TecnoPower is on its way to enter the serious buggy competition scene with its freshly released ‘B01’ engine and a new upcoming Portuguese driver called João Gomes, who finished 7th at the 2010 Euro’s Warm up in Portugal.

We are very happy to have João joining us and helping us to promote and race our engines. He will not only participate in the upcoming Euro B but also the Euro A and Worlds in Thailand. We at TecnoPower would like to wish him the best of luck and give our best to support to him during these events and will be present too support technically any other driver who will be using our engines during these events.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]