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December 9, 2016

Team Orion Battery Protection Box

Coming from Team Orion is the Battery Protection box. The military-style steel box is equipped with inner foam padding to protect LiPo battery packs during storage and transportation while rubber seals making the box air-tight, reducing harm and external damage in the unlikely event of a battery going boom. Carry handles allow for easy transportation and Team Orion prints give the storage box a cool racing look. The protection box is available in the three sizes of small, medium and large.

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December 9, 2016

Felix Law signs with Reds Racing

Italian company Reds Racing have announced the signing of Felix Law to their team. The newly-signed Serpent Asia driver will be running the engines in both his 1/8th on-road and off-road cars and also at select 1/10th scale events.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

December 9, 2016

LapMonitor personal lap timer

LapMonitor is a new personal lap-timer for RC cars that can also be used to time multi-driver races. The device is simple and fast to setup; it will be installed on the outside track, then connected with the Bluetooth of any mobile device and it is good to go. In terms of functionality LapMonitor will not only announce lap times but also a full live race commentary in many languages while also enabling to store and share the timing results. It has been tested and adopted by 2016 European Cup 1/8th IC winner, Stephane Bouche and the LapMonitor Training Pack is now available on Kickstarter with a 40 percent discount. The pack includes one LapMonitor and one transponder. Multi-transponder packages are also available and the system is compatible with both iOS and Android devices and it features a Bluetooth range of up to 80m.

Source: LapMonitor [lapmonitor.com]

December 9, 2016

David Ronnefalk joins Roche 1/12th scale team

Roche have announced that current 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, David Ronnefalk will be racing their 1/12th pan car over the Winter season. The HB Racing and Team Orion factory driver decided he wanted to have some fun this Winter racing 1/12 LMP. When asked the Roche team and Max Ma didn’t hesitate and David was soon supplied with the latest Roche P12 and parts. David has taken his time building and with support from Team Orion on the electrics, HotRace Nicola Marrone for tyres and Zen-Racing for some help and guidance David is all ready to race for fun this Winter.

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

December 9, 2016

Serpent SRX2 MH stand-up gearbox & brass RF mount

Coming from Serpent and made for the SRX2 MH 2WD buggy is a 4-gear stand-up transmission set and a RF brass suspension mount. Starting with the transmission, the optional gearbox is best used in low to medium grip conditions and to calm down the reactions of the buggy compared to a 3-gear setup. The set is usable with the standard MH alloy or carbon chassis and it includes gearbox halves, a lightened motor plate, idler gears and shafts as well as several small parts.

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December 9, 2016

2016 Serpent Asia Cup – Report

The recent 2016 Serpent Asia Cup was run along side the season finale of the Serpent GT Cup and held at the Hong Kong based TRC track. 52 drivers signed in for GT Modified class while over 100 entries were received for the GT RTR category. The Serpent Asia Cup then added two more classes to the special event in the form of the 1/10th Nitro Touring class and 1/8th Nitro on-road class. Current 1/10th Nitro Touring World Champion, Dominic Greiner as well as former IFMAR A-main finalist Takumi Matsuda made the trip as special guest as did Serpent’s Michael Salven and Billy Easton who raced in the 1/8th on-road and GT Modified class respectively. The Asia Cup also attracted driver from America, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippine, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. With more then 100 drivers all on Serpent chassis, the races were intense with a friendly atmosphere around the pit area.

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December 9, 2016

Xtreme Aerodynamics New Generation body stiffeners

Xtreme Aerodynamics have released information on their New Generation body stiffener set. Developed in cooperation with top drivers such as Robert Pietsch and Simon Kurzbuch and made from genuine Lexan material, the newly designed stiffeners are specifically moulded to perfectly match all Xtreme Aerodynamics 1/8th scale body shells. The parts come laser-cut meaning they are usable instantly and plastic rivets are supplied in the set so that the only work required is to drill a couple of 3mm holes in both the body and the stiffener, and to snap the rivets in place. As an add-on the set also includes an adjustable wing with plastic screws and nuts.

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December 9, 2016

Baldo brothers Picco-propelled

Shortly after walking away from former long-time sponsors Mugen and Modelix and signing a contract with TLR and Horizon Hobby, Spanish front runners Bryan and Oscar Baldo now also secured a new engine deal. The two will use the Italian-made Picco engines in their 2017 campaign that will include appearances at the Spanish national championship, the Euros and other major events.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]