October 6, 2014

Reedy Blackbox 410R competition ESC

Reedy Blackbox 410R Competition ESC

The long-anticipated Reedy Blackbox 410R electronic brushless speed controller is now available to racers worldwide. Extensive track testing by Reedy’s engineers and racing team has resulted in a high performance and high quality ESC suitable for all levels of competition. A focus on throttle and brake feel, precision adjustability, and robust hardware make the Blackbox 410R suitable for a wide range of racing applications. With the optional Blackbox PROgrammer, the full potential of the ESC can be exploited. In addition to working as a programming device to fine-tune the eight pre-installed profiles, the device operates as a data logger, battery monitor, and USB firmware update device.

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October 6, 2014

Ronda Drake TQ’s & wins at Race for the Cure

Ronda Drake TQ's & wins at Race for the Cure

Last weekend the 2nd annual Race for the Cure event was held at IERC Raceway. TLR’s Ronda Drake TQ’ed and won the 1/8th Expert E-Buggy class while also finishing 2nd in the Pro4 SC category.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

October 6, 2014

Morganti, Grey & Desoto Sr. win at FORGASS Rd2

Morganti, Grey & Desoto Sr. win at FORGASS Rd2

The 2nd round of the 2014/15 Florida On-Road Gas State Series was run this past weekend at the Fort Myers track in the three classes of 1/8th Open, 1/10th 200mm Sedan and 1/8th Super GT. The 1/8th class had Paolo Morganti taking an easy win some 6 laps ahead of Fabrizio Martello and Tony Rice with the latter being separated by only 0.9 seconds.

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October 6, 2014

H-Speed Helex paints & CA activator spray

H-Speed Helex paints & CA activator spray

New from Hupo Hönigl’s H-Speed brand come the Helex polycarbonate paints and a cyanoacrylate accelerator spray. Starting with the paint, it is available in 15 different colours, ready to use, fast drying, and fuel resistant. Its special formula makes it ideal for all polycarbonate and lexan bodyshells. Also new is an activator spray for cyanoacrylate glues such as the one used to glue rubber tyres. Using the spray further speeds up the bonding time for even quicker tyre gluing jobs.

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October 6, 2014

Carmine Raiola wins at Novarossi Trophy Gubbio

Carmine Raiola wins at Novarossi Trophy

The 10th Novarossi Trophy was held in Gubbio this past weekend. In the 1/8th nitro on-road class Carmine Raiola came out successful in the 30 minute final. Two laps down Marco Vanni completed the main in 2nd position while Alberto Tedeschi completed the race in 3rd place.

Image: Alberto Tedeschi

October 6, 2014

Joseph Quagraine wins Finnish 1/8th off-road champs

Joseph Quagraine wins Finnish 1/8th off-road champs

JQ Products’ Joseph Quagraine has won this year’s Finnish 1/8th off-road national championship for the 3rd time in a row. This year’s series showed some promising signs of a new generation of drivers getting into the fight for wins, with Joona Haatanen, Max Mört, and Joonas Hyvärinen all showing great form and huge improvements this year. In the 4th and final round Joseph (JQ/Reds/AKA) came out successful in front of Jarno Siltanen (Mugen/Novarossi/Beta) and Samppa Orhanen (Kyosho/Alpha/Beta). In the overall championship Ari Heinonen (Kyosho/Alpha/Beta) took the runner-up spot behind Joseph with Joona Haatanen (AE/Novarossi/JC) completing the top 3.

Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]

October 6, 2014

Kyosho MP9 coloured side pods

Kyosho MP9 coloured side pods

To match with their various colour MP9 receiver and battery boxes Kyosho soon have corresponding chassis side pod sets available. Given the photos Kyosho’s Yuichi Kanai released the pods come in orange, yellow, green and white colour to replace the standard black parts with more colourful ones. More information, such as availability, should surface soon.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

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