Duratrax introduce the Li-24 AC balancing charger for 2S to 4S LiXX battery packs. Usable with both LiPo and LiFe cells, the charger offers selectable a charge current of 1A to 3A, it features a built-in balancer and gold-plated connectors. Included is also a Traxxas plug equipped adapter wire.
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Italian company EZPower introduce their new brushless speed controller called Mr. Kong II. The sensorless ESC has a 150A rating and is 2S to 6S LiPo compatible, making it ideal for 1/8th on-road, off-road and monster truck models alike. The controller comes pre-wired with Traxxas high-current connectors and features adjustable drag brakes, throttle/brake curves, motor timing and punch setting as well as reverse motor rotation and thermal protection. All software features can be set using a one-touch button or an optional program card.
Source: EZPower [ezpower.it]
The International 1/8 Buggy Race will be held on the 15th of June at the off-road track Zeleni dol in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The race will be held in 1/8th buggy electric and 1/8th buggy nitro classes and sign up for the event plus additional information can be found here.
After the first race of the season was canceled due to a very poor weather forecast, the Slovenian 2014 nationals finally got underway on a very dusty track located near Logatec. The biggest winner of the weekend was Andrej Abramic, who took first places in both the electric and nitro 1/8th classes. In E-buggy the 2nd place belonged to Gasper Simc while Adraz Stefe completed the podium. In the 1/8 nitro buggy Erik Klanjscek took the runner up spot, Jan Vrhovec came in 3rd place to round out the top3. The next race of the championship will take place on the 29th of June in Benedikt near Maribor.
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Loganville RC Raceway was the host for the 2nd round of the Southern Off-road Series. Practice started Friday afternoon and with regular track maintenance the traction was coming up nicely. On Saturday morning the gates opened at 7am and 3 rounds of qualifying kicked off at 10:30am. Qualifying was based on the single fastest run out of three. All of the A Mains were seated with top 10 cars and 2 bumps from the B Main. In the Pro eBuggy A-main, Shay Brand led the race tone to tone taking the win with his Mugen MBX-7 Eco.
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Made for the RSD7 chassis for the Team Associated TC6.2 is this keyed carbon fibre battery holder system. Designed to work only with the RSD7 chassis, the mounting system will have the battery sitting a little bit further away from the belt than the TC6.2 in order to provide better balance and to generate more chassis roll. Included are three carbon fibre mounting brackets and all needed mounting hardware.
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WRC have new option parts for the F-One formula kit available in the form of aluminium pivot plugs and a rear carbon fibre connecting plate. Starting with the pivot plugs, the parts are machined from 7075 aluminium and made to replace the stock nylon inserts with more durable parts. The second new part is the rear connecting plate, made from carbon fibre the part is lighter and more reliable than the kit’s alloy plate.
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The 1st round of the Swedish Cup was run with 74 entries in the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson was able to TQ all four qualifying rounds in the 2WD class that was run on Saturday. For the finals Niclas was able to conserve his performance to take A1 and A2 for the overall win. In Sunday’s 4WD race Niclas again came out successful despite starting from 3rd position on the grid.
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