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August 17, 2013

Arrma BLX 2WD brushless lineup

Arrma has upgraded their line of 2WD off-road vehicles and introduce the BLX series brushless and LiPo-powered 2013 variants. Available as desert and race buggy, short course, desert, stadium and monster truck the vehicles base on a proofed vertical chassis construction and feature a tough 2WD gear box, long travel suspension components and dedicated wheels equipped with dBoots off-road tyres. The BLX buggies and trucks come factory-assembled with a 3S-compatible 3600kv brushless system with 4-pole motor and waterproof speed controller as well as a 7kg waterproof steering servo, 2.4GHz radio system, a Deans Ultra Plug equipped 7.4V 4000mAh LiPo battery and a 2S to 3S balance LiPo charger.

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August 16, 2013

Summer Scorcher 2013 – Report

The 2013 Summer Scorcher was hosted by the legendary Phil Hurd Raceway, the race had about 86 entries and as usual the Score crew put on a great event with tremendous hospitality. The race format for the Summer Scorcher would be three rocket rounds of qualifying and 10 minute A-mains which meant a long day in the Georgia sun and a race that would possibly go into the night. Qualifying in SCT 4×4 and 1/8th E-Buggy was dominated by John Bernard and Travis Dupree and so it was no surprise that John lead the short course A final from start to finish with his Tekno SCT410 with fellow JConcepts driver, Jonathan Paulk finishing second. Travis and John also battled it out in the E-Buggy final and when the leg started Travis checked out and never looked back taking the win from John. In 1/10th Stadium Truck Tim Smith TQ’d and won while Travis Dupree TQ’d and won the 1/8 Pro Nitro Buggy class with Kevin Bullock in 2nd.

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August 16, 2013

Tamiya is working on the TRF418

According to tamiyablog.com Japanese manufacturer Tamiya is currently working on the follow-up model of the highly successful TRF417 platform. It is understood that the company’s next generation electric touring car will hit the light of the day at next month’s Tokyo Hobby Show. Unofficial information have it that the kit will feature a new main chassis, new servo mount and suspension arms, new anti-roll bars as well as completely new front, centre and rear bulkheads. The photo above unfortunately is not showing the forthcoming car but we bring you more information as we get it.

Source: Tamiya Blog [tamiyablog.com]

August 16, 2013

Carrocket 1S to 8S LiPo checker

CN Development & Media introduce the Carrocket 1S to 8S LiPo checker. Usable with JST-EH or JST-XH balancer plugs the device is designed to measure and display the single cell voltage of Lithium-Polymer battery packs. Low or over voltage cells are marked by acoustic signals.

Source: CN Group [cn-group.de]

August 16, 2013

MIP hex driver set, chemicals & stickers

MIP have some new products available in the form of hex driver wrench sets, thread lock and grease portions as well as a sticker set. Starting with the tools, MIP’s legendary SAE standard hex drivers are now also available as a 4-piece set containing .050, 1/16, 5/64 and 3/32 inch wrenches all of which come with no-slip amber-toned polycarbonate grips and hardened tool steel tips. Also coming as a complete set are metric hex wrenches of 1.5mm, 2mm and 2.5mm dimensions. The next somewhat new part is MIP’s blue thread lock gel and red MIP driveshaft grease. Formally part of their CVD driveshaft packages the chemicals are now also available in a handy snap-lid cup ideal to have it handy when building or maintaining CVD driveshafts. Last but not least comes a 6-piece set of new design MIP logo stickers to decorate cars, chassis, bodies, radios, charger and more.

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August 16, 2013

Team Orion CRF RS Edition ABI buggy engine

Team Orion introduce the new CRF RS Edition ABI 3.5cc buggy engine. The long stroke engine was used to win the 2013 European Championships and features a new stronger crankcase, a new piston and liner assembly for improved power and durability as well as a redesigned lightweight crankshaft that increased RPM. The 3-port RS Edition comes factory-tuned, with a rear ceramic bearing and a black anodised cooling head for best heat dissipation. The limited edition engine that is issued to celebrate David Ronnefalk’s and Reno Savoya’s success at the ’13 Euros is available as combo set including a suitable pipe or as engine only.

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August 16, 2013

Atsushi Hara leaves HPI/HB Racing

Atsushi Hara leaves HB/HPI Racing

Two-time World Champion Atsushi Hara has announced that he has left long time main sponsor HPI/HB Racing following 13 years with the team. Widely regarded by many as the best all round driver in the history of the sport, the 2 world titles in both touring car (2000) and 1/8th offroad (2008) are just the highlights of a very successful career which has included countless podiums in all the major classes both onroad & offroad at World, International and National level. The decision to part company with HPI was mutual and for now the Japanese ace has yet to make any decision on a replacement chassis sponsor. We chatted with Atsushi some weeks back, when he flew to Slovakia for the ETS Finale, and he hinted back then that something was about to change.

Read Hara’s full statement here (in English & Japanese)

August 16, 2013

WCICS 2013/14 Season – Announcement

The non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) has a proud history of almost 25 years of RC racing and for this year expanded to eight races with an estimated 1500 entries. Many top name drivers have already been enjoying the series for years such as Paul Lemieux, Ty Tessman, Brian Bodine and Peter Robinson. The races take place in Western Canada and are run in Tamiya Mini, 1/12th stock and modified, GT, CTA and World GT classes as well as touring car stock and modified. The three day events, hosted by 8 different clubs, are over the winter months of September to March and the 2013/14 season kicks off at the weekend of the 29th of September in SarCar, Saskatoon. Find more information, dates, rules and many more on the series’ homepage by clicking here.