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January 25, 2013

Team Orion Advantage Touch Advanced charger

Team Orion introduce the Advantage Touch Advanced AC/DC charger with integrated 100W power supply. The follow-up model of the original Advantage Touch charger features a 400×240 pixel TFT touch display, the latest firmware version with multi-language menu, and up to 10A of charge current. The integrated power supply allows for mobile and home charging and the charger comes with an array of of accessories such as an universal balancing board and six charging harnesses with dedicated Tamiya, Traxxas, Deans and crocodile connectors.

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January 25, 2013

Surikarn C & Meen V win @ Futaba Cup

The 2013 Futaba Cup in Thailand took place at the famous RC Addict track in Bangkok, Thailand. The race saw a 13.5T open brushless and a 13.5T non-boost class with 70 drivers attending in both classes. In the non-boost class Xray’s Surikarn C started from second place with a win in the first and a second place in the deciding final handing him the overall win. Second place went to Kitipong R with Trin T in third place. In the open class Surikarn took TQ but due to bad starts ended up third overall. Meen V was able to take the win followed by Xray’s Kitipong R.

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January 25, 2013

Hai Feng wins Super GP Formula 1 League Rd1

The first round of the Chinese Super GP Formula 1 League took place at the RCI Track in Shanghai. The race series is in its second year now and consists of six races with the first three of them are being run on rubber tires indoor while the last three races are carried out outdoor on foam tires. The first race of the year was won by Wang Hai Feng (T.O.P. Rebel R-F01) with Zhang Fang Zhou (Tamiya F104 WGP) taking second and Bob Peterson (Tamiya F104) taking third place. TQ JJ Wang finished fifth.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

January 25, 2013

KM Racing K8 1/8th on-road kit

KM Racing have released first renderings of their upcoming 1/8th nitro on-road car, called the K8. Currently in development stages the competition car will feature a super low centre of gravity with only 25mm high top deck, a chassis-mounted steering servo, optional wire or standard front anti-roll bar, upper deck front ‘swing’ and rear ‘wast twister’ system, and a side-mounted receiver battery to adjust left-to-right chassis balance better. Also incorporated into the construction, that makes use of 7075-T6 aluminium, is a centre weight system for the chassis bottom for a simple adjustment of the overall weight and weight distribution.

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January 25, 2013

Tebo tops practice at Reedy Race

Kyosho’s Jared Tebo set the pace in practice for the Reedy Race of Champions, the America topping the times sheets at West Coast RC Raceway in California in both 2WD & 4WD. Although times have no meaning due to the head to head race format of the world famous race, they do give an indication of each drivers form with Tebo declaring himself happy to end Day 1 as the fastest of the 29 invited drivers who will battle for the 19th Reedy Race title over the next three days. In 2WD it was defending Champion Joern Neumann who was 2nd fastest, with his Durango team-mate Travis Amezcua the closest on pace to Tebo in 4WD.

View our complete event coverage here.

January 25, 2013

World’s best ready to battle at 19th Reedy Race

World's best ready to battle at 19th Reedy Race

The Reedy Race of Champions is one of the most famous races in the world and was the brainchild of one of the sports greatest pioneers Mike Reedy. Looking to celebrate his birthday by hosting a race, in 1987 the motor guru created an all new concept for an event in which 32 of the best offroad drivers in the World where invited to race both 2WD and 4WD buggies in a series of head to head races with the driver achieving the best points tally over the 8 races being declared Champion. First run in 1987, when Chris Allec took the title, the 2013 Reedy Race of Champions is the 19th running of the event which after an 8-year break due to a decline in the 4WD class was resurrected in 2009 when Ryan Cavalieri won the title at the Yatabe Arena in Japan, which is so far the only time the event has been hosted outside of the USA.

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January 24, 2013

Alexander Hagberg renews with Xray

Xray have announced the renewal of their contract with long time team driver Alexander Hagberg for 2013. Alexander has been with Xray for many seasons and the team cooperation has been successful over the years with Alex being a great supporter and member of the development team. Alexander had this to say:

I have been racing for Xray ever since the start of my international racing career. Over the years we have built a strong and successful relationship which has helped me to develop into one of the best on-road racers in Europe, if not in the World. For the upcoming season I did not consider any other option than to continue to work closely together with Xray. I am confident that we can achieve even better results together in the future!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 24, 2013

Serpent S411 composite gear differential

Coming soon from Serpent is the composite gear differential for the S411 line of cars. Making use of a lightweight plastic cage the diff features composite material internal gears and a X-shaped cross pin made from the same material. The outdrives are hardcoated aluminium items that replace the original steel parts for even lighter weight. The reduced rotation mass makes for better acceleration and increased overall performance. The original sintered metal gears are still useable with the V2 composite cage allowing for various gear combinations to achieve a different feel.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]