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March 2, 2012

Lemieux & Burch win 2012 Florida Winternats

The 2012 Winternats was once again held at The Fort in Fort Myers, Florida. This year was the 36th annual running of the unofficial start of the nitro season. The Fort is one of the most demanding tracks in the world due to its high bite and very fast pace. In the 1/10 scale 200mm class Ralph Burch had the strongest NT1 through qualifying, with Paul and Mike close behind. Ralph and DJ Apolaro exchanged TQ position with each round, besting each others efforts through the two days of qualifying. In the final round, Ralph completed the only 34 lap run in sedan to secure TQ with his Max Power’ed Xray NT1, in front of D.J. Apolaro and Paul Lemieux.

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March 2, 2012

Kenji Tsuruta wins Akashi Buggy Club GP Rd 2

Round 2 of the Akashi Buggy Club GP Buggy Race 2012 and the Alpha Engine Cup was held at the Akashi Buggy Course in Akashi City, Japan last weekend. A total of 38 entrants joined the race with Tresrey team driver Kenji Tsuruta being the winner with Daisuke Endo in 2nd and Takashi Kittaka in 3rd place. After the price giving ceremony, Japanese Alpha Plus distributor Tresrey held a prize draw that included Alpha engine combo sets, engines, and the company would like to thank the Akashi Buggy Club and Alpha Plus for making the event possible.

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March 2, 2012

Novak GTB 2 X-Drive/Ballistic BL systems

Novak release two new brushless controller and motor combos based on the GTB 2 X-Drive and the company’s Ballistic competition BL motors. The GTB 2 X-Drive is a sensor-based controller for top-level non-timing racing, and sport a low-profile heat sink, Novak’s X-Drive firmware for improved throttle feel, smooth braking and cooler running temperatures as well as build-in low-voltage protection for LiPo and LiFe battery packs. The combo sets are available with a Ballistic 8.5T or 17.5T “blinky” class sensored brushless motor.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

March 1, 2012

Exotek FGX-EFX F1 chassis conversion kit

Exotek Racing introduce the EFX chassis conversion for the 3Racing FGX Formula 1 car. Included in the kit are new top and bottom chassis plates cut from 2.25mm carbon, double-layer nose section, lowered front upper/inner arm mounts and new battery holders for “shorty” and normal-size LiPo battery packs. The conversion allows for two different servo positions to adjust weight bias. Enlarged bottom cutouts for improved motor cooling while the narrowed side chassis profile makes for improved chassis roll and reduced cornering scrub. Included are also two lighweight shock ball mounts, alloy posts and quality hardware.

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March 1, 2012

Team Durango DEX410 & ‘408 option parts

Team Durango release new option parts for the DEX410 and ‘408 line of 4WD off-road vehicles. Made for the DEX410 line of cars is the aluminium servo saver arm that replaces the stock plastic part with a CNC-machined and hard anodised aluminium version. The part offers increased strength over the kit item and is a direct replacement. The other new parts are volume compensating foams for the ‘408 line of electric and nitro off-road buggies. The foam is designed to be fitted above the shock diaphragm inside the shock cap and is intended to be used in conjunction with the company’s vented shock caps and offers additional support to the diaphragm when used with the vented caps. The compensators can also be used with the stock shock caps for increased rebound characteristics and extra tuning possibilities.

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March 1, 2012

Losi 1/24 Micro Truggy RTR

Losi announce the new Micro Truggy RTR 1/24 scale micro-size truck. The 156mm long vehicle features 4WD, shaft-driven transmission, adjustable coil-over shocks, micro all-terrain Kingpin tyres, threaded suspension pins, and a 2-in-1 ESC/receiver combo. Included in the RTR kit are a 27MHz radio set, 4.8V NiMH battery and Peak-detection wall charger.

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March 1, 2012

Answer RC 48DP hardcoated pinions

Now available from Answer-RC are 48dp double hard coated pinion gears. Each one is individually machined from 7075 aluminium and double hard coated for reduced wear. Depending on the size the pinions weight between 0.9g for a 14T and 2.1g for a 30T, sport a spare grub screw hole and even come with a spare screw.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

March 1, 2012

Airtronics TLS-01 telemetry data logger

Airtronics introduce the TLS-01 telemetry data logger to real-time display and record parameters like temperatures, speed, RPM, steering and throttle input and more. Compatible with the MT-4 2.4GHz telemetry transmitter and – with limitations – also the M11X, MX-3X, and other Airtronics FHSS3 surface systems, the data logger gives you knowledge of how the car handled and even how you drove and allows to compare data in a spreadsheet or database environment on a computer via Airtronic’s Windows-compatible interface system.

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