The RC10B4.1 Brushless NiMH combo comes ready to run with a 2.4 GHz 3-channel radio system, Reedy 3300kV brushless motor, XP SC4500-BL electronic speed control, Reedy 3000mAh WolfPack battery, and a wall charger. Additional upgrades can be made to your brushless RC10B4.1 using a full line of Factory Team B4 hop-ups, as well as Reedy and LRP performance parts.
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The Chinese On-Road Nationals were held this past weekend in Beijing, China, bringing together top drivers from all over China including Hong Kong. The three-day race included 1:10 Nitro Sedan and 1:8 GP On-Road as well as 1:10 Electric Sedan. FEMCA President Trevor Reid attended the event as guest of the Chinese Sports Federation’s RC Association. After 4 rounds of qualifying, JJ Wang took TQ in both the 1:10 nitro sedan and 1:8 GP on-road class. In the nitro sedan finals, JJ Wang battled Beijing’s Chen Yan Fu to take the National title with his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX5, Guo Yao Wei from Guangzhou took third with his Serpent 747. In the 1:8 class, JJ Wang driving his Mugen MRX5 dominated the field winning by 7 laps over second place Tommy Dai of Shanghai, Beijing’s top driver Chen Yan Fu came in third.
After months of development and testing, Durango have released their DESC210 Race Ready RTR 2WD off-road SC truck. Complete with Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) and 13.5 brushless motor from World Champions ‘Speed Passion’, it is ready to race, and win, from the moment you take it out of the box. This truck is an ideal introduction into the amazing and exciting hobby of RC car racing. If you think you have what it takes to win, then the DESC210 Race Ready RTR is the truck for you.
LRP have released a 1600kv version of their Dynamic 8 brushless motor for 1/8th scale cars. The innovative multislot-winding creates incredible torque while at the same time the motor features improved efficiency over the full rpm range. Less power is lost into heat and that means more power reaches your drivetrain.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
In winning round four of the BRCA 1:10 electric touring car series at Snetterton Tamiya’s Elliott Harper became the fourth different winner from four events, his win sets up a winner takes all championship showdown at the final round at Mendip in a month’s time. After five rounds of qualifying it was the Associated TC6.1 of Olly Jefferies that took TQ, but in putting himself on pole Olly had used all his tyres allocation, second place on the grid was championship favourite Chris Grainger, Grainger could have wrapped up the 2012 title if he could win here, Harper lined up third on the grid.
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The EFRA 1/10th 200mm European Championships were held this week in Cassino, Italy with 101 driver attending the annual event. Under extreme temperatures it would Serpent driver Alessio Mazzeo that claimed the TQ position ahead of double European Champion Dario Baelstri in 2nd, while Jilles Groskamp was 3rd and David Loppini in 4th. Reigning European Champion Robert Pietsch along with last year’s finalist Eric Dankel failed to progress out of the 1/4 finals. Following the Semi finals, it was newly crowned touring car World Champion Jilles Groskamp that would start the final from pole position, while a problem for Dario Balestri, while leading his semi, meant his title quest was ended. In the final itself Jilles would have a bad start which gave D’angelo the lead but he would get by and was able to build a solid lead until a rear belt problem dropped him down the order. A recovery drive would see him pull back 3 laps on the leaders, setting the fastest lap of the race to finish in 3rd place. Austrian Xray driver Manuel Huber would take over the lead following Jilles’ problem for the remainder of the race only conceding the top spot to Dino Giacone following his final fuel stop only for the Italian to break his car a lap later in traffic giving Huber back the lead allowing him to cruise to the title. Mario Spiniello would take the runner up spot less than a lap back from the winner, having worked his way up from the 1/8th finals earlier in the day.
The Sixth round of the 2012 national championship was the first visit of the year to the Cotswold circuit near Cirencester. With the weather set to be good, we all anticipated two dry days and the chance to gain some good championship points while the 2 main contenders, Branson and Green are on 200mm European duty in Italy.
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Team Alien have released these stylish 17mm UFO wheel nuts. The unique design which adds a touch of bling to your car comes in 1.0 & 1.25 thread for different cars and is available in black, red, orange, light blue, grey, deep blue and green.
Source: Thunder Innovation [thunderinnovation.com]
