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August 21, 2012

Alien Racing Legend 12.1 World Edition

To celebrate their successful participation at their first 1/12 World Championships back in July, Alien Racing have introduced the Legend 12.1 in a special and limited version called World Edition. Only 1 production batch will be done only for those who pre-order and delivery will be start at the beginning of October. The Legend W.E. has no links or T-bar which they claim provides the best performance and efficiency and the car is delivered with a lateral shock and an upper deck for damper installation.

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August 21, 2012

Dutch EFRA GP – Announcement

The AMCA club in Apeldoorn are playing host to a 1/8th EFRA GP from the 21st to the 23rd of September this year. Run to EFRA rules, this event will also include a 40+ race for the ‘old guys’, and everyone participating must have an EFRA drivers license or valid national license. Already attracting some top driver don’t pass up the opportunity to race on one of the World’s finest circuits and to go up against some of the quickest drivers in Europe. Entry is now open and can be filled in here.

August 21, 2012

Venom Medion Dual Output Charging station

Venom have released their all-new Medion Dual Output Charging station with integrated media player. Venom engineers listened to their Factory Team Pilots and they wanted music. So, they developed a rugged aluminium housed charger with a built-in media player featuring high definition 70mm drivers allowing you to pipe in your favorite tunes from your music player via a standard 1/8th inch stereo input. This charger features 400 watts of power via dual 200-watt circuits allowing for simultaneous charging of two batteries up to 10 amps each. The Medion also features a new IR-Mode™ internal resistance test which will test each cell individually and provides single cell and total pack resistance values so you can see the real-time condition of your LiPo and LiFe battery packs. All this technology is accessible through an easy-to-read red, backlit LCD display.

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August 21, 2012

Associated RC10B4.1 Brushless NiMH combo

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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August 20, 2012

JJ Wang double at Chinese Nationals

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.

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August 20, 2012

Durango DESC210 Race Ready RTR

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.

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August 20, 2012

LRP Dynamic 8 1600kv brushless motor

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]

August 20, 2012

Elliot Harper wins BRCA TC series Rd4

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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