Red RC

July 15, 2011

GM/Graupner High-Voltage brushless servos

New from GM/Graupner are these High-Voltage brushless servos or HBS for short, which combine the performance of brushless technology with all the advantages of the high-voltage servo. In addition to the unparalleled acceleration, greater efficiency and no wear of carbon brushes, these servos can be supplied with an operating voltage up to 8.4V. Direct connection of 2-cell LiPo battery packs is now possible with no problem, in addition, these servos also provide top performance at an operating voltage of just 6V. Precision manufacturing and assembly and top component quality provide the servo drive system with uncompromising power and speed. Available in 3 different versions, best suited for 4wd off road, 2wd off road and on road touring car.

View complete details here

July 15, 2011

Serpent Cobra aluminium servo saver

Serpent have released this new coated aluminium servo-saver for the Cobra buggy and truggy. CNC machined from aerospace quality aluminium with it is super-strong compared to the kit nylon version and is a direct replacement with no modifications necessary.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 15, 2011

Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Rd3

The 3rd round of the Swiss National Championship was held at the beautiful track of Lostallo in the South of Switzerland. Already during qualifying Shepherd driver Marco Müller showed a good performance with his Velox V8 “eleven” taking the pole-position about 1 sec in front of his Shepherd teammate and World Championship finalist Simon Kurzbuch in 2nd. Both drivers had no problems to win their semi-finals while Müller took the pole-position for the 45min final as he had the faster time. At the start of the final Müller defended his first position and increased the gap on the rest if the field step by step. At no time of the race he was challenged and crossed the finishing line convincing 2 laps in front of the Mugen pairing of Luca Martinelli and Silvio Hächler.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 15, 2011

CSO LAB-C801 2-speed shaft

CSO have released this new 2-speed shaft for the Capricorn LAB-C801 1/8th on road chassis. Made from hard coated steel, this 8mm shaft has been hollowed out to reduce weight and the 2-speed adapter is separate from the shaft making it simpler to replace.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

July 14, 2011

JQ Products lightened outdrives

JQ Products have now released lightened outdrives for THE Car. There is a version for the centre diff and for the front/rear differentials and the full set saves 14 grams on the drivetrain which is a good amount of rotating mass. We are told that later on there will some pretty trick lightened centre dogbone outdrives released.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

July 14, 2011

Cody King is Finland bound

In a surprise move, reigning 1/8th scale offroad World Champion Cody King is trying his hands at Electric 1/10th offroad as he travels to Vaasa Finland for the IFMAR World Championships which takes place next week. Focusing on 1/8th offroad for the past number of years he has been putting in some intensive testing recently and was feeling really comfortable with both his Kyosho cars. Cody has been running electric exclusively since last Thursday and was running through the weekend, and just yesterday shook down his Worlds cars prior to his flight to Finland, where he will also receive his race bodies. You can follow his progress along with that of all the competitors live on Red RC next week with our coverage beginning in full on Monday.

July 14, 2011

Ryan Lopez takes Georgia Champion Series race

This past weekend was the Georgia Champion Series Race and TLR posted more excellent results with team drivers Ryan Lopez, Shane Ogden and Cole Ogden. Taking the overall series win in the 1/8th Buggy class with his TLR 8ight 2.0 was Ryan Lopez who chose Losi Red Ultra Digits to last the long one hour main event. Rounding out the podium was Shane Ogden in 2nd and Cole Ogden in 3rd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 14, 2011

Serpent S411 V2 motor mount bracket

Serpent have released this V2 one-piece aluminium motor mount bracket set for their S411 chassis. Precision machined from 7075 T6, it combines the motor mount and middle bracket and compared to the standard two piece setup, this will reduce flex and offer a different feeling of grip.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]