May 24, 2010

Roche Ceramic bearings & Carbon wing holders

Roche Ceramic bearings & Carbon wing holders

Roche RC’s new ceramic ball bearings are made from pure silicon nitride material that are 60% lighter in weight and 7 times harder than steel. Friction is reduced to near zero, so your car acceleration and top speed will be even better. Both sides of the bearings feature low contact labyrinth type rubber seals which after a few runs you will notice get even smoother when the bearing do a matching groove on the inner seal. Something we covered previously, the carbon wing holder is now on the market and the kit includes 2pcs of carbon wing supports, 3×8 flat head alum screws & 3mm lock nuts with the screws available in gold, green, purple and red.

View the carbon wing holders here


May 24, 2010

Jason Ruona wins SC Mod at JConcepts Wave

The JConcepts Wave race takes place in the heart of the R/C corridor, SoCal. One of the world’s premier indoor off-road facilities, ORCR Raceway has been chosen for 2 years in a row to host the event. With more than 100 indoor pit spots, as well as a fully stocked hobby shop and sizable indoor clay off-road track, the Wave’s venue and location are second to none. California locals were well represented with Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Cody Turner, Frank Root and Chris Jarosz taking part in the event. Drivers traveling in from out of town such as Nor Cal’s Lloyd Dassonville, Arizona’s Tanner Denney and Florida’s Jason Ruona provided tight competition all weekend.

Read the rest of the report here


May 24, 2010

Spec-R AD-R 1/10 Mini TC body

Spec-R AD-R 1/10 Mini TC body

New from Spec-R is this new 1/10 mini size touring car body that is designed to provide lots of downforce and excellent handling on the track. The new AD-R 1/10 mini TC shell is made from high quality lexan and comes supplied with protective overspray mask.

View another image of the shell here


May 24, 2010

Teddy Syach does double at Rd3 in Indonesia

Teddy Syach does double at Rd3 in Indonesia

The 3rd round of Indonesian 1/10 EP TC National Championship was held at Jakarta International Twin Circuit, Jakarta in sunny weather conditions. With 69 total drivers competed in stock and modified class it was a very big entry for an Indonesian RC EP race. In the Modified class, Bowie Ginting took the TQ spot with his Xray T3 followed by Teddy Syach with his HB Cyclone TC and Kris Heriyana placed his Tamiya TRF 416X in 3rd spot.

Continue reading the report here


May 24, 2010

Robitronic Competition LiPos & NiMh sport packs

Robitronic Competition LiPos & NiMh sport packs

Robtironic have introduced their complete new line of batteries that includes high end competition packs as well as sport stick packs. The LiPo packs are available in stick pack, saddle pack and 1/12th scale configuration and all sport hard cases. The 4600mAh 40C 1/12th pack comes pre wired while the 5400mAh 50C & 5000mAh 50C stick pack and the 5000mAh & 4500mAh saddle packs all feature low resistance 4mm plugs, all packs packs supplied with 3.5mm silicone cables and 4mm gold plated plugs. Also available are the sport NiMh packs that come in 5000mAh, 4000mAh, 3600mAh  & 3000mAh and come pre wired with 2.5mm silicone cable and Tamiya plug.

View the other packs here


May 24, 2010

Robitronic Competition LiPos & NiMh sport packs

Robitronic have introduced their complete new line of batteries that includes high end competition packs as well as sport stick packs. The LiPo packs are available in stick pack, saddle pack and 1/12th scale configuration and all sport hard cases. The 5400mAh 50C & 5000mAh 50C stick packs feature low resistance 4mm plugs and all packs packs supplied with 3.5mm silicone cables and 4mm gold plated plugs. Also available are the sport NiMh packs that come in 5000mAh, 4000mAh, 3600mAh  & 3000mAh and come pre wired with 2.5mm silicone cable and Tamiya plug.

View the other packs here


May 24, 2010

Grainger wins Schumacher BTCC Rd2

Grainger wins Schumacher BTCC Rd2

Chris Grainger took round two of the Schumacher BTCC at the magnificent Cotswold track over the weekend. The modified class was dominated by the MI4 of Grainger who took FTD and the overall victory, the day was made sweeter for Grainger’s team as the modified class saw three of the Schumacher cars on the podium, Colin Price was second with John Pape third. In Pro Stock it was another Schumacher 1-2-3, James Hart took both legs of the A final ahead of Lee Price and Mark Musgrove, while in the stock class Zak Finlay won ahead of fellow Schumacher driver Scott Hauser. Many drivers were using the BTCC as warm up for the BRCA national in three weeks time, and with the event held in scorching hot conditions, it did cause a few problems with overheating motors and ESC’c. Drivers may be hoping for slightly cooler conditions in a few weeks time.