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March 14, 2009

KO Propo PDS-2345 ICS Digital Servo

Debuting at the toy Fair last month KO Propo have announced that their PDS-2345 ICS Digital Servo is now available. This is their new regular sized high speed digital servo designed for electric touring cars. Pricing has come down on this servo due to not having the machined heat sink, while the gears in the servo are metal with their hybrid first gear and KO’s programming capabilities. Also now available is the company’s ICS Multi Setting Adapter & Mini-Z 2.4GHz Setting Card, which allows the users of the Kyosho 2.4GHz Mini-Z to program changes of the car. Includes the hand setting adapter, card and cable.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]

March 14, 2009

Xray Front Coil Springs for XII

New for the XII, Xray have released an additional range of choices of their ultimate-match front coil shock springs, to help fine-tune your car. Powder color-coded for quick & easy identification, they have been developed through extensive testing and racing experience. The same thickness of wire is used for each spring, and stiffness is controlled by the number of coils, the softer springs have a lower “C” value and more coils, while the stiffer springs have a higher “C” value and fewer coils. Sold in a pair.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 13, 2009

Iñaky Pahissa wins Spanish 1/10th Nats Rd1

Last weekend saw the Cerdanyola Modelcar Track, play host to the 1st round of the Spanish 1/10th scale 200mm National Championship. The event drew 84 drivers ready to open 2009 season and following qualifying it was Xabier Arana who had taken the TQ, followed by Rodrigo Pahissa, Iñaky Pahissa and Johnny Pastor. The main Final was clearly dominated by Xray driver Iñaky Pahissa who took the first position after the first refuelling and kept it for the whole race. The fight for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places was very interesting and we saw 5 drivers fighting and swapping positions trying to reach the final podium places. In the end it was Kyosho driver Ramón Guasch that took 2nd ahead of another Xray driver Rodrigo Pahissa in 3rd, who also made the fastest lap in the final and set an new track record. Both Rodrigo and Iñaky Pahissa used Merlin fuel to power their Max Power engines.

Source: Merlin [merlinfuel.com]

March 13, 2009

Tamiya 8-piece RC Tool set

New from Tamiya is this handy compact tool set, which includes most of the tools you would ever need when working on your car. Supplied in a base stand with transparent cover, the set includes 2 philips head screw drivers, a flat head screwdriver, a 5.5mm and 7mm nut spinner and a 1.5mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm hex driver. Also supplied with the set is a large diameter handle that the tools can sit into to give them more leverage if needed. Available from tomorrow.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

March 13, 2009

GS Racing Storm CLX Pro buggy

See for the first time at the toy fair last month GS Racing have released full details about their new 1/8th scale Storm CLX Pro buggy. Using the highly successful Storm CL-1 Advanced Plus as the foundation, GS has created a lighter, stronger and more nimble buggy. Durability, balance, quality and weight have all received improvements, resulting in a buggy that turns faster lap times yet is consistent and easy to drive.

Source: GS Racing [gsracing.com.tw]

March 13, 2009

Basile Concialdi wins French 10th Nats Rd1

The opening round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend in Monteux in the south of France. The weather was dry all weekend with 18 degrees temperatures on the finals day and there was 87 drivers in attendance, split between Elite and National classes. In the Elite class, it was Thomas Eytard who took the top spot in qualifying from Mikael Pontal in 2nd and Thomas Desmaries claiming 3rd, while in the National class it was Anthony Bruyer who claimed TQ ahead of local racers Jérôme Di Crocco and Thomas Corréard. In the Elite final the first 20 minutes saw the race still wide open to a number of front runners with Thomas Desmaries leading the way. At the 30 minute mark a lot of drivers came in for a tire stop with Chaussard doing all 4 and the leader Desmaries only doing the rear tires. Basile Concialdi would not change any tires and could take the lead and with it the win, with Chaussard taking 2nd and Maxime Favrel 3rd, all 3 drivers with the Xray NT1. In the National final it was all about the pole man Anthony Bruyer, who cruised to victory in front of Thomas Correard in 2nd and J-Paptiste Geneau in 3rd.

Click here to see the final results

March 12, 2009

Xray Column – 2009 Kick-off

The 28th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about the start of the 2009 race season which takes in the DHI Cup and European Indoor Championships in Italy.

This January was busy as usual, even a bit more so than usual. First of all, internally we have worked on four new big XRAY projects at the same time as well as finishing plenty of new HUDY products which is by far the largest amount of new stuff we have ever worked on simultaneously. Secondly, in addition to the annual DHI Cup which kicks off the electric touring car season, we had another major and highly competitive race on schedule; the newly-added European Indoor Championship for 1/10 electric touring cars and 1/12 pan cars and the US team headed to the annual US Touring Car Championship.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 11, 2009

Adam Drake wins Silver State warmup

Last weekend was the final test at the Boulder City track to get ready for the Silver State Nitro Challenge the first week of April. Drivers from Losi, AE, Tamiya, Mugen, Kyosho, and O’Donnell were in attendance to do some final testing. The conditions were very dusty and bumpy and at the end of qualifying it was Losi / GRP’s Adam Drake on top of both the 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck class. The conditions in the mains were even rougher and the weather was getting cold, but Adam Drake was able to come out on top again in both 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck, in the latter Adam won the final by more then 1 lap.