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June 27, 2009

Papadakis wins Greek 1/5th Nats Rd3

We received a brief report from the 3rd round of the Greek 1/5th scale Nationals, a class we rarely cover, which took place last weekend at the FRT race track in Athens. The 30 minute final saw an exciting battle between all 8 cars, with the top spot being fought over between Dimitris Papadakis, FG team mate Kwstas Giannitsas and HARM racer Tasos Papadopoulos. In the end it was Papadakis who would take the win, setting the fastest lap of the race, with Giannitsas in 2nd and Papadopoulos taking 3rd.

Click here to see some video action from the event

June 27, 2009

2009 Kyosho Masters Videos

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We briefly touched on the Kyosho Masters race, that was held last weekend outside Paris, France, last Sunday. For those who want to see the action, our friends at RC Mag have released some video footage from both the Elite buggy final (above) and the truggy finals (below). Check them out in the embedded players.

Click here for some truggy final action

June 27, 2009

Etronix DC Power Pal charger

Etronix have added a new DC only Power Pal to their line up, which saw the brand’s first charger, an AC/DC version, launched back in April. Small and compact this 12V DC version features a microprocessor controlled high performance charger, discharger, cycler for NiCd/NiMH/Lithium/Pb batteries along with an integrated cell voltage balancer. Other features include a temperature sensor option and an integrated Lithium battery balancer.

Click here for the full features list

June 26, 2009

Xray Asian Championship – Announcement

On the 15th to 16th of August, the ACO racing track in Fanling, Hong Kong will play host to the Xray Asian Championship Nitro Touring Challenge. Open only to racers with the 1/10th scale Xray NT1 chassis, using a Protoform body shell, your entry fee will not only let you take part but includes Tornado fuel for the duration of the event, a Dinner buffet on Sunday night and free transport to and from the track and the official hotel. Martin and Juraj Hudy will be present, not only to compete but will also be giving Tech talks and helping drivers with their cars throughout the weekend. Further details of the event can be found here along with details on how to enter.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 26, 2009

Hot Bodies D8 & D8T Lightweight accessories

Hot Bodies have released a whole range of new lightweight accessories used by Team HB drivers and suitable for the D8 and D8T cars. Replacing the stock steel versions, these lightweight aluminium parts include the upper shock fixing balls, upper suspension fixing balls, steering push rod balls, sway bar holders, shock end balls and finally king pin bushings. All parts are hard coated and sold in sets of 4.

Click here to see the other lightweight parts

June 26, 2009

Robitronic Aluminium Servo-arms

Robitronic now offers a new lineup of sturdy and ultra-reliable servo-arms. These new items are not your average run-off-the-mill alloy servo-horn, because they add a clever clamping mechanism that grips the servo’s spline with enough force, so that you’ll never lose or strip another servo arm again. Even if the servo’s spline-screw works itself loose, you can safely keep on racing since our clamp-style servo arms will still provide a firm grip. Available in 4 different versions and in 23T, 24T, 25T splines, each arm is laser-etched with the spline number and Robitronic logo.

Click here to see the other servo arms

June 26, 2009

Xray XB808 Lightweight Diff Outdrive adapters

Previously available for the Active diff on the XB808, Xray have released these lightweight outdrive adapters for the standard front & rear differentials. Made from Hudy spring steel, one of the toughest steel material available, the outdrives have been strategically machined to be lighter than the standard versions, while their special elongated design secures the drive shafts so they do not fall out in heavy jumps. CNC-machined on precision German long-turn machines they are additionally ground and strategically lightened to reduce rotating weight, then further hardened to ensure maximum strength and extra-long lifespan. Final precision hand-grinding ensures a very high tolerance to ensure an ultra-smooth tight fit in the diff body and diff gear.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 25, 2009

Team Epic Ex-Tech Sirio 2.0 engines

Introducing Team Epic’s newly redesigned Ex-Tech Sirio 2.0 engines. The new egines have an even stronger machined head, a newly redesigned Sirio based crankcase which has split mounting brackets to reduce engine flex. Team Epic now offers the complete line of Sirio engines, with the difference between the Ex-Tech Sirio and standard Sirio editions being the Ex-tech 2.0 gives you the opportunity to have your motor hand tuned and broken in, where as with the standard Sirio version you need to break the engine in yourself.

Source: Team Epic [teamepiconline.com]