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June 21, 2009

Alien Power Warp Micro ESC and BL motors

Alien Power have released yet more new products with the announcement of a new Warp Micro ESC and Warp 2.0 brushless motors. The lightweight Warp Micro ESC comes in at only 30 grams , has a small footprint and works with sensorless brushless motors. Able to handle 4-9 cell NiMh & NiCd or 2-3 cell LiPo packs, it has a normal output of 25A peaking at 90A. The 2nd Generation Warp brushless motors are the results of testing from their team, and feature a newly designed black casing, optimized Internal cooling and a new 12mm sintered rotor. Available in a wide range of winds from 3.0T to 10.5T as well as ROAR spec 10.5T, 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T.

Click here to see the Warp 2.0 brushless motor

June 21, 2009

Team Magic G4RS 09 of Raimondo Gilletti

Back in February we brought you the first photographs of the new G4RS 2009 edition (formerly dubbed the G4II) from Team Magic, when we were shown Dario Balestri’s prototype car at the Toy Fair in Germany. Last month we showed you a video of that car testing at Gubbio, host of this years European Championship, at the hands of the double European Champion and now we have photos of the final G4RS 09 of Italian TM/Novarossi team driver Raimondo Gilletti. Basically in its production form, the car is very similar to the prototype with the exception of some different materials, such as the plastic front upper suspension brackets, aluminium chassis stiffeners in place of carbon and plastic rear lower suspension brackets. The prototype plastics have of course all been replaced with the final molded versions and overall the car looks complete. The car has some nice touches such as the super small diameter front and rear gear differentials, the low centre of gravity and centralised weight, the large scope for adjustment and the ability to change between a blade or wire type front ant-roll bar. Having been tested extensively by the Italian TM team of Balestri, Gilleti and Mario Spiniello, the car is expected to hit the market at the end of June, 3 weeks before it will attempt to defend its European title.

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June 21, 2009

VP Pro 1/8th scale pinions

VP Pro have introduced a complete range of pinion gears for 1/8th scale electric conversions. Manufactured from high quality materials using a high precision gear machine, assuring ultra precise tolerances and concentricity, they come in all sizes from 12T – 18T.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

June 20, 2009

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on.

Click here to view the round-up

June 20, 2009

Corally ESC program card & brass weights

Some new items from Corally, starting with this BMS ESC program card, which makes setting up the Corally BMS brushless speed controller a breeze. This credit card sized program card uses an all new user friendly interface and because of its compact size can be easily brought with you to the track. It makes setting up your speedo super easy and does away with confusing setup methods like counting the number of beeps. Also new for the RDX PHI ’09 are the Team Corally low center of gravity brass balancing weights in 25 grams and 30 grams for standard chassis and the US LiPo chassis.

Click here to see the balancing weights

June 20, 2009

PSM Racing Inferno MP9 shock towers

New from German optional parts maker PSM Racing are these shock towers for Kyosho Inferno MP9 buggy. Made from 4mm high grade German carbon fibre, making them lightweight and super strong, the front and rear towers will replace the original aluminium versions without any modifications necessary.

Click here to see the front shock tower

June 19, 2009

Futaba brushless MC950CR ESC & Servos

Futaba has announced the release of 2 new brushless products, the first being the new MC950CR brushless ESC. Extremely adjustable, with the ability to change parameters through your transmitter, it has large, isolated solder posts for quicker, safer wire attachment and features an aluminium case and comes with heat sink with removable fan. The other new item is a range of brushless servos, which claim to offer 30% faster response time, 500% more life time and all 16 types feature dual bearings and strong samarium cobalt magnets for smoother operation.

Click here to see the brushless servo

June 19, 2009

Christophe Aygon wins French 8th Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Limoges, close to the the centre of the country. With the winner of the first 3 rounds, Adrien Bertin busy helping at the Euro ‘B’ Championships in Switzerland, the series would be sure of having a new winner this round. Qualfiying in the Elite class went the way of Serpent/RB driver Anthony Abisset debuting the new 966, followed by Stéphane Bouche, Romain Picard and Laurent Pageneau, while in the National class another Serpent 966 driver topped the time sheets, Arnaud Mathieu, in front of Jérôme Berthelot, Gérald Colinet and Damien Thirion. Following the semi finals, the Elite main final saw Bouche start from 11th having called for a delay. Abisset went off into the lead but on lap 5 came into contact with another car and broke his rim, loosing him a lot of time and dropping him down the order. Romain Picard took over the lead but a better tire strategy from the old guns Christophe Aygon and Serge Christiany saw them take over at the front and claim the win for Serpent and the new 966, with Stéphane Bouche recovering to 3rd by the end. In the National final Arnaud Mathieu sets off at qualifying pace and couldn’t be touched as behind Jérôme Berthelot claimed 2nd and a close battle for 3rd between Damien Thirion and Gérald Colinet is decided on the final corner with Colinet claiming the final podium step by 3 tenths of a second.

Click here for the final results