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December 27, 2011

ProTek R/C 70C LiPo battery packs

A Main Hobbies’ brand ProTek R/C have announced four new LiPo battery packs that boast an incredible 70C discharge rating. These ROAR Approved packs are available as 2S 6400mAh, 2S Shorty 4100mAh, 4S 6400mAh and 1S 5800mAh versions all with hard cases. ProTek RC offers a 50% Damage Replacement program for one year after original purchase date on all batteries that have been damaged due to impact, over-discharging, or improper charging that have not been modified or disassembled. The damaged battery will be replaced by a comparable battery at 50% off of its retail cost.

View the other battery packs here

December 27, 2011

Meyir Azulay wins Israeli League Rd3

This past weekend saw the 3rd round of the Israeli League for nitro 1/8 scale buggies held at Top-Drive racing club near Tel Aviv. Yaniv Sivan TQ’d the field with his Kyosho MP9 WC, however a problem with his car caused him to lose the lead and a few places. Race day was full of failures to everyone which caused strong drivers to find themselves in the B final. Some say that the B final was more challenging then the A due to a close race between Yaniv Sivan (TQ) and young talented driver Or Levy that did not give up and despite the close battle won the heat. In the A main it was Meyir Azulay that took the win with his Xray ahead of the Mugen pairing of Itai Atedgi and Dan Pric in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the B Final podium here

December 26, 2011

Team Titan Blitz Mini GTI

Team Titan have released their new Blitz Mini GTI, new M-Class Sedan body with 225mm wheelbase. Designed to fit most 1/10 Mini cars with the same wheelbase, it comes supplied with an optional wing which can be used to create more downforce for faster cornering. Tested on standard Mini cars and FF type Mini cars such as the Tamiya M-05M with great stability and handling. Available in 1.0mm and 0.8mm light versions with optional wing and high quality decal / window masks included.

View another image of the body here

December 26, 2011

Dualsky 150A ESC & 6200mAh LiPo pack

Dualsky have introduced its new Track & Field 150A Brushless ESC suitable for 1/10 scale including 4WD short course. Designed with Ice Core 2 Cooling Technology and pre-installed with Ttronic V2.1 competition software, it comes with full metal shell for super cooling effect, small footprint, upgradable software (adjustable advance timing) and pre soldered 12AWG wire. Dualsky have also a new special edition 6200mAh 65C 2S2P LiPo pack with increased capacity & bursts, and is suitable for ESC with Booster property. They have also released a new race edition 5200mAh 65C 2S1P LiPo pack specifically designed for intermediate level racers.

View the new LiPo packs here

December 25, 2011

JJ Wang wins Christmas Shoot Out

The final race of the year in China was held at the RCI indoor racing club in Shanghai. In the top class 11.5T, JJ Wang driving his HB TCX cruised to victory over second place driver Zhang Fang Zhou, also driving a TCX. In third place was Ed Clark from the UK driving a Tamiya 417. This was a control race using Hobby Wing motors and Team Power tires. Other classes in the Christmas shoot out included 13.5T sports class, and Formula One.

Source: RCFans [rcfans.com]

December 24, 2011

Team C Exzes transmitter bag

Team C have released a new transmitter bag for the Sanwa Exzes stick radio. The case, which features a cool carbon fibre look sports a solid block of foam which has been cut out to perfectly fit the Exzes securely while also offering some other space for RX packs and spare receivers.

View the foam insert here

December 24, 2011

Marc Rheinard wins 2011 Italian Charity Race

Earlier this month Team La Gang organized a big event for Charity in the permanent track of RCLandia in Scandiano, Italy. The scope of the race was to collect money to donate, this year, to the Child division of the Reggio Emilia’s Hospital. Team La Gang in cooperation with ToniSport decided to use the same rules as the ETS round 2 which will take place on the same track in January which gave the racers the chance to practice in the Pro-Stock division, which is the most popular class in the ETS thanks to the fantastic rules and the support of Speed Passion, the new Formula 1 class and the Modified class.

Continue reading the report here

December 24, 2011

KM H-K1 ball cups & MTX-5 carbon options

KM Racing have released a number of new items for their own H-K1 and the Mugen MTX-5. For the H-K1 there is a new set of aluminium ball cups which are stronger and more durable than the originals and wont slip. A set includes 4 pairs of aluminium ball cups and plastic cup inserts. For the MTX-5 there is a carbon brake arm set and carbon radio box plate set, both are lightweight and durable and are made using aluminium mounts.

View the MTX-5 parts here