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December 4, 2011

Picco Factory Outlet

Site advertiser Picco Micromotori in Italy have announced their Picco Factory Outlet, a place on their site to find products that are currently out of production at rock bottom prices. Simple visit the ‘Factory Outlet’ page on their website, select the offer most interesting to you, click ‘Buy Now’, and you will be directed to a list of available sales partners. Currently there is only one engine on display, for EUR 99, but more products will be added as they become available so check back regularly.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

December 4, 2011

Robitronic aluminium servo-arms

Robitronic now offers a new lineup of sturdy and ultra-reliable servo-arms. They add a clever clamping mechanism that grips the servo’s spline with enough force, so that you’ll never lose or strip a servo arm again. Even if the servo’s spline screw works itself loose, you can safely keep on racing since the clamp-style servo arms will still provide a firm grip. Laser-etching tells you the spline indexing, (23T, 24T, 25T) they’re built for.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

December 3, 2011

Calandra Racing rocks Cleveland again

The Annual U.S. Indoor Championships in Cleveland has now completed it’s 32nd year of competition. Known as the original hotel race, the Champ’s midwest location has always drawn the racers from the surrounding area, the midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeast, places strong with indoor road racing in the fall and winter. While the race has seen it’s ups and down in turnout, the champs has always had strong competition and a club-like feel. For the 2011 version, CRC had another successful weekend, again capturing the TQ spot in 4 out of the 5 pan car classes. In addition CRC cars and tires took 4 out of the five victories, a strong performance.

Read the full report here.

December 3, 2011

RB E One buggy teaser

RB Products have published a teaser for the electric powered version of their One buggy which was released earlier this year, called the RB E One. We have no additional information other than the name, but we publish further details when we find out more.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

December 3, 2011

Associated RC8 option parts

Associated have released a number of new parts for the RC8 line of vehicles. First up are these lightweight drive train parts which have been machined to reduce weight to help the performance of the car. The parts getting this treatment are the diff ring gear and the 44T spur gear. Also new are these precision-machined, tapered Delrin pistons for the 16mm Big Bore shocks. The team set out to improve over the 10 x 1.1 piston setup with damping characteristics that also excelled when the track got bumpy. Extensive testing showed that by drilling out 5 of the 10 holes larger, the damping provided the best of both worlds. The larger 1.2mm or 1.3mm allow for better low speed damping over bumps, while still keeping the great smooth track handling characteristics of the smaller 1.1 hole setups.

View the other new parts here

December 3, 2011

Mugen Pro Starter B3 starter boxes

Mugen have made some running changes to their line of on road and buggy starter boxes, the Pro Starter B3. The new boxes now feature a new handle which places the glow connector at an angle for easy access and to prevent it interfering with the bottom of the car. The boxes can now also readily accept LiPo packs.

View more images of the B3 here

December 3, 2011

Randy Pike joins KO Propo team

Team Tekin’s Product Research/Team Manager Randy Pike has joined the KO Factory Team. With Randy’s background in testing for Team Tekin’s products, he needed something reliable and the newest technology to use as a test bed. His choice was KO’s EX-10 Eurus D.D.S. with the new FHSS system and RSx servos. Randy had this to say:

After trying many radio systems and servos from various manufacturers I have found the choice for me to be KO PROPO. The level of comfort and control the KO Propo Eurus and DDS FH 2.4 hopping system is like none I’ve tried in the past. Coupled with the smooth and powerful RSX Response servos mean I can focus on other parts of my racing and forget about my control system. Testing the latest equipment day in and day out means I must have reliability with my radio system at all times.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com]

December 2, 2011

Motonica P81 RS2 on road chassis

Motonica have released the P81 RS2, the next evolution of their 1/8th scale on road chassis. Based off the racing experience gained this year, Motonica takes a further step forward to improve upon the already top performance of their race winning chassis. The new version retains the features already developed in the previous version, keeping the technical features and all the components of the RS version untouched. The most important innovation of the RS2 is the new front hub set that allows the adjustment of the King Pin angle, which can have a considerable effect on the cars performance.

View more details and images here