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May 27, 2011

RC Hill-Climbing World Games – Announcement

The organisers of the RC Hill-Climbing World Games in Faistenau/Austria on June 11th got in touch to tell us about this fun event. Every kind of RC-car can compete, it doesn’t matter which scale or whether its electric or nitro, you just have to try to get to the top of the hill. Each run will be judged by the highest height as well as action & style, which will be voted for by 3 judges. Deadline for entry will be on Wednesday June 8th 2011 and you can find out more information here.

May 27, 2011

Xray RX8 2.6mm & 3.0mm rear anti-roll bars

Xray have released two new additions to their range of RX8 steel rear anti-roll bar wires. Allowing for additional tuning beyond the stock rear anti-roll bar, the new wires are available in 2.6mm and 3.0mm thickness, adding to the already available 2.8mm version. Manually measured, selected and straightened to eliminate all tweak, they are laser engraved for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 27, 2011

Vampire Racing Type AB+ brushless motors

First shown at the Nuremberg toy fair early this year, the Vampire Racing Type AB+ brushless motors are now finally available. Not only a smart looking motor, but also with technical features like a heavy-duty front bearing or a side-feed sensor plug, this motor is an quality piece of engineering. Available from 4.5T to 8.5T, they are very reasonably priced to boot.

View the motor rear plate here

May 27, 2011

Bro & Linder win Nordic Championships

This year’s Nordic Championship was held at the nice Spydeberg Raceway in Norway with drivers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark taking part, however regrettably no Finnish drivers this year. There was a total of 17 drivers in the 1:8 class and 34 drivers in the 200mm class and the event was very well organized, with excellent food and beverages all weekend. Practice Friday and qualifying Saturday were run in dry and sunny conditions and local young hotshot and rising European star Adrian Berntsen (N) showed who was the boss and TQ’ed both 1:8 TR and 200mm.

Continue reading the report here

May 27, 2011

KO Propo Frequency Hopping-Spread Spectrum

With the knowledge gained from their DS-SS (Direct Sequence-Spread Spectrum), KO Propo have introduced their new FH-SS (Frequency Hopping-Spread Spectrum). This new spectrum allows for a stronger performance against interference and creates a better response time. Each module will have a different hopping pattern which avoids interference and allow you to operate the system alongside 50 other units. The operating distance has also been improved to 160m, which is twice the previous distance and finally the binding time has been reduced to 0.01 seconds or less, simply turn it on and drive. KO have released a pair of new FH-SS transmitter modules and new KR411FH receivers for the EX-10 Eurus, the RF904FH module, and the EX-1 UR / Mars Series & Esprit 3, the RF903FH module.

View the RF903FH module set here

May 27, 2011

Sweep Racing Cloud9 closed cell Insert

After extensive testing with molded grooved foam inserts, Sweep Racing have focused their efforts on the development of new closed cell foam inserts. Closed cell foam inserts have many performance benefits over conventional designs, such as increased durability, waterproof, reduced tire deformation during cornering and lighter in weight. These characteristics make their Cloud 9 buggy insert a major improvement over their previous designs. Sweep drivers have reported increased cornering capability and improved acceleration. The Cloud 9 inserts are scheduled to arrive at dealers very soon.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

May 26, 2011

TLR Super Cup 2011 – Announcement

Eden Park Raceway will be hosting a two-day meeting on 25-26 June at their famous multi-surface racetrack in Beckenham, Kent. Although the organisers aim to attract top drivers from around Europe, it is hoped that the TLR Super Cup in association with Spektrum and Electrix will appeal to local drivers as well. The format sees a change to the norm with racing on both days for each class. On Saturday there will be two practices and three qualifiers, with a short practice, two qualifiers and multi-leg finals on Sunday. Qualifying will use the FTD format and there will be three legs for the A finals in 2WD, 4WD and Short Course with two legs for the other finals. Awards will be presented to the podium finishers in 2WD, 4WD and SC as well as the top three in U14 and U19 classes. There will also be a concourse competition prize kindly donated by RudeBits. Full information can be found here.

May 26, 2011

Kostas Zacharopoulos wins 1/8th Rd1 in Greece

Last weekend the first round of the Greek 1/8 On road Championship was held in Athens at the Arena Racing club. A well attended event, the race was won by the pole man Kostas Zacharopoulos driving a Blitz shod Mugen, taking the fastest lap, to win ahead of 5 time Greek Champion John Sotiropoulos in 2nd, driving a Serpent. Kyosho driver Vaggelis Totomis took 3rd, only 3 seconds back from 2nd place.

Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]