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April 24, 2011

Körmendi Gábor & Eugenio Carlevaro win Rd1 in Hungary

The first round of Hungarian Championship took place last weekend in Pécs in the south of Hungary. The 30 minutes 1:8 scale final was dominated by Velox V8 driver Körmendi Gábor. Starting from TQ spot he managed to extend his lead to one lap gap in front of Serpent driver Tibor Bognár after 9 minutes. But during the 2nd fuel stop his engine stopped and he dropped back to 3rd place. After he rejoined the race he fought back to the top within 5 minutes and nobody could stop him to win the race. Tibor Bognár was running close to him during the whole final, but he lost his chance for the win when his engine stopped 4 minutes before the checkered flag and he had to settle for 2nd, four laps down. Zoltan Jáger earned some important championship points for third place.

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April 24, 2011

Werks Racing B6 & B5-Pro engines

Werks Racing have announced the release of their new B5-Pro and B6-Pro engine. They left the basic performance characteristics of the aggressive bottom and strong mid/top of the B5 and the super smooth and linear power band of the B6 in place and just made them better with these new Pro versions. By incorporating ceramic rear bearings and a lightened and epoxy filled crankshaft in the Pro versions, engines will now spool up faster providing increased acceleration and fuel economy. Black anodized crankcases not only look sharp but also provide for increased heat dissipation. A billet CNC machined rear back plate reduces weight and increases rigidity of the case assembly. A new heat insulation sleeve material improves carburetor performance and reduces the likelihood of heat saturation. Finally everything is topped off with a new, large diameter cooling head which not only improves heat dissipation but also lowers the overall CG of the engine by reducing weight by 5% over the standard B5 & B6 heads and an amazing 10% over their 2010 head design.

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April 24, 2011

CSO RX8 clutch pinions

CSO Racing have introduced a line of clutch bell pinion gears for the Xray RX8 1/8th scale. Made from 7075 T6 hard coated aluminium, they will be available in 15T, 16T, 19T, 20T & 21T versions to allow you to fine tune your clutch for all different tracks.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

April 23, 2011

Venom extends line of LiPo packs

Venom have released an extensive line of LiPo packs for a variety of applications, capacities and price ranges. Starting with Venom’s highest performance LiPo series to date. Three new 70C continuously rated hard case car packs to handle today’s high performance power systems. For both 1/10th scale and 1/8th scale vehicles, there is the 5800mAh 70C 2S, 5300mAh 70C 2S and 5300mAh 70C 4S packs. These race ready packs come equipped with heavy-duty 12AWG silicone wire leads and the Venom Universal Plug System, all protected by a durable hard plastic case.

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April 22, 2011

LRP Vector K4 brushless motor

The LRP Vector K4 is great brushless motor for all R/C drivers, whether offroad or onroad, the K4 is suitable for nearly all applications. It is available in five different windings, from 6.5T to 17.5T, and is fully rebuildable. The K4 includes many features of the successful Vector X-12 Stock-Spec competition motor, including the sensor positioning, oversized ball bearings, and HDS technology. The rotor is equipped with a 5mm sized shaft, which makes the K4 motor extremely robust. For weight reduction, the front part of the two-piece housing is made of heat-dissipating metal in a gun-metal look, while the rear part consists of high-quality synthetic material. LRP’s K4 brushless motors come with pre-soldered silicone flex wires with gold coated connectors.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

April 22, 2011

X-Power dNano Super Wide tires

X-Power have released the latest in its popular line of Foam Racing Wheels for the dNano, the Super Wide. Available in 19RA size, soft & very soft compounds, standard ‘RA’ size rear wheels are 5.5mm in width while the ‘Super Wide’ is 8mm, giving a considerably larger contact patch for even more grip on surfaces like carpet and hard plastic circuits like the Kyosho Home Circuit.

Source: X-Power [xpowerrc.com]

April 22, 2011

DE Racing D8 Hara Edition mud guards

DE Racing has just released these new mud guards for the Hot Bodies D8 Hara Edition. They have been altered from the originals to accommodate the use of optional threaded hinge pins in the rear hubs as found on the Hara Edition. Sold as a pair, they come supplied with fasteners.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

April 22, 2011

Kyle Branson wins first round of BRCA 200mm Nationals

Reigning British Champion Kyle Branson, who had been busy attending the 1/8th Worlds in Miami, sent us this report from the first round of the BRCA 1/10th 200mm nationals was held at the end of March in the Cotswoulds district. The weather forecast looked promising for the weekend, the sun was shining Saturday morning which looked set to be a really nice day. The traction levels were not too bad to start off with, but with plenty of cars going around the track it soon increased. During practice on Saturday most of the top drivers was separated by a few tenths setting up the scene for some close racing for Sunday.

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