Red RC » News

November 21, 2010

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. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– LiPo Chassis Graphite Motor Guard
– XB808 Dominates the 2010 Australian Proline Challenge
– NT1 Wins 2010 Spanish National Championship
– T3 Triple Champion at 2010 Spanish Championship
– T3 Victory & XII Podium Finish at 2010 NSW State Titles, AUS
– XB808 and XT8 Win US RC Pro Championship
– NT1 Wins 2010 Korean National Championship
– NT1 Wins the 2010 FEMCA GP

Click here to view the round-up

November 20, 2010

HPI ST-8 black wheel

Add some dark, cool style to your Mini-Trophy or scale truck build with the HPI ST-8 wheels in black. These 0mm offset wheels come packaged in pairs and feature a 1.9 inch bead diameter, perfect for fitting scale replica tyres like the Yokohama Geolandar tyres or any available scale replica off-road tyres. The ST-8 wheels will fit any car or truck with a standard 12mm hex adapter.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

November 19, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 one-piece engine mount V2

Following on from the release of their original one-piece engine mount for the MRX-5, Arrowmax have released an update V2 version. Machined from a single piece of aluminum, this new version features two additional mounting points for more secure mounting of the engine to the chassis, with the back plate end of the mount also cosmetically altered.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

November 19, 2010

Team Orion pit lamp

Team Orion have released their new pit lamp for making working on your car that much more comfortable. Making use of either 12V DC or 100 to 240V AC, the lamp been made out of aluminum and can be folded for easy storage and transportation. It comes supplied with a variety of different plug adapters.

View the power supply here

November 19, 2010

Cody King’s World Championship winning setup

Kyosho America have sent us the World Championship winning setup of new World Champion Cody King, which he used in Pattaya, Thailand to clinch the 2010 title. While you may never run on a track like that at PRS, its still interesting to see what way Cody had his car setup to take victory.

View the setup sheet here

November 18, 2010

Reedy 60C Competition LiPo Batteries

Reedy have announced the arrival of 60C competition LiPo batteries for the 2011 racing season. Competition tested and proven by top drivers Juho Levanen, Keven Hébert, Rick Hohwart and Christer Andersson, these all-new batteries feature high capacity for maximum duration and dimensions that fall within the specs required by international sanctioning bodies (approvals in process). Each battery features Reedy’s molded hard case and industry-standard 4mm socket connectors to minimize resistance and increase power. A pair of connectors is included with each battery. The saddle pack battery also includes a 12-gauge jumper wire with pre-installed 4mm connectors.

View the other packs here

November 18, 2010

VRC Column – Successful Alpha test & more

The VRC Pro team successfully concluded the long awaited alpha test in the 2nd week of October. The alpha test is an all-out internal test of all the processes on game, website and database level and precedes the external beta test. Although there are still areas that need work and fine-tuning, we can say that we are at approx. 96% of what is needed for beta test and eventually launch. At this moment the team is working on final component configuration to accommodate the trial and full user levels, some account issues (especially transaction reporting) and optimizing the VRC World social network community.

Continue reading the column here

November 18, 2010

Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship

The 4th round of the Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship took place in the Volteretas track at Jerez last weekend. Local driver Juan Luis Román had to finish behind Eloy Roldán to win the championship. In qualifying an inspired Raúl Moreno took the TQ with two perfect rounds. In the finals Juan Luis Román took the win in first and second final, the third final was suspended because a strong rain. Second place went to Raúl Moreno with Jesús Grille completing the podium.

View the final results here