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January 31, 2011

RB Products 2011 .12 & MT Engine line

Following the announcement of their 2011 line of .21 engines, RB Products have sent us details on their new .12 and 4.6cc Monster truck motors. The 2011 line of 2.11cc engines includes 5 new updates beginning with their top of the line T11RS touring engine, as well as the T11RC with slightly smaller diameter crankshaft. The standard T11 and entry level TJ11 has also been updated with the latter coming in rotostart or pullstart versions. Finally their MT11 Monster Truck engine has also received an update.

View full details on the entire range here

January 31, 2011

Serpent S411 touring car

Serpent have developed a brand-new 1/10 scale touring car to help make a come-back into this highly competitive racing class. The project is nearing its completion and the results will be shown on the Toy-Fair in Germany later this week. The Serpent S411 is all about refinement. The design-team has decades of experience in electric car racing and this shows. Fast and easy set-up, easy maintenance and straight out of the box performance with top quality parts. Sales of the car will begin in April.

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January 31, 2011

RB Products 2011 .21 Engine line

Just a few days ahead of the toy fair in Nuremberg and RB Products have announced their new engine line for 2011. Consisting of 3 new offroad and 3 new onroad engines, they include the 5 port B11, the follow up to the double European Championship winning buggy engine, the 3 port X11 engine and the F11, a newcomer to the RB line which is great for both buggy and truggy. In the onroad line up their are updates to the C11 top of the line circuit engine and the Classico C11 as well as the Rally 11.

View full details on the entire range here

January 30, 2011

TecnoPower goes 1/8th on-road with Andrea Lorenzi

TecnoPower have officially announced that they will enter into the extremely competitive and difficult 1/8th scale on-road market with talented young up and coming Italian driver Andrea Lorenzi, who finished 3rd at last year’s Euro B in Monaco. TecnoPower are proud to have Andrea joining them and helping to promote and race their engines. He will not only participate in the upcoming 2011 Italian National championships but also at the 2011 Worlds in Miami USA.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]

January 29, 2011

Video – Xray RX8 testing

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Youtube user CGF1214 (Chris) posted the above video of Ralph Burch testing the new Xray RX8 1/8th scale at the Ft Myers track in Florida ahead of next week’s Winternats. No details of the new car are shown in the video with the exception of what you can see of the rear end during refueling, but all will be revealed at the cars official release on Wednesday at the Nuremberg toy fair.

January 29, 2011

Orcan A5 Sport 200mm body

Early enough for the new 2011 outdoor season Orcan has launched a new touring car body named A5 Sport. SMI-Motorsport in Germany together with German body maker TRT/SLB and two-time European Champion Dirk Wischnewski have developed this new 200mm body on the basis of the successful A5 200mm. “At the beginning we wanted to change only a few small things”, Bertram Kessler of SMI reported, “but then we brought in more and more cutting-edge ideas which made the new Orcan A5 Sport more sporty, more agile and finally faster.”

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January 28, 2011

KM H-K1 16T & 23T V2 pulleys & shaft

KM Racing continue to release option parts for the H-K1 car with the announcement of these new 16T and 23T version 2 pulleys. Made from hard coated aluminium, these are strategically machined to be lightweight, feature holes on the side walls to prevent dirt build up and no sport set screws to hold them in place. Also new for the same middle assembly is this lightweight titanium shaft that can accept both the pin and screw type pulleys from KM.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

January 28, 2011

Capricorn HLD diff pins

Capricorn have announced that their new diff pins feature their new HLD, ‘hard like diamond’, treatment. Instead of the classic hard coating the new treatment doubles the hardness of the pin and also guarantees less friction. This is the same treatment that is applied to the crankshaft of real racing engine.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]