KOs of first Brushless ESC is announced for July/August. The weight is 26.4 gram. Height is 17,5mm without heat sink. Width and length are 37 and 33mm. engines to 2.5 turns are permitted. As programming software the same version as with is to be used the VFS-1.

Source : RC-Japan.de

COVINA, CA - March, 2008 – Moore’s Ideal Products LLC (miponline.com), the manufacturer of the top selling MIP RC car parts, tools, and accessories designed by racers for racers, announced today the release of it’s new stock replacement hop-ups to improve the handling of the increasingly popular radio controlled rock crawlers.

“After months of development, MIP is launching suspension products to handle the most prevalent problem for racers in the crawler market,” says Eustace Moore, Jr., President of Moore’s Ideal Products, LLC. “Top racers frustrated with failing stock crawler parts tested our MIP product and said ‘Finally – it didn’t break’ when their crawler performance got them farther in the race than ever before! We think extending the tremendously popular MIP CVDs to crawlers such as the Axial Scorpion will raise the already high level of competition with our latest products engineered to maximize the stability and performance of these scale model rock crawlers.”

MIP’s RC Hop-Ups Catalog is a great parts resource for RC Crawlers and RC Cars:

• #08100 CVD™ FT&RR Set for Axial AX10 Scorpion (4) $59.00
• #08101 C-Drive Spline Set for Axial AX10 Scorpion (2) $59.00

Technical information

• The C-Drive has 5mm bore at each end & min. working length of 4”
• .350 & Max working length of 5”.350 from end to end.

Source : RC Car Action

Xceed nut spinner set that includes 100mm tips in 3/16″, 1/4″, 5/16″, 11/32″ & 3/8″ sizes.

Xceed RC Products have announced the release of their extensive range of high quality tools specifically designed for use with R/C cars. Featuring a lightweight green anodised hollow aluminium handle, the surface has been knurled for better grip in the hand while the top sports a rotating end cap for better comfort during use. Also on the handle is tip identifying rings, machined grooves that allow you to quickly determine the correct tool to pick up. The tool tips have been made from hardened steel, which makes them very durable while continuing to ensure a good fit with the head of the fastener.

Source : Xceed

Michael Salven was in action the German Regionals for the West over the weekend and the factory Serpent driver was unstoppable around the Dormagen track taking the TQ and race win along with setting a new track record with his Mega ZX powered 960 ‘08.

Salven’s win was backed up by a a great drive from engine tuning guru Karl Heinz Meister who claimed the runners up spot also using a Mega ZX to give the Serpent 960 ‘08 a 1-2 finish.

For new SDD signing Tobias Hepp the event was to prove successful as the teenager qualified fifth overall before going on to make up one place in the place to finish a very creditable fourth in the A Final.

A Final Result
Dormagen, Germany

1. Salven - Serpent 960 ‘08/Mega ZX/Central Lola Light
2. Meister - Serpent 960 ‘08/Mega ZX/Central Lola Light
3. Wurst - Shepherd Velox/JP Racing
4. Hepp - Serpent 960 ‘08/Mega ZX/Central Lola Light

Source : Serpent

The first round of the BRCA 200mm Touring series took place at the Aldershot track in south east england over the weekend. The weather forecast did not look good going into the weekend, and unfortunately they proved correct when it started to rain on the Saturday practise day at about 13.30. This only gave everyone about 3 hours of practise on a dry track, but it was enough time for the usual contenders to set the best lap times!

The rain stayed all night, so qualifying started on a damp (but drying) track, after two rounds Darren Johnson was on TQ, his NT1 running perfectley on rubber tyres. For the next two rounds it continued to dry out so the final round would be the one to count, no pressure then!

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The year 2008 is shaping up to be a banner year for Team XRAY, with the arrival of champion Peter Jovanovic from Australia. Peter said the following about the prospect of joining Team XRAY:

“Joining Team XRAY has been a huge step in my racing career, i have had my eye on XRAY for a while now and it is a huge relief joining and working together with such a high performance racing team. I had tested the T2008 and its smoothness and consistency was the first thing that made me know that XRAY is going to make a big impact on my racing and take me another step further.

Thanks to XRAY and Custom Model Cars for making this all possible.”

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