TQ R/C & Hobbies

Huge R/C Products, the company of former electric touring car World Champion Surikarn C, release information on their new FF12 belt-driven front wheel drive car. The kit is based on the FF11 and features a redesigned 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis with 2.0mm upper deck, 3.5mm shock mounts and improved chassis flex for more corner speed, traction and stability. Newly designed is the belt drive transmission with 2.4375 internal ratio, 7075-T6 hard coated belt pulleys and repositioned motor mount. The transmission case is designed to also hold Tamiya FF03 gear internals while the aluminium front bumper support allows for better motor cooling due to an airflow design. Other features include a floating servo mount, dual bellcrank aluminium steering system, hard compound suspension components, high-quality aluminium suspension mounts and shocks, front and rear anti-roll bars, aluminium turnbuckles and full rubber sealed bearings.

Team Orion have released this brand new and innovative LiPo racing hard case battery with an incredible capacity of 8000mAh. It is the first battery they have with a double connector which drastically reduces the resistance in the battery pack. Combined with the World Championship winning 90C Carbon Pro LiPo battery technology this will be a hard battery to beat. The new 8000mAh battery is available with gold plugs or Dean’s connectors.

Team Orion’s new Advantage ONE 405 is a very attractively priced AC/DC entry level charger opening the doors to the quality and design of the Team Orion Advantage charger family. With a charge power of 50W this super compact charger can handle LiPo batteries with 2, 3 and 4 cells and NiXX batteries with 1-8 cells. The charge current can be chosen from 1, 2, 3 or 4 Amps. The Advantage ONE 405 comes with 4 buttons and 4 LED’s showing the charge current.

Exotek Racing introduce new option parts for the Team Durango DEX210 in the form of rear RR suspension mounts for mid motor converted DEX210 buggies and DEST210 trucks. The parts are made from 7075 aluminium, at 6g slightly heavier than the stock parts and their design does away with the normal spacers and shims used in this section. Available is a 0 degree part to maintain stock geometry and a +.5 degree hanger that adds 0.5 degree of rear toe-in for added stability and rear grip. The parts come gold anodised and with laser-etched markings.

Available now from Team Durango are aluminium and steel Mod1 and 48dp pinion gears of various sizes. The Mod1 gears are made for the use with 1/8th vehicles and come in sizes of 18 to 25 teeth while the 48dp pinions are available from 15 to 30 teeth. Made from high-grade aluminium or steel they come laser-etched for easy identification and are currently a ‘limited edition’ item.

New from Hobbywing come the updated Xerun 120A V3.1 and 90A V2.1 controllers. Starting with the 120A variant, the updated version of the V3 now features an aluminium lower case for better heat dissipation, an updated heatsink design for better airflow and cooling as well as silicone-sealed sensor and fan connectors for dust protection. The V3.1 also comes with updated firmware that sports different neutral range and turbo timing settings. Also new is the Xerun 90A V2.1, the follow-up model of the 60A controller. The controller comes with a different hardware for higher performance, a 5.5T motor limit and 360A burst current rating. Both ESCs are available from February.

Team Durango introduce vented slipper plates for their 210 series buggies and trucks. They are made from high-quality aluminium and feature venting holes to dissipate heat better and to make for fading-free operation even with high-power motors or when an excessive amount of slip is generated. The plates come in sets of two and fit both the DEX210 buggy and DEST210 truck.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

Reds Racing from Italy introduce the new M3 WorldCup .12 engine for 200mm nitro on-road cars. The Mario Rossi tuned engine sports several new features, to ensure best performance and reliability, such as a new domed piston, high efficiency combustion chamber, sleeve with new inlet and outlet ports design and an all new timing. The new parts and design increase low end power and also reduce fuel consumption. All these innovations have allowed to increase in particular the power at low and medium RPM while reducing the fuel consumption.

MIP introduce the C-CVD driveshafts for the Kysosho RB6 buggy kit. The set includes black CVD bones made from alloy steel, keyed rear drive axles, keyed 7075 hex adapters and an array of of small parts and hardware to build MIP’s well known captured CVD driveshafts that offer near zero backlash and torque bind free operation.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

MIP introduce the C-CVD driveshafts for the Kysosho RB6 buggy kit. The set includes black CVD bones made from alloy steel, keyed rear drive axles, keyed 7075 hex adapters and an array of of small parts and hardware to build MIP’s well known captured CVD driveshafts that offer near zero backlash and torque bind free operation.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]