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Power HD sign Christopher Krapp

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:19 AM PST

Servo manufacturer Power HD has announced the signing of German driver Christopher Krapp to their team. This multi-time IFMAR World Championship finalist will use Power HD servos in his future onroad and offroad campaigns, including the ETS, EOS, European Championship, World Championship and more International and National events as well as assist Power HD in servo research and development. Christopher had the following to say:

I am happy to announce to represent the Power HD brand from now on. They have a series of first class products to support my racing in the onroad and offroad category. I want to thank especially Harma Ye for this opportunity and I can’t wait to use all their servos and help to make them even better.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

OS Speed 21 Adam Drake Edition

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:08 AM PST

OS Engines have announced the OS Speed 21 Adam Drake Edition. Available in February as just the engine or as part of a combo set that comes with the T-2090SC pipe and 85mm longer manifold. Designed to Drake’s specifications and suitable for both buggy and truck, it features a new cylinder liner with new porting, newly design DLC crankshaft with double tungsten counter weight and a different bore x stroke (16.40 x 16.55 mm). The engine also comes with carburettor reducers in 6.5mm and 8.0mm, a ceramic rear bearing and is supplied with the familiar 21J carburettor and P3 Gold plug for better fuel mileage.

Source: O.S. Engines [osspeed.com]

Yokomo BL-Pro4D drift spec brushless speed controller

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:55 AM PST

Yokomo have introduced their new BL-Pro4D brushless speed controller for drift cars. Developed in cooperation with Team Yokomo’s Takahiro the controller offers matching setups for RWD and AWD drifters thanks to mild low RPM throttle response and a boosted middle RPM range for radical drift angle performance. The controller comes pre-wired, with a large cooling fan and also as 10.5T and 13.5T combo set including Zero2 drift motors.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

TLR 8ight 16mm Evo buggy shock springs

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:54 AM PST

Coming from Team Losi Racing are the new 16mm Evo shock springs for the 8ight buggy platform. This full line of springs is closer together in rate for finer tuning as well as a constant coil diameter while also being longer in length. They have been found to offer much better performance in all conditions, especially when it comes to bump track handling and landing. To run the springs the LOSA5435 spring cups of the older 1.0 and 2.0 kits have to be used. The springs are colour-coded and they come in six front and seven different rear hardnesses.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

Nosram introduce 2018 LiHV battery range

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 02:52 AM PST

Nosram have introduced their new 2018 range of Graphene-2 LiHV battery packs. The range is lead by the 8000mAh TC Stock Spec battery, a standard-sized affair for maximum power and run time at a weight of 330g. Also new is the 6400mAh TC LCG Stock Spec battery that offers a reduced height of 22.5mm and that is an evolution of the 2016 IFMAR ISTC World Championship winning battery. It weighs in at 274g. Next up is the TC Ultra LCG battery with 5500mAh capacity. Offering a super low height of just 20mm and a low weight of only 230g. Swinging over to the shorty size, Nosram offers the 5800mAh Shorty Stock Spec, a 25.1mm high capacity offering. The range is rounded out by the Offload Stock Spec 6600mAh 4S LiHV pack. Weighing 634g the battery offers maximum power and a high capacity. All batteries can be charged to up to 4.35V per cell but are also meant to excel when charged to the standard 4.2V. They will hit stores end of December to beginning of January.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]