Another great kit from the great Team in the world. Team Associated presents the TC5F Factory Team Kit.

Based on Associated’s successful Factory Team TC5, we now bring you the TC5F, an electric touring car chassis that has been optimized for high traction, foam tire racing.

The TC5F starts with a full ball bearing, dual belt-drive system that transfers all the power from the motor smoothly and efficiently.

With today’s motors and batteries delivering more power than ever before, the belt-drive system gives the TC5F a very predictable throttle response and feel, making it easier to drive fast and carry more speed through the corners. Read more »

Novak had bright ideas for its HV Brushless Motor Series when the motors were released in 2006, and the series has continued to grow to include two more motor winds and a handful of exciting features.

Novak’s HV Brushless Motors with 5mm Shafts are available in four motor winds:

• HV4.5 High-Voltage Brushless Motor with 5mm Shaft is best used for short, high-speed runs (#3524).
• HV5.5 High-Voltage Brushless Motor with 5mm Shaft has superb control, and excels in racing and bashing applications (#3525).
• HV6.5 High-Voltage Brushless Motor with 5mm Shaft is the best all-around-motor with a great balance between power and run time. It also shines in racing and bashing applications (#3526).
• HV7.5 High-Voltage Brushless Motor with 5mm Shaft has incredibly smooth power delivery, making it the easiest to drive, and is recommended for users looking for the longest possible run times (#3527).

HV BRUSHLESS MOTORS WITH 5MM SHAFTS

In addition to its already impressive features, including awesome starting torque, low-speed driveability, and no cogging for smooth acceleration and smooth coasting, the HV Series has been fitted with a rugged 5mm output shaft for maximum resilience and race life. The HV Series is ideal for monster trucks, converted electric 1/8-scale vehicles and vehicles requiring massive power output. Additionally, the motors are sensor-based, so they always know the position of the rotor, which provides excellent starting torque and continuous synchronization for smooth, controlled low-speed driveability and consistent brakes. Simply stated, it means no uncontrolled bursts of power or delays! HV-Series of motors also features a shielded sensor cable with sheathed sensor wires and a completely rebuildable design.

Get the full details here.

http://www.teamnovak.com/

Here another race coming up for the Electric Powered Racers. They all so lucky, so many races in just one month time. I heard more is coming. From the previous race, the Bebas Modified Race 2008 to this Toyota Race and next will be in Keningau some more. Man, they are on the roll. So, if you around the area, go check them out. Joining them is the best option for you. If you are not into “Beras” aka “Rice” prize, never mind, I am sure the organizer this time will provide better alternative

HARD LABOUR DAY MODIFIED RACE 2008 aka Toyota Cup

Venue: HMS Racing , Kolombong
Date: 01/05/2008 (Thursday)

Motor : Open. Whatever power u can squeeze out
Tire : Open rubber and Foam
Body shell : Open
Weight : 1500g minimum with transponder (6cells)
: 1430g minimum with transponder (5cells)
Battery : 5 (6.0v) or 6 cell (7.2v) or Lipo

Race R&R :

# 5 minutes for Heat n Final
# 3 Heats & 3 Final (if weather doesn’t permit, 2 heats only)
# Clockwise
# This race, I will use the nearer exit to the straight but will run till the sweeper. Racers prepare your best batteries, tires, settings as this is going to be race where we push our cars to its limits. 2.5 Turns? 3.0 Turns? 3.5 Turns?

I will follow the ISTC rules in this race. TQ will be based on best heat of the heats. Final will be on a point system, i.e. 1st (10 points) 2nd (9 points) 3rd (8 points) etc. Best 2 final points from the final to determine winner.

Prizes: Trophy for all racers and I will chip in more to make it better and more fun as well. Not forgetting to make married man easier to obtain Passport to come for races as what Rocky Mania did….haha

Entrance Fees: rm35.00

Let’s start the registering for the Race. Read more »

Hi all..first and foremost i wud like to apologise a thousand times for the delay of this report due to blackout and busy lor..hehe.. but i’ve got u guys bundle of interesting stories and pictures for ur viewing. hehe…

Well. the race commenced at exactly 10.51a.m.. thou some racers turned up early, Mr.KSCHU and the organiser of this race ,the one and only MR.Raphael..and ripley believe it or not..haha..MR.Ah Keat..

7.45 a.m
Weather was good.No sign of raining.MR.KSChu ,MR.Raphael, and MR.Ah Keat came early … followed by MR.Jason Shim and MR.Dragon 4..and the rest…. Racers went to have their breakfast whilst waiting for the others to come…MR.Jali and Eder came later and settle evrything..the P.A Systems and so.. Thanks to MR.Raph for the music..haha..remembering those old days huh..
All racer busy practising hard to reach their car setting… and some didn’t miss to “inspect” the track too..haha…
As the list of participant reached 14’s, Group A and B were formed with each 7 racers.

10.51 a.m
Race started with Group A for qualifying 1. Followed by Group B after that.The mood was so tensed as everyone raced to get their best time and lap.But as u all know in all race, there is always racer with car problems.Feel sorry for that.Try again next time guys.
Mr.Ah Keat tried to get 17 laps but onli managed to get 16, the same goes to Mr.KSchu and the rest.
QUALIFYING#1-GROUP A: Mr.Jason shim managed to get his best lap which is 00:18:540.
-GROUP B: MR.KSCHU with his best time and lap, 00:18:705
(MR.RAPHAEL,MR. MARZUKI from GROUP A , MR.DANIEL FUNG,MR.RYONNIE and MR.LUTHER , DNF caused by car problem.

QUALIFYING#2-GROUP A: MR.AH keat managed to get his best time and lap,00:18:163.
-GROUP B: Still running wild,MR.KSChu with his best time and lap 00:17:987
(MR.RAPH, MR.DULLAH,MR.DANIEL, MR.LUTHER,MR.RYONNIE,and MR.DAVID VOO, DNF due to car problems)

QUALIFYING#3-GROUP A:MR.AH Keat with his best time and lap,00:18:234
-GROUP B:MR.KSchu managed to get his best time and lap,00:19:342 BUT DNF due to car problem.(CVD pin came off..) Mr.David Voo finished the race,with 15 lap in 5:15:639.hehehe…
( To all the other racer , do try again next time..just a game ma)

It was obvious that some new touring racer like Mr.Zaldi..improved so well in this turf la.. welcome to the team bro!..Mr.Delbert who always susah to get his visa to the track…coped up so well with the others too..

at about 12.30p.m or so..
QUALIFYING heats finished.Had their lunch break for at least 20 minutes or more…later, Final #1 was performed.2 mains, A main and B main…here are the list..

A Main:
1) Lean MengKiat
2) KSCHU
3)Jason Shim
4)David Voo
5)Abdullah
6)Dragon4
7)James Chong

B Main:
1)Marzuki
2)Zaldi
3)Delbert
4)Raphael
5)Daniel Fung
6)Ryonnie
7)Luther

As the B main participants were about to race, there was tis heavy downpour that potong stim this…so they rushed back to the track deck and waiting dissapointedly for the rain to cool down..huhu..kesian..but as expected..it did stop..for a while… so these RC enthusias worked as a team to dry up the track..they took out everything such as cloth, vacuum, broom, broom bergigi jarang pun got…dustpan..cement scooper a.k.a spade..slippers(derk..u know who u guys are la)..for u guys heart contents..here are some of the pictures that i snapped, the incident that “do” happens when frens work together..so fun la.. hehe..enjoy ah!

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This is the First (1st) Final of Hpi Racing Challenge 2008 - 1st round video courtesy of the Champion himself, Mr. KSCHU.

1st Final

2nd Final

Want to know more, please read back the HPI Challenge 3008 1st Round reports by our reliable source, the champion himself

Please forgive us for the poor video taking. It was a bright sunny day and holding the videocam together with the umbrella is no easy task.

Please leave your comment if you have anything to say. If none, we will take it as we have done good job providing you with good coverage. Haha.

source: KSCHU

Another great video and this we are sure the great one. Check this video of the A1 Touring Modified Final video at the 2008 ROAR On-Road Nationals at HobbyPlex Raceway Omaha NE.

A1 - Touring Modified
TQ - Paul LeMieux XRAY
Winner - Paul LeMieux

XRAY’s Paul LeMieux would take the lead from the sound of the tone to try to run away with it. Not going down with out a fight, teammate Barry Baker would make LeMieux work for the win. A similar battle was brewing for the third spot with Corally teammates Chris Tosolini and Mike Dumas; Dumas would win that battle(2:40 minutes into the video clip thru 3:50). LeMieux would take the A1 win, and Baker would take second.

source: radio control zone

The weather was on our side yesterday (6th April, 2008) as we had our 1st HPI 23T Challenge.The organizer was GTC (General Toys Centre). There were 12 participants altogether. 2 heats and 2 finals were conducted. Race commenced at approximately 11am with Group A for the ice breaking. Hehehe.There were 2 groups u see. Group A & B with each 6 participants.

Heat #1
Mr.Raphael from Team Hotbodies leading for Group A and Mr.Jayjay from Team Serpent led for Group B.More or less, it was a nice starting heat for both groups.

Heat #2
Still, Mr.Raphael got the TQ position and Mr.Jayjay led again for this heat. Congratulations man!

Final #1
Still leading in front was Mr.Raphael with his best time 20.9s in his lap 13. Phew~ Followed by Mr.KSCHU from Team Serpent chasing behind but seem like something up to his car la … yet still came out in 2nd. Came in 3rd, Team Serpent’s Mr.Jayjay..and so on la…hehe..at this moment the state was obliviously heat up. Everyone were racing to get their best position..hehehe. Mr.Daniel Fung’s motor burnt out caused him to DNF the race. Forgot to mention that there were 2 mains for the Final. A main and B main.

For B main, Mr.Delbert came in 1st place. Not bad man, for starting. hehehe.

Final #2
A main: For this round, the starting was so way bad..as the cars banged on each other except for Mr.Abdullah who managed to untangled his way and led the rest of the racers. In the second minutes of the race Mr.KSCHU managed to chase from behind and turned up in 1st position, followed by Mr.Jayjay and Mr.Raphael, time was moving very fast as in the 3 and half minutes of the race, still led by Mr.KSCHU and Mr.Raphael chasing fast from behind.Mr.Jayjay got his 3rd place here.

B main: Mr.Luther a.k.a Lut heat up here as he won 1st and Mr.Delbert came in 2nd position.

For overall results, please scroll below..hehe:

TQ : Mr.Raphael (Hotbodies)
1st : Mr.KSCHU (Serpent)
2nd :Mr.Raphael (Hotbodies)
3rd : Mr.Jayjay (Serpent)
4th : Mr.James Chong (Yokomo)
5th : Mr.Daniel Fung (Hotbodies)
6th : Mr.Abdullah (Serpent)

forgot to capture the 7th to 12th position..sorry guys..who can recall please help me out here! hehehe..

Here the upcoming race happening later on 20th April 2008. The race class is Modified Motor Class, meaning they are using modified motor, with ball bearings, adjustable head and replaceable brush. This is the opposite of the Stock Class Race.

So far, this is the only info we have now but we will keep you all updated as soon as possible.

THE BEBAS MODIFIED RACE 2008

Venue: HMS Racing, Kolombong
Date: 20/04/2008

Motor : Open
Tire : Open rubber
Bodyshell : Open
Weight : 1500g minimum with transponder
Battery : 6 cell (7.2v) or Lipo

Race R&R :

# 5 minutes for Heat n Final
# 3 Heat & 3 Final (if weather doesnt permit, 2 heats only)
# Anti Clockwise

I will follow the ISTC rules in this race. TQ will be based on best heat of the heats. Final will be on a point system, i.e. 1st (10 points) 2nd (9 points) 3rd (8 points) etc. Best 2 final points from the final to determine winner.

Prizes: Trophy for all racers (subject to changes, may be only medals to save $ so that I can give prizes for TQ, 1st, 2nd and 3rd and if possible some small gifts for all racers so wont empty handed la!)

Let’s start the registering for the Race.

1. Raphael , DSM , HB Cyclone
2. Luther, xxx, HB Cyclone
3. Daniel, DSM, HB Cyclone
4. Delbert , DSM , HB Cyclone
5. KS Chu , 75.630, Serpent S400
6. Jason Shim, DSM, Serpent S400
7. David Voo, DSM, Serpent S400
8. Ah Keat, xxx, Yokomo BD
9. Abdullah , DSM , Tamiya MSXX
10. Ah Seng , DSM , Yokomo SD
11. Dragon , DSM , Serpent S400

Correct as at 6th April 2pm GMT+8hrs (Malaysian time).

This is the latest product on Losi Xcelorin Brushless line up. This is the 1/10 Scale Xcelorin Sensored ESC or Electronic Speed Controller.

The feature packed Xcelorin Sensored Electronic Speed Control holds nothing back when it comes to performance. With the included computer software interface the Sensored ESC can be set and turned to any application. The Xcelorin ESC also features an Advanced Quick Programming Card so you can make select setting changes at the track, and without a computer.

ESC features:

• - Fully programmable sensored ESC for most brushless 540-sized motors of 3.5 turns or more
• - Three stored profiles accessible for convenience
• - Software interface for unlimited profile settings and tuning
• - PC setup software CD included for complete configuration of profiles
• - Quick Programming Card
• - Forward/Braking or Forward/Braking/Reverse configuration
• - Single-step transmitter setup
• - Optimized for spread spectrum or traditional radio systems
• - Four LEDs to indicate functions, settings and errors
• - Adjustable low voltage cutoff
• - Automatic thermal protection
• - Throttle limits can be set for Forward, Reverse or both

Quick Programming Card Features

• - Quick Programming Card allows adjustments to the ESC without the need for a computer
• - Includes three pre-programmed profiles for convenience
• - PC setup software CD included for complete configuration of profiles
• - Software interface allows for unlimited profile settings and tuning
• - Adjust brake and throttle curve settings with the simple-to-use graphical interface software

source: Losi