Shepherd have introduced the V2 battery mount for the Velox F1 formula car. It utilises a new carbon fibre battery brace/upper plate that accommodates a rubber O-ring to secure the battery pack while also shifting the pack about 2.6mm towards the rear for increased traction in lower grip conditions. Included in the set is also a redesigned shock plate with all parts being available separately for spares and repair.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Fenix is a 2.0mm aluminium chassis for the Infinity IF14 touring car. Machined from 7075-T6 alloy and sporting a more narrow 83.5mm width, the fully symmetrical chassis weighs in at 79g and it comes black anodised and with milled out sections to optimise the flex characteristics.
The recent oOple Off-road Open Series Championships saw Schumacher’s Ben Jemison taking the A-final wins in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. The final round of the oOoos was held at Bury and the wins enabled Ben to wrap up the title in both classes.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The second round of the RC Maniacs Championship was held at the Argos track in Greece. Classes run were Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T blinky, and Formula 17.5T blinky. Tyres were open but the Touring car drivers opted to use LRP’s G32 tyre as it is the handout wheel for the Greek championships, while the Formula class relied on the new Hudy Formula tyres. To increase fun and add a bit of spectacle it was decided to run the event in a Reedy race format with six of eight rounds counting towards the overall results. In Touring Modified Xray’s Michalis Kiriazis was a force but he had to leave early due to family obligations – a situation local driver Diamantis Sotiris (Xray) took advantage of to grab the overall win with Nikos Nikolakopoulos coming in close 2nd. Christos Vasilopoulos (Tamiya) finished 3rd ahead of another local Xray driver, Christos Kindis.
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FX have introduced the new K301 3.5cc engine, follow-up model to the K3. The power plant features a number of refinements such as a redesigned intake for lower fuel consumption, it comes with an updated crankcase and backplate as well as a ceramic main bearing and a diamond-coated crankshaft. In addition the production and assembly process was refined with the 3-port engine being build from selected and matched parts and an individual certificate coming with each engine includes information about all production details.
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Coming from ARC and made in collaboration with Savöx is the Super Response Servo tailor-made for the ARC R11 series touring car. The Super High Response technology provides quick steering response when used with modern transmitters while the incorporated servo mount makes installation easy in addition to saving 10g compared to the original servo mount. A short 50mm all-black receiver lead cleans up the wiring job for a full factory look. Equipped with a brushless motor the servo is able to pull up to 9.0kg-cm of torque at a transit time of down to 0.07s/60°.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Coming from Rickside Design and made for a range of O.S. nitro engines is the Nitro Shock low-profile cooling head. The silver colour head sports Rickside Design graphics and it is usable on the O.S. Max-21 XZ-B Ver.2, the O.S. Speed XZ-B Spec 2 and Spec 3 as well the O.S. Speed B2101 and B2102 engines.
Source: Rickside Design [ricksidedesign.com]
Serpent have introduced a lightweight 2.5mm aluminium chassis for the SDX4 1/10th 4WD buggy. Machined from thicker-than-standard 2.5mm 7075-T6 material but sporting excessive milling to achieve the same low weight as the 2mm plate, the chassis is also hard-coated for wear while offering less flex than the standard chassis. This leads to a less aggressive and easier to drive buggy especially on high-bite tracks. The chassis will hit stores beginning of August.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
