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August 23, 2013

STRC Nitro Slash & Slash 4×4 aluminium options

STRC Nitro Slash & Slash 4x4 aluminium options

ST Racing Concepts introduce new aluminium option parts for the Traxxas Nitro Slash 2WD and the Slash 4×4 as well as a colour variant of their shock shaft pliers. First up is the CNC machined Nitro Slash 2WD aluminium engine mount, a much stronger foundation for the Traxxas engine over the stock cast aluminium one. It does away with cracking issues in the screw thread area, can take more abuse and is available in anodised blue, gun metal, red and silver.

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August 23, 2013

Avid Associated 2WD aluminium standard topshaft

Avid introduce this standard aluminium topshaft for Team Associated B4.2, T4.2, SC10.2, SC10B and C4.2 vehicles. The drop-in replacement is made from 7075 aluminium, comes hard anodised and saves about 6.7g of weight compared to the kit part for more acceleration and increased punch due to a lower rotation mass.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

August 22, 2013

Yokomo Racing Performer M Series motors

Yokomo Racing Performer M Series brushless motors

Yokomo introduce the Racing Performer M Series line of 540-size competition brushless motors. Coming in a black alloy can with large openings the sensored motor is designed to deliver high torque and an easy-to-drive feel at the same time. Large heavy duty solder tabs make installation easy. The motor comes in 13 variants from 3.5T up to 25.5T including 5.0T, 6.0T, 7.0T and 8.0T windings.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 22, 2013

KO Propo DSx HV servo range

KO Propo announce three new high voltage servo on their Japanese website in the form of the DSx-1511BHC, DSx-1211CHC and the DSx-809C. The DSx-1511BHC (0.11s/15.5kg-cm) and DSx-1211BHC (0.11s/12.5kg-cm) differ by the motor used with the 1511 featuring a brushless motor and the 1211 coming with a coreless variant while both are housed in an all-metal casing. The entry-level DSx-809C (0.09s/8.5kg-cm) comes with a coreless motor and a plastic case with heatsink middle section. Just like the two other servos the 809 is 6V to 7.4V compatible.

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August 22, 2013

Joe Kerry wins British 200mm Nationals Rd7

Round 7 of the British 200mm Championship took place at the Colchester circuit. The weather was very good on both days with temperatures reaching 29 degrees on Sunday. The grip was surprisingly not that bad when the first cars took to the track which is quite rare in the UK. At the end of practice it was Serpent/O.S. driver Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 14.1 lap times. Shepherd/Sonic driver Andy Hastings headed the rest of the field around 0.2 seconds behind. At the end of qualifying Joe took TQ with Andy taking second and John Zottl third.

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August 22, 2013

VRC Pro Column – 3DS support

This month’ VRC Pro Column is all about suspension dynamics and E-sports. In August VRC Pro released an update on the physics engine with 3DS support. 3DS stands for 3 Dimensional Suspension (geometry and physics) and thought VRC Pro was all 3D already some things have changed. The chassis of a car is defined by its geometry and physical properties. The geometry describes the suspension layout, the wheelbase and track width, centre of gravity, positions of shocks and anti-roll bars and many more. The physical properties describe how heavy the chassis is, the inertias of the whole drive train and wheels, and in fact of the complete chassis, yaw moment for rotation, pitch for forward rotation and roll for rotation around the centre line of the chassis. The geometry and physical properties combined determines how the car handles. With all this information the physics engines calculates several hundred times per second what forces are generated in the suspension and how much grip each of the tyres produces.

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August 22, 2013

Team C 8th off-road wing skins

Team C Racing announce the release of dedicated stickers for their 1/8th off-road wings. The skins come pre-cut for an accurate and easy application, they cover most parts of the wing including the side plates and are available in three designs for black, yellow and white wings.

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August 22, 2013

First Tamiya TRF418 CAD renderings

Some days ago we brought you first information about Tamiya’s forthcoming TRF418 touring car and now here are what appear to be first renderings of the new generation chassis. The images in question showed up on the Kentech blog and depict a massively revised platform with a new main chassis and upper deck, new A arms and suspension mounts, new pivot ball anti-roll bars and an updated motor mount and layshaft brace. The kit will also feature 20T layshaft pulleys for less power loss and new steering arms for a more linear steering feel. More information will be available next month when the car is set to be unveiled at the Tokyo Hobby Show.

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