Coming from Avid are several new carbon fibre wing optionals such as a wing mount brace for the B6.1 buggy and wing buttons. Starting with the wing mount braces for Team Associated’s B6.1 buggy, this Do It Yourself product is a fun mod to create a carbon sandwich on the kit B6.1 wing mounts to keep them from permanently bending after a hard crash. The setup includes everything needed except for the drill.
Coming from Avid are their new 1S to 6S voltage checker as well as a white colour variant of their 2S balance charge leads. Starting with the voltage checker, the item comes pre-soldered with stepped 4mm/5mm bullet-type connectors and it is ideal to check the voltage of 1S to 6S LiPo battery packs, helping to identify charged or partially charged packs. The voltage is displayed on the red LCD screen. Also new is a white variant of Avid’s 2S balance charge lead. It comes pre-wired with stepped 4mm/5mm connectors for the battery side as well as industry standard balance connectors.
View the white colour charge leads here
Avid have introduced their new Aura Revolution line of oiled, tight tolerances steel ball bearings. Categorised as a budget-minded performance bearing and because it is oiled and has slightly higher tolerances than Avis’s greased Halo line, the bearing will perform almost as well as the compnany’s high-end Aura Ceramics but at more than half the cost. It is designed for the highly competitive racer that wants to have an edge but does so much racing that spending the money on the Aura Ceramic’s isn’t always practical. The bearing comes in Avid’s Revolution seal, which is a rubber seal on one side and metal on the other and they are made with Chromium Steel races because the surface finish is smoother than other materials such as Stainless Steel. This results in less noise and better performance. The bearings are now available in Avid’s famous FlexKit software, allowing to build customised packs for nearly every application.
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Avid have introduced their new HD steering arm for the Awesomatix A800 and older A700 touring cars. It mimics the geometry of the AM14LS steering arm but was designed with a few features to make it more durable, hence the heavy duty classification. Typically the arm bends at the M3 hole in the middle of the arm which Avid have changed to an M2.5 and added material around the hole and along the sides of the arm to beef it up. The lever is machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, it comes black anodised and the set includes two steering arms, two M2.5×10 stainless steel screws, and an Avid mini decal.
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Avid have announced the release of their new aluminium wing washers designed especially for Kyosho’s 1/8th scale off-road wings. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming anodised in red, blue or black, the washers will add a little spice to your ride.
Coming from Avid are their new 2S balance charge lead cables with stepped 4mm/5mm bullet-type connectors. Designed to be colour coordinated for charging 2S battery packs, the pre-configured wires include gold-plated 4mm to 5mm bullets on the battery end to cover all battery types and 4mm bullets on the charging end. Comes with the popular XH 3pin balance plug, which most trim one of the plastic alignment rails with an x-acto to plug right into the charger instead of the balance port. Or owners can use the included XH 7pin if they don’t want to brave that. Balance leads are 63.5mm longer than the charge leads so they can easily be plugged into any charger design. The cables are available in black, red or blue colour.
View the red and blue leads here
Avid have announced the release of new option parts for the Team Associated B6.1 and Yokomo YZ-2 2WD off-road buggies. Coming for the B6.1 are the customisable Evo slipper and Stock direct drive sets that are designed to replace the standard slipper assembly. The customisable Evo slipper set allows to choose two spur gears of 69T to 87T in size and either the triple CPD pads, triple red pads, triple white pads or two white and two red pads – all depending on the chosen application. The Evo slipper scrubs nearly 5g or weight compared to the stock slipper assembly for improved acceleration and efficiency.
Coming from Avid and made for Team Associated’s B6.1 based vehicles is a titanium slipper screw. Using the part will reduce the drivetrain’s rotating mass while the pre-pinned design ensures everything is staying in place. The screw is made from billet 6Al-4V titanium, it scrubs about 50 percent of weight compared to the stock steel screw and it includes a spare pin and is usable with all B6.1, T6.1 and SC6.1 kits.
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