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April 7, 2016

GForce Multi Carrying Bag

Japanese company GForce have introduced their Multi Carrying Bag. Measuring roughly 240x140x130mm the zipped bag is made from black fabric, it sports GForce logos printed all over it and the bag is ideal to store a multitude of things in it such as tools, electronics, oils, greases and many more. It is also large enough for Tamiya 4WD Mini and Kyosho Mini-Z cars including spares an accessories and four of the reinforced and padded bags fit onto the drawer of GForce’s Ultra Large Wide pit bag.

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March 16, 2016

GForce drift tyre remover tool

Coming from GForce is a tyre remover tool for drift car wheels. Constructed from aluminium the tool allows to easily press out 50mm to 56mm rims of 57mm to 63mm pre-mounted wheel sets to reuse either the rims or the tyres. Do extract the rims the wheels are placed in the lower cup and with the upper stamp the rim is forced out of the tyre without harming any of the parts involved. The press is available in blue or black anodising from end of March.

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February 1, 2016

Bruno Coelho joins GForce

Japanese company GForce have announced the addition of 2015 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The signing comes hot on the heels of Bruno’s new tie-up with Hobbywing and it is understood that his GForce deal will include the supply of electronics and accessories such as chargers, tyres warmers and the like. Bruno says:

I’m super happy to announce that I’ll be joining GForce for the 2016 season. Looking forward to start strong this new season. See you in the next race.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

January 28, 2016

GForce touring car grille & light decals

GForce have introduced a decal sheet with light and grille stickers for 1/10th touring car bodyshells. The A4-sized sheet includes six different headlight designs, four taillight types as well as several grille and air intake decals. The stickers are usable from the outside just as normal or from the inside, prior to painting, to improve durability and to create a custom airbrush look.

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January 22, 2016

GForce hand warmer bag

GForce have introduced a hand warmer bag to keep your hands and fingers warm during driving in cold weather. The bag consists of a compartment for the transmitter as well as two sleeves all of which are made of thick neoprene material to keep chilling winds away from your hands. A clear plastic window allows to monitor the transmitter screen while two pockets in the sleeves take optional hand warmers to make for even more comfort. The splash-waterproof bag is good for both right and left hand users and it will become available by beginning of February.

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January 18, 2016

GForce shock synchroniser tool

GForce have introduced the shock synchroniser tool for the use with dampers of up to 122mm of length. Machined from high-quality aluminium the tool allows to precisely adjust parameters such as shock length, rebound or spring preload as it directly compares the behaviour of two shock absorbers during compression or expansion. Four thumb screws make for easy and convenient shock mounting while laser-etched metric and imperial scales display the exact measurements. The tool is available is black or blue anodising.

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December 14, 2015

Malin Karlsen teams up with G-Force

G-Force have announced the signing of Sweden’s Malin Karlsen to their team. The young lady already has a pretty remarkable CV following a successful racing year with the 4WD title in the Swedish national series, the Swedish 2WD and 4WD Junior title and an overall 28th place in the 4WD class at the 2015 IFMAR Worlds in Japan. In the coming year Malin will use the company’s chargers, power supplies and other accessories and she has the following to say about the deal:

I’m excited to have been signed to the G-Force Factory Team and can’t wait to start using their product line of chargers, power supplies, tyre warmers and corner weights. After the initial tests with the G-Force products I’m confident they will be a great asset to help me accomplish my goals for the upcoming 2016 season. I want to thank Qing Chang at G-Force for this opportunity and look forward to be working together with the entire G-Force Team.

Source: G-Force [gforce-hobby.jp]

September 30, 2015

GForce G6AC Platinum multi-chemistry charger

Coming soon from GForce is the G6AC Platinum multi-chemistry AC/DC charger. The industry standard device received some updates such as an improved blue colour back-lit display and a LiHV mode to securely charge the latest generation of high-voltage Lithium-Polymer batteries. The low-profile charger is housed in a silver aluminium heatsink case, it is usable with 11-18VAC or 110-240VDC input and it offers a range of charge and discharge programs, ten battery memory and it allows to charge 1S to 6S LiXX packs with up to 6A charge current. Included with the charger comes an arrangement of charge harnesses and adapters.

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