Capricorn has released a Wide 235mm version of its P10 SR 1:10 4WD Electric pan car. Originally launched as a 200mm standard width chassis configuration they now offer a 235mm kit or the option of a 235mm conversion kit to change your existing P10 SR. The conversion kit includes a longer rear solid axle (235 mm), front carbon structure, rear body support and longer drive shafts.
View P10 SR Wide 235mm chassis renders here
Another new tool release from RC-Project is this new CNC-machined 7075 T6 aluminium Multi-Tool for 1:8 Offroad buggy & truggy. Hard coated for long life, you will no longer have to insert a screwdriver into the Shock Cap to close it because with the new Multi-Tool you simply insert the Shock Cap into the Muti-Tool and close without the risk of damage the Shock Cap and Bushing. The versatile RC-Project Multi-Tool has 3 key useful functions: Flywheel Holder for 2,3 and 4 pin, Tool for 17mm Wheel Nuts and Open/Close Shock Cup Tool. It will work with Agama, AE, Kyosho, Sworkz, HB, Mugen Seiki, Mayako, Tekno, WIRC and Xray.
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With the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship just over 3-weeks away, Infinity & SMJ Products have announced they are releasing an Infinity IF18-III Ver. ZERO kit for the participating racers. Taking place at the Infinity International RC Speedway in Japan from October 27th to November 5th, the kit is available to racers who have entered an Infinity car in the 23rd running of the World Championship. The IF18-3 Ver. ZERO is a pre-sale special edition of the IF18-3, which will be officially announced and sold in mid-November, and it can be ordered by eligible racers by contacting the Hobby Shop where they have always purchased Infinity products with is available from todat to October 13th. Differences from the official version IF18-3 include a different specification Muffler-stay and pinion-gear specifications. Also, the assembly instruction manual is for the Ver. ZERO only and it will come in simplified packaging without sleeve.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
Italian onroad competition chassis manufacturer Capricorn has released CAD images and details of its new up coming 1:8 Onroad kit, the LAB C804 R. Features of the latest design from Patrizio Rossi include a new radio plate that offers an improved weight distribution thanks to the renewed position of the servo. The car get a new fuel tank design for greater tank efficiency and also improving engine efficiency is a new gear shaft which is lighter, yet made from stronger material. New wheel shaft hub, which it is calling ‘The Silent Revolution’, showcases Capricorn’s attention to the detail. With a strong plastic exterior and aluminium bearing inserts, these wheel shaft hub are designed to deliver consistent performance, especially as pressures and temperature rise.
Italy’s RC-Project has released a new Buggy Clutch Spring Tool to simplify the assembly/disassembly of buggy clutches. The main body is produced in Ergal 7075-T6 and then hard anodised while the central part that will be in contact with the springs instead is produced in steel and then is subjected to a heat treatment to increase the surface hardness. Just insert the Buggy Clutch Spring Tool in the crankshaft, turn counterclockwise until you hook the spring and push until the shoe and spring will go into position, to disassemble repeat the same process but instead of pushing you’ll have to pull. It is suitable for all nitro engines from .12 to .30.
While Red RC’s first encounter with Joe Pillars was in 2010 when he was Team Manager for Kyosho and mechanic for the Japanese company’s star driver Jared Tebo, he was also a very capable driver. To mark it being 20-years since he made his World Championship debut he has just completed a personal project of building a replica of his TLR 1:10 2WD Buggy which he put into the A-Main. Sharing photos of the buggy on social media, Joe outlines the story behind the build, ‘2023 marked 20-years since I attended my first IFMAR World Championships at MINNREG in Largo, Florida. At the time I was 21 yrs old and working for Team Orion/Peak Racing building motors for the team and was also sponsored by Team Losi. I went onto qualify 7th and finished 8th overall, being my best result in R/C as a driver. A few months ago I had the idea to build a replica car like what I ran and today it’s finally finished! A big thank you goes out to Larry Doe for most of the help sourcing parts! Thanks to Kris Norlock for helping with the LRP Q2 ESC! Thanks to David Goss for the red Matt Francis ball cups that were impossible to find! I only had 1 Team Orion V2 Motor left after all these years, no better place to have it! Cavalieri Edition.’
Drift RC specialist Max Speed Technology has released this aluminium rear upper deck connecter for its RMX-M 1:10 RWD chassis. The optional part, on which the car’s receiver & gyro can be mounted, is available in a red or black anodised finish and is a direct replacement for the plastic connector that is supplied in the kit, ATR, and RTR versions of the car.
The third edition of the MonacoRC Race Of Champions took place in Lucca, Italy, over the weekend where Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho took the win. A race at which the Xray team officially presented it’s new X4′ 24, Coelho secured the TQ at the A.S.D. Minicar Lucca track taking all four rounds ahead of Xray/Hobbywing team-mate Alexander Hagberg. In the triple finals continued his sweep of the event to take the overall win ahead of Hagberg with ISTC World Championship finalist Alessio Menicucci completing the Modified podium. In Stock, Nico Catelani had the perfect weekend securing the TQ & win while in FWD it was Awesomatix driver Daniele Pacini who came away with victory. In Formula, former ETS Champion David Ehrbar was the winner.
Source: Monaco RC [monacorc.com]
