WinZax RC have announced the release of this solid front axle for the Mugen MTX-4 1/10th scale 200mm touring car. Made from high quality stainless steel, the axle is very hard and durable, yet light weight and claims to provide much more responsive acceleration, more stability coming out of corners or during heavy braking and it enables higher overall speed around twisty tracks.
Source: WinZax RC [winzaxrc.com]
Hitec have released this digital servo programmer for use with their 7000 series G2 digital servos called the HFP-20. Also featuring a servo tester, this programmer allows you to set many functions in the servo such as overload protection settings which enables you to shut down the servo if there is too much load current, maximum angle of servo rotation, direction of rotation, servo speed, fail safe settings, end point position, neutral position and more. The servo testing function works with all brands of servos and allows you to test the receiver voltage, servo resolution and other parameters and can be done either manually or using a built in automatic test function.
Source: Hitec [hitecrcd.co.jp]
Exotek Racing have released this foam tire truer arbor for micros and minis, designed to work with any foam tire truer that has an 8mm shaft such as those made by Hudy, Ofna, Corally or Integy. Not only that but the Exotek Micro Arbor is modular in that you select the wheel lock that matches your vehicle having designed 3 different styles to work with many different vehicles and each of the 3 styles are available separately. The blue wheel lock is suitable for the RC18T, RC18B, RC18R, MINI T (front and rear), Mini Slider (front and rear), MINI LST, Mini Inferno and Vendetta, while the yellow wheel lock works with the M18T, M18 PRO, M18 (requires M18 wheel hub) and MICRO RS4 (requires M18 wheel hub) and finally the red wheel lock works with the Scalpel and Recoil.
Source: Exotek Racing [exotekracing.com]
K-Factory have released these new LX Shock Absorbers which have been based on the Team Magic G4S shock and then had almost all of the shock absorber replaced to make sure it met and exceeded strict specification and performance criteria. Said to have performed so well they are now included with the Limited Edition G4+ they are not only smoother and stronger than the original version but also easier to use and are fully compatible with the majority of on-road cars, both gas and electric.
Source: K-Factory [kfactoryracing.com]
Japanese brand East have released this 200mm touring car body shell based on the Honda Civic. Similar in looks to other bodies already on the market this new shell sports 2 ribs on either side of the car which increase stiffness to the area while at the same time allowing the shell to be very lightweight. Other details include ribs on the bonnet that channel the air over the lowered windsreen and back to the rear wing. The Civic, which has been extensively tested by Central RC, provides the user with very responsive, high grip and well balanced handling characteristics.
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The 2007 Italian electric touring car indoor championships were held in Firenze on the last weekend of October and all the top Italian EP racers were out to battle for the title. In qualifying it was Corally racer Sala Federico that claimed the pole position in front of 2nd placed Michele Romagnoli, racing for Xray, in 2nd. After 2 of the 3 finals, it was a win a piece for Federico and Romagnoli with another Xray driver Guido Barbera in 3rd on both occasions. In the 3rd and decisive final there was many lead changes and with 25 seconds to go, the order was Barbera, Romagnoli and Federico but a misplaced marshall caused a crash for Barbera while a closely following Romagnoli had little place to go and also crashed leaving Federico through to take the win and with it the overall title, Romagnoli was 2nd and Barbera ended his day in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Panther tires have released these T157 MT38 Series Gator tires which are designed to fit Losi 8ight T wheels as well as other 38 series wheels. Sold in both soft and medium soft compounds, they weigh in at 122g each and are 2.5″ wide and 5.5″ in diameter.
Source: Panther [pantherteam.com]
SMC Europe have today announced that top International electric R/C racer Jilles Groskamp from the Netherlands has signed up to use their products. With an impressive list of race results, like 2-times Snowbirds winner, multiple A-finalist at European and World Championships as well as many other wins, Jilles was looking for the best batteries with maximum power and found them at SMC. Jilles leaves behind Trinity with whom he parted company at the end of the summer and had tried Checkpoint for the IIC but now seems to have settled on the SMC brand.
Source: SMC [smc-racing.com]
