RC Disco have announced the launch of a new fuel brand that we’ve been working on for the last year or more called Ammo. Currently only available in 30% nitro, it offers a great product at a great price for all the racers out there, so much so they are offering a money back guarantee for racers to give it a try.
Source: Ammo [ammo-rc.com]
Team Grid RC have released this new motor mount for the RC8Be, RC8Te and SC8e designed with racers in mind. One of the visual things you will notice is an integrated pinion support for the motor shaft. By placing the pinion support at the end of the pinion gear, the motor can now withstand the punishing loads it is subject to during intensive racing conditions. By machining the pinion support into a single unit, the mount is precise and very durable. For added performance, the Grid motor mount has incorporated multiple mounting holes to utilize more than two mounting screws. If you currently run Tekin motors, the Grid motor mount will use 5 of the available 6 holes. If you use the Neu/Castle motors, the Grid motor mount will use 3 of the 4 available holes. By adding more mounting screws, it is strengthening the setup and reducing the chance of any motor coming loose during hard racing conditions. Instead of using a sliding mesh setup, Team Grid has opted for a cam style mount, which provides a more precise mesh adjustment, and once set, the mesh will hold until you need to change it. Team Grid will also be releasing motor mounts for Losi, Mugen, Xray and others.
View more images of the mount here
New from Xceed is this Masterfix .12 pipe set, a very short machined inline pipe made of full aluminium bar. A super strong EFRA legal pipe (2663) with great performance, it helps improve torque and mid-range, while retaining good top-end and improving fuel-efficiency. It can be used with the header pipe included in the set or if you want more top-end it can be partnered up with a .21 inline header. This set comes complete with header, springs and silicone rubber seals and has been tested and successfully raced with Novarossi, Max, Sirio, Mega and Picco engines.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
VP Pro have released this new set of turnbuckle wrenches. Made from high quality steel, they are available in 3mm, 4mm and 5mm versions and their slim compact design makes for easy adjustment of all turnbuckles, even in hard to reach tight spaces.
Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]
X-Factory have announced the release of this brass flywheel for the slipper shaft of most 1/10 off-road cars, especially mid-motor cars. With the development of brushless motors, then the introduction of sintered rotors, and now high-discharge LiPo batteries, the torque effects can actually be too much in some spots on some tracks, usually in the infield. Sometimes the car can pitch too violently under power and particularly on brakes with weight transfer between throttle and brakes at times can exceed the rear tires’ grip. The flywheel bolts right on the slipper shaft, therefore rotates opposite to the motor and wheels, smoothing everything out. On high traction surfaces where the tires have excellent grip, the part is not needed so much, and sometimes a lighter flywheel will provide just the right effect. Which is why they have center-punched a dozen holes in the periphery of the weight and supplied the proper drill bit so you can lighten the part to fit your track. Drilling three holes takes out about 1/2 gram from the 15-gram part.
View the flywheel mounted here
Kyosho have introduced a race roller edition of their new MP9 TKI 2 referred to as Spec A. Spec A (ARR), also referred to as a Race Roller, is a semi assembled kit. All Spec A kits are factory assembled by dedicated staff with years of RC experience and thoroughly checked by the designer Yuichi Kanai himself to deliver the best buggy out there. Even the small details such as ride height and alignment are strictly measured and set one by one. All this time and care allow you to receive a race ready chassis.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
Xray have announced on their site the impending release of the 2011 version of their T3 chassis. No other information is given, but we can assume with it being a new platform for this season that the changes will be minor tweaks rather than major updates.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
In the quest for the ultimate in realism VRC have announced that they have taken every step necessary to ensure the long awaited release of VRC Pro will feature the latest technologies across all classes. This is especially relevant for electric touring cars, which when modeling for the game started nearly 4 years ago all cars in this class were running NiMh batteries and brushed motors. The cars that will be used in the game will of course feature the now standard LiPo cells and brushless motors. From a physics point of view there are only small differences between NiMh and LiPo but they still need to do more research on the discharge curves. With the brushless motors however more work has to be done on the speed controllers with the variable timing and how timing affects heat build-up on the motor. We hear that the game is close to completion and will go in to the Alpha test phase next month with the goal being for a full release in January.
View more images of the TRF-416X model here
