October 16, 2008

Sweep enter 1:8 Buggy market

Sweep, the tyre/wheel brand of Much More, have announced they will enter the 1:8 Off Road market starting with two 1:8 tyre designs and its own wheel.  The Star Trek and Battle Star tyres come premounted and are each offered in two compounds.  Red is a described as soft while Blue is a super soft compound. The Star Trek thread is designed to work well on most track conditions while the Battle Star gives more forward bite due to the horizontal, straight-edge pins. The new 1:8 wheel, which is made of Dupont nylon, is available in White or Yellow and is suitable on most buggies using a standard hexes and will take most standard sized tyres.

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October 15, 2008

Team Shepherd low-friction belts

Team Shepherd has extended their product range with the launch of two new low-friction rubber belts for the front and the rear axles of its successful Velox 1:8 onroad car. The new belts are much softer and more flexible than the standard versions and allow the drive train to run more freely. This ensures that the engine power is efficiently transfered into speed. Although the softer belts wear faster, the extra power and decreased fuel consumption offers racers that little extra advantage.

Source: Team Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


October 14, 2008

Carbon RC Stars 2 skins

Spanish company Carbon RC, who add colour to the pit table of former European Champion Robert Battle, have released a new skins series called Stars 2.  Pictured on a Futaba 3PK the skin is also available for the popular Sanwa M11 handset.

Source: Carbon RC [carbonrc.com]


October 13, 2008

Edam enter 1:10 Nitro market

Taiwanese company Edam, who last year entered the 1:8 Onroad market with its Razor, are about to enter the 1:10 market with a new nitro car which will be officially unveiled at the iHobby Expo in the US later this week.  For now Edam have just released a CAD image of the new car but pictures of the final production model should be available in the next 24 hours.  More news to follow.

Source: Edam [edam.com.tw]


October 11, 2008

Diggity Designs 5300mAh LiPo

Custom rc components company Diggity Designs has released a new 5300mAh 28C hard cased LiPo.  Currently pending ROAR approval, this is the second LiPo release from the US company who back in August released a 3200 20C pack.  The new 7.4V pack, which is protected by a carbon look hard casing, weighs in at 275 grams and measures (L)138mm X (W) 46mm X (H) 24mm.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]


October 11, 2008

Team Magic T-Shirt

Team Magic have added to their apparel lineup with the release of a newly designed t-shirt which features new stylized logos. Made from 100% pure cotton the black tee will appeal to owners of the Tawianese company’s products.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]


October 10, 2008

Protoform LTC-R 190mm TC Bodyshell

Protoform have released a spy shot of their new LTC-R 190mm Touring Car bodyshell which has been developed specifically for rubber tire racing. The shell features sharp angles at the front and a very deep intake type design each side just behind the wide front wheel arches. The new shell is due for release next month.

Source: Proline [prolineracing.com]


October 10, 2008

Associated RC8 83mm Wheels

Team Associated have release a new 83mm wheel for their RC8 which makes them the largest ROAR-legal wheels available. 1.5 mm wider than the standard wheel this extra width and larger diameter gives a stiffer sidewall which is more stable for greater corner speed.  The larger diameter is also better in bumps than the standard wheel. Weighing just 33 grams per wheel they are the lightest production RC8 wheels on the market.  The wheel is compatible with all 1:8 buggies and is available in white or yellow.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]