T-Works have introduced a graphite spur gear plate for the Yokomo BD8 cars. The machined carbon fibre plate will reinforce the mounting screw area of the gear for less wobble and increased transmission efficiency. The plate includes four suitable, gold-coloured fasteners.
Team Magic have introduced an aluminium main chassis plate for the new E4RS4 touring car. Machined from 2.0mm 7075 aluminium and coming black anodised and with silver edge details, the chassis features optimised flex characteristics for improved performance on high-bite carpet tracks. A novelty are two L-shaped areas under the receiver and speed controller area which make fixing the electrics much easier and more reliable while retaining the natural flex characteristics of the chassis.
ORCA have introduced an aluminium screw set for the RT, RTS and Blitreme brushless motors that will improve the motor’s performance thanks to being non-magnetic. The set includes three long motor case and three short end cap screws and using the fasteners will increase the motor’s overall RPM while making for faster throttle response at the same time.
Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]
Japanese brand Sagami RC Fab have introduced an aluminium main chassis and lower pod plate for the Kyosho Plazma Ra 2.0 1/12th scale pan car. Designed for the use in high to very high traction conditions the black anodised 2.0mm chassis and pod plate will improve steering, traction and driveabiliy and it is usable with floating servo mounts and long or short side links.
Speedmind have introduced a shock spring set exclusively for the Mugen MTC1 touring car. The 20mm springs are precision-made and matched for highest possible accuracy and included are colour-coded X-hard, hard, med-hard, medium and soft springs with the MTC1’s med-soft kit spring fitting right between Speedmind’s medium and soft offering.
Source: Speedmind [speedmind.net]
Coming from JConcepts is a purpose designed front wheel for the Team Associated B64 1/10th 4WD buggy kit. The Mono 2.2” wheel is designed in the popular dish style and available in bright white and fluorescent yellow. The wheel is the maximum size allowed under ROAR rules and it features a slight convex dish shaped design and superior inner rib design. The wheels incorporate an outer glue catch that resists excess glue from running down the wheel face during the gluing process and they come in convenient packs of four pieces.
View the white colour wheel here
Developed by Drew Ellis and Paul Lemieux are the new Gravity RC G-Spec Type F touring car foam tyres. A specially selected foam compound and wheel make it a true spec foam tyre for touring cars on both asphalt and carpet. Its ultra dense front foam and firm rear foam makes for very little tyre wear and great handling while the nylon spoke wheel is both racy and sturdy. The Type-F tyres were used at last weekend’s indoor champs in Cleveland, Ohio to provide an exhibition class for the event. The class was TQ’d by Xray’s Paul Lemieux and won by Team Associated’s Kevin Hebert. Both drivers used out of the package tyres with Paul even using his exact same car from the rubber tyre class with only adding rear camber to set the fastest laps of the weekend.
Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]
Vision Racing Products have introduced their popular XV3 pistons for the Tekno EB410. They feature the same slim sidewall design that reduces friction, yet maintains pack just like the VRP’s 1/8th XV3 pistons. Each pair of pistons comes with two rubber valves and two delrin washers. The pistons are available now in 2-hole 1.7 and 2-hole 1.8 variants that come laser-etched for easy identification.
Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]
