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June 16, 2020

RC Maker low-profile front body stabiliser

Coming from RC Maker is their innovative new shock tower attachment that increases the body’s downforce transfer to the car, whilst also preventing bodyshell flex and roll, causing scrubbing in the wheel arches. With modern body shells being low and thin, the downforce generated by the bodyshell isn’t effectively transferred to the car due to the flex of the body, especially in the front-mid section. The front body stabiliser transfers the downforce directly into the top of the front shocks, increasing the car’s steering in corners, and stability on the straights. As well as this, they prevent the body rolling onto the outside tyre in cornering, effectively preventing wheel arch rubbing as the front body stabiliser helps prevent the bodyshell rolling during cornering, by supporting it widely over the wheel arches. The stabilisers are adjustable in height, and can be further adjusted by adding foam on top of the platform. They fit all modern low profile shock touring cars such as the Xray T4’20, Yokomo BD10, Infinity IF14-2, ARC R12, Schumacher Mi7 and more, and are an optimised fit for the latest bodies from Xtreme, ZooRacing, Bittydesign and Protoform.

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June 12, 2020

RC Maker A800MMX brass & carbon AFEP

Coming from RC Maker and made for the Awesomatix A800MMX touring car are two adjustable floating electronics plate sets. They were designed to placing the weight down low, in the best position, whilst having absolutely no impact on the flex of the car. With both brass and carbon options, as well as an even heavier brass plate option, drivers have all the tuning options they could ever want to achieve the desired balance. The AFEP system can also be shimmed out from the motor-mount to further increase the tuning adjustability. The standard brass set will weigh in at 23g with the optional 25g plate making it 35g in total. As for the carbon fibre variant, it will weigh in at 12g. Both also allow the easy removal of the electronics plate from the car for maintenance and cleaning purposes.

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May 28, 2020

RC Maker pre-cut touring car light & grill decals

RC Maker have introduced their new pre-cut light and grill decal kit for 1/10th scale touring car body shells. Designed and manufactured by 2mm Designs in the USA, the decals boast quality and style and they are universal to fit all touring car bodies and contain three different styles of headlights, grills and tail lights so owners can mix and match. Additionally, the quality of the decals allows them to be re-used with ease. Simply peel them off the old body and onto the next one. The decal sheet also contains the original RC Maker logo, and their new “Short” RCM star logo.

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May 27, 2020

RC Maker Team T-shirt

RC Maker have introduced their new Team T-shirt in an updated styling. The direct to garment printed T-shirts are printed in Australia using only the best printers and inks, meaning they will last exceptionally well without damage or fading. The T-shirts themselves are from Australian company JB’s Wear, and are very true to US sizing with a fairly large fit. The shirts are available in white and black colour and in adult S to 2XL sizes.

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May 22, 2020

RC Maker introduce new T4’20 GeoCarbon optionals

RC Maker have introduced new GeoCarbon series option parts for the Xray T4’20 mid motor touring car. First up is the GeoCarbon steering brace that connects the top of the two posts of the steering to prevent excessive horizontal flex and bending under regular cornering force. Constructed from 1mm carbon with recessed areas, it is quite flexible to minimally alter longitudinal flex down the chassis. The result provides increased post rigidity with less force placed on the chassis holes and posts, as well as more consistent steering with marginally reduced front flex to increase steering response. These work with both aluminium and plastic steering bellcranks, and are also sized to cover the blue shields on the steering bellcrank bearings to keep things stealth.

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May 13, 2020

RC Maker Awesomatix damper O-ring tool V2

RC Maker have introduced the latest evolution of their popular damper O-ring tool for the Awesomatix range of cars. With the positioning of the P63 piston inside the damper vane being critical to the smoothness and longevity of the damper, the designers decided to make the process a whole lot easier. The V2 tool features the helpful O-ring seating and oil removing features of before, but now with an extra stick that inserts into the centre of the damper and when pressed down together with the main O-ring, seats the P63 in the optimal position whilst seating the O-ring. When using the tool, simply push the O-ring down and the excess oil will bleed out around the two contact patches of the tool on the O-ring, keep rotating the tool around to seat the O-ring all the way around its perimeter. No back and forward O-ring, then P63 positioning, no paper clips or drawing on wrenches. Simply push down and seat the O-ring, and at the same time the piston position will automatically be set once the O-ring is seated flat. Then spin the tool to remove excess oil from both on top of the O-ring, and inside the centre damper cavity above the P63 Piston. As a final step the main bearing is inserted and the damper ready to go. The damper O-ring tool V2 will work with both normal damper caps, and ADC.

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April 22, 2020

RC Maker A800MMX/MMCX SlimFlex carbon fibre chassis

RC Maker have introduced their new 2.2mm SlimFlex carbon fibre chassis for the Awesomatix A800 mid motor series, MMCX and MMX. Tested and developed for over 6 months by Ryan Maker and several team drivers around the world, the chassis is of a narrowed design all round to provide less scrubbing in corners, leading to increased corner speed. This was made possible thanks to bringing the battery mounts in slightly to allow an overall narrower chassis. The very front and rear of the chassis have also been narrowed thanks to removal of the additional holes for short arm” which are not often used anymore. Removing this material reduces scrubbing in the major spots on the chassis under chassis roll. One major change on the SlimFlex chassis is the removal of the through spool and diff cutouts. The designers have pocketed these only 1mm deep, which provides a much more rigid front and rear. This directs the flex back the centre of the chassis for more consistent handling. Many setups now are without the front C26 brace on the bulkheads, leading to excessive bulkhead flex, giving more steering but also making the car inconsistent. Thanks to the pocketed cutouts, there is now significant less horizontal flex between the bulkheads, so owners can run without the C26 brace and not get as much flex in the bulkheads on the horizontal axis, but maintain the caster flex to increase steering. As well as this, the pocketed cutouts also improve aerodynamics by not allowing as much air up into the chassis, which ultimately improves the downforce.

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March 26, 2020

RC Maker GeoCarbon A800 front damper holder tool

RC Maker have introduced their new GeoCarbon front damper holder tool for the Awesomatix A800 touring cars. The tool fits Awesomatix’s AM08-3 one piece damper mount and it was designed to assist in holding one side of the mount whilst installing the opposite side’s damper assembly. The recess places the holder at the correct height, and also allows to manoeuvre the damper holder forwards and backwards to line the hole up on the other side. Once the other side is installed, simply loosen the screw, slide the tool out and install the damper.

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