Shepherd have announced that German nitro on-road frontrunner Lars Hoppe has returned to their factory team. The former German Champion and IFMAR world championship finalist – both with Shepherd – plans to attend the ENS series, the German Nationals and select additional events.
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Team Shepherd have released their new-for-2020 black sweaters. The trendy high-quality seaters are made from a 50 percent cotton and 50 percent polyester mix and they sport the latest multi-colour Shepherd ramhead print on front while the rear sports an updated team logo. The sweaters are available in adult S to 4XL sizes from now on.
Hot on the heels of their new hard suspension plastics set for the Velox V10, Shepherd now also release a kit for their popular Velox V8.2 1/8th scale on-road car. The new hard plastic part set includes all wishbones, uprights and body mounts in a harder variant. The high-quality composite material is characterised by an increased percentage of fibre glass in comparison to the standard wishbones, improving car handling on high-grip tracks or when used in high ambient temperatures. The set is available from now on.
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Shepherd have introduced a set of hard plastic suspension parts for the Velox V10 “nineteen“ 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car. The hard plastics set includes all six upper and lower suspension arms moulded in a harder high-quality composite material that is characterised by an increased percentage of fibre glass in comparison to the standard wishbones, improving car’s handling on high grip tracks or when used at high temperatures. The set is a direct replacement and available from now on.
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IGT8 have introduced their new drag assisted one way kit for 1/8th scale on-road cars. The system works with silicone oil to increase the internal friction that slows down the motion of the front wheels when being off throttle. This effect will improve braking, steering at corner entry and it will also help with more consistency and faster lap times. Tested extensively by the IGT8 team, the DAO was officially debuted last weekend at the 2019 US Nitro Cup with great results as Paolo Morganti took the TQ in the 1/8 class and Rafael Angulo finished 3rd while Ricardo Garri won the Master class. The system is available for ARC, Capricorn, Infinity, Mugen, Xray and Shepherd cars with a variant for Serpent kits coming soon.
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Team Shepherd have introduced an update for their well known Team Edition clutch in form of the tuning clutch Team Edition v2 which is suitable for the Velox V8.2 and other 1/8 nitro on-road cars. This updated clutch set is meant to offer excellent performance without any compromises by using Shepherd’s famous extra hard clutch spring as well as a coated aluminium clutch bell. Furthermore it is featuring a black anodised 7075-T6 aluminium flywheel, a shiny aluminium pressure plate, special compound fly weights and a yellow PTFE clutch shoe. This clutch will deliver consistent engagement and a powerful acceleration out of the corner. To complete the set high quality bearings and the needed fastening materials and shims are included as well.
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Shepherd have announced the release of a conversion kit that allows to update the Velox V8 WC to latest Velox V8.2 specification. The set includes all necessary parts such as the aerospace 7075-T6 aluminium main chassis plate, aluminium bulkheads and arm mounts, hard-coated aluminium wheel axles, the flex carbon radio plate, lower arms, uprights, the smaller servo saver, aluminium anti-roll bar bushings and more. The set is available in blue and black anodising colour from now on.
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Following the release of the advanced weight system for the Velox V8.2 Shepherd now also introduce a version for the Velox V10. A prototype has already showed its performance in the hands of Patrick Nähr who claimed his first ENS victory at the season final in Ettlingen. The set is a direct replacement for the regular or brass battery mount and is suitable for battery packs with a maximum footprint of 15x32x85. It includes a 7075-T6 aluminium tray, two 18g balancing weights, a composite battery-brace as well as all necessary mounting hardware. The 18g weights are equipped with additional countersunk holes making it possible to stack weights if needed. Without stacking a total of five weights can be installed. To install the battery pack two holes need to be drilled in existing radio plates while all future batches will feature the mounting holes out of the box. The set as well as all individual items will be available from next week on.
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