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January 31, 2024

Team Bomber Australia 1:12 Ball differential for asphalt

Melbourne based Team Bomber Australia has announced details of its upcoming 1:12 ball diff for racing on asphalt. Compatible with cars from Team Bomber, Bezerk Katana, Roche, CRC, Destiny, Schumacher, Yokomo and Xray, prototype versions of the parts were recently used to great effect at last weekends TFTR Masters event, taking the title in 1:12 Modified and 2nd & 3rd places in 1:12 Stock. Team Bomber Australia have designed and manufactured two parts. Titanium Ball differential rings are cut from gr5 certified titanium and machine lapped for precision parallel flatness and mirror polished. They are also processed in two coating options. TiN – gold finish, coating with superior wear resistance / hardness and ultra smooth surface. The second option is TiCN – gun metal finish, coating with ultimate wear resistance and hardness, also yields a very low coefficient of friction for smooth operation of the differential They are available in 3 outer diameter sizes to suit spur gear range 74t – 92t.

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September 25, 2023

Sobue adds Japanese 1:12 National title

Having won the All Japan 1:10 Touring Car National title earlier this month for Axon, ISTC World Championship podium finisher Akio Sobue has just added the National 1:12 title to his tally. Racing for Team Bomber at the Radio Controlled Heaven track in Nagoya City over the weekend, Sobue would secure the overall TQ from the similar TB-AK12 of Takashi Kato having topped three of the four rounds of qualifying, Kato topping Q4. In the triple 8-minute finals, Sobue won the opening encounter by 3-seconds from former 1:12 World Finalist Hideo Kitazawa. A2 would see another win this time over Kato to secure the overall title. Winning A3, Kitazawa would finish 2nd overall with Kato completing the podium.

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August 24, 2022

Team Bomber AK12 front suspension arm support plate

Team Bomber has released this optional front suspension arm support plate for their AK12 Series 1:12 chassis. This 1.0mm plate is mounted on the upper side of the front suspension arm to alter and strengthen the carbon lower arm so the twisting of the carbon lower arm and warping during driving are suppressed and strengthened to change the handling characteristics. Depending on the track conditions and layout of the circuit, you can easily apply subtle set-up tweaks to the handling “with plates” and “without plates”. If you insert more than 1mm of spacing between the front suspension mount and the suspension arm, use the included 3×10 screws to the arm mounting.

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July 11, 2022

Sagami RC Fab AK12 battery stopper & rear brace

Sagami RC Fab has released two new hop-up parts for Team Bomber AK12. The first is a new battery stopper, the successor of BO-002 with enhanced functionality. It consists of an aluminium front stopper and a carbon rear stopper and gives the battery the option of 3 different positions. It can be used with both battery brace in the AK12 kit and the carbon battery brace made by SRF. The other new items is an aluminium rear brace. Machined from 7075-T6 and matte black anodised, compared to the carbon rear brace included in the kit the assembly accuracy and the rigidity of the entire motor pod are improved.

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January 13, 2022

Team Bomber lightweight 2mm offset spring retainer

From Team Bomber for the TB-AK12 series is this lightweight spring retainer with 2mm offset. With a standard spring retainer, if you extend the length of the pitching damper and increase the rebound stroke, the spring tension is stronger and it is impossible to reduce the height of the chassis centre part. However, installing this lightweight spring retainer with the 2mm offset increases the range of the spring tension adjustment, so it is possible to achieve the ideal height of the car without changing the type of spring.

Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]

October 28, 2021

Team Bomber pink & brown S-line side springs

Team Bomber have added two additions to their line up of HQ S-line side springs with the release of new pink and brown versions. The pink version is now the hardest spring in this range, with the brown the softest. HQ side springs are best suited for a wide range of popular carpets, high-grip road surfaces and conditions where a solid diff is used. The result of a close cooperation with a Japanese spring manufacturer with testing and technical capabilities they found that the taper of the springs helps reduce on power traction loss during cornering when using a differential. Made with high quality materials, the number of winds of each spring and all their dimensions have been carefully checked to ensure consistency and the best end product.

Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]

March 23, 2021

Team Bomber AK12 HQ ball diff

This HQ ball diff from Team Bomber is for their AK12 1/12th scale chassis and is specific to low traction asphalt. Replacing the kit standard solid shaft, it helps to give the car more stability even in unstable traction, keeping the rear of the car planted in the corners as well as under hard acceleration.

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January 7, 2021

Team Bomber AK12 castor block support

From Team Bomber for their AK12 chassis are these carbon castor block supports. The new part improves the twist stiffness of the block body by just installing it on the genuine caster block mount, which improves the accuracy and response of the handling on high traction surfaces. A very effective item for the setting of handling characteristics for various track conditions and layouts.

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