Italian company Bittydesign are currently working on a new 190mm electric touring car bodyshell specially designed for carpet racing. By the looks of things the body will sport a BMW-ish double kidney front grille design making this the second “scale” body following the company’s MC10 “Camaro” body. More information and photos will become available by end of November.
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VBC Racing have new option parts available for the Lightning series of pan cars such as the Lightning12, Lightning10 and LightningF. First up is an aluminium centre shock and antenna mount. The CNC-machined part comes black anodised and with machined silver edges for improved looks. Also new is a range of titanium-nitride coated shafts such as 2mm upper suspension pins, kingpins and a TBX shock shaft. The slick yet hard-wearing surface makes for improved suspension smoothness and longer intervals between rebuilds. Last but not least are 3x15mm steel turnbuckles for the front camber settings as well as inline front axles. Click here to view the other new parts
German carbon fibre specialists PSM introduce a shorty conversion carbon fibre main chassis kit for the Team Associated B44.3 4WD buggy. The set was designed with the goal to bring back a slightly softer chassis to the buggy in order to improve performance especially on low to medium-bite surfaces thanks to higher torsional flex compared to the standard aluminium chassis. Included with the 2.5mm main chassis comes PSM’s AirMount battery location system that keeps the shorty LiPo pack in place without disrupting equal left to right flex while being light of weight at the same time. An optional battery tray set for saddle pack LiPos is available also for those who opt to run a more conventional layout. Overall the chassis set scrubs around 60g of weight allowing to add balancing weights where needed. Included with the set comes the main chassis with centre brace, left and right hand shorty LiPo braces, the AirMount system as well as threaded inserts and all needed hardware.
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ST Racing Concepts have a load of aluminium option parts available for Axial’s Yeti off-road vehicle. First up are an aluminium centre motor mount and motor cam combo that is ideal when running high performance brushless motors. The parts replace the stock plastic pieces, they help with heat dissipation and add rigidity where it is needed. The motor mount parts are available in black, gun metal, green, silver and web-only limited edition red anodising.
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Vision Racing introduce this 5mm carbon fibre shock tower for the 22 2.0 or 22. It incorporates micro tune shock positioning by adding two in between holes to the three stock positions. The smaller centre section also allows more undisturbed air to the body while the tower is very light of weight too, being 1.8 grams lighter then the stock tower.
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Schelle Racing Innovations introduce new option parts for the Hot Bodies D413 and the Team Associated B5M. Starting with the D413 Stretch Chassis Set, the Kurt Wenger designed part offers a lengthened wheelbase to improve the car even more. The buggy in kit chassis length pitches very quickly front to rear when entering and exiting turns and drivers are also aware that in shorty configuration the D413 can struggle with exaggerated throttle response in the air.
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HPI Racing have new option parts for the HB D8 series of vehicles available. First up is the V2 radio tray set that is designed to fit a larger variety of batteries including most of the popular LiPo and LiFe sizes. The set includes a new upper and lower part as well as all necessary hardware. Also new is a one-piece lightweight wing mount that sports only about half the weight of the standard multi-piece mount. Available as standard height and taller +10mm variant the wing stay saves some valuable weight at the rear part of the vehicle. Both the V2 radio tray and wing mount fit the HB D8 RTR, D812 and D8T with the wing mount also being usable on the Vorza Flux RTR.
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From RB come two new LiPo receiver battery packs for the use with nitro on-road and off-road vehicles. Available in two specifications as straight-type 2100mAh and hump-style 1500mAh variant the packs are light of weight with 86g for the straight and 55g for the hump pack, yet powerful enough for hour long mains. Both come pre-wired with red BEC-type plugs and XH balancer ports.
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