The latest buggy to receive the MIP Pucks drive system is Hobby-Pro USA’s PRS1 2WD buggy. The kit included new “shiny” driveshafts, new steel outdrives, a thrust race, diff spring and screw as well as a set of clear silicone grease and blue thread lock.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
MCD Racing introduce new 6 degree castor blocks for their 4WD line of large scale cars. Available in addition to the already existing 10 degree blocks the C-hubs make for a combined castor of 14 degree for improved cornering and more steering throw, ideal for aggressive driving styles.
Source: MCD [mcdracing.com]
Team Associated introduce new optional parts for the mid-motor B5M buggy in the form of hard composite front and rear A-arms as well as brass “C” and “D” rear suspension mounts. The harder composite material of the A-arms adds durability while offering higher stiffness at the same time, making them ideal to add a bit of precision when racing on high traction surfaces or in high ambient temperatures. Also new are the Factory Team “C” and “D” suspension mounts for the rear end of the B5M. The parts are designed to replace the kit’s plastic mounts with metal items that offer higher rigidity and an increased weight of 20g and 15g respectively. The added weight helps to adjust the overall weight bias when track conditions call for it.
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Revolution Design Racing Products introduce a front aluminium bulkhead for the Kyosho RB6 buggy. The part is designed to replace the kit’s plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise item, with the bulkhead being machined from high quality 7075-T6 material. The part not only makes for a solid base for the steering levers and the front shock tower but it also does away with ripped-out ball studs, adding additional durability. Designed for the RB6 the bulkhead also fits the RT6 stadium and SC6 short course truck and it comes black anodised and laser-etched to match with the remainder of the RDRP option parts.
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Available soon from Team C is this 17mm wheel nut wrench for 1/8th scale buggies, truggies and GT cars. The tool sports a 17mm steel nut driver and a lightweight yet sturdy aluminium handled that comes orange anodised and laser etched. The design makes for secure tightening and convenient loosing even of serrated locknuts.
Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]
Japanese option parts wizards Motogo Seiki have released images of their TLR 22 based M22-S.A.C. mid motor buggy. The company that introduced a mid motor conversion kit for the Kyosho RB5 buggy some years ago developed a completely new transmission for the buggy with the main gear and slipper shaft being placed extremely low within the gearbox. The idler gear is made of a RB6 differential gear, from what we understand, and it drives the standard 22 ball differential meaning the unit is of a 3-gear design over the standard 4-gear mid motor gearbox. The whole transmission case is machined from aluminium with the rear shock tower sitting almost in “rear motor” position allowing to place the rear wing above the rear A-arms for a more compact appearance of the buggy.
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Revolution Design Racing Products introduce a brass front suspension block for the Kyosho RB6 buggy. The part is designed to replace the kit’s plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise part that also adds 32g of weight to the front end of the RB6 buggy, RT6 racing truck and SC6 short course truck. Machined from high quality material and coming laser-etched for easy identification the part allows to use 25 degree or 30 degree of A-arm kick-up in order to alter the car’s steering characteristics. On top of that the brass material greatly improve the robustness of the front end while the precise manufacturing adds to the overall appearance.
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German Hobbywing distributors Hype introduce the Quicrun series of “sports” brushless motors and speed controllers. The controllers are developed to work with sensorless and sensored motors and are LiPo and NiMH battery compatible. There is also a waterproof line of controllers available and a port for an optional programming card makes adjusting the speedos to your likings easy. Available are a 30A 1/16th scale ESC, two 60A 1/10th controllers with and without sensor port, as well as a 150A 1/8th variant. As for the motors, Hobbywing comes with a 3800kv sensorless 1/10th scale and 2000kv sensorless 1/8th scale offering beside four 1760kv to 3450kv sensored 540-size motors.
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