March 21, 2014

Pro-Line B5M Phantom body & Trifecta rear wing

Pro-Line B5M Phantom body & Trifecta rear wing

Pro-Line introduce the Phantom design body for the Team Associated B5M and the Trifecta 1/10th buggy rear wing. Starting with the body whose design elements sport the finger prints of Pro-Line’s Lee Martin who first brought the shape to the Tamiya TRF201 buggy. Now the Phantom is also available for the B5M and while being aggressively shaped for a unique look, the body also sports several performance elements such as a forward-biased cabin, sweeping body lines that flow back to a single point and an optional centre fin that makes for additional high-speed stability. As usual the body comes made from clear polycarbonate and includes window masks and a decal sheet.

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March 20, 2014

SWorkz S104 EK1 Performance chassis kit

SWorkz S104 EK1 Performance chassis kit

Available from end of March is SWorkz’ new Performance chassis conversion kit for the S104 EK1 1/10th scale buggy. The kit will include a new aluminium lower chassis plate with venting holes in the motor area, it comes with a new motor and centre drivetrain mount, new saddle pack locators to relocate the battery to a side-by-side configuration and the kit will also include a new rear topdeck and new front and rear arms. Also supplied are several new plastic parts and a new bodyshell.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]


March 20, 2014

Samix TRF418 chassis conversion kit

Samix TRF418 chassis conversion kit

New company Samix introduce their first option part in the form of a chassis conversion kit for the Tamiya TRF418. The kit is based on a 82mm wide and 2.35mm thick carbon fibre chassis that is slightly softer and narrower than the TRF kit part to make for more torsional flex and higher corner speed without having to worry about the chassis plate bottoming out during heavy cornering. Included with the matte-finish chassis is also a blue anodised aluminium steering post stiffener, a blue anodised aluminium floating motor mount, battery positioners and a spring steel layshaft. The kit already prove its performance by making the Modified TC A-main at the recent TITC event in the hands of Nicholas Lee. Samix are currently working on launching their company website and in the meantime you can find more information on their Facebook page.

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March 20, 2014

Xray XB4 linear spring sets

Xray XB4 linear spring sets

Xray have new linear springs for the XB4 line of 1/10th off-road buggies available. The new ‘hard’ 4-dot springs offer a C=0.80 rating for the front and C=0.50 rating for the rear, making them the firmest XB4 springs so far. Sold as pair each set is measured and matched to provide identical damping characteristics and they come laser-engraved for easy identification. The springs fit the XB4, XB4’14 and XB4 2WD buggy alike.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 20, 2014

Ghea piston storage box

Ghea piston storage box

Ghea now have this handy storage box for 1/10th and 1/8th shock pistons and other small parts available. Measuring 98x40mm the box offers a total of 10 compartments that make storage and transportation of small parts easy. The box is topped of by a sliding transparent lid.

Source: Ghea [ghea.se]


March 20, 2014

MD Racing MDF14 formula 1 chassis kit

MD Racing MDF14 formula 1 chassis kit

We recently brought you first CAD rendering of the Spanish MD Racing MDF14 1/10th formula 1 chassis and now a first pre-production image os available. Based on a carbon fibre main chassis the vehicle will feature a U-shaped top deck that connects behind the battery compartment, a front aluminium bulkhead makes for step-less caster angle adjustment while a rail-type rear pod design allows to adjust the ground clearance with the help of grub screws located in the rear axle inserts and motor mount. The depicted car is a prototype with the actual kits will contain gold-anodised aluminium parts, aluminium body mounts, aluminium preload nuts for the side springs and thumb screw supported battery mounts from what is understood.

Source: MD Racing [facebook.com]


March 20, 2014

Yeah Racing 60mm Shock-Gear dampers

Yeah Racing 60mm Shock-Gear dampers

Yeah Racing introduce a 60mm shock absorber set based on their Shock-Gear oil-filled 50mm and 55mm dampers. They are designed to fit many 1/10th rally cars and feature threaded aluminium shock bodies, blue anodised aluminium upper caps, lower caps and spring pre-load nuts, they come with a full array of shock springs and a set of standard and conical hole pistons to adjust compression and rebound characteristics. Other features include titanium-nitride coated shock shafts, anti-leak O-rings and different volume compensator options.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]


March 20, 2014

Muchmore Fleta ZX 13.5T fixed timing brushless motor

Muchmore Fleta ZX 13.5T fixed timing brushless motor

Muchmore’s Fleta ZX 13.5T Type-W brushless motor is now also available in a fixed timing version. The hand-out motor of the 2013/14 ETS Pro Stock class builds on the same design as the conventional stock motors but comes with a fixed timing endbell making it ideal for zero timing club races, regional and national championships alike.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]