July 22, 2013

Active Hobby TT-02 alloy shock towers

Active Hobby TT-02 alloy shock towers

Active Hobby from Japan have new aluminium shock towers for the Tamiya TT-02 chassis available soon. Both parts are CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and offer a wider range of mounting positions for the shock absorbers helping to adjust the chassis to a wide range of applications from drift to racing. The towers come including all needed hardware, separate or as combo set and in a wide range of colours including black, red, matte alloy and shiny chrome.

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July 22, 2013

Sweep Cubix 1/8th buggy tyre – details

Sweep Cubix 1/8th buggy tyre – details

Following a first teaser last week Sweep now officially introduce their forthcoming Cubix 1/8th buggy tyre. Designed to combine the best features of the Star Trek and Square Armor tyres the new offering is meant to provide great tread wear and traction. The size of the pins is chosen to cope with the enormous power of today’s .21 engines and brushless motors while the pin flexibility makes the tread ideal for rough surface tracks. The Cubix builds on the same carcass as Sweep’s Micro Contacts and Double Action and the tyre comes in sets of four with various options available.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]


July 21, 2013

Yeah Racing 1/10th touring car shock sets

Yeah Racing 1/10th touring car shock sets

Yeah Racing introduce their new high-performance shock absorbers for the use with 1/10th touring cars. The dampers make use of threaded aluminium shock bodies with aluminium upper and lower caps, and they sport titanium-nitrid-coated shock shafts and volume compensation via rubber diaphragms. Coming in sets of four the shocks include many tuning parts to make setup easy as there are 2-hole to 4-hole standard and tapered shock pistons as well as a complete 20-piece spring set and some shock oil. The shocks fit many of today’s touring car chassis and are available as 50mm and 55mm variant in blue, pink or gun metal colour.

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July 20, 2013

Blacktarmac double reverse 1/10th clutch

Blacktarmac double reverse 1/10th clutch

Blacktarmac introduce their new double reverse clutch for 1/10th scale vehicles with .12 nitro engines. The special design makes use of dual clutch pads for a more powerful clutch engagement. The flywheel and the inner pressure plate are machined from lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium to reduce the rotation mass and to increase durability. The clutch, that won the EFRA Euro B in the hands of Luca Redaelli, comes with all needed parts except pinions and includes a steel and a 7075-T6 aluminium clutch bell. Available for Xray NT1, Capricorn Lab C-02 and Shepherd Velox V10 cars.

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July 19, 2013

AKA tyre gluing accessories

AKA tyre gluing accessories

AKA announce two new products for the pits, namely tyre mounting bands, and a tyre gluing kit. The bands have been designed to assist in gluing up off-road tyres of all sizes from 1/10th buggy to 1/8th truggy, and everything in between. The gluing kit offers four mounting bands along with a bottle of AKA tyre glue.

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July 19, 2013

JConcepts MBX7 carbon fibre option parts

JConcepts MBX7 carbon fibre option parts

JConcepts is known for their various option parts, mainly for 1/10th scale vehicles, and now make another step into the 1/8th game by releasing a couple of carbon fibre parts for Mugen’s World Championship winning MBX7 buggy. Available soon are a 5mm front and 4mm rear shock tower along 3mm front upright arms and a 3mm steering rack. All parts retain the stock geometry and shed some weight, something that is especially valuable when running the MBX7 electric-powered as you can save round 24g of weight in total. The parts are CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre and a direct bolt-on.

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July 19, 2013

Tourex Power Switch & alloy servo bushings

Tourex Power Switch & alloy servo bushings

German Tourex distributor RMV Deutschland introduce an electronic on/off switch called Power Switch and also aluminium servo bushings. Starting with the switch, the MCU controlled offering does away with the problems associated with conventional mechanical switches as it is housed in an enclosed case and therefore offers very good dust protection. The switch is best used in nitro vehicles and offers a NiMH and LiPo mode with the latter including a low-voltage protection. Upon arming a multi-colour LED also indicates the capacity left in the receiver battery. The switch comes pre-wired with JR-compatible connectors and two kinds of bottom covers. Also new are special aluminium bushings to replace the rubber servo grommets on steering and throttle servos. The machined parts sport a diameter of 3.7mm and an upper countersunk washer part while being gun metal anodised. The bushings come as 8-piece set and make for a rock-solid servo installation.

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July 19, 2013

Spec-R R1 centre support motor mount

Spec-R R1 centre support motor mount

Made for the R1 electric touring car is this centre support motor mount from Spec-R. CNC-machined from aluminium and coming red anodised the 2-piece part is designed to allow for additional chassis flex adjustment by coupling the motor mount to the upper deck. The part must be used with Spec-R’s optional Type A or Type B R1 upper decks.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]


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