Spec-R have released this new gear diff for the Tamiya FF03. Made from a lightweight plastic housing and featuring nylon gears, together with the high quality metal drive cups, the package makes for a highly durable easy to setup maintenance free differential.
Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]
Frank Hättich from Germany has done it again, winning the 2010 1:10 World Championships after nailing 161 laps (45:00.881) in just one try. The event hosted 370 international racers running a total of 4889 individual race sessions, making it one of the biggest RC events in history.
Continue reading the race report here
KM Racing have released this new front shock tower for their H-K1 200mm chassis. Made from 4mm thick carbon fibre the new tower adds additional rigidity to the front of the car.
Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]
Acorn Racing have released a complete line of high precision ultra lightweight pinion gears. Averaging about 2 grams each, these gears are made of aero grade T6 duralumiun and hardened for strength and durability and each piece is machined cut for precision and concentricity. The 64 pitch pinions range from 18T to 48T.
Source: Acorn Racing [acorninnovations.asia]
Team Powers have introduced this 60c 6000mAh 1S LiPo pack. Designed to be used in 1/12 and 1/10 pan cars, this powerful 3.7V battery sports a carbon look hard case with built in bullet connectors.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
KM Racing have released these unique front and rear lower wishbones as an optional item for their H-K1 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. Constructed by connecting the inner pivot point and the outside lower mounting point by rods of spring steel they claim to be suitable for very high speed cornering. A lower CG its design also put weight on to the wheels which makes the car more stable. Also spring steel will absorb the force during a crash making this aluminium & spring steel arm much more durable than plastic arms.
View the front lower wishbones here
T-Work’s Racing has introduced their new hand held 1/8 Buggy & Truggy tire balancer. Made from aluminium, the shaft is ball raced to allow you to easily find the heavy spot on any attached wheel enabling you to easily balance it.
Source: T-Work’s [rc-tworks.com]
Xray have released details of the 2011 version of the 808. Coming soon, major improvements give the new 808 higher performance, higher reliability and higher enjoyment. New updates include an all new chassis plate, suspension geometry and improved weight balance and features a lot of the same updates seen on the prototype buggy run by Juraj Hudy at the Worlds in Pattaya. Also as the image shows, the new car will sport a new high downforce cab forward body shell.
View a list of the major updates
