June 19, 2020

GForce Burst Sonic 540-class brushless motor

GForce have introduced their new Burst Sonic 540-class electric brushless modified and stock motors. They build around a minimalistic machined aluminium can with an exposed and specially coated stator for improved cooling in high ambient temperatures while the internal design makes for greatly increased overall torque which is further helped by the use of 13mm rotors. The motor also features adjustable timing, dual sensor ports for easier and tidier wire routing, heavy-duty gold-plated solder tabs as well as laser-engraved graphics. The modified range includes 5.5T to 8.5T variants while the stock motors come as 10.5T to 21.5T variants all of which utilise 7.2mm inner diameter rotors for sharper response to throttle input.

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June 19, 2020

Alex Vaughn RC 8ight-X rear 5mm carbon shock tower

Alex Vaughn RC have announced their new 5mm carbon fibre rear shock tower for the TLR 8ight-X and XE buggy models. With performance and durability in mind AVRC focused on corner radius, chamfering of edges and material. The designers also focused on limiting sharp corner radius to provide strength and rigidity, in addition chamfered edges were added to both sides to help limit material fraying during extreme impacts. The design also includes the option to move the wing mount up 10mm from the stock position. As for material the shock tower is machined of 5mm thick 3k Twill weave carbon fibre with matte finish.

Source: Alex Vaughn RC [goldstarhobbies.com]


June 18, 2020

Serpent SRX8-T Electric truggy kit – Coming soon

Serpent have announced the soon release of their SRX8-T Electric 1/8th scale E-Truggy kit. The truck will be based off of the recently introduced and all-new SRX8-T nitro kit and full information including images should become available shortly.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


June 18, 2020

1up Racing UltraLite aluminium hardware

1up Racing expand their line of UltraLite hardware with three new arrivals in the form of 6mm and 8mm M3 Perfect Centre as well as 16mm diameter off-road wing screws. The UltraLite Perfect Center screws feature a 3mm neck perfect for centering upper shock mounts, shock towers, bulkhead caps, upper decks, spur gears and so on. Because the neck is very shallow these can be installed and removed easily but always find perfect center when tightened.

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June 18, 2020

Alex Vaughn RC NB/EB48 2.0 carbon shock towers

AVRC Products have announced their 5mm carbon fibre shock towers for the Tekno NB and EB 2.0 buggy models. With performance and durability in mind the design focuses on corner radius, chamfering of edges and material. AVRC focused on limiting sharp corner radius in the design to provide strength and rigidity, in addition chamfered edges were added to both sides to help limit material fraying during extreme impacts. As for material the shock towers are made of 5mm thick 3k Twill weave carbon fibre with matte finish. The shock stays are available separately for the front and rear from now on.

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June 18, 2020

Hot Race Tyres Hagberg Edition Red Dot 1/12th tyre

Hot Race Tyres from Italy have introduced their new Hagberg Edition Red Dot 1/12th scale foam tyre. Developed in cooperation with IFMAR World and multi-time EFRA European Champion, Alexander Hagberg, the tyre will excel especially on ETS carpet due to being made of a more closed cell foam compared to the regular Hagberg Edition tyres. The new Red Dot compound will provide increased grip and it already showed its performance by allowing Alex to bring home the 2020 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championship title. The tyres come pre-trued and mounted to white 6-spoke rims.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]


June 18, 2020

Schumacher Cat L1/Evo short front driveshafts

New for the Cat L1 Evo and Cat L1 4WD buggies is a short front driveshaft conversion kit from Schumacher. Comprising new short Roche double-jointed driveshafts and longer, durable steel diff outputs, the kit increases the responsiveness of the car and provides better drive on the exit of turns. Both the driveshafts and long outdrives are also available separately for spares or repair.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]


June 18, 2020

Hong Nor release more X3GTS.e images

Hong Nor have released more details of their forthcoming new X3GTS.e 1/8th scale electric GT kit. The car was first seen in a short video clip with the new images now showing the production prototype car. The kit will feature aluminium open-type front and rear gearboxes – previous option parts – as stock, as well as a new chassis weight balance with the electronic components repositioned compared to the previous X3GT Electric kit for optimised traction and handling. Full details will become available in time of the release.

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