Having released their 2027 model of its X1 1:10 Formula car last month, Xray has introduced this optional Narrow Carbon Lower 3S Suspension Arm Plate. Reduces overall front suspension width by 8mm, making the car 4mm narrower per side than the standard arms, it is designed for Formula rubber tyres with wider wheel offsets allowing proper front track width when using wider-offset wheels.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Fresh off the track from the MonTech NYGP where team driver Ollie Payne did the double, Excelerate RC has released the new VR2 12 Chassis Plate, Dampner Pivot and Dampner Forks for its Prodigy 12. Continuing their VR2 upgrades, the 2mm 7075 Aluminium VR2 12 Chassis Plate utilises the same geometry and dimension as the P12 steel chassis with electronics plate mounting holes. This makes transitioning from aluminium to steel chassis plates clean and simple. The VR2 Dampner Pivots feature an aluminium body with pressed in steel pin for superior strength. This updated version features updated geometry that aligns the pivot on centre with the fork for smoother action. The matching VR2 Dampner Fork features an open slot design for use with the VR2 Dampner Pivots. The updated VR2 parts will come standard with all kits as of 10.19.26 along with the updated VR2 Steering Bushings.
View Dampner Pivot and Rod Forks here
Italian body shell producer Mon-Tech Racing has expanded its line-up with the Huracan STF, a new 1:10 body shell designed for 190mm Touring Cars. Perfectly suited for GT categories, thanks to cutting-edge manufacturing technologies this model offers superior levels of detail and realism. 100% Made in Italy with Mon-Tech’s own in-house design and moulding, it is produced from 0.75mm Premium Polycarbonate. The clear Huracan STF body shell comes with a decal sheet for headlights and grilles, window masking sheets, and rear wing mounting screws and hardware.
Kyosho has announced this special limited edition commemorative Mini-Z SP Tool Set 2 to commemorate the 55th anniversary of their client, Osaka Plastic Model. Finished in a vibrant red colour, the set of high-precision tools essential for Mini-Z maintenance and setup comes with its own carry case. The set consists of a 3.5 mm, 4.0 mm, 4.5 mm nut driver, #00, #0, #1 Phillips screwdrivers, and a 1.5 mm Hex driver. Expected to start appearing in stores this weekend, as a special limited edition set they will not be on the shelves for long as Mini-Z fans add them to their collections.
New brand Apex-Trac has released this Ultra Light Rear Anti-Tuck Carbon Bumper for 1:10 Touring Car Bodyshells. Fabricated from carbon fibre rolled tube material, it delivers exceptional structural strength while weighing just 2.5 grams. Designed to fit chassis equipped with rear body posts, this rear anti-tuck carbon bumper prevents the rear bodyshell from tucking into the rear tyres during racing contact.
France’s RTRC has released a new dedicated setup board for their RTA V3 and V3.1 1:28 racing chassis. Designed to make your chassis checks and adjustments faster, more precise and repeatable, it is an essential tool for achieving a properly set-up car with consistent handling. It allows you to check front wheel toe adjustment, steering angle check, ride height measurement and adjustment, side link alignment, front droop adjustment. With adjusting tweak crucial for achieving balanced handling between left and right turns and fully exploiting the performance of the RTA V3 / V3.1, the board allows you to precisely check and adjust chassis tweak and rear spring preload.
This weekend’s MonTech New York Grand Prix sees the race debut of Cerberus Racing, the new car brand of well known US onroad racer and RC product designer Josh Cyrul. Announcing his new venture just last month, Cyrul is a regular at the annual 360v2 RC Raceway event and two years ago used the race to showcase his design involvement in the rollout of Excelerate RC cars. This weekend, he is back in New Rochelle running two of his conversion kits for Excelerate cars with full Cerberus Racing complete kits set to hit the market at the end of November. As a first look we have had the opportunity to photograph Cyrul’s Vektor F1. Also racing 1:12 (chassis focus to follow), all four platforms in the Vektor range share around 80% components and the design concept behind the cars means less parts. Another benefit pointed out by Cyrul is that the design makes racing more simple and set-ups more easy to replicate. As previously covered on Red RC, the Vektor features the revolutionary new ARC Damper. This first-of-its-kind spherical roll damper features a floating “vane” that self-aligns for linear, wiggle-free dampening, and significantly reduces free play during directional changes. It also offers increased ease of maintenance with two-screw mounting this enables rapid trackside tuning with pre-built dampers. With complete isolation from bump dampening, for optimal suspension tuning, the F1 includes an aluminium casing for integrated rear wing bracket mounting.
ROAR, the the sanctioning body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, has announced it has approved additional technical specifications for 1:10 Touring Car bodies. With new competition body shell releases always divisive regarding the direction they have taken, on October 13th the ROAR Executive Committee voted on the new specs that have been added to the ROAR Rule Book (Pages 17-20). These new rules will take effect, and the temporary moratorium on body approvals will end, on November 1, 2026. The Body Submission Form has also been updated with a few additional requirements effective immediately. All TC bodies that were on the Approved List before the new rule was enacted, will remain legal for use at the upcoming 2026 Electric On-Road Pavement Nationals event at Valkaria Raceway in Florida. All new TC bodies must now meet the updated specs in order to be added to the ROAR-Approved List. Any previously approved bodies that no longer conform to the updated TC specs will be removed from the ROAR-Approved List on December 31, 2026.
