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]
DnM Tech have introduced this dogbone pin removal and installation tool. A compact design for ease of transport, this user friendly tool has been heat treated for durability and black coated to prevent rusting. Simply place the end with the pin that you wish to replace into the tool and use the supplied attachments to push it out and to press fit a new one.
Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]
Designed for 1/8 & 1/10 on-road nitro engines, but working with most current centrifugal-axial clutches, the new Hudy clutch tool allows you to easily mount/dismount the clutch spring preload collar and make fine preload adjustments. For mounting, insert the preload adjusting collar into the tool, press onto the spring, and then start threading it onto the clutch nut. Dismounting is done in the reverse order. For preload adjustment, place the tool over the collar and tighten or loosen the collar. Part of the all-new ’25 years anniversary’ limited edition Exclusive Tool Line, it is made from super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium with diamond pattern surface for unsurpassed grip.
View images of the tool itself here
Team Durango have released their new pit mat, which at 620 x 420mm is suitable for both 1/8 and 1/10 scale cars. It features recessed sections to stop items such as tools and parts rolling off your work area. Made from a tough rubber material that gives a hard wearing and easy to clean work surface, another feature is a large magnet in the recessed section at the front of the pit mat that will securely hold on to screws, nuts and other items that you don’t want to roll off your table when working on your car.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
Viper R/C Solutions have been in touch to tell us about the release of some new products beginning with their new line of VST 1/10 competition BL motors. A complete range of winds is available and the the motor itself sports ultra low resistance high grade copper solder tabs and a precision CNC machined 6061 T6 ribbed billet aluminium can. Featuring fully adjustable timing, there are 5 optional high performance rotors available and the motor is ROAR legal. Viper have also introduced their new Pro Gauge 5-in-1 electronic tool that serves as a programmer for their line of electronics but also acts as a servo tester, battery checker, PPM signal monitor and for airplanes and helicopters it can act as an RPM tachometer.
Yokomo have been in touch to tell us about the new tire truer wheel adapter for their newly available R12 1/12th scale foam pre mounted tires. As the rear wheels have a different offset to all of those found on the market, it needs this special adapter to work with your current tire truer.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
KM Racing have released a number of new products including this line of servo horns. Made for use on your throttle servo, the spline has been made from aluminium, while the arm itself is machined from carbon fibre, making for a strong assembly. Available in 3 different versions for use with different brands of servos. KM have also released some new tools beginning with this universal clutch gear wrench which is primarily used for install and uninstalling pinions from clutch bells and includes the adapters necessary to firmly hold the bell itself. The tool can also measure clutch gap from 0.5mm to 9.0mm, hold the flywheel for mounting and finally includes a 17mm wheel nut wrench. The final tool is a simple glowplug wrench that is long reach and which also sports a clutch nut wrench on the opposite end.
Hudy have released this Universal super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium handle for use with their range of power tool tips. Featuring a diamond pattern surface for unsurpassed grip, it uses a magnet to keep the tips in place. Hudy offers a range of power tool tips for electric screwdrivers, manufactured from world-renowned Hudy Spring Steel and available in most popular sizes. The end of the tips are manually grounded for maximum precision and perfect fit to the fastener, and additionally heat treated and hardened for maximum life.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
