Caster Racing has released two new aluminum turnbuckles for use on buggies track rods. Anodised black, and sporting the Caster Racing logo as well as size on the side, they are available in both 4mm and 6mm versions. Caster have also released a range of 3 new clutch bells for use in buggies made from special S4 steel that come in 13T, 14T and 15T.
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Much More continues its quest to clean the World’s comms with the release of their Magic Commu Polisher, which is a too that cleans and polishes the dirty commutator of 540 Mabuchi and Tamiya Sport tuned motors quickly. This item is a Much More exclusive that allows you work on non rebuildable motors. It works by placing the commu polisher into the motor’s airhole, press the polishers button down and rotate the shaft using the aluminium mounted on the main shaft.
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Looking remarkably similar to the pit bag released by Hudy in February, Mugen Seiki Japan have announced their own version of the same product. Available in blue and grey, it is made from nylon, is hard wearing and can fold flat when not in use. Featuring a number of pockets around the bag for holding various pit items, there are spaces for your tools as well as a separate space for your fuel gun. Lightweight, it is perfect for the traveling racer.
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New from Hudy are these CNC-machined premium-quality aluminium set-up wheels for electric and nitro 1/10 tourin, which allows for perfect, precise and repeatable set-up adjustment and tweak correction. Precision-machined to exacting tolerances, each alu set-up wheel in a set is perfectly matched. When checking tweak on a rubber-tired touring car, using standard rubber tires typically gives non-precise and non-repeatable measurements. Rubber tires are never perfectly rounded, so when checking tweak one tire can lift earlier than another but this does not always indicate a tweaked car. Tire roundness and insert weight is different from one tire to the next. Also when checking tweak on a foam-tired touring car, the differences between tires are even greater than with rubber tires. Each foam tire has a different diameter after each run due to tire wear, making it impossible to check for tweak because the tires can give very misleading results. In this case the alu set-up wheels are the best tool for checking tweak.
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Core RC have released a number of new items for making working on your car, that bit easier. First up are these aluminium shock shaft pliers, which are available in anodised black and purple and are useable for a wide range of shock shaft diameters including 1/10 and 1/8th scale. Being aluminium they will not scratch the shaft. Also new are two magnetic parts trays for your pit table or work bench which ease the clutter of body clips, screws and washers etc. 10.5 x 8.7cm in size they are available in anodised purple or black aluminium.
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Hudy have released this highly-accurate precision stepped ride height gauge for checking the ride height of 1/10th & 1/12th scale pan cars. Stepped surfaces in the 2.6-5.6mm range have 0.2mm increments for fine adjustment. CNC-machined, premium-quality lightweight duraluminium is black elox-coating for smooth, long-lasting finish and stylish look. Laser engraved with Hudy logo and scale.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Hudy has released their light and ultra-versatile team carrying bag, which is large and spacious enough to carry your RC car, tools, set-up equipment and gear to any track with comfort and ease. All walls are cushioned with protective foam, keeping your equipment safe within and spacious side pouches are large enough to carry a full-size set-up board. Heavy-duty zippers provide quick and easy access while a special pull-out tool tray fits in the top zippered compartment, held in place by Velcro fasteners. The tool tray has elasticized bands to keep a wide range of tools in place.
We wrote about the limited edition setup board for 1/10th scale touring cars from Xray back in late 2007 and the fact that you could customize it by printing your own name, national flag & country name, and distributor information on it for a nominal surcharge. Well today Xray announced that they are waiving that fee and the service is now available for FREE when you buy a LE Alu setup board.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
