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August 28, 2016

Gravity RC Wheel Well Tracing kit

Coming from Gravity RC is the Wheel Well Tracing kit. It is designed to make cutting touring car wheel wells easy and accurate. Simply cut a small slot in the body’s wheel well, thread on the included axle extension and secure the tracing plate to the axle extension. the 63mm trace plate will now be on the outside of the body and perfectly placed to trace the wheel well around it with a marker. The kit includes two axle extensions and two tracing plates.

Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]

August 25, 2016

T-Works 8ight shock stroke & rebound gauge

T-Works have introduced their new shock stroke and rebound gauge specially made for TLR’s 8ight range of buggies. The gauge features a 1/4″ hex head button that attaches to the upper shock cap and it allows to measure the shock’s stroke, rebound and also suspension droop for swift setup adjustments. The tool is made from high-quality aluminium and it comes with white colour markings for easy reading of the measurements.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

August 22, 2016

Active Hobby Products chassis balancers & brass weights

Japanese company Active Hobby Products have introduced their chassis balance tool and also an arrangement of brass chassis balance weights. Starting with the balance tool, it adapts a common design that helps to achieve a perfect left-to-right chassis balance without the use of scales. The tools offer a sturdy base and hardened steel pins that interlock with the balance holes most of today’s electric and nitro on-road chassis have to offer. Placing the car on the pins and using additional weights to balance the left and right weight help to achieve a 50/50 weight bias in order to gain equal left and right hand turning characteristics. The balance tools come in sets of two and they hit stores soon.

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August 22, 2016

Zeppin introduce new electronic Spring Gauge

Coming from Zeppin is a spring gauge that helps to measure and match shock absorber springs. Offering compact dimensions of 54x72x143mm the device allows for a maximum spring rate of 29.7 N/cm and it is able to display the results in the four different units of N/cm, N/mm, LB/in and gF/mm. Other features include unit memory save, auto power off, short circuit, over weight and over voltage protection. The gauge is externally powered by a 4.8V to 15V DC power source and the set includes the main body, spring press set, press stand, cable and 5mm spacer with a 2mm spacer being available optionally.

Source: Zeppin [zeppinracing.com]

August 19, 2016

Team Magic Pro-J touring car setup tools

HRC Distribution have introduced the new Pro-J touring car setup tools. First up is the 3mm to 9mm ride heigh gauge. Offering fine 0.2mm increments in the 3mm to 6mm range the gauge offers a more coarse 0.5mm increments for the 6mm to 9mm range. The tool is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised and with laser-etched markings. The second new part is the conventional droop gauge. Designed for “under arm” measurements the tool offers a -3mm to +10mm range and like the ride height gauge it is made from black anodised and laser-etched alloy.

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August 19, 2016

Arrowmax Limited Edition black/gold car stand

Arrowmax Limited edition black/gold car stand

To celebrate the forthcoming 2016 IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships in Beijing, China, Arrowmax have introduced a limited edition carbon fibre and alloy car stand. Coming in Arrowmax’ signature black and golden anodising the car stand is made up using honeycomb-design aluminium side frames and a carbon fibre upper deck, made from 2mm material and coming with anti-slip foam strips and a special print in the form of the 2016 Worlds logo. Limited to 200 pieces World-wide the car stand also sports machined holes to take four shock absorbers during building and maintenance and it is available from now on.

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August 18, 2016

Arrowmax 1/32 Mini 4WD tool set

Arrowmax have introduced a special tool set for the Tamiya 1/32 Mini 4WD vehicles. The tailor-made set includes all necessary tools, wrenches and gauges to build, maintain and tune Tamiya’s popular Mini 4WDs. Included are tools like a pinion and wheel puller plate, puller extension, wheel piercer, 1.8mm, 1.9mm and 2.0mm hand drill, hex and nut drivers as well as a dedicated tool holder and a setup board. The tool handles sport Arrowmax’ signature honeycomb design and the set is available in black, orange and gun metal colour.

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August 17, 2016

Team Corally Factory Pro Tools range

Team Corally have introduced their new Factory Pro Tools range of metric tools and wrenches. All make use of 22mm diameter aluminium handles that sport coloured end caps and easy-to-replace hardened spring steel tool tips. The range includes 1.5mm to 3mm hex wrenches, 4mm to 8mm hex drivers as well as four cross head and two blade type screw drivers.

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