T-Works have introduced two new glow plug igniters. They are of a heavy duty design and are available with or without an indicating meter to check the battery’s condition. An all-metal construction the igniters will offer a high durability and they come without a battery.
A first image of Serpent’s Project 4X Evo 1/10th electric touring car has appeared on the internet. In use by the Serpent team during this week’s AOC in Japan, the Evo kit will feature a range of option parts such as the vertical top decks, the short link RRS system, and linear suspension components to name just a few. Rumours have it that also some integral parts of the car received an update to make for easier building, set-up and maintenance. Official information about all features should surface in time for the release which is scheduled for around mid-December.
Image: Sanwa [sanwa-denshi.co.jp]
The recent second round of the AMK RC club race saw Igor Liptak (Xray) taking the TQ honours in the Touring Stock 17.5T class. Igor went on to win the A-main final also, completely sweeping the competition with the Xray duo of Tomas Valent and Milos Svihran rounding out the top 3 results.
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Xray have introduced an aluminium progressive shock system for the ultra short ULP shock absorbers of the T4’18 touring car. Coming in pairs, the set includes two aluminium inserts and two blank shock pistons that provide a progressive damper action upon compression, something that is regarded as a must-have especially on asphalt tracks.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Made for Xray’s T4 2018 and 2017 kits is the new brass battery mount set from 7075.it. It includes aluminium battery braces and brass mounting brackets with the latter allowing to loop the battery mount tape through the brackets rather then having to route it under the chassis for improved safety when running on abrasive surfaces. The mounting system is usable on the ’17 and ’18 kits and it is available from end of this week.
Source: 7075.it [7075.it]
Coming from Team Magic and made for the new E4RS4 touring car are 1.8mm and 2.3mm carbon fibre upper decks. Offering different flex characteristics, the thinner 1.8mm deck is best suited for the use in combination with the soon-to-be-released aluminium main chassis while the thicker 2.3mm variant was developed for the use with the standard carbon fibre chassis and when running on high-grip tracks.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Serpent have announced the signing of Chinese frontrunner, Fangzhou Zhang, better known as Rocket Zhang. Rocket is a multiple A-finalist at events such as the TITC, AOC and Chinese National Championships. Rocket will pilot Serpent’s Project 4X touring car at national and international events and he has the following to say:
Thank you very much to Serpent and Mr. Liu for giving me the opportunity to join the team. Serpent has always been a well-known RC brand, has a very complete product lines. I ran Serpent for the first time with the 710 GP to participate in the competition more than 10 years ago. With joining Serpent and be able to get the opportunity to help for researching and development as well as testing is a very wonderful thing. I do really honoured to join the team.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Available very soon from ORCA is their new Blitreme Pro brushless stock motor. Specially designed to achieve the highest possible power output for blinky stock racing classes, the motor is build using special processes and using hand-wound stators meaning only a limited amount of motors can be produced per week, making it a somewhat “limited edition” item. It is understood that the motor will become available in 13.5T, 17.5T, 21.5T and 25.5T specification and it will hit stores from end of November.
Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]
