Yokomo have announced the signing of Jake Thayer to their US team. Store manager at OC RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, Jake is known as an extremely hard worker and also wicked fast on the track, taking countless club race wins while also bringing a great knowledge of set-up and racing experience to Yokomo’s growing USA race team.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
T-Works have introduced their new motor fan mount for the Mugen MTC1 electric touring car. The item is machined from aluminum and it comes gun metal anodised and includes gold-plated hardware. Its design with dual mounting patterns allows to use 30mm or 40mm fans and the fan holder attaches directly to the car’s layshaft mount to avoid influence on the chassis tweak.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Made for MST’s CFX-W truck are brass portal axle covers from Samix. The parts are machined from high-quality material, they add 40g weight per pair and their rigid construction improves the overall durability of the vehicle’s drivetrain. Their black surface coating protects the covers while making for enhanced aesthetics at the same time.
Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have introduced their new Racer200 and Silvy200 body shells for 1/10th 200mm nitro touring cars. Based off of the respective 190mm electric variants, the 200mm wide bodies offer comparable characteristics to their electric siblings and they are made from high-quality 0.75mm polycarbonate. Included with the bodies come window masks, wing mounting hardware and a decal sheet.
Coming from ST Racing Concepts and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck are CNC-machined aluminium diff covers. With the diff covers for any scale rig being the focal point of the front and rear drive axle, ST Racing Concepts now offers alloy covers for Traxxas’ popular truck. These diff covers add a bit more weight to the front and rear drive axle for better climbing performance while also improving visual impact. The parts are direct replacements and are available in anodized blue, black, gun metal, red and silver.
Virtual RC have announced the soon release of the new GT3 class for the VRC Pro RC car simulator. The class is based on the 1/8th nitro vehicles but the chassis sport front and rear differentials, front and rear brakes and a slightly less powerful .21 engine as well as super soft rubber tyres, which results in totally different driving characteristics. The GT3 class will be rolled out in the middle of November with the very first event being the 2017 VRC Worlds starting November 2nd.
Made for Xray’s T4’18 touring car are three new new Arena carbon fibre option parts. First up are 3mm front and rear carbon fibre shock towers. They match the stock 2018 geometry and also fit older spec T4 cars to make them usable with Xray’s new ULP ultra low profile shock absorbers. Also new is a T4’18 specific carbon fibre top deck. Like the shock towers it matches the geometry of the 2018 kit.
Following up the release of JConcept’s Layla LMP body shell is the RC10F6 to LMP conversion kit for Team Associated’s F6 formula pan car chassis. A combination of aluminium, carbon fibre and 3mm hardware makes the transformation of the formula chassis complete. The addition of a foam front bumper and carbon fibre chassis braces allow the body mounts to rest in permanent position while aluminium extensions take the standard rear body mounts. The front of the vehicle gets an update using a carbon fibre front body mount plate and an anodised skid plate. The assembly is connected utilizing the small aluminium top deck and the combination of parts is secured to the chassis using existing hardware from the F6 kit while the included front body mounts are attached with 3mm hardware. Not included in the kit is the JConcepts Layla body shell.
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