Xceed release a titanium screw set for the Serpent S411 touring car. The set contains around 130 screw of various sizes to replace the standard fasteners with lighter and stringer titanium ones. The dark grey coloured screws of course fit all other cars that make use of metric fasteners.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
Serpent has released first information on their upcoming 411 FWD chassis. Based on the 4WD 411 touring car the front motor/front driven on-road car features the same suspension and shock absorbers as its all-wheel sibling, but differs in the front motor and gear box mount as well as the overall chassis design. Also part of the specs are carbon fibre chassis parts and a gear differential. The kit is scheduled for a late 2011 release with a more economically priced 411 FWD Sports variant with more nylon and fibre glass parts is in the making for later in 2012. The FWD class is very popular in a number of countries and especially Asia and is raced mainly as stock class. More info and final images and specs will be released by Serpent at a later stage.
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Team Durango got in touch to show us a couple of teaser pictures of the upcoming DEX408 1/8 scale electric off-road buggy. The purpose-designed buggy achieved a good string of results in the hands of Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz who piloted a production-spec DEX408 during the last couple of weeks. Expect more pictures and information to be released very soon.
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Schumacher are pleased to announce the top touring car driver Jonny Aird has joined the team. Jonny is a young but experienced racer who finished in 6th in the BRCA Modified Championship last year with the highlight of TQ’ing Halifax National ahead of some established world level stars. He had this to say:
I am really excited to join the Schumacher team, the car is a proven winner and the company shows great ambition to improve and develop their products. Everyone at Schumacher is extremely friendly and supportive and I am grateful for this opportunity.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Motonica is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Motonica Trophy for 1/8 and 1/10 scale on-road cars that will be held in Fiorano from the 29th to 30th October. Registrations are open on the website of the Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter. You can find all information here.
Source: Motonica [motonica.com]
LRP release the 30x30mm motor fan with aluminium mounting clamp. The compact unit fits nearly all brushed and brushless 540-size motors and helps to lowered the operation temperature and thus enhances the overall performance and motor life. The fan is powered via an unused output channel on the vehicle’s receiver.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
Team Associated release new option parts for the TC6 1/10 scale touring car. Available from November are a new front spool and gear differential. The spool features a lightweight aluminium hub with replaceable outdrive cups constructed from a high-strength polymer material. The design allows the use of CVA blades to eliminate binding and to ensure smooth suspension moment. The gear differential is made from a special high-strength polymer material and sports an optimised internal gear set, hard-anodised aluminium outdrives with dual O-ring seals, a rubber gasket between the case and cover part and it weights only 21.3g when filled with the recommended 20 to 60wt fluid.
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Team Titan have introduced two new 1/8 scale on-road body shells in the form of the R18 and ARX. The Blitz R18 is based in the Audi R18 Le-Mans race car and features a closed cockpit that gives more front end downforce compared to Team Titan’s open cockpit bodies. Also incorporated into the design is an extra rear single wing to fine-tune the balance and stability. The second new body is the ARX that sports a newly designed front spoiler and additional rear wing for optimised downforce and faster corner speeds. Both bodies are available made from 0.8mm, 0.9mm or extra durable 1.0mm polycarbonate material and come with new side stiffeners and sticker sheets.
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