Yeah Racing have announced another new carbon fibre option part for the Tamiya M07 in the form of a graphite bumper plate. Machined from high-quality material and coming including blue anodised alloy washers and steel hardware, the part was designed to replace the standard plastic plate for more durable and rigid solution that also adds a luxurious look.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Following his announcement at the end of last year that he was leaving long time electric sponsors Hobbywing and Sunpadow, Nicholas Lee has today announced he is partnering with Arrowmax’s electric brand Dash. Set to not only be a team driver for the brand, the Yokomo factory driver has also revealed that he will be the brand’s team manager, the Singaporean saying:
“There will be a lot of development in the coming years and I am very excited to be a part of this. Look for me at the tracks as there will be a lot of new products coming soon. I want to say thank you to Mr. Lau and Felix Law for this opportunity.”
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Coming from Xray is a new hard 2.5mm graphite main chassis plate for the X1’19 formula car. Machined from a harder carbon fibre material and being 2.5mm thick the chassis is meant to increase stability while eliminating oversteering, creating a car that is easier to drive in high to very high bite conditions. Due to its torsional rigidity and the narrow front end, the chassis also helps to eliminate the scrub effect during high speed cornering.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from Capricorn is their new C803 EP Race Evo 1/8th electric on-road kit. Built to meet EFRA GP and Campionato Costruttori rules, the car is based off of the nitro-powered C803 Evo and it was designed to utilise either two 3S or two 2S square-type LiPo battery packs for a race-ready weight of around 2400g and the ability to run the kit in either 6S or 4S configuration. The car features a carbon fibre double deck construction for a low weight, a lightweight aluminium motor mount for industry-standard 1/8th brushless motors as well as a single gear gearbox, fully adjustable suspension and an adjustable carbon fibre battery mount.
Yeah Racing have released a range of carbon fibre shock towers for the Tamiya M07 and M05 kits. Available for the M07 are front and rear shock towers for standard length shock with the parts coming separately or as convenient combo set. Also made for the M07 is a dedicated combo set to utilise short TRF shocks. For the M05 come shock towers for standard length shocks – again separately for the front or rear or as combo set. All include precision machined carbon fibre shock stays and all necessary – steel and aluminium – hardware. Using the carbon shock towers will greatly improve suspension precision and efficiency due to them being much stronger than the standard plastic parts.
Coming from OfficinaRC, a new project of Monaco RC, is the Forza diff hardness tester. The device is meant to be the smallest diff tester to date and it was developed especially for 1/10th and Mini-Z size vehicles. The taster is powered via any USB output and it comes including a 1/10th scale compatible adapter with a Mini-Z-style coupler being available separately. Its design allows to measure diff hardness of both installed and stand alone units and thanks to its compact 86x38x29mm dimensions and the low weight of 85g it is easy to store and transport.
View the 1/10th scale and Mini-Z adapters here
Coming soon from Ielasi Tuned are the EFRA 2135 .21 off-road and EFRA 2669 .12 on-road exhaust sets. The Hipex-made tuned pipes offer a polished surface, etched Ielasi Tuned logos and they come including suitable manifolds for best possible performance.
At the weekend, the BRCA GT12 contenders made their way to Sheffield for rounds 3 and 4 of the 2018/19 National championships. Sheffield RC Racing were hosting the event which had previously been known as Swifts Raceway before it had merged with another club. The new team had prepared an excellent track for the event with a good balance of technical and fast sections to test the racers. Qualifying started a little rocky for the current championship leader Andy Murray after missing the practise round. After that he was unstoppable, Mark Jewitt would line up behind him after a strong last round run. Scott Morton was the racer on point in GT2. Matthew Cook and David Underwood would line up behind him. The unseeded Graeme Dick lead the way in GT3, that was until he accepted early promotion into GT2. This left current championship leader Ian Diboll to take the TQ spot for the third time this season.
