Red RC » P On Road

July 31, 2018

SWorkz GT BBS System Silver Line shock springs

SWorkz have announced the release of their new Silver Line shock springs for the BBS System big bore shocks of the S35GT and GTE kits. All feature the same length and diameter but different numbers of coils to create four different, colour-coded spring hardnesses. Ground springs ends ensure proper fitment and high precision with the available springs include the yellow A1 40×2.2×5.5, green A2 40×2.2×5.25, silver A3 40×2.2×50 and purple A4 40×2.2×4.75.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

July 30, 2018

Protoform Ford GT 190mm body shell – Coming soon

Protoform have released a teaser image of their forthcoming Ford GT 190mm body shell. Announced for some time now, the narrow variant of the popular 200mm lid will hit stores soon and full details including specifications and images should surface shortly.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

July 30, 2018

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The MAC de Baanbrekers club played host to the fourth round of the Belgian Electric On-road Nationals over the weekend. With the Benelux+ race held a week ago on the same track, every driver was focused and keen to get a good result. The biggest uncertainty would however prove to be the weather. On Sunday morning, everyone was checking the weather apps as heavy showers were expected to appear around 15 p.m. Qualifying got underway on a dry track, but the strong winds made the track very tricky to drive. In the premier Touring Modified class, everyone expected Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) to dominate the event. His usually strongest opponent, young Dutch driver Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix), couldn’t quite get the perfect setup for the changing track conditions and had to settle for P2 in the first qualifier, some eight seconds behind Olivier. Florian Joos (Xray) took a provisional 3rd place. Young Athan De Witte (Yokomo) had been very strong in the practice sessions, but had to retire his car with a diff issue.

Continue reading the report here

July 30, 2018

Yeah Racing Sakura D4 alloy rear driveshafts

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for 3Racing’s Sakura D4 Black on-road kit are black aluminium rear driveshafts. The CVA-design driveshafts are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and they are of 44mm specification. Using the alloy items over the conventional parts will reduce the drivetrain’s rotational mass for quicker acceleration and improved efficiency.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 30, 2018

Etronix introduce new servo range

Etronix have introduced their new servo range for virtually every RC application. Of use for the RC car community are items such as the ET2036 (0.09s/9.5kg-cm) coreless low-profile and ET2035 (0.11s/8.2kg-cm) low-profile servo as well as the standard sized-and coreless-powered ET2063 (0.10s/32,2kg-cm), ET2062 (0.12s/20.3kg-cm), ET2061 (0.09s/15.8kg-cm), and ET2060 (0.07s/11.2kg-cm) offerings. The latter are 8.4V high-voltage compatible, making them ideal for 1/8th and 1/10th nitro applications. Two other servos worth mentioning are the ET2070 (0.16s/21.8kg-cm) and ET2072 (0.09s/30.3kg-cm). Both are water-proof, they feature metal gears and the ET2072 is a coreless motor HV variant for added performance.

View more images here

July 30, 2018

Capricorn LAB E03 200mm electric conversion kit

Italian company Capricorn has introduced the LAB E03 electric conversion kit for the LAB C03 1/10th scale 200mm nitro tourer. The kit includes a new carbon fibre main chassis plate and a redesigned carbon fibre radio plate with a battery compartment that was designed to take two 1S LiPo shorty packs back-to-back. The best performance will be achieved using 4.5T to 5.5T motors and also included are a vented design motor mount spacer to achieve a better weight balance, a spur gear hub, new centre layshaft, as well as two pinion gears.

View more images here

July 30, 2018

Xenon VSS rod ends & α-coat rod end balls

Coming soon from Xenon Racing are their new VSS 4.3mm and 4.8mm rod ends as well as their α-coat rod end balls. Starting with the ball cups, the items use the same technology as Xenon’s 1/12th scale front end parts which will give ultra-smooth movement without play while also giving exceptional durability. The α-coat rod end balls are machined from lightweight material and they sport the same coating as Xenon’s PR series pinion gears for reduced friction and greater durability. The 4.3mm rod end balls are available in 11.8mm and 12.7mm length while the 4.8mm balls come in 11.8mm length only. All ball ends come in 4-piece packs, or as complete sets including four suitable VSS ball cups. The 4.3mm and 4.8mm ball cups are also available separately as 4-piece packages.

View the ball cup and rod end ball set here

July 30, 2018

Kyosho Mini-Z MM II friction shock set

Kyosho have introduced a carbon fibre friction shock set for the Mini-Z MM II micro-size cars. The set is usable with the MJ aluminium motor mount but it can also be used with the standard plastic motor pod and it includes carbon fibre friction pads and a carbon fibre friction plate. The set was designed for “L” wheelbase settings and it utilises both the included carbon fibre pads and also the standard friction pads.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]