Coming soon from Tamiya are 1.5mm and 2.5mm offset rear axle bearing holders for the F104 formula kit. The set includes two of each size that, together with the 0mm, 1mm, and 2mm kit items, will allow for very fine rear ride height adjustments in 0.5mm increments. The black-colour parts come with white markings for easy identification and they will hit stores by end of May.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
Coming from Arrowmax is their new ultra fine on-road ride height gauge for 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. Machined from high-quality aluminium and sporting Arrowmax’s signature black and golden finish, the ride height gauge offers a measuring range of 2.2mm up to 7.8mm in ultra-fine 0.2mm increments for increased setup precision.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Power HD have announced the signing of Belgium top driver, Olivier Bultynck to their factory team. Specialised in Electric Touring and Formula racing, Olivier is a former Formula vice European Champion as well as multi-time national Touring Modified and Formula champ. Olivier will be using Power HD’s Storm-7 and R12 servos to control his rides at national and international races this season and he has the following to say about the deal:
I feel honored to be part of the Power HD Team. They have first class products to achieve great results. I will represent their products at Nationals, ETS, European championship and other big races. Huge thanks to Mr. Harma Ye and Miss Tina Lee for their thrust and support!
Source: Power HD [chd.hk]
Coming soon from Race Opt is a carbon fibre conversion kit for the Tamiya T3-01 Dancing Rider trike. The chassis conversion set is a direct replacement for the standard moulded plastic parts and offers benefits such as a lower weight for improved performance, higher rigidity for better steering as well as more space to install the electronics while also allowing to play with weight distribution. In addition the battery tray is height adjustable using two screws for easy centre of gravity tuning. For those who wish to race the chassis also has a dedicated mounting location for AMB transponders. The complete set will hit stores soon.
Mugen Seiki have announced the signing of Finnish top driver, Viljami Kutvonen to their electric on-road team. The former winner of high-class events such as the DHI Cup and the LRP Touring Car Masters as well as multiple ETS finalist will be using Mugen’s MTC1 electric touring car at national and international events while working closely with MTC1 designer Robert Pietsch in order to further improve Mugen’s first ever electric touring car. Viljami has the following to say:
I’m very happy to join Team Mugen Seiki and I’m looking forward to future success with them. Testing with MTC1 and knowing their racing background and quality products from other classes, I’m confident we will have great results ahead of us.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Yokomo’s YD2 series of RWD drift cars are two new front end aluminium option parts in the form of a front bulkhead bridge and an upper arm holder. Starting with the bulkhead bridge, the part is machined from high-quality aluminium and it improves the front end rigidity of the 2WD drift chassis. The part comes black anodised and with silver edge details and it includes two aluminium bushings. As for the upper arm holder, the machined and black anodised aluminium item will reduce overall slop, make for reliable mounting of the upper arms and it also increased front end stiffness for improved steering emphasis.
HRC Distribution have introduced a 3S LiPo battery pack that sports standard 2S dimensions. Measuring 138x46x25mm the pack weighs in at 297g and it is usable especially for all applications that require additional voltage at a minimum of weight and size. The pack is built from high-quality 4800mAh 70C cells, making it ideal for competition racing and bashing alike. The battery comes pre-wired with an industry-standard balancer connector and a T-plug power connector.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Italian company WRC Racing have introduced their new F18 1/10th formula car kit. The competition spec kit makes use of a slim carbon fibre main chassis and it utilises a front composite upper arm suspension with new design lower carbon fibre arms, the kit includes a new aluminium central steel bell crank with servo saver, a new servo mount plate for low-profile servos as well as a new adjustable battery mount that allows to run the battery in transversal or longitudinal position. An adjustable single tube damper controls the chassis roll in corners as does the updated adjustable rear tweak system. The kit is rounded out by ETS-legal front and rear wings and a new high-downforce body shell.
